Aramis

Cristian Arena

Born in Sardinia, La Maddalena 14th April 1979
Nationality: Italian
Spoken languages: italian (mother tongue), english (fluent)
Education: High School and nautical license at the Nautical Institute of La Maddalena, Sardinia.

Embarks: from 1997 to 2004 he was embarked in passengers ships as a sailor and Chef; from 2004 to 2008 helsman officer in american military passenger ships in La Maddalena; from 2009 to 2010 he was Captain on italian passenger ships; from 2010 to 2017 he worked on various charter yachts as a Captain in Sardinia & Corsica with the Company Poltu Quatu Charter.

From 2018 to 2021 he has been Captain of the Predator 72 Aspire of London, where he has proved to be an excellent captain, with great satisfaction of guests and Owner who is the same company of the M/Y Princess V78 Aramis, where he has been then appointed as Captain on November 2021. 2025 will be his 5th year on board.

Cristian experience on charter activity is of more than twenty years during which he acquired a deep knoledge of pleasure and charter yachts.
Excellent fisherman and always true sailor he has very deep knoledge of this charter area (Sardinia and Corsica) able to lead the boat in places that few knows with amazement and great satisfaction of guests. Serious, absolutely trustable, scrupulous and very well prepared even in the need for repairs and technical activity on board, Cristian is a complete and reliable captain in all circumstances. Direct and gentle, a true seaman , he knows how to pamper clients from whom he always deserves esteem and affection.

Even if it is not his task Christian is also a very good Chef, very skilled with a great experience having been also a “sous chef” for 5 years in the famous Maddalena Restaurant “La Grotta”.

Sasha Pompidou

Born in Ganges, France on 24 July 1994, French nationality,
Spoken languages: Italian and French (mother tongue), English (fluently).

Sasha is In Italy from the age of 6 residing in Sardinia between Olbia and Arzachena in a family residence.

Daughter of a French Chef, she attended French schools up to the age of 16, then starting her career as a kitchen assistant and waitress at bars and resorts, also assisting in the family bed & breakfast business.

She discovered the nautical world in 2016 and has never left it making it her business.

Since 2016 she has been a sailor, hostess and cook on various boats that gradually grew in size. Her last embarkation was that of Stewardess on the 36m AB Yachts Musa, also in charter.

Beautiful presence, sunny, dynamic, open to dialogue and learning, very well prepared to welcome and caring clients

Sasha is an excellent chef and lover of cooking, also considering the family lineage and her previous activity, precise in cleaning and organized in life on board, she is able to validly participate in maneuvers on deck

For this set of qualities and characteristics and also in relation to the excellent references received in her previous embarkations, we consider Sacha particularly suitable to carry out the role of hostess on our M/Y Aramis

Leonardo Tilocca

Leonardo was born in Alghero, Sardinia in 1984 and is a resident of La Maddalena.
Spoken Languages: italian (mother tongue), english (good)

Since 2003 Leonardo has worked uninterruptedly with boats and the sea as a sailor, mainly on various kinds of motor ships for day trips to the archipelago of La Maddalena, on local motor and sailing boats, and on ferries, with the duties of rigging, tender operator, clients assistance.
In the winter months he dedicates himself to maintenance and work on boats.

In possession of a license to command pleasure boats and a license to command passenger traffic boats, he attends courses at the Nautical Institute of La Maddalena in winter.

Serious, reserved, self-confident thanks to an excellent and consolidated seafaring preparation, and an in-depth knowledge of the area, able to better manage the tenders and assist clients with water toys, active and ready for any need, Leonardo is an element reliable, point of support and reference for the Captain.