ALMYRA II

Captain: Vassilis Loizos

CAPTAIN
Vassilis holds a Captain Class A’ Diploma and has twenty seven years experience on the sea. He started working in his early twenties on motor vessels as an apprentice deck officer cruising worldwide with general cargo and bulk carriers. He became the master on a sailing yacht after receiving his Captain Class B’ Diploma and stayed in that position for almost ten years, and holding the position of Operations Manager for a fleet of commercial vessels of various categories including sailing yachts, racing yachts, classic sailing boats, near-coastal cruising boats and off shore motor boats. He expanded his solid practical knowledge whilst on several sailing yachts and motor yachts sailing Greece. He has impressively participated and won multiple classic yacht races both in Greece and Internationally.
Languages: English, Greek
Previous Yachts: S/Y Meliti, S/Y Afroessa, M/Y Mary Mia, M/Y Odyssey

CHIEF ENGINEER
Stavros was born in Greece and has been an engineer in the yachting industry for the past twenty two years. He holds an impressive list of certificates with only some of them being the Maltese Engineer Diploma, Level B Engineer Diploma, SSO certificate. Sailing Greece and the Mediterranean, he has gained a thorough experience on charters but also when boats were for private use. He has lived for several months in Italy and a few years in Finland while overseeing the building of boats but also during refit. Having worked in the largest yacht ever built by Nautor and some of the most admirable sailing yachts in international waters, he has gained impressive insights and experience.
Languages: English, Greek
Previous Yachts: M/Y Galileos, M/Y Majora, S/Y Eratosthenes (Swan 112), S/Y Aristarchos (Swan 131)

CHIEF STEWARDESS
Eleni Patsiopoulou has a very positive attitude and is extremely hard working displaying both a committed and flexible approach to what she does. She is very organised, has attention to detail, knows extremely well how to care and please the guests. With fifteen year experience on board, she is capable of adapting to any situation and possesses strong analytical and problem-solving skills whilst managing teams of people. Her key skills include silver service, bar & cocktail mixology, flowers arrangement and conducting events.
Certificates/ Courses: Proficiency in fast rescue boats, Ro-Ro passenger, ISM Code, ‘Genius in Gastronomy’
Spoken Languages: Greek, English
Previous yachts: M/Y ALEXANDRA, M/Y OMEGA, M/Y LADY HAYAT, M/Y SAPPHIRE

STEWARDESS
Nikoleta Roupaka started working in service in the early stages of her career. She has gained a lot of practical experience and knowledge since she was working in various food services, hotel & catering businesses while studying. She got her degrees in journalism and hotel & tourism management. She is a very organised and self-motivated individual with a strong work ethic, responsibility and discipline. Nikoleta has been in the yachting industry for almost six years and she has mastered housekeeping and service but also worked as the cook for both the guests and the crew. Great team player with excellent interpersonal skills. She will keep all of the guests satisfied with her services whilst keeping her discretion.
Languages: Greek, English
Previous yachts: M/Y Albatros, M/Y Zen, M/Y Let It Be, M/Y Ipanemas, M/Y Emir

CHEF
Panagiotis Pantaleon was born in Athens and speaks fluent Greek and English.
Panagiotis has 14 years of experience in various hotels and restaurants in Greece and abroad.
Also on s/y CALLISTO, m/s IRAKLIS L, m/y PARIS A, m/y ALBATOR, m/y MONKEY, m/y ASTERI and s/y XASTERIA
Pnagiotis can deal with many different cooking styles and deliver high quality meals.
Possitive attitude and situation awareness can solve problems before they even appear,well trained crew added, we have the recipe for a successful charter.

BOSUN
Emmanouil Nomikos has thirty years experience on the sea since he acquired his diploma for sailing. He further grew his experience by being an instructor on water sports for several years, on speed boats but also he has received solid training through seminars in regards to safety on sea. Emmanouil has been working on yachts for the past seven years and is excellent when working under pressure and with high expectations. An individual with sharp adaptation, organisational and communication skills who is able to support the team in every critical situation. Guests with interest to learn a new sport on water or develop their current skills will be appreciative to have him on board.
Languages: Greek, English
Previous Yachts: M/Y Vitamin C, M/Y Al Mirqab, M/Y Tueq

DECKHAND
Eugene DeLeon was born in Philippines. He speaks Greek, English and Philippino.
Eugene has an experience on M/Y Almyra 1 for about 20 years.
He is a person who literaly can deal successfully with any situation

CHIEF OFFICER - TBC