boat hire in Athens · Bavaria — 42 (2000)
Description of Viola's sailboat
Sailboat Bavaria 42 13m
* Are you ready for an unforgettable sailing vacation? Welcome aboard the sailing yacht Assol. * Sailing yacht Assol is a well-maintained Bavaria 42 yacht, built in Germany in 2000 and refitted in 2023. She is a yacht that will make you enjoy life on the water. Assol is 13 meters long and has 4 cabins, 2 bathrooms, a saloon and a kitchen. She also comes together with an experienced professional skipper. For a day trips, up to 9 passengers can be accommodated, whereas for a long stay, 6 passengers can comfortably sleep overnight. Assol is named after the main character of the romantic fantasy novel ‘Scarlet Sails’ by Alexander Grin, a story about unshakable faith, miracles and dreams come true. We wish your stay in Assol to be a romantic adventure and that would make you believe in miracles! * We value quality, have a passion for customer satisfaction and service in mind and fitted our yacht with: ⛵ Natural cotton bedding; ⛵ Sets of bath towels and beach towels; ⛵ Disposable slippers in each cabin; ⛵ Shower cosmetics: shampoo, conditioner, shower gel and body lotion are provided. With Assol you can visit unique destinations such as: ⚓The Athenian Riviera and many islands: Aegina, Agistri, Poros, Salamina, etc. ⚓ Lagoons with crystal clear blue waters that cannot be reached by land. And enjoy thrilling activities such as: ⚓ Fishing or snorkeling, we have the necessary equipment. ⚓ Diving. The yacht has diving equipment and the skipper is also a certified diver-instructor. The yacht also comes with: ⚓ Security systems. ⚓ And a professional skipper with 20 years of experience, who has the skills to manage all types of seaworthy vessels. * Book the yacht Assol, the number of places is limited. And before we go, a few sailor jokes for you: - Why did the sailor go shopping? Because they were having a sail. - How do you make sailors look younger? Boat-tox. - How do retired sailors greet each other? Long time no sea.
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Overall rating
It was great. I cannot emphisize how enjoyable, safe, and overall relaxing the trip with Olena and Stanislav was. They took great care of us, we didn't have to worry about anything. Trully passionate, nice and professional skippers that created a family like atmosphere on the boat. The yacht itself had more than enough space for 5 of us (plus 2 skippers). It was clean, we could make and store food while on the sea. We were sailing for 4 days, and enjoyed every moment on the Saronic Islands. We will definitely come back. Highly recommend it.
We had a bittersweet experience aboard Assol, which we chartered for three nights (four full days). Overall, the journey was pleasant, largely thanks to our highly skilled skippers, Olena and Stas, whose crisis management expertise proved invaluable. Their calm and capable handling of a significant engine failure—while anchored in a remote bay—ensured our safety and minimized disruption. Following this incident, we have formally flagged the issue, as there is a strong likelihood that the vessel's engine requires inspection and servicing by a certified marine engineer to ensure it is in proper working condition. Additionally, it is worth noting that overnight anchoring at a port was consistently favored, potentially due to limitations related to water and battery storage, as well as ongoing concerns with the engine's reliability.
Everything was perfect
The boat size was more than enough for our family of 4. (3 adults and 1 teenage). This is our first sail trip in Greece and it was more than we expected. The crew were professional and had sound local knowledge. In fact, we witnessed our crew team helped a few other boats docking in a busy marina. We knew we were in good hands. We had 4 whole days on the boat and we had a good time in the Saronic island. It was more enjoyable than our cruise ship hopping through the big touristy island. Will definitely come back and sail again.
We have spent two nights on Viola’s boat, sailing in the Saronic gulf. It was amazing experience, the boat features matches the advertised and the skippers were professional and outstanding. We had a severe weather condition on the second day, but we felt in safe hands and enjoyed the trip despite we had to return back to Athens.
Amazing trip, very nice skippers, beautiful swimming spot. Thank you so much !!
The team was amazing , friendly , helpful and professional. The boat was perfect !
