Scorpios Sailing - Our two luxury yachts, Blue Marlin and Bebela, are not only safe and luxurious, but also fun to sail and high-tech, too. Combined with our experienced crew, your sailing holiday will be one to remember.

Scorpios Sailing

Blue Marlin

Our larger yacht is the magnificent Blue Marlin, an Oceanstar 51. Beautifully appointed, she is capable of comfortably accommodating up to 8 guests, as well as your 2 crew, in 5 cabins.

Blue Marlin offers a range of modern facilities and features including:

En suite in all cabins
Spacious, comfortable saloon
Large cockpit with custom-made cushions
Al fresco dining at full-size cockpit table
Bimini for shade over the cockpit
Navigation systems, including GPS and autopilot
TV, DVD, Internet access and CD Player
Quiet and powerful generator for electrical appliances
Spacious bathing platform
Fresh water deck shower
Dinghy and Outboard engine
Bow-thruster for manoeuvring easily
In-mast mainsail furling gear and a roller reefing system

The saloon is extremely spacious and comfortable. As its focus on the port side there is a large table around which is set stylish and comfortable seating that can accommodate 8 for dinner.

The galley is found on the opposite side of the saloon and this is where Lesley prepares the splendid meals. The chart table and navigation systems are also on the starboard side of the saloon, where if you wish you can plot our passage around the islands.

The large cockpit is the hub of Blue Marlin. It's a great place to participate in the action or just sit back in comfort and enjoy the ride. In the evening when we are in port, the cockpit provides the ideal place to relax and watch life go by around the harbour.

The four guest cabins on board are spacious doubles with en-suite facilities and are individually accessed from the saloon. They are comfortable and bright with good ventilation and ample storage space in both the cabins and their bathrooms.

On the foredeck there are large tailored mattresses and cushions on which you can relax and sunbathe under the warm Greek sunshine as you watch the islands pass by. A bathing platform at the stern of the yacht provides easy access to the sea and immediately at hand is the fresh water deck shower to wash away the salt after your swim.

Also at the stern of Blue Marlin is the "passarelle" or gangway, which is the usual means of getting on and off the yacht. Another way we might get onboard or ashore, is by the dinghy or tender affectionately known as “Elvis” (Love me Tender). We would use him if we chose to anchor overnight in a quiet bay.

Blue Marlin is a dream to sail, having all of the command and navigation systems you would expect on a large modern yacht. A traditional Bermudan Sloop rig means she has one mast supporting two sails with all of her control lines coming back to the cockpit for easy handling.

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Blue Marlin deck plan

Bebela

Bebela is a Bavaria 41 and is the perfect sailing yacht for either 2 or 4 guests and her 2 crew. Her cabins are spacious and have many hatches giving lots of natural light and ventilation below decks.

Some of Bebela's features include:

Large comfortable saloon
Spacious cockpit with table
Large Bimini for shade in the cockpit
Easy access bathing platform and ladder
Fresh water deck shower
Dinghy and Outboard engine
Roller reefing Genoa and mainsail for easy sail handling
Satellite navigation systems
VHF Radio
CD Player
Easy boat to learn to sail

The saloon on Bebela has comfortable bench seating around a table that can easily seat 6. The galley is situated on the port side and has plenty of space and facilities to assist Lesley in working her culinary magic.

At the aft end of the saloon on the starboard side is the chart table. It is fully equipped, including a CD player, VHF radio and on-board navigation systems where you can plot our passage around the islands.

It is from the saloon that access is gained to all of Bebela's guest cabins. The generous forepeak is en-suite and has a wide and comfortable double-bed, with well-designed storage space surrounding the cabin.

The double cabins at the stern share the spacious aft bathroom. They offer full-size double beds with plenty of storage space and hatches.

Bebela's cockpit can seat 6 in safety and comfort and has a large bimini, providing cool shade when required.

Lunch is served on Bebela off the coast of Greece

There is a purpose-built table to cater for al-fresco dining and, with lots of cushions scattered around it, it also makes a great place to relax and watch life pass by in our port of call for the night.

The sailing action takes place in the cockpit and Bebela is a great boat to sail. Even in very light winds she can pick up her skirts and really take off. She is a Bermudan rigged sloop, meaning she has one mast supporting two sails, both of which roll away for easier handling. All of the control lines come back from the mast and foredeck and into the cockpit, making her a great boat to learn to sail.

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Bebela's deck plan

Our Crew

Our professional crew are at your service, providing years of experience and an unequalled depth of knowledge that ensures safety and quality in a holiday experience that you will remember for a life time.

Lesley Lai

Lesley is the key player at Scorpios Sailing and works with any one of the skippers on the crew. As well as being your hostess, she is also an experienced RYA Coastal Skipper who has been sailing charter yachts around these beautiful Islands for 5 years.

She has a natural ability for making her guests feel welcome and will be the person answering your enquiries and ensuring all your holiday planning is effortless. Lesley will also be there to welcome you aboard and make certain that you have everything you need whilst you’re with Scorpios Sailing.

As a qualified chef, Lesley has over 25 years of catering and hospitality experience. She has managed her own restaurant and two hotels in England and has worked in France and Canada at some very prestigious restaurants.

Lesley loves to cook and prepares the most delicious meals in the Ionian, so as you can imagine, she is always the most popular member of the crew.

Roger North

Roger is a professional seaman in the Merchant Navy who skippers with Scorpios Sailing when he is not at sea on merchant ships. He has been sailing yachts for over 20 years and is a RYA/MCA Commercial Yachtmaster and Powerboat Instructor.

Roger has a broad-ranging seafaring background from super yachts in the Western Mediterranean to serving in minesweepers with the Royal Navy Reserves. He was based for 10 years at Gibraltar, where he was the Chief Instructor and Principal of the British Military Forces Adventure Training and Sailing Centre.

More recently Roger has been in the North Sea aboard support vessels involved in the oil industry. Roger is a talkative and interesting character with plenty of stories to tell. He is great fun to be with for kids of all ages and is always ready to play.

Les Jones

Les has been a professional skipper in Greece for the last 5 years. As a commercially endorsed RYA/MCA Yachtmaster and Cruising Instructor, Les has logged thousands of miles sailing around Western Greece.

Les was a Detective Chief Inspector in the Metropolitan Police. He and his wife regularly sailed their own, immaculate, Sadler 35ft yacht in the English Channel before deciding to base themselves in the Ionian.

Sailing with Les is like having your own personal tour guide onboard. He is very knowledgeable and always happy to pass on information about these fascinating islands.

Nikos Markou

Nikos is from Athens and has been involved with charter yachts for more than 30 years. He is a highly qualified yacht skipper, who knows not only the Ionian Islands, but all the Islands of Greece, having sailed tens of thousands of miles around them.

Nikos is very proud to be Greek. He is very knowledgeable and delighted to answer questions about his Hellenic culture and its history. After service in the Greek army, Nikos went to university and qualified as a pharmacist. However his love for sailing took him down a different career path, eventually operating several charter-yachts of his own.

He is a most adept fisherman and loves to fish from the yacht, often catching tuna and other delicacies for lunch.

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