About Us

We aim to unite the Greek sailing community by providing resources, information, and a forum to address common challenges, encouraging positive action to protect Greece's unique coastline and marine environment.

Sustainable Sailing Greece is a Greek not-for-profit organisation, dedicated to transforming nautical tourism in Greece into a force for environmental protection, local empowerment, and long-term sustainability. We are sailors, environmentalists, educators, and advocates working together to ensure that every sailing journey in Greece not only leaves no trace—but gives back.


Our Mission:

We aim to create a sustainable future for sailing in Greece by:
- Promoting responsible sailing practices that protect delicate habitats like Posidonia meadows.
- Providing accessible, practical tools—such as guidebooks, videos, and our signature Sailing Sustainably in Greece Guide—to help sailors, skippers, crew and charter companies reduce their environmental footprint.
- Raising awareness of the environmental and social impacts of nautical tourism through education and advocacy.
- Supporting local communities and preserving the natural and cultural heritage of the Greek coastline.
- Strengthening cooperation among individuals, charterers, organizations, and authorities to address shared environmental challenges in the sailing sector.

Our Values:

- Environmental Protection: We are committed to preserving Greece’s marine and coastal ecosystems through actionable, science-based practices.
- Community Collaboration: We believe that sustainability is a shared responsibility. By bringing together sailors, charter companies, local authorities, and civil society, we can inspire collective action.
- Education & Awareness: We empower the sailing community with the knowledge and resources needed to make responsible choices.
- Responsible Tourism: We advocate for tourism that supports local economies while protecting the environment.
- Partnership & Advocacy: Through strategic alliances with both Greek and international partners, we aim to reshape nautical tourism for the better.Through educational outreach, hands-on materials, and active partnerships, Sustainable Sailing Greece is redefining what it means to sail responsibly. Whether you're a first-time visitor or a seasoned sailor, we invite you to join us in protecting the seas we love.

Our Founder Christina was born and brought up in Greece, enjoying long summer holidays with her family on the coast, forming a life long passion and attachment to the sea.

Following a long career in sustainability that took her across all the world’s continents, and noting the increasing impacts being felt in coastal areas back home in Greece as a result of the growth of the sailing sector, she started to talk with NGOs, charter companies, visitors, residents, and experts. The result of this was the creation of Sustainable Sailing Greece!

It aims to bring together everyone across the sailing community in Greece, in order to provide resources and information for sailors and companies to help them take positive action for protecting the beautiful and unique coastline and sea of Greece. It can also provide a forum to discuss and identify common challenges facing the marine and coastal areas the sector depends on, and find solutions to tackle some of these.

Work is starting step by step, with a Sustainable Sailing Guide launched on World Ocean Day 2023, and donated free to interested charter companies to put on board their fleet for their clients. This was done thanks to a start-up grant from the Ionian Environment Foundation, who have been supporters from the start. The Guide took over a year to develop, involved extensive consultation with dozens of sailors who charter boats in Greece, and references existing resources from international sailing organisations, as well as Greek NGOs like iSea and the Ionian Dolphin Project. It fills the identified gap of getting information to the thousands of clients chartering boats each year in Greece to raise awareness of environmental and social issues in coastal areas and how to ensure their visit leaves only positive traces behind.

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LAUNCH: Sail Sustainably in the Ionian, a Charter Boat Guide
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LAUNCH: Sail Sustainably in the Ionian, a Charter Boat Guide
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Sustainability is a crucial factor for yacht charter holidays today
Partnering with Sustainable Sailing Greece has been fundamental in educating our clients in sustainable sailing practices - a crucial factor for yacht charter holidays today. We fully support and are proud to promote the work of Sustainable Sailing Greece.
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