The founder and lead instructor of “Fair Winds Sailing Greece” is Dimitris Bampakos, a former Captain of the Greek Navy and an American Sailing Senior Master Instructor (SMI).
Most of his 26 years’ service in the Navy was at sea as a captain, executive officer and deck officer on board frigates and fast patrol boats where he did more than 100.000 miles all over the world.
After his last command on board a warship in 2006, he started cruising and racing every summer in the Med. When serving in Virginia, USA from 2013 to 2016, he completed successfully all the ASA certifications up to the offshore ocean passage level (ASA 108) and he became an ASA instructor up to ASA 206 level.
During this period, he also cruised and raced in Chesapeake Bay, as well as, in the North Atlantic and the North Pacific Ocean becoming a proud member Patriot Sailing and BBSA. Since then he has taught sailing, seamanship and navigation providing ASA certifications.
In 2020, he was invited by ASA in Los Angeles to participate in an Instructor Evaluator Qualification Clinic. After the succesfull completion of the clinic he became a Master Instructor.
In 2023 he succesfully lead an Instructor Evaluator Qualification Clinic in Tampa Bay Florida and he became Senior Master Instructor.
Captain Dimitris Bampakos is a graduate of the National Defense University, USA, he holds a MSc. in Electronic System Engineering and he has been teaching radar and naval communication systems at a postgraduate level since 2000.
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Reviews: FAIR WINDS SAILING GREECE REVIEWS
Captain Dimitris, I appreciate your professional instruction of the ASA courses. Bob, Tescha, Matt and I had a great time sailing with you in Greece. The islands were breathtaking! Bob and I hope to connect with you next year to join your Flotilla. Wishing you the very best in your new endeavors.
Thank you, Dimitris, for arranging our sailing trip in Corfu... it was fantastic!!
We had a lovely sailing week around the Greek islands of the Ionian Sea. Captain Dimitris is a very professional Captain and Instructor. We would love to sail with him again.
Greece is truly beautiful and the people are wonderful too. Thank you Dimitris Bampakos for the best time taking sailing lessons from you. Walt and I look forward on more trips to Greece with more learning experiences. Cheers!
Dimitris thank you for the best sailing experience of my life. I look forward to sailing with you in the future. Steve and I have been planning a circumnavigation for over 3 years. We intend to buy a boat in the fall of 2019 and begin circumnavigating in the spring 2020. If there is any possible way you could sail with us at any point it would be a privilege for us. Thanks again for all the memories.
Had a wonderful week sailing around the Greek islands. Dimitris is a very confident and professional skipper. His teaching abilities and patience with students cannot be surpassed. Would love to sail with him again.
I sailed with Dimitris Bampakos. Fabulous trip with a very knowledgeable and competent captain. I'm looking forward to another trip to the Greek Isles.
Sailing and getting certified in the Greek islands with Captain Dimitris was a great experience. Highly recommended.
Had an incredible sailing trip with Captain Dimitris through the Ionian Sea.
Amazing sailing week! It was my first sailing experience and I can't wait to go back to Greece. Dimitris is a great captain and I highly recommend sailing with him.
