Team News
10:00, Tuesday 14th July 2026, Nautical Club Kalamaki, Athens, Greece. OPTIMUM Sailing Academy’s two identical red and blue Dehler 30ods did participate and managed to finish in Double Handed mode the 6th Aegean 600. 71 entries from 21 countries lined up at the start line under the Temple of Poseidon in Cape Sounio. The 25...
12:00, Wednesday 10th June 2026, Nautical Club Kalamaki, Athens, Greece. It has been obvious since the beginning of the season that OPTIMUM Sailing Academy has focused on Double Handed offshore sailing for 2026. O.S.A.’s successful training and racing programs with the identical red and blue Dehler 30ods and the ever increasing popularity of Aegean 600 Yacht...
10:00, Tuesday 1st June 2026, Nautical Club Kalamaki, Greece. OPTIMUM S, our thoroughbred raceboat is for sale. However, as it was announced in February during the 33rd season Team OPTIMUM Pita ceremony, if not sold by early May we would get OPTIMUM S back in action for Posidonia Cup, as our patron’s wish. As such, our great patron J.H.I....
13:00, Monday 30th March 2026, N.C.Kalamaki, Alimos Marina, Greece. The 53rd edition of Hydra Race organised by Hellenic Offshore Racing Club took place on the long weekend in 27-29/3/2026. Leg 1 start on Friday at 12:00 from Faliro to Hydra island provided grey skies, variable southerly winds up to 28 knots, rain squalls and mainly...
12:00, Monday 23rd March 2026, N.C.Kalamaki, Alimos Marina, Greece. OPTIMUM Season 33 racing commenced in the best way possible with OPTIMUM Sailing Academy’s two Dehler 30ods LAVORO III and OPTIMUM 4 scoring 1st and 2nd respectively in the first official race of 2026 in the Greek Sailing Federation Offshore Calendar. “ANDREA ZIRO 2026 Double Handed...
20:00, Thursday 12th February 2026, at home in Glyfada, Greece. Team OPTIMUM members gathered at Nikos Lazos house for the start of the season Pita Ceremony and discuss possible scenarios for the 33rd OPTIMUM season, since our Carkeek 47 is up for sale. Among lots of food and drinks and long standing Team Optimum member Manos Roudas becoming the lucky...
19:00, Sunday 27th July 2025, Finikas, Syros, Greece. The 62nd edition of the Aegean Rally is done and entered in the history books as the second oldest yacht race in the Med. OPTIMUM 4, the Dehler 30od of OPTIMUM Sailing Academy, with a crew of five youngsters under 21 and an average age of 26 including coach Periklis Livas(60) completed the...
19:00, Thursday 24th July 2025, Lipsi, Greece. The H.O.R.C. Race Committee given the “no wind at all” conditions all day around Syros on Tuesday, decided to shorten Leg 2 to Lipsi by laying the Start line at Rinia island (next to Dilos and Mykonos) and by doing so the initial 92 miles became 74. The competing fleet travelled...
09:00, Monday 21th July 2025, Finikas, Syros, Greece. It took more than 24 hours of racing for all boats competing in Leg 1 of the 62nd Aegean Rally to cross the finish line in Syros island due to the light winds that prevailed. The H.O.R.C. Race Commmttee elected to shorten the course for the ORCi Sport category to 76...
08:00, Saturday, 19th July 2025, Alimos Marina, N.C.Kalamaki, Greece. The second oldest yacht race in the Mediterranean, the Aegean Rally,is on, and Team OPTIMUM is hitting the line with OPTIMUM 4, the pocketrocket Dehler 30 One Design of OPTIMUM Sailing Academy. This marks Team OPTIMUM’s 30th appearance in the Aegean Rally since1994, a race that...