Client Impressions - Egiali Yachting .:: Sailing in Greece, Yacht & Catamaran Rentals ::.

Here you read what our clients have to say about us and their sailing holidays in beautiful Greece..!

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Hi Roula,
We'd like to thank you and George for a perfect holiday (again). We truely enjoyed the 2 weeks sailing, the Bavaria 46 Cruiser, your hospitality and all support (SMS wheather forecasts etc.).

Did you arrange the dolphins as well (we spotted dolphins 4 times and they even swam along the bow)? The dolphin spotting, swimming at Hydra, scooter rides on Spetsai, strawling through the streets of Nafplion and staying overnight in a bay west of Poros were our highlights. I celebrated my birthday at the (25 meter) pool of the Amalia hotel in Nafplion (only a 5 Euro taxi ride from the marina, great to have a sweet water pool and soft towels after a week at sea and very affordable drinks), which may be a good tip for anyone with kids (and the hotel seemed more than happy to open up its pool and bar for non-hotel-guests). After our first experience with Egiali in the Sporades seven years ago, these were another great 2 weeks.

Please find attached some pictures (especially the first one is very cute), feel free to use them (and this email) on your website if you want to. I don't have a lot of pictures of the ship itself (since we usually were on the ship), but I'll check with my friend on the other boat and will send some extra if I find something good.

Regards,
Bart

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Hello Roula,

We want to thank you very much for everthing you did for us. We had a very nice stay in Greece. Everything went very well, the boat was beautyfull, we visited Poros, Hydra, Spetses, Ermioni and Aegina and the dolphins visited us !

Thank you !!

Kinds regards
Sonja van 't Oever.

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Dear Roula,
I have spoken to my client Douwe Egberts and they were very enthusiastic about the weekend in Athens. The boat, the cook on board, the driver Petros, the restaurants and of course your service was very good. They were impressed and satisfied.
Thank you very much for your cooperation and your good service.

With best regards,
Inge Doornewaard

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Hi Roula, It is hard to get to work again, after the great sailing holidays that we had. Thank you very much! We had a great time. Karolina liked sailing very much. It is a great pleasure to work with you, Apostolos and Egiali. I send you a picture of our boat in Kleftiko at Milos. It looks nice. Please use it if you want.

Can you give me contact details to your friends in Holland? We are thinking about going there one weekend and renting a small boat for a day or two. It is close to Bonn.

Best regards,
Piotr

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Roula, Thank you so much for all your help and showing us such a good time when we were in Greece. We had such a good time, I am already planning our next trip. But of course I am. How are the Northern Cyclades in May? I was thinking about taking two weeks and sailing out to Mykonos and then back into Kalimaki. What do you think? Will we have any wind? Can you give me prices on your boats? We will probably want something around 45' again except this time we will need it for two weeks.

Please send my regards to your husband. It was so nice to meet you both. One of my friends wanted to go to France and get a boat and Sage and I both said why should we the people in Greece are fantastic, why would we go to France.
I look forward to hearing from you.

Sandy
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Liebe Roula,

wir sind zurueck in Berlin. Wir moechten uns auf diesem Wege herzlich bei Ihnen allen bedanken fuer die Gastfreundschaft. Wir haben die letzte Nacht sehr gut auf Cosmos I verbracht und laden Sie ein, wenn Sie einmal nach Berlin kommen, bei uns zu wohnen. Unsere Bavaria 606 ist ein wenig zu klein, um darauf komfortabel zu uebernachten. Noch einige Hinweise zum unserem Schiff O`Natalie.

Das Schiff hat uns sehr gut gefallen, es ist ideal fuer eine Crew von 3 bis 4 Personen.
Die Leuchtboje am Rettungsring funktionierte nicht.
Wir haben zwei 10mm Leinen à 12m gekauft, da die Leinen an Bord entweder zu stark oder zu kurz sind. Auf Alkis Dimitra war die Festmacherleinen Kombination ideal.
Der Abfluss in der Pantry muss eventuell gereinigt werden, das Spuelwasser fliesst schlecht ab.
Wir haben das Paddel fuer das Log gereinigt, weil es sich nicht mehr drehte. Verkalkung durch Kleinstmuscheln.
Die Autohelm Windanzeige funktioniert fehlerhaft. Vielleicht laesst sich das kalibrieren. Fuer das Geraet ist keine Bedienunganleitung an Bord.
Die Ankerhalterung (Rolle) sollte (muss) geaendert werden. Beim Anker fallen lassen und Anker hoch holen, laesst es sich bei aller Sorgfalt jetzt nicht vermeiden, dass der Anker gegen den Rumpf schlaegt und ihn beschaedigt. Zwei kleinere Beschaedigungen des Gelcoat am Bug sollten dann ausgebessert werden.
In der Kompuse fehlte ein kleinen scharfes Kuechenmesser (jetzt vorhanden) und ein 2. Teetopf (noch nicht vorhanden).

