Greek Sails Yacht Charters
Greek Sails Yacht Charters
4.5
9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Monday
9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Sunday
9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
About
Greek Sails is one of the longest-established sailing holiday businesses in Greece being founded in 1983. We remain an independent family-run and family-owned business; we handle your booking, your enquiries, we and our team clean and maintain our yachts. For us your holiday and enjoyment is a very personal business and we're proud of the high number of repeat customers we are pleased to greet each year. We pride ourselves on providing our customers clean and well maintained yachts and ensuring you fully enjoy your sailing holiday with us.
Poros, Attica, Greece

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Familiasa
Jersey, UK7 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2022
We booked with them two weeks last year. The first wast a Day Skipper course for me and my wife, the second a flotilla week. We made them aware in advance of our limited sailing experience.

We had multiple problems both with the boat itself and with the skipper.

The boat engine broke down several times. I had to help the skipper to make it work again. These involved several hours of work, late nights. and also late sailings the following day. The skipper refused to ask for help from the company or for a replacement boat.

The skipper wasn't happy with our previous experience. This was supposed to be a training course, he approached it from day one as an exam, continuously challenging us, not offering any help or advice.

He would only answer to any question putting faces and making clear his disdain for us. He would take honest questions (e.g. why have you trimmed the sails) as challenges.

His attitude towards us and the other in the trip was unacceptable. Misogynistic (always asking for the women to make tea), making us listen to his right wing politics, making faces, explaining how a great sailor he was.

He even told us that had previously had issues with other clients, who had left the boat mod trip. I think that tells you a lot also about the company.

The last two days nobody spoke at sea. We had a good relationship with the other customers, no one had a good relationship with the skipper.

When we arrived at harbor on the last day and explained all of this, the company didn't even bothered to check what we were telling them with the other customers on board. They offered to change our second week in our own boat for another skippered one. You can imagine we didn't want to risk that.

They returned our money but we had to sort our selves for the second week.

I'd not recommend this company, but if you decide to go with them, never go with a skipper called Paul.
Written 13 August 2023
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It is very sad that, eleven months after the event, you feel the need to put the blame for not being adequately prepared for your course and failing to get your sailing certificate, on the minor technical issues onboard the yacht and by making such false claims about your instructor's behaviour. Your views and opinion about the instructor was not shared by the other students on-board, as stated in their feedback forms. The company refunded you for the second week even though it had no such obligation to do so. We hardly see how this is anything but good customer service.
Written 27 September 2023
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Owen G
Dubrovnik, Croatia7 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2022
We booked the Argolic Gulf & Eastern Peloponnese flotilla for a week in September, through SunScape. The Sunscape and Greek Sails teams were excellent throughout.

Arrangements went smoothly. Greek Sails have a good network of local contacts and arranged transfers between Athens and Poros without a hitch. The boats are all owned by Greek Sails, and kept in good condition and order, and there's a very responsive team available to deal with any problems. One boat tore a sail and the team worked through the night to get a new sail to the harbour 4 hours away, first thing in the morning, and fit it so the crew could continue sailing.

Panos and Terence, our flotilla skippers, were great; careful with the boats, attentive to people's needs and experience. They would consider the prevailing conditions from day to day and plan the route accordingly; the wind was often light in the morning, but we generally had a strong afternoon's sailing each day.

Having taken flotilla holidays before, I'm well aware of the sharp practices that operators can employ. Hidden expenses, nightly group meals at overpriced restaurants... there was none of that! Every port we stopped at had several very reasonably-priced local tavernas, and we had a lovely week with local food and jugs of wine!

