Born in Thessaloniki Greece 1962. Started sailing Olympic class laser 1979. Master in physics from Aristotle University 1984. Field practice on small craft harbor engineering and wave climate analysis. Sailing instructor for YMCA 1981. Professional sailing yacht instructor and skipper 1989. Moorings SA base manager of their Porto Carras charter base in Greece 1993. Delivery and charter skipper ever since in Caribbean and mostly Eastern Mediterranean waters. Prefer relaxed, easy and safe sailing, emerald island hoping with dolphins at bow and swimming crystal clear turquoise water anchorages of secluded coves. Ideally having onboard never sailed before families or guests who want to live the experience. Excellent Greek islands knowledge deriving from decades of local experience. Native Greek with a family of four. Fluent in English. Basic German and French. Love fishing and cooking for guests.
Thessaloniki
Greek
English (UK)
German
11:43
Charter manager & skipper
Master in Physics A.U.TH.
Sailing Yacht | 52 ft | 12 | 5 |
Sailing Yacht | 47 ft | 10 | 4 |
Sailing Yacht | 40 ft | 8 | 3 |
Fragkiskos
Isaac
Polis went above and beyond to make our trip a special one! If we needed little things when we arrived, he took care of it. He truly cared about giving us the best experience and was a joy to spend time with in addition! I cannot recommend Polis and his boat more highly.
Glenda
My family had a great experience of Sailchecker. Prompt answers to all my questions, a good choice of yachts and friendly service. Our skipper, Polis, was courteous, extremely professional and charming. All-in-all a great service and lovely holiday.
ksenija
It was a fantastic trip! The boat was new and comfortable, everything was very nicely organized and our Skipper Polis was absolutely the best! He was knowledgeable, friendly and overall wonderful.
Rhiannon
This sailing experience was fantastic! From start to finish, the entire experience was fabulous. Elpida was so helpful and knowledgeable, answering our many, many questions while providing her own fabulous recommendations! I would highly recommend using her services. At the other end, our skipper Polis was experienced and highly capable, and our group had an outstanding week sailing with him. This company is fantastic, and I would not hesitate to recommend.
Quin
Elpida was brilliant at helping us find the right boat and the perfect skipper for our first sailing holiday. She was very fast and efficient in her response to all of our questions and helped get our holiday off to a really good start. The boat was great and in really good condition and the skipper was brilliant. Thankyou for a fantastic holiday
Nancy
I had a wonderful time sailing in Greece last week. Elpida was an excellent resource person who answered all of my questions promptly and efficiently during the planning stages. Polis and his son Jason were professional, friendly, and caring hosts on the trip from Lefkada to Athens. I learned more sailing tips and appreciated their confidence in my abilities to allow me to carry out different tasks on the sailboat. The boat was comfortable, clean and in good condition. I enjoyed swimming most days in the pristine Agean and Ionian Seas. I am hooked on sailing and look forward to my next sailing adventure.
Meagan
Have nothing but amazing things to say about our sailing adventure in the Ionian sea. From the start Elpida was on top of things making sure we were completely organized before the trip even began. Once on board our skipper, Polis, was amazing. Several of us had been on sailing adventures before and everyone agreed that this was the best one yet. We all learned so much about sailing. While our trip was pretty short (only four nights) Polis and Elpida helped ensure that everything was maximized to the fullest. We had such an amazing time, swimming, snorkeling, catching sea urchins, fishing, and even sailing the boat (everyone hoisting the sails and steering the craft)! We made memories that will certainly last a lifetime. Cant wait to go again next year!
Franco
La facilità di guida anche con equipaggio ridotto, con scotta randa e scotte Genoa rinviate in pozzetto. Serbatoi con 500 litri di acqua. Altezza cabine.
Myrto
Polis boat Guinness is in an impeccable condition! Everything works perfectly and everything is extremely well maintained, looks more like a private boat than a rental one. Especially things that we care the most on our vacations, like the freezer, the fridge, speakers, platform and passarella, electric flushing everything works perfectly.
