I don’t often get a chance to sail during the summer but last week I managed to escape the office for a day and sail from Poros back to Aegina on Phoebe, our Sun Odyssey 45.2 Here’s a short video taken during the trip. Relax and enjoy!

George Burton, our Principal, mixing in Royal circles… He attended a Christmas party In London for the Not Forgotten Association. This is a unique national tri-service charity which provides entertainment, leisure and recreation for the serving wounded, injured or sick and for ex-service men and women with disabilities. At the event he had the opportunity to meet [...]

Emilia Melody Wright aged 3 days Our grand-daughter, Emilia Wright, was born in Cambridge on Sunday 3 February. She is absolutely perfect and we’re delighted with her. To celebrate her birth, we’re giving away a bottle of champagne to the next five people who book with us (one lucky person has already won a bottle [...]

Do you get a buzz from a little competition when you are sailing? Do you enjoy the company of like-minded people in the evening? Come and sail with us in May on our Fun Rally around Aegina and the Saronic Gulf. Aegean Sailing School plans what we hope will be a perfect blend of off-shore [...]

Learning to sail is a great way to meet new people and to explore the Saronic Gulf. Why not join us on one or more of our winter weekend courses and you’ll be all ready to use your new skills next Spring? Our weekend courses run between November and March. The sailing courses will be [...]

Autumn in Greece is usually a lovely time to sail. We’ve had a real heat wave during September with daytime temperatures of over 30 degrees. Many people are still swimming every day in the blue sea. We can’t promise this will last but October usually has plenty of pleasant weather to offer visitors – it [...]

Here’s more sailing inspiration from a former student. I received this email from Marc Beerts, who was living in London when he first came sailing with Aegean Sailing School. Hope you are all doing well. Just a quick note to say hello. I took Competent Crew with you way back in 2008 and then did [...]

We love to hear from former students and how their sailing is progressing. Ken and Linda Mann from Alberta learnt to sail with us in April of this year. They spent 12 days at our school, completing their RYA Competent Crew, RYA Essential Navigation & Seamanship, and RYA Day Skipper Practical courses. They planned to [...]

Well, Greece is pretty hot just now! It’s lovely and cool at sea but perfect for those who love the sun. We’ve had temperatures in the high 30s and lots of good winds so there has been some wonderful sailing. I’ve put up some photos and a video on our Facebook page. We still have [...]

After the ‘victory for all Europe’ – how about some sailing? I’m writing this an hour after agreement has been reached on forming a coalition government here in Greece. Sunday’s election result pulled the country back from what many foreign journalists predicted would be a Greek exit from the eurozone. Antonis Samaras, the leader of [...]