6 day sailing trip through croatian islands - Our 6 day sailing trip was perfect for our family. A well laid out plan was developed; however each day we were involved in reviewing the plan and adjusting based on weather, and updated priorities. The skipper would present key knowledge and insights to help formulate each decision. The boat perfectly met our needs (family of 5).

Memorable day sailing and swimming - We experienced a wonderful day sailing and swimming with our teenage children. Part of a small group on the boat. The skipper Jacob was very skilled and knowledgeable about the local area and Croatia; it was really interesting to talk to him. We had two stops for swimming and enjoyed fruit, wine and water on board before sailing back to Tucepi. He gave us the opportunity to help with the boat if we wanted to.

A fantastic day - We spent one of the best days of our holiday on 'Lady Butterfly'. Our skipper Sebastian looked after us very well, and took us to some great spots on Hvar; we swam in a beautiful bay and enjoyed great ice cream in Jelsa. Thank you Sebastian! Highly recommended.

Definitely NOT the relaxing sailing trip we expected... - While we enjoyed some aspects of our sailing trip with Lady Butterfly, our experience with Skipper Sebastian was overall quite disappointing. Sebastian means well and technically knows how to sail (hence the 1 star) but he cannot relax and simply gets stressed out even during minor sailing maneuvers especially docking and anchoring. This was manifested in his losing his cool if for example the winches weren’t tightened fast enough for his taste or if a knot is not exactly to his expectation. He even made several rude comments to myself and my wife which left us feeling quite eager to be finished with the trip and be away from him at several points during our 3 days with him. In addition to his comments he also had limited local knowledge, for example when we asked him where we would dock at the Stari Grad marina he recommended, his response was “I know as much as you… what do you want me to do?” While he is German and not a local, somehow even his “years of doing this” did not seem very obvious to us. Some of this is clearly the stress he seems to feel each time we docked. Barking at us when we offered to help but did not do exactly as he wanted. Who does that? Are we not the customer. And clearly this wasn’t a cheap trip. Note that we were not taking a racing sailing instruction course or even asking him for sailing lessons. We were there to relax, and just have some fun. And offered to help when required. We were not there to get barked at by him. We are sailers ourselves, not experts or racers by any means but good enough as we have our own sailboat back at home. Also this was not the first captain or guide we have used. Just unfortunately by far the worst experience. Skipper Sebastian, it felt clear to us did not want to be there for us. It was purely business for him. And unfortunately we also could not wait for this trip to be over. We say this carefully and considered not mentioning anything or writing a negative review, just to be done with it, but in fairness to future customers, especially given the high cost in both money and especially time wasted, we felt compelled. We cannot recommend using him.