Without question, I would book Greek Sails again.
Written 10 November 2022
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Andrew A
5 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2022
Thoroughly enjoyable one week family (half term) flotilla from Poros, on a Sun Odyssy 469. Two adults and 3 children (15, 13, 11) at the end of October 2022.
We booked through Jeremy of Sailing Choices who was very knowledgable and provided invaluable advice throughout.
Our yacht, a four cabin four heads Sun Odyssy 469, was excellent, immaculately clean and very well maintained, the attention to detail is impressive.
Greek Sails were very helpful throughout, suggesting an hotel in Piraeus, collecting us from the ferry stop and even taking my wife by car to a larger supermarket for provisioning on Sunday morning. They also organised our return transfer to the airport, via a sightseeing stop at the Corinth canal (which had all the children impressed) - everything went without a hitch.
The sailing area was good and many thanks go to Isis (the owner's daughter) who, as flotilla skipper was friendly, chatty and happy; she and her sister made everyone feel welcome and made the week very enjoyable.
It was a great holiday and we are all looking forward to our next one.
Written 5 November 2022
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jane-tuck
Palairos, Greece9 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2022
Fabulous holiday on a bareboat charter from Poros. Greek Sails were very helpful and we chartered a 44 ft yacht from them for a week. We had a great week thank you all at Greek Sails.
Written 5 August 2022
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bckirk
London, UK322 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2022
A bit of a mixed bag compared to other companies we’ve been with. We’ve done about 15 trips all over the world, about half of which were flotillas

First the good
- Communication when booking was good, they held 2 bookings for a few days while we were finalising flights around exams finishing, etc
- Yachts were very well maintained, clean, no issues

Now the not so good
- If you want to pay by credit card there is a surcharge, we opted for bank transfer with no surcharge but you need to transfer to an account in Belgium (and when we paid the balance we couldn’t get hold of Greeksails for a week to confirm it had been received, not ideal)
- We booked a paddleboard a few months before, but when we arrived our booking had been lost and there were no paddleboards left. I told them to check our emails and made it clear they needed to come up with a plan, which they did eventually did
- When arriving in port the lead skipper shouted instructions which must have really annoyed other boats, on other trips we’ve done they use the radio, low volume, far more peaceful and relaxed, esp for others
- We had a ‘beach party’, but had very little instruction as to what was expected, it started after sunset, not ideal
- We had no other informal activities , on other flotillas we’ve had regattas, dingy races, egg drop competitions , group dinners, etc, etc, none of that was organised
- By far the biggest issue for us was at checkout, boat was checked by Greeksails on the Friday when we were off the boat and only the kids were onboard (we were a few hundred meters away, easily contactable on whatsapp, and should really have been there), then on the morning of departure we went to the office to get our credit card slip and were told we needed the boat papers. Back to the boat we went and couldn’t find the boat papers even tho we were sure we saw them the previous evening. Greeksails made it clear this was a big problem (understandable), so we searched our luggage , searched very nook and crannie on the yacht, etc (at their request), nothing. About an hour later it turned out while we were at the office one of their staff went onto our boat and removed the papers and didn’t tell anyone. I may have been less annoyed if they had apologised , but they continued to blame us, and only apologised after I sent 2 follow up emails after the trip suggesting they apologise.

I’ve used Sunsail many times with mostly good experiences, a few other companies with varied experiences, and recently used sailinghoilidays who were excellent. Clearly Greeksails have excellent reviews, but unfortunately my experience was not as positive.
Written 20 July 2022
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drob914
Saintfield, UK17 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2022 • Family
Great week sailing from Poros on our first flotilla. Isus and Panos made tricky boat handling easy and provided helpful advice on each stop. Sea turtles and dolphins added to the fun. Beach party topped off the week with superb cooking by Panos. Panos - larger than life personality- dedicated to making sure everyone had a good time including those new to sailing on our yacht. Mixed sailing weather but great breeze on final day. Boat as described and well equipped for a weeks cruising.
Written 2 July 2022
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Dave G
Aughton, UK6 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2022
We booked through Jeremy at Sailing choices for a flotilla holiday as a couple in June 2022. As I have never sailed the med before, Jeremy, offered sound advise and some valuable tips, including sailing areas, transfers and accommodation as we decided to stay in Poros for a few days after our charter. Definitely worth using his skills and knowledge as a booking agent.

