Captain Savvas Voutirou
Captain Savvas Voutirou
Savvas Voutirou is a professional yacht captain holding a Master 500GT (STCW) certificate issued in Cyprus, and the owner of Sea Passion Yachting at Ayia Napa Marina. He runs private yacht cruises all around Cyprus and has completed more than 100 yacht deliveries across the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, each with a different yacht and a different crew.
At a glance
- Certificate: Master 500GT (STCW), issued in Cyprus, since 2013
- Yacht deliveries: 100+, motor and sailing yachts from various builders
- Base: Ayia Napa Marina, Cyprus
- Technical background: founder of Windtech Ltd (2001), electrical and mechanical work
Experience
In 2001 Savvas founded Windtech Ltd, a company that carries out technical work, both electrical and mechanical. In the same year he also founded Sea Passion Yachting, which started in Larnaca, moved to Limassol Marina and is now based at Ayia Napa Marina.
From Ayia Napa Marina he runs private yacht cruises all around Cyprus. His strong point is technical knowledge: he understands yacht electronics, mechanics and electrical systems in depth.
Yacht deliveries
Savvas has completed more than 100 yacht deliveries. Every delivery was a different yacht with a different crew, on motor yachts and sailing yachts from various builders.
Countries and waters covered: Cyprus, Greece, Istanbul and Turkey, Italy, Spain, the Red Sea, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Albania, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia and England.
Some of his routes: from England to Cyprus, through the Strait of Gibraltar; the whole Turkish coastline; all of Greece and all the Greek islands, down to Crete; the whole of Italy; Montenegro, Albania, Croatia, Slovenia and Spain; Israel and Lebanon; in Egypt, Marassi, Alexandria and Port Said, and from there the Red Sea.
Many of these passages go under the Rio–Antirrio Bridge and through the Corinth Canal.
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Certificates and licences
- Master 500GT (STCW), issued in Cyprus, held since 2013 and renewed every 5 years
- Offshore Skipper's Certificate, since 12/2003
- Skipper Open Sea, since 2005
- Water Taxi licence, since 09/2000
- NAUI diving certification, since 09/1995
STCW certificates:
- Basic Training
- GMDSS General Operator (GOC)
- ECDIS
- Radar / ARPA
- Advanced Fire Fighting
- Medical First Aid
- Medical Care
- Ship Simulator & Bridge Teamwork
- Security Awareness
- Survival Craft & Rescue Boats
- Passenger Ships
Safety and technical approach
Before every departure Savvas checks the yacht, its equipment and the weather, and briefs the crew on the passage.
His technical knowledge of yacht electronics, mechanics and electrics, built through his work at Windtech, is part of that preparation, together with his STCW training in radar, ECDIS, GMDSS, fire fighting and medical care.
How to work with me
"Tell me what you need: a day at sea, a delivery for your yacht or help choosing the right yacht to buy. I will reply to you personally." — Savvas Voutirou