PPR stands for ‘Professional Practices & Responsibilities‘. It is a new online course for those working professionally in the yachting industry. Whatever your job on board, you have a duty of care to crew, passengers & other water users.  You will be held to account if things on board go wrong, whether you are a [...]

  Finding suitable flights is an important part of making arrangements for your sailing holiday. Our base on the lovely island of Aegina is easy to reach from Athens International airport and I’ve gathered some information here to help you find the best flights. About Athens Airport Athens International airport is called after Eleftherios Venizelos, who was [...]

Our clients often ask me what weather they can expect during a particular month. Recent times have seen changes in the weather in Greece, like everywhere on the planet. It’s not as predictable as it was 20 years ago. As sailors you’ll be interested in both temperature and wind but in this post I’ve only covered temperatures. I’ll [...]

Rod Heikell’s pilot books are well known as cruising guides to Greece. They are all fully illustrated with up-to-date plans, photographs and interesting articles on local history and customs as well as pilotage information. If you plan to charter or sail your own yacht in Greek waters next year why not ask Santa Claus to [...]

Do you struggle to remember how to tie a bowline? Many people learn the ‘rabbit comes out of the hole’ method when they are children but it never worked for me. I must have been taught to tie bowlines about six times but, after a week or so, I had forgotten how to do it. [...]

  Are you interested in a powerboat course on either  31 August / 1 September, over the weekend 3-4 September, or another date in late August/early September? We have someone who wants to take a course then. It’s not viable for us to run a course for just one person so I’m looking for other [...]

Many European countries require the skippers of pleasure boats to be able to provide evidence of their competence. It is generally useful, and in some countries† essential, to carry an ICC (International Certificate of Competence) As an RYA recognised training centre we can carry out tests for the ICC for eligible candidates. If you have successfully completed [...]

This isn’t an April Fool’s trick but you’d be a fool not to take advantage of our special prices if you can sail on any of the following dates … 17 – 23 APRIL: 6- DAY SPRING SAILING – 2 PLACES AVAILABLE – 40% OFF! We have two places available from 18:30 Sunday 17 April [...]

GPS (Global Positioning System), ECDIS (Electronic Chart Display Identifying System), AIS (Automated Identification System)and other electronic aids to old fashioned navigation methods make 21st century marine navigation much safer . . . . . or so we think. WRONG! Over the past decade the number of serious incidents and total losses has been increasing. Since [...]

A wind rose is a graphic tool used by meteorologists to give a picture view of how wind speed and direction are typically distributed at a particular location. In most parts of the world strong winds usually come from certain directions and the frequency of winds from each direction varies throughout the year. This can [...]