Comfort & Relax aboard a 20-meter Sailing Yacht - Skipper & Hostess

Top Holiday! Where to start... it was a unique experience! We started from Tropea, and then passed by Panarea, Lipari, Filicudi, Vulcano and Stromboli. We could admire breathtaking landscapes and coves! Our snorkleing was accompanied by some great and healthy food prepared with care by Rodolfo and Massimo (Captain of Excellence) who managed to meet all our culinary needs. The icing on the cake? definitely the crew! We met fantanistic people. We laughed and danced aboard the lovely Alysia! Extra-recommended experience.

A wonderful holiday on an extremely comfortable boat. In addition to the continuous discovery of enchanting places, always in maximum safety, our group had the opportunity to freely discuss the various needs of each one and to be able to learn some technical elements on navigation and the boat itself. All linked by a perfect harmony between all the crew members and the skipper. Not only do I highly recommend others to have a travel experience with this group, but I hope to do it again. Special mention for the kitchen on board: starred!

If you like the Foreign Legion this is the cruise for you!!! :-D DDDD (Just kidding!) The Giangi looks a bit Celentano in the Taming of the Shrew, but if you respect a few simple rules, you will be guaranteed fresh fish every day (and when I say fresh I mean fish), excellent cuisine (I still dream of reducing with Rum and Tropea onions) and liters of alcohol for daredevils. We super enjoyed it, despite 2 days of bad weather, even though we went down with 4kg more each!

Starry boat! The captain is a man of spirit and culture, an expert sailor, attentive to the safety and well-being of the crew, but above all an excellent chef. It was not enough to witness the wonders of nature among erupting volcanoes, immersed in the firmament, cradled on the waves, fantastic days in the incredible scenery of Salina, Vulcano and Panarea, the Captain drops anchor, smiles and sinks into the dinette, the time to take a dip and in the cockpit appear shrimp tartare, paccheri with sea bream, tuna belly carbonara. A simple kitchen but at the same time full of creativity. This captain deserves 3 Michelin stars! Wonderful days, fun evenings, a pleasure to have met you Giangi, see you soon. Good wind!

Fantastic holiday, lovely places to say the least. The boat is well equipped and perfectly maintained by Gianluca, impeccable captain, super experienced... an excellent skipper, as well as excellent chef who made us dream with the dishes prepared by him! Excellent navigation to discover the Aeolian Islands and lots of fun and relaxation. I was lucky enough to meet wonderful travel companions... an experience that I really recommend to everyone. Good wind! And thanks again Giangi

I had the pleasure of traveling with Gianluca in August last year. Gianluca is an excellent skipper, able to face all weather conditions... with him on the boat you always feel safe. He is also an excellent cook and always available to party and ensure the fun of the crew. The rules to be respected on the boat are clear from the beginning and this favors the collaboration between the people on the boat. I highly recommend choosing Gianluca as skipper for your holiday

Wonderful person, commendable Skipper. From now on for me the Aeolian Islands will only make sense with Gianluca at the helm. He made us live a magical holiday, guiding us to the most beautiful places on each island. Extravagant at the right point and prudent when needed! On his boat you feel at home!!!

Giangi is a great skipper, gruff only apparently, actually competent professional available and very good at cooking! He did not hesitate to challenge the storm alone by leaving us on the ground to protect our safety. And despite the adverse weather, he accompanied us to discover the Aeolian Islands between dives, toasts, sea and lots of fun! Storms, lightning and lightning did not allow us to visit all the islands, but what we saw left us wanting to return, and for sure we will be back! A big thank you to Gianluca, to the other skippers of the flotilla (especially Andrea A.) and to the fantastic crew for the unique holiday ... To conclude a few votes to the kitchen of our commander ... carbonara --> 9.5 linguine mussels and clams --> 10 e Lode! What can I say? Good wind and bon appétit!

Beautiful holiday, despite being in paolo A's boat (see review), we shared the week with Gianluca's crew: excellent skipper, cook and hilarious person! Fully recommended!

Every positive expectation has been largely exceeded! If you want to have a captain who makes you live and dream of the Aeolian world Gianluca will accompany you with panache in every situation! Thanks Giangy

The rating is great for being my first time on a sailboat, Giangi is very competent and professional in his field, nice and excellent cook which does not hurt. Great sailing great company and lots of fun.

Beautiful holiday, it was my first experience on a sailing boat, images and memories that I will never forget, Captain Giangi is mythical, very prepared, available is a great. But the holiday was unforgettable also thanks to my very nice travel companions, I can't wait to share another boat holiday with them...

Exceptional holiday with an exceptional skipper! There were three of us, with my husband and my teenage son. Gianluca gave us many emotions on this trip: sailing with dolphins, fishing for tuna, diving in the most beautiful coves of the Aeolian Islands, enjoying the sunsets and fresh fish. She is an excellent cook, really passionate. And a beautiful person, curious, nice and generous. The boat is spotless, the few rules to be respected are obvious even if there is a lot of flexibility. We will return by boat with Gianluca.

Skipper of rare sailing preparation, his boat is very welcoming and cared for in every detail; he gave us few initial rules, and he immediately showed himself to be very tolerant. Great chef, happy to pamper his guests.

