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Nautical Club Kalamaki, Athens, July 26, 2021. Race 5 of the 58th Aegean Rally offered to competing sailors dream-on conditions for the years to come: T-shirt sailing conditions in 30-35 knots of wind at 130-145 TWA for the whole 95 miles distance from Psara island to Cape Sounio finish line.  Team OPTIMUM-Samos Steamship crew behaved...

Psara Island, Friday, July 23, 2021, 18:00. Race 3 and 4 of the 58th edition of the Aegean Rally from Tinos to Psara and a coastal around Psara island concluded today. Team OPTIMUM-Samos Steamship scored two more bullets and is leading comfortably the leaderboard. From Tinos to Psara, moderate to light downwind conditions prevailed but...

Tinos Island, Monday, July 19, 2021, 10:00. The first two races of the 58th edition of the Aegean Rally from Faliro Bay in Athens to Tinos via a scoring gate in the south tip of Kithnos island is done and dusted. Team OPTIMUM-Samos Steamship scored two bullets and is leading with 2019 winning Team PEGA...

Kalamaki, Greece, 3 days before the start of 58th AEGEAN Rally.Photo credit: Nikos Alevromytis It is only a week ago that Team OPTIMUM-Samos Steamship crossed the finish line of the inaugural AEGEAN 600 posting a 2nd place in IRC and 1st in ORC standings.  As planned, after 2 days of rest, team members resumed operations,  checked...

Back to Optimum base, July 9, 2021Photo: Fanis Dalezios, Bow Department It was an experience beyond expectation, 600 times better.  We prepared OPTIMUM 3 to be unbreakable.  We put together an eager crew early enough and had time to sail and train together, work on the shifts, the cooking, the liquids on board, slept on...

OLYMPIC Marine, Lavrio, Sunday 4 July 2021, 07:00. The sun is up, so is our OPTIMUM spirit and expectations. In less than 7 hours a fleet of 40 offshore sailing yachts from 16 countries will embark to the mythical course of the AEGEAN 600 Yacht Race. Team OPTIMUM-Samos Steamship will hit the start line in...