Team News
12:00, Tuesday 11th September 2024, Alimos Marina N.C.Kalamaki, Greece. Retiring due to a technical issue in the Aegean 600 and the late arrival of spare parts grounded Team OPTIMUM for the remaining of July and August. Come September and the Team raced the OPTIMUM Sailing Academy two Dehler 30s in Korfos Race posting podium results....
12:00, Tuesday 16th July 2024, Alimos Marina N.C.Kalamaki, Greece. Our long and well prepared entry in the 4th edition of the Aegean 600 was short lived. Team OPTIMUM-Samos Steamship had to retire from the race only two and half hours after the start due to a technical issue. OPTIMUM S was on a fast downwind ride...
12:00, Saturday 6th of July 2024, Olympic Marine, Greece. Last year, a month before the start of the Aegean 600 we have written on our site here: “The 3rd edition of the Aegean 600, with a start on Sunday July 9th this year under the Poseidon Temple in Cape Sounio, not only boasts a record...
20:00, Monday 25th March 2024, Alimos, Greece. The 36-mile race to picturesque Hydra Island and back, over the Greek Revolution Day of 25th March, organized by H.O.R.C, marks the start of the offshore racing season in Greece. Team OPTIMUM-Samos Steamship started their 31st season and 4th decade with a convincing overall victory and Class 1...
20:00, Wednesday 21st February 2024, Alimos, Greece. In 2023 we celebrated the 30th Team OPTIMUM season full of uninterrupted competitive achievements. In 2024, during the annual Pita Ceremony, no less than 29 team members gathered to celebrate the first year of the fourth Team OPTIMUM decade. Not many sailing teams around the world have made...
N.C.Kalamaki, Alimos, Sunday 17th December 2023. Christmas Cup is the last race of 2023 and Team OPTIMUM did not miss the opportunity to close its 30th season on a high. OPTIMUM 4 – LALIZAS/PERFORMANCE/QUANTUM managed line honors and won convincingly 1st place on handicap in cold, overcast and windy day in great OPTIMUM spirit. “It is...
N.C.Kalamaki, Alimos, Tuesday 14th November 2023. Team OPTIMUM members Vaggelis Nikolopoulos and Periklis Livas joined forces again this year for the 4th Greek Double Handed Nationals. Their weapon of choice was OPTIMUM 4, Dehler 30od borrowed for the event from OPTIMUM Sailing Academy. They repeated their silver podium position overall like last year, and managed first in...
Valletta, Malta 25th October 2023, 12:00. Team OPTIMUM-Samos Steamship finished the 44th Middle Sea Race in 69th place out of 110 yacht teams from 25 countries. In Class 2, Team OPTIMUM managed 11th place out of 16 entries but if one takes a closer look, the other 5 Class 2 entries have retired from the race...
18th October 2023, Royal Malta Yacht Club, Valletta, Malta. After an uneventful delivery but long and tiring upwind affair that lasted 68 hours, OPTIMUM S is berthed in Valletta next to 100+ entries from 25 countries. After a good rest, the delivery crew is taking care of entry formalities and final detail preparations and awaits the...
14:00, Friday 22nd September, 2023, Kalamaki Nautical Club, Greece. OPTIMUM Yacht Racing Team from Greece celebrates its 30th Birthday this year and joins RMSR for 8th time. Team OPTIMUM has competed on board its FARR 52OD OPTIMUM 3 in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2014 and 2018. In the stormy 2004 edition of the race,...