{"id":547,"date":"2014-07-16T23:26:10","date_gmt":"2014-07-16T20:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/optimumsailing.gr\/wordpress\/?p=547"},"modified":"2014-07-17T09:26:33","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T06:26:33","slug":"optimum-line-up-for-the-51st-aegean-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.optimumsailing.gr\/wordpress\/optimum-line-up-for-the-51st-aegean-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"OPTIMUM Line-up for the 51st Aegean Rally."},"content":{"rendered":"<address>Athens, Wednesday July 16<sup>th<\/sup> 2014, 15:00.<\/address>\n<p>We are proud to present the OPTIMUM 3-ASPIDA-SAXOBANK\u00a0 crew for the 51<sup>st<\/sup> Aegean Rally and the 20<sup>th<\/sup> that Optimum Yacht Racing Team will compete since 1994.\u00a0 Among the 15 member crew, one can count more than 100 participations in the Aegean Rally, and about 50 podium positions.\u00a0 Skippers Pericles Livas and Nikos Lazos will be accompanied by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alexander.marougkas\" target=\"_blank\">Alexander\u00a0Maroungas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hagigeorgiu.george\" target=\"_blank\">George Chatzigeorgiou<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/geliop\" target=\"_blank\">Yorgos\u00a0Eliopoulos<\/a> at the bow dept, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nikapos\" target=\"_blank\">Nikos Apostolakis<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/giannis.kapos.7\" target=\"_blank\">Giannis Kapos<\/a> at the pit, trimmers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alexis.chryssochoides\" target=\"_blank\">Alexis Chrysochoides<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jerry.petratos.1\" target=\"_blank\">Gerasimos Petratos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mmark.law\" target=\"_blank\">Manolis Markogiannakis<\/a> assisted by grinders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/george.kyragiannis\" target=\"_blank\">George Kyragiannis<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/george.belesis\" target=\"_blank\">George Belesis<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pgmoraitis\" target=\"_blank\">Panos Moraitis<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AntoineDrillias\" target=\"_blank\"><span data-sheets-value=\"[null,2,&quot;Antoine Drilias&quot;]\" data-sheets-userformat=\"[null,null,513,[null,0],null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,0]\">Antoine<\/span>\u00a0Drilias<\/a> and guided by navigator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/manos.roudas\" target=\"_blank\">Manos Roudas<\/a>. Lambros Nakis and Alexandros Sofroniadis will be on stand-by mode back in home base in Athens in case of need of a replacement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are happy with the crew line-up for the 51<sup>st<\/sup> edition of the Rally, and we look forward for some rewarding sailing.\u00a0 The guys worked hard to prepare OPTIMUM 3 for another go in the Aegean Rally investing most of their free time the last 20 days.\u00a0 We expect some serious boat to boat competition from the new 52-footer BULLET that was added in the Greek fleet this year and the a lot more competition from the rest of the competitors for overall victory on handicap.\u00a0 The support and care that our sponsors ASPIDA Maritime Security and SAXOBANK have been providing since the season started have created a great pulse in our Team and we are eager to give a serious fight for the podium\u201d, commented our skippers a while ago, just after the press conference for the 51<sup>st<\/sup> Aegean Rally that took place in the premises of the Hellenic Offshore Racing Club in Mikrolimano, Piraeus.<\/p>\n<p>The race starts on Friday 18<sup>th<\/sup> at 18:00, and the first race out of five will take the fleet from Faliron Bay to Milos Island.\u00a0 Stay tuned\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Athens, Wednesday July 16th 2014, 15:00. 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