Captain Thomas Vassilacos has been sailing professionally in Greece & Turkey for more than 25 years.
He started in the 80’s with an engineless 1/4-toner racing boat and at the same time he was skippering for Moorings/Kavos.
Thomas founded SaltyDogSails in 1990 and ever since operates only private owned yachts. His aim is to offer an alternative way of sailing vacations with personal attention to all the details that make the guests feel as on their own yacht. His long sailing experience and vast local knowledge of the Greek Islands assure a unique and safe sailing cruise.
He lived in London for 10 years, studied at The London Film School and has filmed sailing documentaries in the Mediterranean and the North Sea.


Frosso Zagoraiou has been a friend of SaltyDog for a long time.
Born in the US and raised on the Greek island of Paros, in the Cyclades, Frosso speaks English, Greek and a little Spanish.
She has studied Theatre and History.
The summer of 2007 Frosso stepped aboard Idylle together with five more actors and a musician that formed the theatrical group “Passpartout” for an extended tour -of their play “With a Cargo Ship”- performing all around the Greek islands.
SaltyDogSails was the proud sponsor of this initiative.
Nowadays Frosso is a co-founder of the highly active theatrical group “Astronauts”. They currently perform a number of different acts including many plays for children. During the theatrical ‘low’ season in the summer. Frosso is able to join Idylle as hostess and assistant.