Filip
Favorable recommendation : one is in clearly experienced , professional hands. We enjoyed a warm reception and attentive organisation all over the whole sailing trip . Everything was perfectly proposed and tuned in respect of the very different sailing experience of our passenger group ( and unstable weather conditions ) . Resulting in a certainly all but evident successful mission of pleasing the extremes Flip side of coin : control and attention is important to maintain a goal of upper quality and perfection , but needs subtle dosing to avoid the shadow of obsession.
Stephanie
We had two terrific holidays: one at easter for two weeks in the Ionian sea and one in the fall starting from Athens for a week visiting the Argolic gulf. For both trips, everything was clearly organized, they gave us good advices and the boat was in great conditions. I highly recommend this company to anyone.
Erik
Quite new (nad fast) boats in good shape and well equipped. Excellent advice from Polis Barbaressos, both before and during the voyage. These made out trip memorable and enjoyable.
Ultrich
We sailed in October 2018 with the 409. The helpfulness, competence and friendliness can not be better. The ship and equipment was also over the Saion in very good condition. Absolutely to be recommended and we have also booked again for 2019 at Polis
Thomas
We have chartered a sailboat several times from Polis. Most recently, this was a two-week one-way trip from Athens to Corfu in May 2018. As always, the boat and equipment were complete and in perfect condition. The sailing trip was very nice. Particularly impressive was the channel of Corinth. Polis is very knowledgeable and gives very helpful advice. Based on these experiences we have already chartered a Sun Odyssey 2 times in 2019. The Sun Odyssey has a larger water tank compared to many other boats, which is very useful in the Greek waters.
Maria
We were Sailing the 409in June 2019. Polis is a very smart, helpfull and friendly guy with excellent advice for the region.The boat was in a very good condition and was very easy to handle even in stronger winds. Take over and return of the boat was quite relaxed.
Otto
We was sailing for two weeks in september 2019 with the sailing yacht sun Odyssee 479 Guiness. A great ship and a very friendly guy! The ship is in a very good condition and small problems were solved immediately. We would like to book again! Thank you! Otto.
Gabor
Our recent two-week trip onboard the SunOdyssey 479 was yet another one to remember. Not only has the yacht been in consistently perfect condition throughout the past few years, but Polis has once again shown that he is immensely committed to the well-being of his customers. Communication is quick, easy and often humorous and his helping hands reach out to you even while under way. Combine that with a set of very detailed harbor guides onboard and his vast personal knowledge of the greek waters, and youre on to a safe and stress-free trip around the islands.And because I can rely blindly on next years trip being just as good, I have already booked with Sail Emerald again.
Konrad
It was again a wonderful one way trip starting in Corfu and leaving the yacht in Athens Alimos Marina. This time we went with a flottilla of 3 Sail Emerald Yachts. Polis, the owner of the yachts, accompanied as a knowledgeable flotilla guide and explained the historical context of the places and monuments we visited during the trip. The yachts were as usual in a excellent condition and left nothing to be desired. Thanks again to Polis for the great offer, for the perfect flotilla leadership und not least for his sound knowledge of the Greek history. I already now booked again a trip for some weeks in the spring 2020 with the same yacht of sail Emerald.
Johannes
Perfect Tour from Corfu to Athens with best preparation by Polis. Many thanks for all your work!
Andrew
Polis has lovely boats, he provides outstanding service and, by the way, is a really nice likeable person. Thanks very much for accompanying us on the trip from Corfu to Athens.
YM
Chartered the S.O 479 in June 2019 out of Corfu. She was one of the most well-maintained yachts I have ever been on. Super thanks for all the tips and and the detailed info regarding anchorages, restaurants and stopovers Polis. We look forward to chartering one of your boats again in the not too distant future. Kind Regards,YM