Egadi Islands, Zingaro Reserve and San Vito Lo Capo

08/15/2026

David V.

I lost David's place for the cruise. I needed rest. Actual sailing was restricted. When sailing, the boat often proceeded straight ahead without following the wind properly. I called my best friend who is a skipper several times with video calls and was speechless, telling me to leave the boat immediately. In the end, even my friends understood that we could not continue sailing after the boat stopped in the middle of the sea and Mario and Carmen were unable to manage the situation. Mario and Carmen struggle to coordinate with each other in maneuvers, also thanks to Mario's hearing problem, and give each other conflicting instructions. We suggested that they use walkie-talkies that they had purchased specially, but they never used them. The stick used to hook the buoys was lost at sea twice. Carmen was kind to me and tried to speak to me in French. However, Mario and Carmen quarreled with each other over the maneuvers and then the atmosphere was heavy. Mario snores very loudly during the night, significantly disturbing my rest for the duration of the cruise. For me this was a real problem as I needed to sleep and I spent sleepless nights. We found a total lack of flexibility: the one and only request for modification, minimal (stopping in the next bay), was met with disappointment (we were clearly told that they do not operate a "taxi"). On this occasion, we wanted to join friends who were with their catamaran near the beach and had a free buoy next to them. Mario and Carmen chose to moor on the buoy furthest from the beach despite the sea being calm. We were forced to swim about 300 meters without tender assistance, even on the way back late in the evening. Products have been added in particular for the hygiene/cleanliness of Carmen and Mario (about 35-40 €) and food (about 25-30 €) without submitting the list to us before sending. This is unacceptable to me. The worst, however, was the refusal to take us to Levanzo despite the optimal sea conditions, preventing us from visiting one of the three islands of the Egadi then that there are only 3 and we had 7 days of navigation. For me holiday ratées. Florence

Flotilla Different: Party and new friends in the Aeolian Islands - SAILOR CABIN ONLY

08/15/2026

Francesca D.

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IT

It was a great experience and I was especially lucky with the group I shared the boat with. In a week, living in confined spaces, finding a close-knit group with whom to feel good is certainly an important aspect. The flotilla format is ideal for meeting many new people, many of them young, and always creates a very convivial and festive atmosphere. I also really appreciated the availability and attention of the skipper and co-skipper, always present and ready to meet the needs of the group.

Egadi Islands, Zingaro Reserve and San Vito Lo Capo

08/15/2026

Micaela V.

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CH

We are sorry to leave this comment, but we feel it is right to share our experience. On the site the profile is presented as "Carmen & Mario", with Carmen listed as 58 years old (but we believe she has more) and skipper. in reality the skipper is Mario who is 70 years old, overweight, motor and hearing problems. The boat is beautiful and Carmen and Mario can be very nice and friendly. Everything changes when they have to make maneuvers: insults between them and bad mood that involves the whole group. The slightest change of program creates tensions. Even before departure we had problems: we had a change in our flight with arrival at the port at 20h. This has already been a mini drama. We were written in harsh and unfriendly tones that they were making a "concession" to wait for us, despite the fact that we had booked the whole boat and the night was still scheduled in port. Both no longer have the energy and readiness necessary to manage weeks in a row with guests. We must point out a worrying lack of safety on board: on Monday the boat hit a rock without any hull check being carried out for two days and an engine failure at sea on Wednesday afternoon was handled disastrously, with Mario and Carmen refusing to contact the coast guard, who intervened anyway on our initiative (with Carmen verbally attacking us for doing so) The guard judged "crazy" the manoeuvre attempted by the skipper to pull the sailboat for many kilometres. we had to organize the end of the stay independently, with more than € 1500 at our expense as Mario and Carmen refused to take us to Levanzo once the boat was repaired stating that the weather conditions did not allow us to continue the tour then that the maritime guard had indicated that the conditions allowed navigation

Aeolian Islands: between sea and authentic flavours

08/15/2026

Michela C.

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IT

Positive experience with a very comfortable boat having 1bathroom in each room and a spacious dinette, and equipped. Lq boat is clean and well maintained. . However, I would have preferred a greater use of the tender to get closer to the beaches instead of having to swim a lot all the time to get to rocks or the beach. I also find that in fact the issue of buoys to be paid / port etc is not very clear. I had read about this problem in advance.a and I can only confirm it. In addition, when we went down in the evening with the tender we were told that we could only be picked up until 23:30 which seems a bit early to me being summer and leaving the next day never before 10/10:30 in the morning, I don't say at 2 in the morning, but at least at midnight.

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