I recently returned from a tour with Captain Trips and am still impressed! The yacht was very comfortable, the crew was professional and friendly. We swam along the coast of Turkey, stayed in picturesque coves, swam in crystal clear water. I especially remember the day when we visited the ancient city and learned a lot of interesting things about its history. Thanks!
We took a boat in Sicily. We went west of Palermo. The boat is excellent, the cities are interesting, parking is acceptable, the sea is warm and clean! We enjoyed it and now we plan to go to the Lipari Islands. Thanks a lot to Yuri for his cooperation!!!
We rented a yacht in Turkey with a captain and a cook.
Organization. When preparing the offer, we indicated that we do not have similar experience and we need to maximize all information about the upcoming trip.
They sent us yacht options to choose from without giving comments on what would be better to choose (as it turned out later, the principle "new means better" does not work at all and experienced yachtsmen choose a yacht in operation for 2-3 years). In addition, they sent a presentation of the tour with the route WITHOUT informing us that in fact we would not go along this route.
The manager also did not take into account that we asked for a router for the trip and on the day of check-in we had to urgently resolve this issue with the captain.
There were a lot of problems when checking in on the yacht, because on the day of arrival, the captain, manager, and head of the company did not get in touch. The check-in was announced at 4, in fact, we only got there after 7 o'clock and, accordingly, we did not leave the Marina on this day (loss of a day of travel).
Upon check-in, it also turned out that our boat did not have a motor for disembarkation and we had to rent it urgently for an additional 110€.
Captain. There were days when he was already very sober by lunchtime. At the same time, he allowed me to make greasy comments about one of our girls. He asked if he could bring his friends to the yacht to "have fun."
He constantly tried to emphasize what a professional he is, and other captains, managers, etc. are worthless.
I forgot to drain the fecal tank, which led to a pipe break (the contents went under the aft floor, I think it's not worth explaining how it smelled on the yacht). At the same time, he tried to accuse the guests that they had pumped the pump and this led to a pipe breakthrough - the breakthrough happened when he was in the bathroom. As a result, I drained part of the tank while in the bay where there were people and one of the guests was in the water at that time!
The yacht ran out of water in less than a day, although no one washed on the yacht, because they saved water. 480 l tank. Apparently, he couldn't figure out how Bucky switches. Because of this, we had to constantly stay in Marinas for an additional cost, although the wish for the route was 50% of the time - Marinas, 50% - wild coves with a minimum of people.
During the week, the sail was opened only 2 times: on the first day to check if everything was in order and on one of the crossings. Requests to sail were ignored, the justification was a bad wind (it did not bother the yachts around).
At one of the parking lots, our boat broke for disembarkation, we could not repair it for 2 days, because there is no repair kit on the yacht and it was a problem to find it. On the last evening, the captain went to "wash things" in the Marina and did not return. The next day we met him in the city and pretended not to see us.
Andrey is such a professional.
Cook. There are no questions for cook Olga - she fed very tasty, baked pies, croissants and in general became an excellent travel companion and brightened up our stay on the yacht! (therefore, the score is not the lowest).
I do not recommend choosing this company to rent a yacht with a captain, because you can repeat our experience. Maybe the organization is better on tours, but the staff works the same.