AEGEAN 600

After months and even years of planning for some, followed by hard work in preparation over the past week at Olympic Marine, 71 teams from 21 nations will finally be ready to start thi Sunday  in the 6th annual edition of the AEGEAN 600. Organizers from the Hellenic Offshore Racing Club (HORC) will set the starting line just south of Cape Sounion with a turning mark placed at the base of the sea cliffs where the 2500-year old Ancient Temple of Poseidon overlooks the scene.

It is here in one of the most spectacular venues in offshore sailing that the fleet can be seen and cheered on by friends and family for their start of an epic 605-mile journeythroughout the Aegean Sea. And it is here that days later each team will come back to finish this race.

Yesterday pre-race activities included a chance to test their boat, sails and crew in the Attica Warm-up Race where numerous teams came out to a course area just east of Olympic Marine to sail a 7.7 mile course. Unlike last year’s blustery conditions, yesterday’s race was held in a rather benign 5-10 knot northeasterly, which was still enough to get in some practice for the crews to be ready for the main event