Captain: George Liassides

Captain George Liassides
Cheerful, Responsible, Professional!
Is some of the endorsement skills from Valium 62's guests for Captain George. The experienced captain has been born in Cyprus in 1970 and has Athens as a permanent residence since 1990. Started to sail by yachts at 1993, until to decided in 2001 to make his love of the yachts and tourism, part of his career and his life!
He studied Shipping and Travel& Tourism. His Naval Education included the MCA/RYA Offshore Yacht Master, National Sailing Offshore Diploma and Greek Coastguard powerboat certification(up to 24m). Also, he is certified of «GMDSS/GO», «Medical Care», « Medical First Aid», «STCW/95 B. Safety Course», «Crowd & Crisis Management Ro/Ro Passengers», «Survival at Open Seas», «PADI Open Seas Scuba» and «IATA/UFTA F. Diploma».
The great experience of him, as a Captain of several premium sailing and motor yachts (Monohull & Catamaran) at Greece and South Mediterranean, has given to him the convenience and the pleasure to sail with Valium62 guests at the most amazing and secret spots of Greek seas!
As a Captain, with his professional attitude and friendliness, he makes all the guest feel welcome to enjoy their sailing holiday of a lifetime!
For Captain George and his crew, the integrated and high-quality hospitality of the guests is the major daily goal!

Chef Magda Gkogkoura
Magda is a professional chef since 2001 and two characteristics of her work are "passion" and "creation". She was born in Athens in 1982 and she studied Culinary Arts at Le Monde Institute of Tourism Studies.
She likes to maintain dietary trends and prefers the supply of local high-quality ingredients for the creation of her dishes. She has special training for Mediterranean, Italian, Asian and Latin American cuisines.
In her career, from 2001, she worked in various restaurants of high gastronomy in Athens, until 2018, when she joined the yachting world as a chef at private and commercial mega yachts.
She is friendly, professional and loves hospitality.
Also, she has a diploma in Sea Safety, Power Boat and food & Hygiene II.


Stewardess Rafaela Pouliezou
Rafaela is 28 years old, born at the island of Lipsi, one of the most beautiful Greek islands! She grew up in a seafarer environment as her family’s business was always at sea. Her Family has their own fishing boat, and for many years followed her father as assistant fisherman.
The last years, during the summers, worked as a housekeeper and hostess on private villas at the island of Patmos. At this period, has the opportunity to raise her qualification in hospitality and services.
Now on, with her positive attitude and the motivation for more successful days, Rafaela wants to combine her love for the hosting and the life at sea.
As a yacht stewardess, Rafaela with her experiences and her strong personality, is ready to give the best service to her guests, having amazing vacations!
She has a license of powerboat, certificate of housekeeping, Basic safety training (STCW 95/10) and fisherman license.
She speaks Greek and English.