Depends which boat you get
We booked this cruise based on the amazing reviews on Tripadvisor and the wonderful photos on Sail in Greece's website and social media sites. However, it is evident since our trip that these reviews are all based on which boat you sail on. We were on the Atlantis. Whilst we cannot fault the beautiful swim stops, the amazing ports we overnighted at and the fantastic food produced by the wonderful Moussa it was all spoiled by the awful conditions in our cabin. We knew the cabins were basic and had no issue with that - but our cabin (no. 8) was in the rear of the boat and right near the engine room. In every port where the electric was either not available or not sufficient to power the air conditioning the engines were run all night to supplement the power. The noise in our cabin was unbearable, this coupled with the fact that we paid an extra 150 euros for air conditioning in our cabin from midnight to 8am - and that in itself was incredibly noisy, meant we actually only spent 1 night in our cabin. We both always sleep with earplugs but that did nothing to dull the noise. The only night we slept the whole night in the cabin was a night where it was cooler and the engines weren't running so we were able to open the portholes and let a cooling breeze in without enduring any engine or a/c noise.
The other issue in our cabin was the fumes - we were advised to keep the portholes shut when the engines were running, which we did but the fumes seemed to be coming from under the floor - making the whole experience unbearable - hence the fact we either slept on the outside deck or paid for accommodation off the boat for 2 nights.
Thankfully our fellow shipmates were a lovely bunch of people from all over the world and we all got on very well and made the most of it. Unfortunately the night it rained at least 5 of the 10 cabins suffered from water ingress which resulted in wet bedding - as did ours on the last night - thankfully though we'd already booked alternative lodgings in Corfu town so it didn't make any difference to us.
All in all we definitely believe your experience will depend on which boat you are on - without doubt the Atlantis needs a lot of TLC to get it up to a standard where you are guaranteed a dry night in a relatively peaceful cabin.
To be fair we did receive some recompense from Sail in Greece in response to our complaints and this went some way towards the inconvenience we had booking separate accommodation etc.








