BENETTI FLISVOS OFFICE
26/06/2019ATHENS YACHTS
28/06/2019The A1 Story
A1 is basically the story of two families, Polemis and Pavlatos, who came together when more than 20 years ago, a yacht called for help and needed an extensive emergency repair. Spending time working together to bring the repair to Lloyds A1 standard, they realised that there may be a future together rather than apart. After refusing the offer of opening a shipyard in US with the Lloyds surveyor, they chose to stay in Greece and continue offering A1 standards in Greece in the business they love.
Now nearly 20 years on they are still working to offer that level of service in all our departments.
A1 has grown a bit since then but our aims remain the same. The best service that is possible together with the best professionals we can find. Our team is A1.
Our areas of expertise
A1 Experience is invaluable. A long working life in Greek yachting has allowed us to amass huge amounts of data and experience concerning laws, the requirements of the authorities, as well as making and maintaining links with suppliers and traders. That, along with our considerable local knowledge, allows us to offer you the best available service. Our staff is truly International with a detailed understanding of the needs of yachts and how they can be supported while in Greece.
A1 Agency Services throughout the Greek islands and Cyprus
Second to none, our continually expanding and entirely unique network of offices in the most popular Greek destinations as well as in some of the lesser known islands, provides an exceptional standard of service for all visiting yachts. Using the latest technology, including an advanced centralized accounting system, to simplify your billing. Our experienced, multilingual staff do their utmost to ensure an enjoyable and trouble-free stay for yachts in Greece. Our client-list includes the largest and most prestigious yachts in the world.
A1 Concierge
In response to the needs of our clients we created an independent concierge department to fully concentrate on the concierge needs of our clients which typically commences at the itinerary planning stage with support on a daily basis, throughout the yacht’s stay in Greek waters. We plan to create a cohesive experience for our clients including pro-active suggestions providing tailored information about specific interests that have been expressed, which might fit their plans. Our intimate knowledge of the country allows us to offer a custom itinerary service from experts. And it doesn’t stop there. IF you wish our team will keep you updated with information that fits your requests on new things available in Greece and Cyprus that might suit your next visit.
A1 Yacht Charter
A1 has an active charter department organizing charters, incentives and day charters in the Greek islands elsewhere in the Mediterranean. All yachts we represent satisfy a stringent set of criteria and are specially chosen for their ability to offer accommodation, crew and cuisine that meet the highest international standards. Our brokers have many years of knowledge and experience to put at your disposal, they attend many boat shows and regularly inspect the yachts they offer. We work to our own ISO system and to MYBA terms, are members of both MYBA and HYBA and are government licensed and bonded.
A1 Brokerage
A1 offers a range of yachts for sale of all sizes and of both motor and sailing. We are happy to evaluate yachts for sale and to list them, as well as to search for specific yachts for interested buyers. We cooperate with a wide network of brokers, both in Greece and abroad, to create the broadest possible audience for yachts that we list. As members of the YBDSA and MYBA we are bound by their working practices.
A1 Provisioning
A1 provisioning was developed by a leading super-yacht provisioner in Athens and continues to support visiting super-yachts and villas throughout the country with excellent quality provisions of all kinds. A1 provisioning has created a supply network to ensure top-quality produce within good delivery times from our facility in Piraeus and our provisioning departments in Corfu, Mykonos, Cephalonia and Rhodes.
A1 Technical department
A1’s technical team, lead by our own in-house naval architect, undertakes the design, organization and supervision of new builds, refits, maintenance and repair projects through a network of carefully selected shipyards and associates. We have close relationships with the best designers, naval architects, engineers and with many very experienced technicians allowing us to put together a solid team able to undertake projects to the utmost capability.
A1 Management
AWith a wealth of technical knowledge at her disposal, after years of experience and local knowledge, A1 offers full yacht -management to owners with yachts of all sizes. These services include selection, organization and payroll of crew, physical maintenance and repair of the vessel, bunkering world-wide, spare-part provision in situ, maintenance of flag requirements, classification, SOLAS and other compliances. We currently have a number of yachts under full-management, the largest of which is a 74m motor yacht.
Charter licenses
At A1 information about and assistance with obtaining a charter license is available from our inhouse legal department, with experience of arranging and obtaining licenses for all kinds of yachts.
A1 property
Having been asked continuously over many years, to help in finding property to rent and to buy by our clients, we have created a department dedicated to finding the best solutions on the market for our clients. We have relationships with the best rental agents and the best estate agents in Greece as well as some of our own independent listings in order to offer our clients what they want; The best of the best.
Shareholders of BWA Yachting
As founders and major shareholders in BWA Yachting, the largest yachting company dealing with yacht services, A1 is well placed in the yachting industry and has a high level of mutual support from this huge network of offices, throughout the yachting world.
Our Clients
The largest super yachts in the world number among our clients and with a substantial share of the yachting traffic coming to Greece we take our responsibilities very seriously. We also take our relationships with our clients seriously. With little time for anything but A1, that our friends are very much from the yachting community is a personal pleasure and an honour for many of us.
A1 is ISO compliant and is one of the few agencies with its own inhouse legal department, our main concern is the safety of our clients and that they have the best experience possible while in Greece. A1 is a frequent contributor of articles to a number of Greek and International periodicals and distributes its own hard-back publication about Greece and the Greek people, to its clients.
