The 60 boats that will start on Sunday, July 6 (14.00) in the sea area in front of the Temple of Poseidon in this year’s AEGEAN 600 are already docked at the hospitable Olympic Marine in Lavrio.
The crews are already counting down to the 600 nautical mile journey and on Friday, July 4 (12:00), they will have the opportunity, in the warm-up race, to check their equipment and familiarize themselves with the always unpredictable conditions of the Aegean Sea.
With wind speeds reaching up to 25 knots and strong waves, the test race gave the opportunity to 13 of the 60 crews that participated to test their boats’ equipment and their capabilities before setting off for the AEGEAN 600 .
In the IRC type boats, the first three boats were KARPO (Slovenia) of Maks Vrecko, second ANTELOPE (Greece) of Patroklos Tottas and third AFAZIK IMPULSE (France) of Yves Gosjean.
In the ORC category, first place went to Greek hands. First place went to the PEGA of the Naval Cadet School, captained by Dimitris Alevizakis, second place went to the KARPO (Slovenia) of Maks Vrecko and third place went to the ANTELOPE (Greece) of Patroklos Tottas.
HLS from the warm-up race of the AEGEAN 600
On Friday afternoon, skippers and representatives of all crews were informed at the skippers meeting about all issues related to the race.
On the evening of the same day at the hospitable Olympic Marine, its owner and co-organizer of the AEGEAN 600, Mr. George Prokopiou, declared the start of the race with sailors from 19 countries enjoying Greek hospitality a few hours before sailing into the Aegean.
On Saturday, July 5, crews, their families and friends are invited to the Ancient Temple of Poseidon on the rocks at Cape Sounion to enjoy the world-famous sunset.
The AEGEAN 600 is organized by the Panhellenic Offshore Sailing Club (POIATH) with co-organizers the Region of Attica and Olympic Marine and with the contribution of the Deputy Ministry of Sports and the General Secretariat of Sports.
ROLEX, for the second consecutive year, will be the official watch of the event.
Sponsors of the race are the Hellenic Tourism Organization (EOT) and D. KORONAKIS S.A., a world leader in the manufacture of ropes and wire ropes for shipping. Supporters are IMA, the world federation of MAXI boats, the construction company KERAMEIKOS – ATHENS, PANTAENIUS, a multinational boat insurance company, TECHNOHULL, a manufacturer of inflatable & polyester boats and X-YACHTING , a boat rental company. The official transportation partner will be MERCEDES BENZ. The cooperating group of the event is the Aegean Nautical Group based in Olympic Marine.
The official suppliers will be NISSOS beer manufactured in Tinos and Dole bananas.
Communication sponsors
The race is supported by NOVA, which is also the official television broadcaster of the event, as well as the newspaper KATHIMERINI, the magazines SKIPPER ONDECK, The YachtBook and YACHTING WORLD.
Also, the social support organization HUMANITY GREECE with its volunteers will support the event.
