Nautilus Yachting Reviews 

I have just come back from sailing in the Sporades, Greece, on a bare boat charter, a 4 year old Sun Odyssey 349. The team at Nautilus provided very helpful comprehensive service before and after I booked, with very useful briefing documents on the area and from their local Fleet Agent, Athenian Yachting. The details on the Sporades cruising area on the website are accurate, and the wind (3rd week of September) was as expected, up to Force 5/6 at times, so some good sailing! A good week's itinerary suggestion on the web site. The optional Asymmetric/ Bloomer sail was almost brand new and all the required ropes and blocks were included. Good fun! I would happily charter from Nautilus again. Only suggestion to add to the FAQs ...A bareboat charter skipper should take latest Pilot book version + gaffer tape, roll of thin line, whipping twine, and silicon spray for the inevitable running fixes that are always required on any bareboat charter. They are a great agent for chartering yachts around the world. Strongly recommended.

We have used Nautilus for all our charters for a number of years and have found them to be extremely professional and responsive to any queries we might have. During the pandemic they agreed to postpone, at the same cost, our 2020 charter to 2021 and then again to 2022.
From our experience they ensure that the local agents and/or boat owners are providing both well found vessels and have accurately described their boats.

We had an fantastic family sailing holiday this summer in Greece (the South Ionian) all organised through Nautilus. This was our first family trip with me at the helm and the Nautilus team advised us from the very start - getting qualified, where to go, when to go, how to keep the children (6,10 & 11) happy, what to take etc etc - it was a huge success, we are just now need to decide when we are going to return next year! Thank you very much to Jon and all the team.

Wonderful weeks sailing in the Ionian, magical holiday, beautiful sea's, weather and so much fun on a yacht. Brilliantly managed and supported by Nautilus Yachting Ltd who facilitated it all, founds us a deal and helped well after our week. We will book again!.

Fantastic lead crew Steve, Jess & Stephen.
Very poor yacht. We weren't expecting such an old boat, however we have had old ones before over our many years of chartering and flotilla. Never before have we had a yacht this dirty, broken and run down.
The stars are for the Crew, the yacht gets absolutely none.

Can I take this opportunity to thank all of you at Nautilis. In the modern trying times you are all an absolute pleasure to deal with and have made everything, with this matter and with the whole trip, from start to finish, a really easy and pleasant experience.
I would happily recommend you to anyone.

Thank you

Chris.

Just returned from a flotilla sailing out of Corfu and cannot praise the team (Steve (lead), Stephen (mech), Jessica (host)) enough, professional, friendly, helpful all at the same time. Our yacht Tumbleweed was well equipped and the only issue we had with a fan not working and this was sorted asap by Stephen (mech). The passages taken was well briefed, with fantastic help finding us the best spots to moor/anchor. This was first flotilla with Nautilus and based on this experience will definitely be returning.

I have chartered with Nautilus Yachting for many years and they have always given us tremendous service and support. We have just returned from a lovely sailing trip in Croatia booked through Nautilus Yachting and Waypoint in Pula and both companies were again brilliant and fully lived up to their excellent reputations.

We sailed with Nautilus from 23rd June to 2nd july 2022 in the Greek islands from Athens. It was an extremely disappointing experience. Poor communication at arrival point in marina. Our yacht had issues with the main sail which we could only raise 3/4, despite an engineer assessing and doing a temporary repair. Previous holiday clients had the same issue.gang plank was warped and twisted making it very unsafe and dangerous.
Flotilla leader left much to be desired in regard to duty of care to flotilla members, some of whom were inexperienced.
3 weeks later we have still not received any comment regarding our complaints from either Nautilus or there Greek representatives Istion yachting. We would NOT sail with Nautilus again or recommend them.

We had a great time cruising the North Ionian on a Bali 4.1 from Gouvia Marina. Loved the boat, loved the weather, loved the Greek food and hospitality. Much less congested than the South Ionian but still plenty of cool places to go Nautilus were very helpful getting things organised, especially given all the Covid complications / delays, and Istion were very helpful on the ground in Corfu. I would recommend both to anyone again. Thanks.

