Yacht chartering. Redefined

Our story:

Fastsailing started back in 2012 with the vision of running a modern and independent yacht charter company that offers high-tech innovative yachts that combine speed, seaworthiness, quality, and comfort in the world’s sailing paradise, the Greek seas!

That’s how we evolved so far:

2012: We bought our first boat, a Pogo12.50 named Hermes, entering the charter business with some naivety and ignorance but certainly with lots of passion and hard work.

2013-2016: Progressively enriched our charter fleet offering the full range of Pogos, with 6 boats from 30 to 50 ft.

2017: Introduction of the first X-Yacht for charter, our X4.3 named Xenios.

2018: Introduction of the first Solaris yacht for charter, the Solaris47 named Forever Free. Entered the Solaris Yachts commercial network.

2019-2024:

  • Development and consolidation to a high-end niche charter company with a fleet of 16 yachts: Pogo, Solaris, X-Yachts, Italia, Outremer, ORC, First, Solaris Power, Omikron.
  • Two charter bases Lavrio and Corfu.
  • Technical supervision/maintenance of over 10 private (non-chartered) yachts
  • Commercial collaboration with esteemed brands: Solaris Yachts, Solaris Power, Mylius, Neo Yachts, Rapido Yachts, SeaAir & Omikron Yachts.

 

Our team:

 

 

Michalis Aftias
Team leader

Sailing since childhood on inshore 470s, offshore sailing yachts and local regattas in the Aegean. Following his engineering design studies in Greece (AUTh) and the US (MIT), he worked during 2001- 2004 at a leading construction company in France, where he came into contact with the oceanic sailing design trends on Minis 6.50, Class 40 and IMOCA boats. The idea was ever since in his mind: combine the open-minded oceanic designs with cruising comfort, and make such yachts available to those who demand unique sailing experiences in the most beautiful archipelago in the world, in Greece!

 

Nicholas Georgiou
Operations Manager

After studying Mechanical Engineering at the University of Newcastle and Management at Bocconi University in Italy, Nicholas joined ABB from 2004 till 2021, where he held various positions up to becoming Local Business Unit Manager for Motors, Generators & Power Transmission products. In 2021 he bought his own sailing boat and decided to devote himself professionally in the sailing sector. In early 2023 joined the Fastsailing team as Operations Manager.

 

Angelina Antoniou
Commercial & Marketing

Angelina joined Fastsailing while still a Computer Science student in the Athens University back in 2019. Thanks to her organizational and communication skills, she quickly assumed full responsibilities for all commercial & marketing matters.

 

Tania Madi
Administrative & Purchases

Tania joined Fastsailing as a part timer in 2018 while still at high school. Since spring 2023 she is responsible for all administrative and purchasing tasks and very soon she will obtain her university diploma in Economics.

 

Dimitris Poulimenos
Operations – Corfu base

Dimitris is our Corfu born guy with dual UK/GR citizenship and -naturally- a native  English speaker. After studying graphic design in the UK, he made a switch in his career and joined Fastsailing in 2019 assisting the Corfu base operations. Since 2022 he is responsible for all boats based in Corfu, while regularly skippering our boats both in the Ionian and the Aegean.

 

Stathis Balomenos
Solaris60 Argo – Boat captain

Stathis knocked our door in December 2020 and said: “you have the boats I love ; I would like to work with you”. In the middle of Covid, with total uncertainty reigning over the tourism sector, normally we should have responded something like “let’s wait a bit till this whole covid mess clears out” …but his passion for sailing was radiating and absolutely genuine, so we said “yes sure, join us!”. Stathis had never been on a sailboat when a friend invited him to sail on his JPK10.10.  Something clicked: sold his share in the restaurant he ran with friends, quit studying electronics & automations, became deck hand and quickly captain on day cruising catamarans in Santorini. In 2019 he bought his own sailboat. His devotion, sailing knowledge and character quality made him a star skipper, so when the Solaris60 came to our fleet in early 2023, he was our obvious choice for the boat captain’s position. Apart from the Solaris60, he takes care of electronics on our yachts.

 

 

Welcome on board!

 

 

FastSailing

5, Corinthias str.
Halandri 15234,
Greece

Tel: +30 215 5104774,

Mobile: +30 6977 2345 27

e-mail: [email protected]