Experience  a gay sailing vacation that’s packed with terrific conditions, beautiful landscapes, historically significant ancient ruins, secluded islands, vibrant nightlife and a warm culture and terrific cuisine.

Hello, my name is Mark van den Eshof and it's my mission to offer wonderful gay sailing cruises.

Hi there, 

Let me tell you something about my own experience with non-gay holidays..

It is difficult to get the ultimate holiday experience. Especially if you are gay.

What happened is you would end up on a trip or in a hostel with all kind of people – some not-gay and some  even hostile towards gays.

When I was single I wanted to meet like minded men in a relaxing holiday atmosphere. After I met my partner we liked to travel a lot. We both love to sail all over the world. However, joining cabin charter cruises with straight guests and straight crew was a challenge. If we just wanted to kiss each other with a romantic sunset, the other guests and crew felt uncomfortable, even if we just wanted to hold hands. 

Also, nobody understood the gay sense of humor and then these awful straight head bang music all day .

In the afternoon most of the straight guys were drunk on board and frustrated they did not got laid...

Yeah.. not our idea of a relaxed and romantic holiday.

To be honest, it made me feel uneasy at times.

Sounds familiar?

After several disappointing holidays I decided things needed to change – not just for me, but also for the gay community in general.

Does the following sound familiair?

• You are a single gay man and would like to meet other single gay men?
• Are you tired of hanging around straight men on your holiday?
• You just want to have a good time, without feeling embarrased or ashamed because of non-gay people around you.
• You like to travel, meet other people and explore new places.

As my partner and are both licensed skippers and sailing instructors, and my partner is pretty good cook as well, we decided to start our own business.

That is 30 years ago now, when I was 22 years old! We started to rent a 50 feet (15 meter) sailing yacht is Greece.

There was no internet at that time, no website, no facebook and no mobile phones, so to make promotions for our cruises, we needed to do paper advertising in gay magazines.

Luckily, our first 25 guest were extremely enthusiastic and kept coming back all the time, making promotion for us to all their friends. And that’s the best promotion you can get!

We started to sail more weeks in Greece, different Islands, and later also in Turkey and Croatia. We bought our first yachts and we hired other gay skippers and gay cooks after an intense selection and training they became members of our crew. Now we have a great team of 27 gay skippers and cooks and we sail worldwide, all year round.

The yachts got bigger and we also to use more luxury spacious air conditioned catamarans. And a lot of cruises now we sail with 2-3 boats together, so groups of 20-30 guys. Big fun!

How does the following sound?

A wonderful Gay Sailing Cruise in Greece in the Saronic Gulf of Greece.

Terrific conditions, beautiful landscapes, historically significant ancient ruins, secluded islands, vibrant nightlife, a warm culture and terrific cuisine, this is the one for you! 

You will be surrounded by the beautiful bays and coves of the Saronic Gulf, with quiet villages and busy tourist destinations, historic sites and scenic beaches. The unique character of this region is reflected in the architecture of the homes and villages, as well as the castles, monasteries and churches perched high on the hilltops.

This gay sailing holiday starts in Athens. You can join for either one or two weeks.  Both weeks have a distinct itinerary with different ports, bays and islands. The first week we will visit among other the picturesque Island of Poros, the amazing Island of Hydra where are no cars but only donkey’s for transport and we will visit the old city of Monemvasia. The second week we sail from Spetses Island, visiting the great city of Navplion, the Island of Aegina with is famous temple and the world famous Epidaurus amphitheater on our way back to Athens.

Let our Gay skipper guide you over the Greek seas.

How many more holidays will you spent surrounded by non-gay people? 

Let's not waste anymore of your precious holidays - it's time for your ultimate holiday!