Die Restaurant Empfehlung von Apostolos "Mirnas Place" sollten Sie unbedingt allen Ihren Chartergaesten, die in Kalamaki an Bord uebernachten geben. Wir haben ein paar der Prospekte an Bord von Cosmos I gelassen.
Leider haben wir am Sonntag Apostolos nicht mehr treffen koennen, um uns persoenlich zu bedanken. Wir sehen uns aber spaetestens im naechsten Jahr wieder.
Herzliche Gruesse und vielen Dank an das ganze Egiali Team von Ihren zufriedenen Chartergaesten Gabriele, Barbara und Rainer

Rainer Mohnhaupt
Charite, Virchow Clinic, Exp. Anaesthesia, http://www.charite.de
Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, http://www.hu-berlin.de
Augustenburger Platz 1, D 13353 Berlin, Germany
fon: int +4930 450-551228,-551022 home: 855-3864
fax: int +4930 450-551902
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Hi Roula
Nice to hear from you, I am back to work, not enjoying the cold mornings. We had a wonderful holiday with no complaits. It all went very smoothly. The boat was ideal, the weather superb but most of all your help and that of Apostolos made our holiday perfect. It was lovely to be collected at the airport and have our personal shopper in the morning. Thank you also for being flexible with the boat times, it made such a difference. Please pass on our thanks to Apostolos, he was very helpful and took time on our arrival to organise some food for us. You may not be the largest charter company in Greece but it is the personal touch that makes all the difference. We are already thinking about next year, I suspect there may be six of us and we would probably be looking at the Ionian area. Do you only have certain boats in certain marinas or do they move around? Do you have anything in Croatia? I will be in touch soon with lots of questions, in the meantime thank you once again for a memorable holiday.

Best Regards
Anne
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Roula, we've been in contact for over a year with the planning of "Aegean Odyssey", and you have been there every step of the way in assisting us.

Thank you for your excellent service, relaxing demeanor, and great advice. It was due in great part to your knowledge that our trip was a success.
You did the on land part, and Andreas picked up where you left off on the water. He was absolutely the best, and as we say here, "The Bomb". This was my first sailing vacation, that was actually a vacation. I actually thought that I would want to sail, but after two days with Andreas, I gave up that notion.
He showed how a skipper could take the helm, be onshore host, advise others, share local knowledge, DJ and mix with a one CD player, and even bring the party with a zillion CD's. His personality, personability, cheer, spirit, relaxed nature, and concern for our comfort and safety were all noticed and appreciated by not only my crew, but others as well. That was a great choice on your part, and we truly benefited.
Having visited the Greek mainland, Greek Islands, Turkish Coast, and Istanbul, I now feel the people and culture when I look at the chart, globe, or map. This trip has changed me some, as do all my travels. I'll forever hold a part of Greece and Turkey within me as I continue my walk in life.
As a group we learned alot as well that we will put into practice on future charters. Major take aways are level setting expectations for skippers/first mates, procedures for emergencies, and thorough boat/equipment checkouts.
I'll have some photos in the weeks to come that I'll share with you, and when Tracy (our on board professional photographer) gets hers I'll share them as well.
Take Care .... and thanks again.
Arthur
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Dear Roula,

I would like to thank you for the fast intervention after problems that we had with main mast trailer. It wasn't working before we took the yacht. Personnel from Vernicos know about it before, but they do nothing to fix it.
After your intervention Dimos repair it but unfortunately it was on Monday. The boat was really superb concerning all the equipment as well as comfort and speed of sailing. We spend there wonderful time and everyone are very pleased.
We saw in marina Bavaria 50 and Ocean Star 56. Could you send me some materials about that yachts? I am also wondered if my sailor patent is enough to charter Ocean Star 56 and what are the prices in this year (just to compare with other yachts)?
Thank you again for your care and see you probably next year,
Tomasz Wesolowski
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Hi Roula,
Just wanted to thank you and the other members of the Egiali team for the perfect service: good yacht, perfectly clean, detailed instructions, good area briefing, friendly hospitality and, last but not least, the birthday presents.
We enjoyed our holiday in the Sporades very much, we only were a bit unlucky with the weather, I guess.
On behalf of the rest of the crew,

Bart
(feel free to use this as a quote on the Egiali website...)
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Liebe Roula,
zurueck in Berlin, moechten wir uns ganz herzlich bedanken. Wir verdanken Ihnen und Ihrem Team (Yiannis) einen weiteren herrlichen Segelurlaub in Griechenland. Unser Schiff O,Natalie war in perfekten Zustand, lediglich die Schwimmleuchte am Rettungsring funktionierte nicht. Die Uebergabe des Schiffes erst am spaeten Sonnabend, wegen der Verspatung durch den Sturm und die Einweisung am Sonntag war professionell, wie wir das schon in den vergangenen Jahren erlebt haben. Auch den Cockpit-Tisch haben wir mit telefonischer Hilfe von Yiannis dann doch am zweiten Tag im Schrank gefunden. Wir haben im Salon versehentlich die warme Teekanne auf den Tisch gestellt. Der Lack hat sich ein wenig verfaerbt. Sollte eine neue Lackierung notwendig sein, werden wir diese selbstverstaendlich bezahlen. Mit besten Gruessen fuer Sie alle (Roula, Apostolos, Ariadne, Yiannis) Gabriele, Barbara + Rainer

Rainer Mohnhaupt
Charite, Virchow Clinic, Exp. Anaesthesia, http://www.charite.de
Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, http://www.hu-berlin.de
Augustenburger Platz 1, D 13353 Berlin, Germany
fon: int +4930 450-551228,-551022 home: 855-3864
fax: int +4930 450-551902
email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. / This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Dear Roula:

I was the 1st boatback to the marina (my guests wanted to see more of Kos) so Christiana is back in the slip without a scratch (smile).......great week.........I will write longer e-mail when I get back home.
Andreas was so-so-so-so-so wonderful........You made the best Captain choice possible for us......he was a "conceirge" for all the boats in addition to "just being" a Captain for Arthur. I also think he enjoyed & spending time with many of the people on the trip........there's lots more good things to say about Andreas & I will do that too from home.
Arthur told me he spoke to you & let you know things went very well........I agree & Thank You again for making it all happen especially with aLL the things to coordinate. I'm very happy it all worked out from when we started last year.
Take Care, Steven
P.S. Not sure I mention to Apostolos that we could never get the stove to work on Margia last week.......