Excelent service from Corfu Yachting base staff and special when has to do with the crew saftey and yacht condition as always in action of helpful sailing tips.

The yacht and holiday we booked with Corfu Yachting did not materialise when we arrived at Gouvia Marina, even though we had previously paid in full. We had paid for, on Corfu Yachting's recommendation, a Bavaria 41 (2004) which we thought was more than adequate for the needs of my wife and me. On arrival at the marina we were told, without consultation, we would have to have a Bavaria 46 - Filotimo (1998). Although there were some enjoyable elements to sailing this boat it is not what we would have chosen. The SAFETY CERTIFICATE with the boat's papers expired 5 months earlier, the VHF was faulty and would not have given our position in an emergency and the staff were unable to fix it, there was safety line missing on the deck, the companionway steps fell on top of one of us while using them causing injury (examination showed they had previously been very badly repaired), the supplied life jackets (until we complained) were ancient, and totally unsuitable for sailing in, the Heikell pilot guide was printed in 1998, and the on-board catering equipment was filthy and unusable, hob burners giving repeated trouble etc. The spare gas cylinder was provided empty, and the fuel gauge did not work. (Refueling by us after a few days cost us E150, so the tank was not full as we were told when we took the boat. On the first night out we could not drop or raise the anchor. There is no rib as advertised on the website to come to our aid. We wasted a day going back to the marina, and eventually, amidst great reluctance, got a new chain. We had booked a 2 week flotilla for the North and South Ionian, and were provided in an email months earlier with likely stops in the South Ionian. On arrival we learned that the flotilla had nothing to do with Corfu Yachting, and the flotilla company we were attached to did not run 2 week flotillas - only one week in the North. Although they tried to be helpful we were reduced to doing 2 x 1 week North flots. This is not what we signed for or paid for. No one from Corfu Yachting was available to meet us on the Friday afternoon we returned the boat, not on the Saturday morning before we went to the airport. All attempts to resolve this hugely disappointing situation have met with no responses whatsoever - either email or text. THIS BOAT was not in a fit state to be on a list to be chartered. CORFU YACHTING's website is totally misleading in a number of respects, and we urge great caution if anyone is thinking of using them. It is hugely disappointing. We have done bareboat or flotilla in Greece for many many years, and have always been treated well by Greek people, which has given us a love and respect for them and their country. This guy has let himself and his nation down really really badly. It is particularly disappointing that he has refused all communication since we returned the boat and left it in good order, awaiting it's end of holiday clean we believed we had organised.