Thinking of buying an ex-charter yacht in Greece?

An article for those who are thinking of buying an ex-charter yacht in Greece. It includes links to a couple of brokers, a list of surveyors, and outlines the purchase process.

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Our Young Sailor of the Year

Our youngest Competent Crew student in 2009 was Cameron Newton from Alton, Hampshire. See a photo of Cameron being awarded his certificate by George Burton, our Principal.

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Ben & Becky’s Blog

I’ve just been sent a link to a very nice diary created by two people who sailed with us recently. It describes their sailing holiday and a visit to Athens.
We first met Ben MacDermott last year. His mother Lycia asked us to provide an instructor for a yacht they had chartered. Lycia had passed her [...]

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Is your flag here?

The United Nations of Sailing …
Maybe we should be renamed Aegean Sailing School International as we have students from all over the world.
When we opened the school six years ago we expected only British students, as the RYA (Royal Yachting Association) is a British body. How wrong we were!
Although about 60% of our clients [...]

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Happy 2 X 30th George!

On 5 July, George Burton, who is my husband and our sailing school Principal, celebrated a major birthday.
He refuses to believe that he is now 60 and so held a 2 X 30 party at Vagia Beach instead. You can see him above with the amazing cake that was produced – thanks Nikki.
Among the guests [...]

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Autumn Milebuilding Trip 2008

Preparations for the milebuilder began the week before the trip itself. We had decided to change the route slightly from previous years to visit some different islands in the Cyclades, so additional route planning was needed. We also compiled the usual lists of items to take with us – provisions, extra safety equipment, charts, … [...]

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302 years and still learning …

I had a great week instructing recently. I was on board S/Y Solis Invictor (Solis), an Atoll 43 converted to assist disable sailors. Solis is owned by Mr Antonis Mangos, the school accountant and one of its directors. It was the first course this year that included a student with mobility problems and it turned [...]

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The De Smet Hippy Experience

Hydro therapy – 5 days after the operation
In January I travelled to Gent in Belgium for a hip resurfacing operation with Dr Koen De Smet. Several people asked me to post about my experience there but I was waiting for some photos to arrive. They are now here (no gory ones) so read on …
I have had osteoarthritis [...]

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Snowy Greece

I thought that those of you who have only been here during the hot summer months might be interested in this photograph. People sometimes do not believe that we get cold winters here!
The photo was taken while driving home along the north coast and shows the hills around Athens covered with snow.
We’ve had quite a smattering of snow [...]

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Our New Arrivals

The night that I returned from Belgium, Afea, our three year old Labrador gave birth to seven lovely puppies. They are shown here at one day old. The father, Vigaro, was a golden Labrador.
Unfortunately one of them subsequently died but she still has four golden girls and two little black boys. We will be keeping one [...]

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