Nautilus use Kiriacoulis as the main sailing company for flotillas out of Athens. We booked on a two week flotilla and ended up on a weeks bareboat holiday with a couple of other families as disenfranchised as we were. The lead boat was more than happy to let us sail away, felt like less boats for them to look after. The briefing was shambolic and the skipper only appeared to be interested in the easiest possible mooring. The worst part though was the condition of the boats. We were lucky as we had the great fortune to be on an owners boat and he was brilliant. One of the other two families was not so lucky. Windlass didn't work, GPS faulty, Genoa didn't furl, head disgusting and much more. Kiriacoulis response was to tell them to sail back to Athens to get the boat fixed (we were 40 + miles away). Worse still they tried to get the skipper to sign a waver on return to Athens to say the boat was in working order. Using mafia style 'muscle' to intimidate him. This was no holiday and no holiday experience. Thank god for our 'mini' flotilla of breakaway boats. I really cannot recommend strongly enough that you do not use Kiriacoulis and if Nautilus want to stay in business they should look elsewhere too.

Just got back from a flotilla holiday in Croatia organised by Nautilus. It had been a long time coming, being cancelled twice because of COVID. However, Nautilus proved to be a very efficient organisation, keeping us well-informed and rescheduling the cruise. During the cruise the Nautilus flotilla leads, Beth & Becky were superb, organising berthing and, in particular providing vital help and support when I developed an eye problem and had to return to the UK. They liaised with the Company to obtain promptly a replacement skipper so the rest of my family could continue with the cruise. Many thanks to all, a great performance. We will be back!!

Thanks to all at Nautilus for a great charter experience, they held our booking through the covid lockdown and then provided us with a fabulous yacht out of Athens. Info provided and their support was second to none. Would highly recommend!

We had an excellent holiday and greatly appreciated the service which Nautilus Yachting provide.

Our Sailing Association has used Nautilus for a number of years and has just come back from Croatia having spent a week bareboat sailing in Croatia out of Trogir. The trip was originally organised for May 2020, however due to Covid had to be cancelled at the last minute, then re-booked and again cancelled due to Covid in 2021. Nautilus stepped up to the plate and helped us reorganise on each occasion without any complaint and dealt with us in a friendly and courteous manner throughout. I thoroughly recommend Nautilus to both seasoned and new sailors. Looking forward to dealing with them again soon.

Just back from a fantastic week on Nautilus' Trogir North flotilla in Croatia. Six of us on a 40 ft catamaran of which four non-sailors. The lead crew of Luke and Harriett made it a holiday for all of us and a wonderful experience. Faultless help from the Nautilus office navigating our way around moving this booking from 2020 due to covid. A great experience, thank you.

This company have been amazing over the past year and a half during which we had two cancelled trips because of Covid restrictions. Excellent customer service.

What a great company Nautilus Yachting is. These
have been difficult times with the Covid situation, but Nautilus have been fantastic throughout. Helpful, professional, efficient and friendly. Leading us to a successful conclusion with our booking for a flotilla holiday in Greece. Well done.

As with many people around the world, 2020 was a tough year, and like others, our trip had to be put on hold due to the global situation. I can't thank and recommend nautilus enough for their continued support and service, from the first enquiry, through cancellations and eventual confirmation of our trip to Fethiye, Turkey. Once arriving, we faced a lockdown in Turkey and our flotilla leaders could not travel, leaving us as bareboat charterers, something we took in our stride, and it actually worked out better that way. We had an absolute blast, learned a lot and enjoyed the sailing in some beautiful locations and great sailing conditions. Thanks to all at Nautilus, we are planning next year's trip and you will hear from us shortly.

Many thanks Nautilus Yachting for your help with our sailing holiday to the Ionian, having our dream holiday cancelled due to CV-Lockdown and all the uncertainty in the lead up to that could have been a really stressful experience. We are obviously disappointed that we can’t get away as planned, but fully understand the situation and look forward to getting away same time next year!

I really appreciate the effort you have gone to, over and above, to deliver a stress free solution. The whole booking and amending process has been handled really well by you, your team and the suppliers, with great communication throughout. We felt like you had our back covered through the whole process.