Pros and cons. About the first, Gianluca is an excellent cook (and he proved it) and the boat is very comfortable and well equipped. On the contrary, there are various points that I consider incompatible with a serene sailing holiday. The announcement was to move only by sailing while we never turned off the engine. Also, it was not possible to know what we would do or when and we always left late. Then, in addition to being exaggeratedly on other boats Gianluca allowed himself various unkind behaviors: 1 kg of bucatini thrown into the sea because he had asked us for linguine (our mistake), heavy panels of the boat on clothes and glasses or throwing damp costumes out of the port gave the feeling of being "unwanted" guests even if paying. Finally, the pre-departure agreements were not respected in the slightest: we had to be in 6 and not in 8, the flotilla of 8-10 boats and not of 3-4, etc. Luckily the crew was great and we had a great time. SKIPPER'S REPLY: One day I will become God and the wind will come every time we ask: it is the good time that I become rich :)!  In fact I'm so bad that I turned off the fan on all the Aeolian Islands and so stupid that I started the engine to get you somewhere! Without that engine we would have stayed in the bay of Lipari for the whole week! The program was clear to everyone except you, evidently you had other things to look after...  Rude?? I mailed a fishing boat 2 hours to offer you the sublime pleasure of eating freshly caught prawns (stuff for a few, reserved for friends of "sea") and after working 3 hours to prepare a condiment artfully what should I do? Mix them with bucatini?! :-) It is I who am offended by the little attention you have had towards me after the effort I have made and that I certainly was not required to do, not you!  Costumes outside the portholes? After repeated kind and punctual reminders such as: "please do not enter the boat with wet costumes" "do not let them drip on the ground: the cauldron is ruined"! the most you knew how to do was leave your dripping costumes in your cabin! I would thank the skipper for not having thrown them overboard ...  The number of participants was clear to everyone but you! Evident that once again you had more to think about and little desire to read what was written in a clear and punctual way! The flotilla was 6 boats and I can't find anywhere written neither you say nor a hundred nor a thousand!

Gianluca was definitely the top... he welcomed us in his little gem as you do with a family! He was a great captain and a great companion of adventures! Relaxation, fun and lots of beautiful music were always guaranteed not to mention the breathtaking dishes he was able to create! He made us live the Aeolian Islands in all its authenticity always giving us the best advice on what to do, what to see and where to drink and eat. Always very attentive to the crew, he was the creator and supporter of the group! Excellent awakening to the "captain hook" ;)

During my holiday in the Aeolian Islands he turned out to be a very good skipper, a fantastic cook, a very nice friend, a true musical connoisseur ... in short, a pleasant discovery after another!there is only to hope to be able to reorganize a holiday with him as soon as possible!

The Skipper has little desire to sail, little desire to cook, little desire to be with the group ... I still give vote two because the two times he cooked in a week he did it well. Also despite the fact that we set sail the day after arrival and returned (this time due to bad weather) the day before for the rest he respected the stages. The holiday still went well thanks to some fantastic travel companions .. pity only the Skipper. SKIPPER'S REPLICA: An engine costs about 35 euros per hour of motorbike. Considering the generous and prepared arming for the ocean of my boat... a good connoisseur a few words. If you are not able to understand that with 5 knots against you do not get anywhere then I really have nothing more to add! The skipper is not required to cook for any reason in the world, if he does it is only out of courtesy and sense of hospitality that you evidently have not earned, considering then the unpolite and courteous way in which you mistreated my boat you should thank you for not having all come down ahead of time, you did not have the good sense to clean the bathrooms even once ... we don't add anything else that is better. I forgot: it seems to me that the team is that of the "Indians" who at six in the morning slip away without paying the moorings!

I recommend to everyone a holiday in the Aeolian Islands are a place more unique than rare. Boat very cozy and equipped with all the necessary amenities. We were lucky enough to have as travel companions unique people with whom we had a lot of fun. I had booked this holiday to live a sailing experience but unfortunately the skipper despite repeated requests has always preferred a motor navigation. SKIPPER'S REPLICA: An engine costs about 35 euros per hour of motorbike. Considering the generous and prepared arming for the ocean of my boat... a good connoisseur a few words. Despite your boat license you really do not understand that with 5 knots against you do not get anywhere?! Allow me to remind you that you were the first group to leave without paying for the moorings despite having accurately and carefully pointed out to everyone that the cost of the pier had not been paid!

An unforgettable holiday, with the good fortune to meet wonderful people as travel companions. Beautiful places, beautiful and comfortable boat, very nice skipper even if not very available to change the scheduled programs and partly distracted by his personal commitments. Not recommended for sailing lovers as it prefers motor navigation. SKIPPER'S REPLICA: An engine costs about 35 euros per hour of motorbike. Considering the generous and prepared arming for the ocean of my boat... a good connoisseur a few words. Despite your boat license you really do not understand that with 5 knots against you do not get anywhere?! Allow me to remind you that you were the first group to leave without paying for the moorings despite having accurately and carefully pointed out to everyone that the cost of the pier had not been paid!