We decided to charter a Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 349 (2014) through Jeremy using Greek Sails on a flotilla holiday sailing the Argolic Gulf. I found this more reassuring as I had never tried ‘med mooring’ before.

We arrived in Poros and made our way to Greek Sails base. We were met by Kalean who was one of the guys who looked after the yachts, shore side. He was very friendly knowledgeable and was able to answered all my questions. He gave a very good boat brief too. The organisation before and during our trip was smooth and very well done. All staff were friendly, honest and accommodated requests; making sure everyone was comfortable.

The yacht itself was well equipped, clean and in very good condition.
We had a meet and greet on the first night meeting the other ‘yachties’ on the flotilla (9 boats). Our lead boat was crewed by Isis and Paros who both had a great knowledge of the area we were to sail and were friendly, very good natured and always approachable.

The following morning, we were giving a brief on our destination for that day (Erminos). Hazards along the way were identified, along with good anchorage locations if we wanted to stop for lunch. Procedures for med mooring were explained to us too. Upon arrival the lead boat crew were on the quay side waiting for us. Instruction was given as to how far out we should be before dropping anchor, all went nice and smoothly, what was my concerns for!

This same procedure would be adopted over the following days; visiting Leonidiou, Navplion and Astros. Our favourite probably being Asatros. On our last night out, we formed a raft in a sheltered bay on Dokos and had a yacht party.

All in all, we covered 152 miles over the week. A good proportion was under sail along with some ‘motor sailing too.

I was warned by a friend that 'on flotillas' the lead crew try to get you to meet up each night at a certain restaurant. Apart from the first night and the last night we were left to our own devices. Reflecting back, I would have preferred the option of a suggested meet every other night so there would be more mixing with the other boat crews. However, all in all we had a fantastic week. If we sail this area again, I will definitely be using Greek Sails (through Sailing Choices) as they are a top draw family outfit.

Dave & Sharon
UK
Written 29 June 2022
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HR D
Exeter, UK78 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2022
We have just completed two weeks on a Greek Sails yacht, the first with a skipper, the excellent Makis, to refresh our skills. They made the business of chartering the yacht very easy and provided outstanding service - for example, they met us at the harbour and took our bags to the boat, and when an electrical part failed a member of the team immediately travelled out to replace it. Greek Sails is a friendly family business, with an efficient team, and as a result they have a lot of returning customers. It is worth noting that chartering from Poros has the advantage of substituting a one hour trip on a Flying Dolphin or Flying Cat for the long drag from Athens. Our yacht was well maintained and a real pleasure to sail around the Argo-Saronic gulf. Highly recommended.
Written 26 June 2022
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Max K
Munich, Germany100 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2021 • Friends
Did the Day Skipper Course with Greek Sails. The boat was ok, the communication before the course also. But had I not asked on the day prior to departure, I would not have known where to find the boat upon arrival. There is room for improvement.

First point of criticism however is the Chief Instructor. He is most likely highly qualified - but also highly unmotivated. From the required tasks for the course we maybe did 30 % only - which is not satisfactory. Also on a personal level, he was rather difficult.

What disappointed even more, was that Greek Sails did not even reply to an email that I sent them, laying out in great detail why I was unhappy with the course and the instructor. Guess money is what counts…

If you’d like to learn why I would not recommend them for courses, let me know.
Written 22 November 2021
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Chris M
50 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2021 • Couples
We consider ourselves regular customers of Greek Sails and there is a reason we keep coming back, aside from the amazing and varied sailing area they have accessible from their Poros base.

They are a friendly family run company with well maintained, well equipped, modern boats that are cleaned and prepared excellently before each charter.

I have chartered extensively in the UK and the Mediterranean and without a doubt these guys are the best we have dealt with.

I would not hesitate to recommend them for either a bareboat charter or a flotilla, a first class company!

We will definitely be back!

Chris & Sarah
UK
Written 16 October 2021
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