The communication with Viola was super smooth from the very beginning. She was really helpful, easygoing and welcoming. She also organized a transfer to us from the airport. We were 8 girls on the boat and it was truly amazing! It was our first time on a boat but we had a great time! Our skippers Olena and Stas were wonderful! They were very nice and welcoming. They recommended a lot of hidden bays, restaurants, hiking places. They always asked us where we would like to go or when we would like to stop for a quick splash. They are really experienced skippers. I recommend them to anyone 100%. The boat itself was very clean and well equipped. Thank you for this experience!*****
In general, the experience was outstanding. Thank you very much to Viola and our skipper Leonidas, who was super kind. We started our trip at 10 am in direction of Egina Island, the way was super smooth and sunny. We arrived to the island after 3 hours with no stops in between. We had the lunch in a super good restaurant recommended by Leonidas next to the beach. After that, we took the yacht again and went to a small island where we were literally alone. The yacht stopped around 100m from the island. That place was amazing, the water was super clear to practice snorkel and the depth was around 6m. We swam until the island, walked a bit around, practised padel and many more. We had an incredible moment there. After 2 hours, we started the way back to Athens and arrived at night. 100% recommended! Such an amazing experience :)
OMG what an experience!!!! Viola was super clear and fast to communicate prior to the trip. We are a family that had never travelled by boat before, so the experience was very new to us. The trip by boat is basically like camping but on the sea. We were 5 people + the skipper and it was just enough space for everyone. Fragkos, our skipper, made the experience so much better. We always felt safe with him. He took us to great swimming spots and to very nice towns. The boat on arrival was very clean and had all the basics. Cabins get very warm and it doesn't have Aircon. We had an amazing time and we will definitely be coming back, perhaps with a bigger boat haha.
Never got on the boat I booked for 11 people then the day before was told I could only bring 9 people 2 of my family members were going to stay behind so I sent the names of 9 people and was told only 8 people could go at this point this was not going to work for my family and me worst experience
Clean and well-maintained boat, excellent communication with the owner, warm and family welcome.
It was a verry Nice experience. The boat is in verry good condition. We have a verry Nice day we have wind and i can navigate with wind without motor . The Owner is a verry Nice lady. I wish her succes in the future.
We had a wonderful time on board. Thanks for a great day. We will definitely do it again.
The boat was replaced last minute to a different, older boat. However the new boat had great staff and took us on a very fun tour and made the trip a lot of fun.
Viola is a very communicative host and offered all her best for providing the best possible experience of charter. We had all support necessary for issues such as marine police interaction, technical consulting and journey plan. Unfortunately, the boat that we have rented experienced technical issues associated with the engine, however I believe it is not due to Viola but due to the previous maintenance. Overall for sure an excellent experience and definitely to repeat.
Very courteous, Insightful, flexible boat owner & skipper.
Wonderful ! And so nice people !!
We had a very warm and complete welcome by Viola! Very nice, clean and big towels and clean beds. Coffee and fresh water already on the boat with the fridge running. The marina has no supermarket so provisions need to be planned.
We had a wonderful boat trip and went for lunch to Aegina and were anchoring at some islands to have a swim on the way back! The value for money was really good, the communication fast and easy. Unfortunately, the boat had difficulties to start when anchoring near some small islands, which was a bit stressful since some needed to catch a flight, but after half an hour the skipper could repair the problem with some help of us and we could continue our boat trip! Overall recommendable!
The experience was very good. We really enjoyed all trip. The skipper is kind and help us a lot.
A fabulous time sailing to Aegina for lunch and then a little swimming at Moni Eginas Beach! We finished up with a marvelous sunset as we returned to Athens. Viola was great to deal with.
We had an absolutely wonderful afternoon sailing with Viola and Costas. Both were super friendly and very competent sailors. It was my friend’s 50th birthday and she loved it! Highly recommended!
We had a beautiful day cruise with Violas boat and the skipper. Everything was as expected and I can highly recommend the trip!
We had a wonderful week sailing from Athens to the southern Peloponnese. Viola, the owner, established a relationship of trust and the boat was comfortable. I recommend.
Viola was very kind and extremely responsive. The boat was well-equipped with little touches for guests. I wholeheartedly recommend it; you will have a great vacation on this top-notch sailboat!
A very enjoyable four days spent in the Saronic Islands with our family of five. Thank you Viola for being so communicative on the messages and for explaining everything so clearly to us, as it was our first time to charter a boat. Best wishes to you and our patient skipper! :)
We were super happy with the boat and the captain/staff. Viola was also super friendly and available for all questions. Definetely recommendable if your goal is to go for swimming and having a good time on the boat.
