A skipper's day-by-day plan for a calm Ionian week from Lefkada, built for families and first-timers: published distances for every leg, the sailing times those brochures leave out, and where to keep the days short.

The honest, day-by-day version of the week I plan most often out of Athens - six Saronic islands, short hops and sheltered water, ideal for a first skippered charter.