Captain Jiorgos Kourtelis Greek, Born in 1971. Jiorgos began his sailing carrier when he was only 9 years old racing Lasers, Optimists and 4.70s. When he turned 19 he decided to make it his profession. Since then he has sailed extensively the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, the Bahamas, the NE coast of Africa, Pacific coast of Central America and has crossed the Atlantic 8 times. Jiorgos has been featured in magazine articles (Nov. 1996 Coastal Cruising Magazine, Feb. 1998 The Boat Magazine) for stories about sailing the Greek islands and Yacht Maintenance, respectively. In 2001, he was decorated with the First Class Medal of Honor by the Minister of Merchant Marine for his assisting role in the rescue mission of passengers from the Ferry Boat Samena. His experience over the years ranges from running his own sailing school, using his own boat for sailing lessons and charters in the summer, working as a Base Manager for Charter Companies being responsible for maintenance and coordination of the charter boats, and traveling half around the world on sailing yachts for private owners. He has worked as well as a captain on a research vessel for whales and dolphins in the Mediterranean and Atlantic Ocean. Today he is an extremely well experienced Sailing Yacht Captain. Jiorgos is a very enthusiastic person interested in philosophy, science, history, and many more things. He likes to cook (he is famous for his Sushi preparation with the fresh catch), read, loves to prepare caipirinhas for his guests and does all kind of water sports in his spare time. He speaks Greek, English and has some knowledge of German and Spanish. With his open attitude he welcomes you on board like a friend and does everything to make you the most wonderful sailing vacation with the perfect mix of adventure, fun, relax, and interesting conversations. Chef – Kyriakos Kioroglou Kyriakos has many years of experience in both luxury yachts and gourmet restaurants. He was born in 1954 in Greece and completed his studies Cooking School of Lausanne Hostelier. Kyrikos also holds a degree in public relations. He is great asset to Anassa – the only problem is his guests usually leave a few pounds heavier! He has an amazing disposition and great smile. He will have his guest on board savouring for more. Kyriakos speaks Greek, English and Italian. Interests Arts and Crafts, Theatre, dancing Deck hand - Tilak Born 12th of September in 1960 in Sri Lanka. Tilak’s tasks on the boat include keeping the boat in a shining condition and helps Jiorgos with docking and maintaining ‘Anassa’ in always perfect conditions. He is very pleasant and quite, always smiling doing his job in the early morning hours to present a perfectly clean boat every morning to the guests of ‘Anassa’. He loves to have children on the boat and helps to supervise all the water sport activities.