Very good communication and welcome. The boat will benefit a lot from a service in terms of electricity efficiency (batteries etc) and more important from plumbing maintenance for making sure water supplies are secured and available and that toilets are clean and free of annoying smells. Good maintenance of equipment should also include items like the sea board, dingie, passerelle etc ... all the above listed had issues which can be easily fixed though
Amazing experience, Crew, and boat facilities. We did a day trip close to Athens and Egina Island. Congrats to Viola, Bavaria 42 and Xaris, our captain !!!
Captain Charris was excellent!! We enjoyed the trip so much, and he accommodated all our needs for finding the perfect itinerary!
We had a beautiful experience with two kids on a well maintained boat. Great service before departure and after arrival made the whole journey very easy. We were lucky to be supported by a wonderful caring skipper team who helped us to create a memorable trip. Big Thank you to Viola and our skippers, George and Manu !
This was such a great day! Viola was very responsive when making the reservation and super friendly and helpful. The skipper Thalanasis and his first mate Giorgos were amazing: Knowledgeable, kind and super attentive they were such a great team to take us around the Saronic gulf. Unfortunately there was no wind on the day we went out so it was very slow going as the boat doesn’t move swiftly without it, so we were only able to visit Aegina and surroundings The boat itself was really comfortable though, and the skipper equipped it with all sorts of drinks and snacks and snorkeling equipment and even a couple of swim tubes! I can not say enough good things about them!! I Highly recommend them and would definitely use again if the occasion arises.
Great boat and great service. Took us around Athens.
We thank our excellent skippers Olena and Stanislav for their professionalism and kindness. We spent 11 incredible days with them. Incredible anchorages in the middle of August, far from the crowds, just as we requested. Thank you for a wonderful vacation.
The skippers were friendly and kind, and showed us around the island of Aegina. The boat is a little dated but comfortable.
A superb first experience on a skippered boat! We thank Olena and Stas, our skipper couple, for their welcome, kindness, availability, and professionalism. We visited some beautiful places (Perdica, Moni, Poros, etc.). The boat, Assol, is very comfortable and safe. We recommend this experience without hesitation!
We had an amazing trip. Our skipper made our trip 10 times better!
Very good holidays on this Bavaria which is no longer very young but perfectly fulfills its mission. Everything works. A very good team on land.
We had a great time, would definitely do it again! Viola always responded promptly and answered all our questions! The boat and its captain were very nice, they made us feel comfortable and have a great day!
The staff is professional, trained and ready to satisfy every wish. Kind, friendly. Viola was extremely helpful, as were the skipper and the driver who accompanied us to the airport. Very positive experience
Because of the wind, they suggested that we not go to Aegina and go to the beaches of the Athenian Riviera. It was already windy, but we started. we made two stops for diving. On the way back, however, there was too much wind and the engine broke down on the way! How long did the waves take us where it was blowing because it had a breakdown!! Mr. Angelos did everything to repair it, but how much should he do to an already damaged boat?! Unacceptable to rent boats that are already damaged!!! Supposedly a diver did an inspection before we left!!! we were very scared as there was no inspection of the boat! We had to turn back early and went down badly! Our walk turned into a bad experience in a city! I will definitely not trust this owner's boats again!!!!!
Had a really great day with the bavaria 42. People are nice and everything is in consultation!
We spent a very nice day with friends (group of 8 people) on this sailboat. The boat was large, very comfortable and well equipped. We particularly appreciated the friendliness and responsiveness of Viola throughout the reservation, as well as that of the team on site. We sailed to the island of Aegina, then made a second stop on a cove to swim. Radoy, our skipper was very friendly and attentive to our requests. We recommend with your eyes closed!
Everything was very nice!
Value for money, excellent owners.
My family and I were really fascinated from the beginning to the end of the tour, Viola and her crew have the magic that is required to know these paradiasical destinations. Recommended 100%.
There are no words to describe the unique experience we had! We booked Bavaria sailing for my husband's birthday and had a great day with our family. The staff were very kind, very experienced and very willing to share their sailing knowledge with us. They immediately made us feel very comfortable and feel completely safe. Bavaria was very comfortable, spotlessly clean, fully equipped and renovated. Beautiful both inside and out. Congratulations to all and many thanks for everything. We had a great time. We will definitely do it again! :)
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Location
Location of the sailboat: Marina Delta Kallithea, Athens
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