Captain Alexander started sailing professionally in 1972. A generation later, his son Theseus runs our private charters. The boat is 11 Knots.
11 Knots is a family business in the oldest sense of the phrase.
We've been sailing for more than fifty years. When Captain Alexander started, in 1972, bareboat charters were a newer concept in Greece and the fleet was a quarter the size it is now. The harbours were different, the boats were different. The mornings at sea weren't.
Two shared sailing tours a day during the season, plus private charters. All on a single yacht — 11 Knots — so the experience stays consistent. Group size capped at eight, because a boat any fuller stops feeling like sailing and starts feeling like a bus at sea.
We don't include lunch on board because the tavernas on the islands we visit are better than anything we could carry. We don't pile the day with stops because the best moments come from staying longer in one bay, not rushing through three. We finalise the route in the morning based on the wind, not the night before based on marketing.
Alexander's son, Captain Theseus, joined the family operation professionally in 2018. He runs many of our private charters now, and has brought a more modern shape to the way we work without changing what made the day a good one in the first place.
Captain & founder · since 1972
Captain Alexander has been sailing professionally since 1972. Over five decades of bareboat and skippered charters, he has built a reputation for quiet expertise — the kind that comes only from long familiarity with the sea, its weather, and the small bays on charts nobody else bothers to open. He still runs 11 Knots most days in season.
Captain · since 2018
Born into a seafaring family, Theseus took his first steps aboard a sailboat. He has been operating professionally since 2018, on monohulls and luxury catamarans, on private weekly charters across Greece. He runs a share of our private charters each season.
Every photograph here is from a real day aboard 11 Knots.
