Our Sail Ionian Team | Sail Ionian : Sail Ionian

Our Ethos

We value excellent customer service above all else and the standard of our Sail Ionian team reflects this commitment.

Our staff are the people you speak to at the Boat Shows, on the telephone and on email when you book a holiday. The same people will greet you when you arrive in Greece.

We hire highly qualified and experienced skippers and engineers who all take great pride in our work.

Meet The Gang!

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Neil & Di

Company Directors

Founded the company in 2003 and have been living out here ever since, building the company every year. They never sit still, and are always on the go with new ideas. From Greece to the Caribbean via the boat shows and Slovenia for the new boat launches.

Katie

Company Director

Katie has 11 years teaching experience in the Ionian. For most of the year Katie runs the Caribbean operation - Sail Grenadines.

Chris

Company Director

Chris runs the engineering department and ensures that all of the yacht are maintained to the highest standard. Chris is also a qualified Yachtmaster with many years teaching and sailing experience in the Ionian. He is the Principal of our Sea School and our Chief Instructor Power.

Craig

Skipper / RYA Instructor

Craig is the RYA Sea School Chief Instructor. He runs the RYA Sea School as well as delivering the full range of sailing courses. He has worked in the sailing industry for many years.

Linda

Customer Service

Linda organises the Sail Ionian accounts in Greece. Linda is also an RYA Yachtmaster and has years teaching experience in the area.

Izzy

Sales & Marketing

Izzy is currently our frontline meet and greet either on the phone, email or the quay. She joined us as a Skipper and now spends her time dedicated to sales & customer service.

Lucy

Customer Service

Lucy is part of the office team, helping with the accounts, the café and everywhere in between. She speaks fluent Greek.

Ian

Yacht Sales & After Care

Ian is in his fifth season with us now and is involved in Yacht Sales and After Care. He is the contact for all of our owners and potential owners and is currently studying for a degree in Navigation and Maritime Science.

Tom

Skipper

Tom is an RYA Yachtmaster and in his eighth year with Sail Ionian. Tom coordinates the Parts department and and organising of day to day workloads.

Otto

Skipper

Otto is our shorebased skipper, working with Tom running the turnarounds and quay organisation.

Matt

Engineer

Matt is in his sixth season with us. He previously worked for Sunseeker, where he did his marine engineering apprenticeship. He is our diver.

Stathis

Engineer

Stathis is a very experienced engineer with a lot of useful local experience because he is Greek and speaks fluent English.

Jason

Engineer

Jason returns to our team after time away travelling the world.

Kostas

Engineer

Kostas is in his second season as part of the team, as a trainee engineer. He is a local Lefkadian Greek.

Dimitris

Engineer

Dimitris is our trainee engineer. He is Greek and one day hopes to become a skipper.

Giuseppe

Skipper / RYA Instructor

Giuseppe is Italian. This is his second season teaching with us here in the Ionian.

Will

Skipper / RYA Instructor

Will is in his 2nd season with Sail Ionian as an RYA instructor. He has worked in the Ionian previously so knows the area very well.

Nico

Skipper

Nico was new to our Skipper team at the end of 2017. He is Italian and has previously worked in the Caribbean as a skipper.

Rachel

Skipper / RYA Instructor

Rachel joins the team this summer. She is a Cruising Instructor with lots of experience of this area.

Kevin

Skipper / RYA Instructor

Kevin joins us as a Cruising Instructor. Having worked in the Caribbean at Sail Grenadine, Kevin was persuaded to come to Greece to teach and skipper this season.

Sophia

Skipper / RYA Instructor

Sophia is new to our team has been living and working in Greece before and joins our team as an Instructor with a sideline passion for yacht racing.

Louli

Customer Service

Louli organises the domestic and interiors of all our yachts to make sure they are fully equipped and spotlessly clean for your arrival.

Giulia

Customer Service

Giulia works in our shop. Also organising the welcome packs for you and the frontline hostess of the Saturday night drinks party.

Tatiana

Skipper

Tatiana has been with us at Sail Ionian and Sail Grenadines. This year she will be doing skippered charters and running our Flotilla boat for the summer season.