Filippos Boat Rental - A Seafaring Family History
Kassiopi harbour in the 70s
Filippos Boats is the longest established boat rental company in the whole of Corfu and has been renting boats and offering first class service and support since 1980.
Boating and fishing are passions and a way of life that run through the veins of the family and ancestors of Filippos Salvanos, the proprietor of Filippos Boat rental. There is a long-standing history of maritime experience, stemming back to 1890. Filippos’ maternal grandfather helped save many British sailors struck and injured by mines planted in the Corfu-Albanian Channel during the Second World War. This resulted in the Italians stealing his caique; he never got over this and died three years later with a broken heart.
Filippos started helping his father and uncle on the caique in 1960 when he was five or six years old. After finishing his National Service in 1979, Filippos started his own business and bought two small motorboats – each sporting 3.5 HP engines! Filippos Boats was the very first boat hire company in Corfu to be given a licence to rent boats and today, after over 40 years experience with the sea and boats, his children Katie and Nicholas have now joined the family business..
The next chapter.
Filippos Boats for the last 18 years has been functioning as a family run business with two of his children being valuable members of the ‘Filippos Boats’ team. 3 years ago Nicholas , Filippos’s son started his own ‘sister’ company Avlaki Boats&Paddle Boards.Anybody interested in hiring an Avlaki Boat will find Nicholas based at the far end of Avlaki Beach or may be able to contact him directly via email at www.avlakiboats.com.
Last year Filippos’s daughter Katie branched out as well and started another ‘sister company’ Katie’s Boats. Katie’s Boats boast brand new boats and can be booked locally at Katie’s Boats office based in the heart of St Stefanos or Katie may be contacted directly via email at www.katiesboats.com.
Both Nicholas and Katie have gained invaluable experience from their father and grandfather throughout the years whilst working for their family business. We as a maritime family pride ourselves on our extensive knowledge of the local waters and take great pleasure in providing an unforgettable holiday experience to our very much valued clients and friends.