The Aegean 600 cup remained in German hands, as last year. The German boat Best Buddies, skippered by Kay Johannes Wrede, celebrated the victory of the valuable trophy at the glittering awards ceremony hosted on Saturday evening at the Lavrio Technology Park. “It had never even crossed our minds that the time would come when we would win the AEGEAN 600, but our efforts were rewarded. It was a tough race with many changes in the wind that made it difficult for all the crews. “It was something unique for us to travel to the Aegean and we can’t wait to experience it again next summer,” said the captain of Best Buddies , Kay Johannes Wrede, happily holding the race cup in his arms, which is an exact replica of an Attic workshop krater from the 5th century BC.
In the Multihull category, the winner was the ALLEGRA boat of the Swiss Adrian Keller, who participated for the second time in the AEGEAN 600 with the aim of taking back the course record from last year’s winner of his category, a goal that he ultimately did not achieve due to the weather conditions that prevailed in this year’s race.
Among the Greek crews participating in the AEGEAN 600, AIOLOS of Giorgos Prokopiou was the winner in the Line Honours (actual finishing time) in the Monohull category, thus winning 2nd place in the overall standings in the MAXI category. ANTELOPE of Patroklos Tottas finished 1st in the IRC2 category, 3rd in the ORC2 category and at the same time won 1st place among the X-YACHTS boats. A IOLIA of Spyros Papantoniou finished 3rd in the ORC3, PHILEAS FOG of Dimitris Kalantzis 2nd in the ORC2, while in the ORC Double Handed category, EROS of Michalis Avtias and Alexandre Cote took first place with AETHER of Evangelia Delidou and Gerasimos Petratos in 2nd place.
Detailed results per category (boat captain in parentheses):
IRC Category – Winner of the AEGEAN 600
1. BEST BUDDIES (KAY-JOHANNES WREDE) GERMANY
2. KARPO (MAKS VREČKO) SLOVENIA
3. ELAYA (DUŠAN UŠENIČNIK) SLOVENIA
IRC EMU
1. VARUNA (CHRIS HEMANS) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
2. CARBONITA (MANOLIS KONDYLIS) ITALY
3. DAGUET 5 (FRÉDÉRIC PUZIN) FRANCE
IRC TWO
1. ANTELOPE (PATROCLOS TOTTAS) GREECE
2. ENCOUNTER (BART WEDUWER) FRANCE
3. CHENAPAN IV (CYRILLE LEGLOAHEC & GILLES CAMINADE) FRANCE
IRC THREE
1. KARPO (MAKS VREČKO) SLOVENIA
2. ELAYA (DUŠAN UŠENIČNIK) SLOVENIA
3. ROTGIPFLER (CLAUS CHABINA) AUSTRIA
IRC FOUR
1. BEST BUDDIES (KAY-JOHANNES WREDE) GERMANY
2. DIAVOLINA (MICHELE PUGGIONI) ITALY
3. GOZO DREAM (NOEL GRECH) MALTA
MAXI
1. UMICO (RICHARD GOULD) ITALY
2. AIOLOS (GIORGOS PROKOPIOU) GREECE
3. E VAI (MANUEL COSTANTIN & WALTER SVETINA & VITTORIO COSTANTIN & BOJAN VOLCIC) MALTA
The RC OVERALL
1. BEST BUDDIES (KAY-JOHANNES WREDE) GERMANY
2. KARPO (MAKS VREČKO) SLOVENIA
3. ELAYA (DUŠAN UŠENIČNIK) SLOVENIA
ORC ONE
1. VARUNA (CHRIS HEMANS) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
2. CARBONITA (MANOLIS KONDYLIS) ITALY
3. ARTIE III (LEE SATARIANO & CHRISTIAN RIPARD) MALTA
ORC TWO
1. KARPO (MAKS VREČKO) SLOVENIA
2. PHILEAS FOG (DIMITRIS KALANTZIS) GREECE
3. ANTELOPE (PATROCLOS TOTTAS) GREECE
ORC THREE
1. BEST BUDDIES (KAY-JOHANNES WREDE) GERMANY
2. ELAYA (DUŠAN UŠENIČNIK) SLOVENIA
3. AIOLIA (SPYROS PAPANTONIOU) GREECE
ORC DOUBLE HANDED
1. EROS (MICHALIS AFTIAS) GREECE
2. AETHER (GOSPEL OF DELID-GERASIMOS PETRATOS) GREECE
3. CAPE HORN (ZEYNEP ERDEM TALAYER & MEHMET NAZMI NUREL) TURKEY
ORC X-YACHTS
1. ANTELOPE (PATROCLOS TOTTAS) GREECE
2. RAFFICA (NENCHO ANASTASOV) BULGARIA
3. GAZELLE – TEAM HYC (DARREN WRIGHT) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
MOCRA
1. ALLEGRA (SWITZERLAND) ROB GRIMM
2. PICOMOLE (ALDO FUMAGALLI) ITALY
3. STELLAR (DOMINIK WEISS) POLAND
The award ceremony was attended, among others, by the Deputy Minister of Sports Yiannis Vroutsis, the Deputy Minister of Tourism Anna Karamanli, the Deputy Regional Governor for Sports Vasiliki Millousi, the General Secretary of Sports Giorgos Mavrotas, the Olympic champion in gymnastics Lefteris Petrounias, the representatives of the General Staff of the Navy and the Chief of the Hellenic Coast Guard, the Mayor of Lavreotiki Dimitris Loukas, personalities from the shipping and business worlds, as well as representatives of sponsors and supporters of the event.
The crews of the 60 boats from 19 countries that participated in the 5th AEGEAN 600 renewed their appointment for the next event, which will start on Sunday, July 5, 2026.
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.
