Great service from start to finish. Helpful office staff & the team who hauled us out were amazingly efficient. Even though it’s a bit further from Athens airport than others, we will be back.
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We can only agree with all the praise about how professionally everything is managed at Basimkopoulos by the always smiling and friendly staff! We had our previous boat Zolio l, a Dufour 385, at the shipyard from 2019 to 2023, when we had to sell it to be home in Sweden for a year. Now we are in the process of buying Zolio lll, hopefully a Dufour 405, which we will return to this fantastic shipyard with! Hopefully we will get a place on land next winter in one of their super nice, stable and safe steel cradles! Hope to see you soon! Saling Zolio Crew - K & J
Once again the service was ideal. The fresh air the relaxed life in the yard made my stay in the Kilada, despite the daily tiring winter maintenance work, vacation on land. With shipyards in Corinth, Salamina, Perama that I have worked with is incomparable, both in terms of cost and service.In the end I thank Irene for finding a place for me even if I arrived late. See you in November.
Yesterday i had to hand-over my small baby (cat FP Salina 48 ~ 17to) to the team of the Basimakopoulos shipyard to haul it out and put on land. I was very nervious because the last time i've seen my boat on a lifter (on a shipyard north of Italy) was not a very good experience. Here at Basimakopoulos - the timing and communication was stright forward, the equipment they used is absolutely state-of-the-art, well maintained and - the most important point - the team is working as a team, very professional and experts in using their equipment. So - next time - i'll relax and go for a coffee while the team will lauch my boat to the water - absolutely no reasoin to get nervious
Id like to say something new and incisive about the boatyard but the above comments say it all really....it's just a nice place to be. I echo their comments. If I am looking for fault I would say the loo and shower block, although clean and tidy, are probably seeking an upgrade in the future and wifi diminishes with your distance from the office. But overall it's the best yard I have been in, having been to Sicily, Croatia, the Italian mainland and Levkas.
Five reasons why is Basimakopoulos Shipyard the best: 1 Punctual - when they say be in the lift well at 9 am they mean it, the big travel lift and the smiling boys are ready and welcoming - Kalimera - Ti kánete? 2 World quality lifting, transporting and cradling equipment 3 Fair prices 4 Help with Greek bureaucracy 5 The owners and management are courteous, available every day and able to solve any problem Some things that appeal to me as a sailor and boat builder are: This is a real boat building yard, they build and restore beautiful Greek fishing and pleasure boats. You can see the boss, Yanni, escaping from his office to the big shed at any opportunity. The big old band saw whirrs, an ancient pine log is cut into planks and machined flat. There are traditional tools like an adze lying about in his office. And uncle Elefteri who looked all over the world for the best boat lifting machinery system is the same - likes being in the shed. Who doesn't? And everything is tidy, shipshape and freshly painted - no debris lying around the yard. And then there is Evangelos assisted by Irini, Yanni's daughter. He runs the office with smiling efficiency. Multilingual, responds quickly to emails, plays his spreadsheets like a grand piano. He is the mainstay of the administration, every one comes out of Evangelos's office smiling. Do I have a basis for this comparison? Well after thirty years of cruising France, Italy, Croatia, Turkey, Tunisia and Greece we are not going anywhere else. Thanks and best wishes to all at Basimakopoulos
One winter sharing our experiences with other sailors in Barcelona, knowing about our experiences on shipyards nearly all around the world Caribe, Brasil, USA, French Polinesia, New Caledonia, Australia , someone asked me about my opinion were I consider will be the best place to leave the vessel when going back home . The nearest one to your sailing area of course. - was my immediate answer. I mean which shipyard do you think is the best, considering different factors as, safety, comfort, staff, distance to airport, cleanest, and of course price- he pointed again. That’s not an easy question to answer, I said, but after a while I said. I know one shipyard in the Argolikós at the NE of Peloponnesus, (at that point I had to explain where is the Peloponnesus), owned and ruled by one family, that is probably the best choice I could recommend, may be the toilets could be improued, but for the rest , its difficult to find better. Three sailors required the details of that shipyard in Kilada. One brought his boat to Basimakopoulos Shipyard
Returning/de retour/zurück in Kilada 19-8-2019 + Aegean till middle of October.
Another Great season at Basimakopouloi Boatyard, the Best Boatyard in Greece ! Shame we have had to go home. See you all there next season.
Dix années en Grèce sur notre cata , et sans se voir vieillir d’Iles En îles , un bonheur chaque jour renouvellé ,une vie banale en sorte avec ses petits soucis mécaniques vite solutionnés par nos excellents amis de Kilada, toujours attentifs à notre quiétude et sachant conserver malgré un beau développement, une relation efficace et paisible et accessible à nos modestes moyens pécuniaires. Il faut quitter , cet encore Éden européen , pour réaliser que ce peuple Grec qui traverse des difficultés économiques majeures, reste la tête haute , fière et d’une générosité sans pareil, tout en nous offrant le plus vaste, diversifié , accessible terrain de jeux pour des voileux . Isabelle et moi resterons infiniment reconnaissant à toute l’Equipe , à Ianis le boss et Angelos qui porte bien son prénom ! De nous avoir si gentiment et efficacement ouvert les portes de leur chantier qui vaut toutes les « marina » . Nous rentrons en France pour clore cette modeste Odyssée , avec de magnifiques souvenirs . Merci
