SUMMER FUN Yacht Charter

Captain: Nikolaos Xatzimarkou

Captain - Nikos Xatzimarkou
Nikolaos was born in Piraeus, Greece and has 40 years of experience on board. He served in the Greek Navy before working on commercial ships and finally moved onto working on charter yachts. Nikolaos graduated from the Merchant Marine Academy of Aspropirgos and has certified experience in Ship Security, Firefighting, Lifesaving and Medical care. He respects his guests’ needs, and his gentle but firm attitude ensures relaxed and safe cruising of the Greek islands. He is married with s a son which means that he is great with children. He has been navigating m/y SUMMER FUN for the last 2 years and before that he was navigating m/y SEA DOG for 13 years. Captain Nikos and Crew are dedicated and ensure a safe and pleasant cruise for you.

Chief Engineer – Stergios Vatoutsianos
Stergios was born in 1981 and holds the Engineer’s A class license. Before joining the yachting industry he was working on board merchant vessels. Among others he holds an engine room management certificate, first aid, specialized training in advanced fire fighting, . Stergios is hardworking and his friendly personality makes him an asset for Summer Fun's team. In his free time likes free diving, collections and DIU Constructions. Speaks greek & English.


Chef - Athanasios Tsaparas (Thanassis)
Thanassis was born in 1990 in Belgium and apart from his studies in Marketing he holds a degree in Cooking as Culinary Art Technician. During his career he has attended many culinary seminars like HAACO and Butcher's Certificate and seafarer training. His journey in culinary started 2009 and since then he has worked many in restaurants all over Greece. In 2015 he decided to join the yachting industry on board a commercial 76 meters motor yacht as sous Chef and since 2017 he worked on board motor yachts, like MY Atalanti and MY Daloli. He is self-motivated, hardworking, positive and always doing his best to introduce the best of Greek cuisine to his guests. Apart from Greek he speaks English and some French. When he is not working his magic in the kitchen he prefers traveling, going to the cinema or for swimming.

Chief Stewardess - Katerina Thermou
Katerina was born in 1982 in Greece and she holds a C' Class Captain license from Aspropirgos Merchant Marine Academy. She is one of the most experience crew onboard and her career started on ferry boats where she realized that apart from sea she also loves the tourism industry. Since 2006 she has worked in various charter yachts all over Greece. Her kind personality along with her experience with people around the globe makes her always going the extra mile in order to accommodate guests’ needs and guarantee an outstanding service provision. Katerina is an enthusiastic and positive team member, with a great eye for detail. She speaks English and Greek and prefers to spend her free enjoying the sea.

Stewardess Maria Dalampoura
Maria is born in 1992 in Thessaloniki, Greece. She has graduated Filology Unıversity at Ioannina in 2014 and since then has joined yachting industry and tourism. She can also be guide tour operator in Greek historical monuments sue to her studies and certificate. She is a positive person with strong communication skills. She is a perfectionist and constantly improving herself to provide the best service to her guests. Previous motor yachts M/y Aquilla 40m, My Andrea 40m, M/y Salty 25m and other various yachts as stewardess. She speaks Greek, English and German.

Deckhand Valantis Mpoursoukis
Our super energetic deckhand Valantis joined in 2017 in various motor yachts such as M/y Omega, M/y Daloli, My Aurelia, M/y Andrea and other. Valantis offers his service experience to the other crew members for the best service onboard and in winter maintenance. He is a cheerful and smiling crew member and speaks Greek and English.

Deckhand - Glenn Celerez
Glenn was born in 1979 and has an experience of 15 years on board commercial motor yachts. He's always positive and ready to assist anywhere he's needed. He speaks English and Philippino.