Your Crew
CAPTAIN Christos Filinis & COOK/HOSTESS Konstantina Dania
Captain - Christos Filinis
Christos is a driven and responsible sailor who continuously challenges and improves his skills, while making you feel right at home on board. He is a high-energy, and fun skipper who is guaranteed to have you laughing while also learning more about sailing. He completed his Masters as a Civil Engineer here in Patras, Greece, and while there, he became an avid windsurfer, spending every spare moment on the sea, no matter the conditions.
After working as an engineer, Christos felt the sea calling and decided to answer by training and working as a qualified skipper. Since this career change in 2016, Christos has devoted his life to the sea and never looked back. He holds his RYA diploma as a Yacht Master Offshore Sailor, and as an RYA Sailing Instructor, and he takes great pleasure in sharing his passion for sailing with others. His patience and outgoing attitude make him an extremely dependable coach and committed skipper. He is waiting to show you all there is to know about sailing the Greek waters.
Cook/Hostess: Konstantina Dania
Konstantina was born in 1998 and raised by the sea. She has spent all of her life on board, with sailing forming the foundation of her professional journey. She began working on sailing yachts since a very young age, where her long standing passion for cooking developed into a dedicated career. Over the past 7 years she has gained great experience in creating multi-course menus. Based primarily in Greek waters, her work is shaped by seasonal, high quality ingredients and a strong sense of place, combined with an international approach to menu design and service. Her focus is always on creating dining experiences that feel passionate, memorable and appropriate for any occasion.
18th of October to 25th of October 2025
Captain Christos steered with grace, Giannis kept a smiling face.
Calm seas, cool dips, and food divine,
Even the kids behaved (most of the time!).
The wind was shy, but came to play. What a perfect Greek holiday!
Thank you for a lovely time!
Francois, Annika, Willem, Thais, Lazuli.
2nd of September to 9th of September 2025
Christos and Yiannis were phenomenal crew member!!!
- Christos is a master sailor, we ride the waves smoothly, even on windy days. It was an amazing experience!
- Yiannis was a brilliant cook, always creating an unexpected and tasty Greek cuisine. I think we received full Greek authenticity with Yiannis cooking.
Both Christos and Yiannis were passionable and the enthusiasm on doing what they love made our experience one to remember forever. When we come back to the Cyclades, we would love to have Christos and Yiannis as our captain and chef again!
Emir!
Christos & Yiannis, our heartfelt gratitude for your warm hospitality, outstanding cruising, and a genuine culinary tour of Greek cuisine! Christos, you are a master of your craft, an authentic sailor at home on the sea. I would sail anywhere with you and trust your skills and judgment. Yiannis, you too have mastered your craft. We learned much about Greece through your creations, to say nothing of the multitude of wonderful meals we enjoyed. Looking forward to our paths crossing again!
Markin
Christos and Yiannis,
What an absolute dream this entire week has been on your Shooting Star. The memories we have all made this past week will no doubt bring our hearts joy for the rest of our lives, and we are indebted to you both for that gift!
Christos,
You have clearly reached the point in your career when no matter the weather, the crowd, or any other sea-related inconvenience, you trust your knowledge and experience on the sea to successfully carry your boat to your next destinations. Watching you sail this wonderful sailboat was both relaxing and awe-inspiring, because everything you did, you did it with ease. Thank you for sailing us to the islands you chose to sail us to. Thank you for choosing the specific routes you chose so that our experience would be as pleasant as possible. Thank you for making the landplans as swiftly as you did the sea-plans. We would not have changed a thing!
Yiannis,
We were all shocked to have learned, halfway through the week, that you had not, in fact, been serving as a sailor chef, on the water, for your entire life. To think that this is your first summer on board is astonishing, because you have mastered each of your roles in such a short time. Yes, we recognize, that you've been a chef, since you were a pre-teenager but it is one thing to command a kitchen on land, and another to do it in a narrow, teetering kitchen inside a sailboat'scabin. Each and every meal was prepared as if we were dinning at a Michelin star restaurant. It felt criminal to leave any food uneaten, since we knew we'd never have foo quite this delicious again, so we all probably gained 5kg by finishing as much of each meal as possible. But we gained the weight happily.
Highlights from the week(this list is by no means comrehensive):
- sailing across the Aegean sea
- anchoring at night, to some of the most beautiful blue waters, unique coastal views and starry nights we've had the pleasure to see.
- 5 star, truly world class meals (service)
- seeing the lunar eclipse from the sea
- taking a water-taxi on a paddleboard being towed by Emir to a beach(done at least 3 times)
- sea glass hunting
- learning that the word ''sorry'' can fit itself into every sentence of communication almost seamlessly
- making what we anticipate will be lifelong friendships with two of the most remarkable, fun, caring, experts (captain and chef) of their craft Greek sailors that we may ever have the pleasure of meeting.
Thank you over and over again, for this remarkable once in a lifetime experience on the Aegean!
- Most sincerely and with deep admiration and respect -
Marty, Mallory, Libby and Emir.