{"id":727,"date":"2015-07-25T08:12:50","date_gmt":"2015-07-25T05:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/optimumsailing.gr\/wordpress\/?p=727"},"modified":"2015-07-25T08:12:50","modified_gmt":"2015-07-25T05:12:50","slug":"we-stand-a-chance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.optimumsailing.gr\/wordpress\/we-stand-a-chance\/","title":{"rendered":"We Stand a Chance!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ecxMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Kalamaki, Friday, July 24<sup>th<\/sup>, 2015, 20:00.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecxMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecxMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Tomorrow is a few hours away.\u00a0 Tomorrow is Aegean Battle Weekend No2.\u00a0 Tomorrow at 11:00, the starting gun for Race 3 and 4 of the 52<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0Aegean Rally will fire and OPTIMUM 3-ASPIDA-SAXOBANK and her 15-strong crew just finished preparations and are ready for battle.\u00a0 All systems checked, every block and shackle sprayed, even the inclination systems of the berths were tested.\u00a0 Weather forecast calls for light winds, the race will take the whole night too, so crew shifts will take place to keep everyone sharp and focused.\u00a0 Co-skipper Nick Lazos is back in action for the battle and we strengthened further our trimming capabilities with Lambros Nakis on board. \u00a0\u00a0Giannis Kapos and Stratis Tsambarlis will sit out and are expected to follow the race from their armchair through the race tracker.\u00a0 Invitations for the prestigious prize giving ceremony have been passed out to all crew members, sponsors and supporters.\u00a0 Now, we only have to shine\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecxMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecxMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cI was the last one to leave the boat tonight since I cleaned our race boat one final time before the race.\u00a0 The heat is on, you could clearly sense it during the final briefing and the verdict is clear:\u00a0 We stand a chance!\u00a0 We are in 2<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0place on the scoreboard and there are enough points and boats capable of winning this one, and so does Team OPTIMUM.\u00a0 In the briefings, I usually check around my mates, faces, stances, expressions and let me tell you I got a hugely positive feedback from the drill this time around.\u00a0 The guys are ready for it physically and mentally, they are hungry for the win.\u00a0 Remember, the Aegean Rally is the top offshore event in Greece and there are a lot more reasons than one to win the top spot. \u00a0The light wind conditions expected are going to input many variables on the mix,\u00a0 but in the end it is another boat race and we plan to enjoy it all the way, whatever the outcome might be\u201d says loyal trimmer Manolis Markogiannakis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecxMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ecxMsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">It is of great importance to Team OPTIMUM, the comfort we get from our sponsors ASPIDA Maritime Security and SAXOBANK.\u00a0 They closely following our efforts, they are experienced with the team by now and very supportive.\u00a0\u00a0 I will be very special for us to manage another podium finish and share our success with them.\u00a0 In the state of the Greek economy as it is today, we breath as long our sponsors do so. Please, Stay tuned\u2026!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kalamaki, Friday, July 24th, 2015, 20:00. \u00a0 Tomorrow is a few hours away.\u00a0 Tomorrow is Aegean Battle Weekend No2.\u00a0 Tomorrow at 11:00, the starting gun for Race 3 and 4 of the 52nd\u00a0Aegean Rally will fire and OPTIMUM 3-ASPIDA-SAXOBANK and her 15-strong crew just finished preparations and are ready for battle.\u00a0 All systems checked, every&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.optimumsailing.gr\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.optimumsailing.gr\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.optimumsailing.gr\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimumsailing.gr\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimumsailing.gr\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimumsailing.gr\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":729,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimumsailing.gr\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727\/revisions\/729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimumsailing.gr\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.optimumsailing.gr\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimumsailing.gr\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimumsailing.gr\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}