AEGEAN 600
7 – 15 JULY 2023

Join Aegean 600 race! We pave the path to a unique and exclusive regatta and give you the chance to experience an exceptional sailing event.

A new non-stop 600nm sailing race
AIMING TO BECOME A HIGHLY RATED OFFSHORE CLASSIC, A “MUST DO” RACE.

IRC, ORC, MOCRA & Double Handed

Other classes are eligible to enter the race.

605

Miles

Berthing & facilities

7 days free berthing and marine services in Olympic Marine before the start of the race.

13

Passings through iconic Greek islands

Exclusive
Tours

offered for crews and family in different locations rich in history and beauty

6

days max racing itinerary

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Podium finishers celebrated at the AEGEAN 600

Lavrion, Greece — 17 July 2022 – This year’s second edition of the Hellenic Offshore Racing Club’s (HORC) AEGEAN 600 has secured this race’s place among the world’s important offshore challenges...
17 July, 2022 Press Releases
(Almost) all in at the AEGEAN 600

Lavrion, Greece — 15 July 2022 – Only two entries remain on the race course after 5 days of racing in the second edition of the AEGEAN 600, organized by the Hellenic Offshore Racing Club (HORC)....
15 July, 2022 Press Releases
Teams arriving at speed at the AEGEAN 600

With the main axis of the windy Meltemi shifting west to buffet the shores of Attica now with 20-30 knot winds, almost all entries have made it across the finish and are safely ashore at Olympic Marin...
14 July, 2022 Press Releases
New monohull course record at the AEGEAN 600

At 05:17:20 local time this morning, the canting-keeled Elliot 52 RAFALE (GER) skippered by Phillip Kadelbach, crossed the outer limit of the finish line to establish a new monohull elapsed time cours...
13 July, 2022 Press Releases

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7 - 15 July 2023 🇬🇷
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Hellenic Offshore Racing Club's @hellenic_offshore_racing_club Commodore and President of the AEGEAN 600 @aegean600 Organizing Committee, Mr. Ioannis Maragkoudakis is nomitated!

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Bow action onboard @leapsandbounds2 during the @ae

Bow action onboard @leapsandbounds2 during the @aegean600 2022 start!

ℹ️ The boat LEAPS & BOUNDS 2 skippered by Jean Philippe Blanpain was third in overall IRC and ORC scoring and third in the IRC 1 and ORC 1 divisions.
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This second edition of the AEGEAN 600 has been the best yet. All the elements of a world-class 600-mile offshore race have come together this year to solidify this event as being one of sailing's most important offshore races.
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Dates have been set for the 3rd @aegean600 editi

Dates have been set for the 3rd @aegean600 edition.

Set your calendars now❗🗓
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AEGEAN 600 2022: Race summary video This second e

AEGEAN 600 2022: Race summary video

This second edition of the AEGEAN 600 has been the best yet. All the elements of a world-class 600-mile offshore race have come together this year to solidify this event as being one of sailing's most important offshore races.

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Podium finishers celebrated at the AEGEAN 600 🏆

Podium finishers celebrated at the AEGEAN 600 🏆🙌🥳

This year’s second edition of the Hellenic Offshore Racing Club’s (HORC) AEGEAN 600 has secured this race’s place among the world’s important offshore challenges. The complexity of the race course, the outstanding range of conditions, the excellence in organization and venue and the performance of the teams has now proven this race is now on every offshore sailor’s “bucket list.”

“I am really happy we did this race,” said Gregor Stimpfl, owner/skipper of the Scuderia 65 HAGAR V (ITA). “This is the second time we competed, and we have experienced the organization to be excellent and supportive, and the race a perfect mix of fun and challenge. I place this among the best of the 600-mile races, and recommend this to everyone.”

The HAGAR V team (shown above) collected armfuls of trophies on stage as overall winners of the AEGEAN 600 Trophy as overall IRC class winner, the Poseidon Trophy as overall ORC class winners, and the winners of the Maxi, ORC 1 and IRC 1 classes.

Other notable tophy winners were Henri de Bokay’s Elliott 52 RAFALE (GER - shown above), skippered by Philipp Kadelbach, who as the first-to-finish monohull received the Aegean Blue Trophy and for setting a new monohull record of 2D 15H 2M 20S she received the Aegean Artemis Perpetual Trophy.

The Icarus Trophy for their overall victory in IMOCRA scoring was awarded to Adrian Keller’s Nigel Irens 78 catamaran ALLEGRA (SUI), and for being first-to-finish multihull they received the Aegean Magic Trophy, and the Aegean Hermes Perpetual Trophy for setting a multihull course record of 2D 5H 36M 02S. They also received the Greek Tourism Trophy for being the first foreign entry to finish the race.

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AEGEAN 600 2022: Day 5 race analysis video, presen

AEGEAN 600 2022: Day 5 race analysis video, presented by Dobbs Davis, technical editor at Seahorse Magazine. The tools of the YB tracker software are discussed, along with the positions and tactics of the teams on the race relative to the geography of the race course and the weather forecasts.

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(Almost) all in at the AEGEAN 600 Only two entrie

(Almost) all in at the AEGEAN 600

Only two entries remain on the race course after 5 days of racing in the second edition of the AEGEAN 600, organized by the Hellenic Offshore Racing Club (HORC). These two are expected to finish tonight, well ahead of the official time limit of tomorrow afternoon at 1400 local time, exactly 6 days after the start last Sunday in this 605-mile race.

One of these entries making their way west towards the finish line at the ancient Temple of Poseidon is Tim Wilson’s Holland 68 FOUR SEASONS IV (AUS, shown above transiting Santarini), entered in the Maxi Class. It may be ironic that a boat this size is in the back of the fleet, but this is an old design from the IOR era that has been sailed around the course with a reduced number of crew that would have normally raced this boat “back in the day.”

Yesterday on the YB tracker the team looked stuck at the gate in Mykonos, and then soon thereafter they were shown to be parked at the adjacent island to the west. We’re unsure the full story yet, but the team contacted race control and said they “Have technical difficulties and breakages, [and are] anchored for the night, will resume racing in the morning.”

Which is precisely what they did, and at press time they are 40 miles from the finish travelling at 4.7 knots and are thus expected tonight.

The other team still on the course about the same distance out from the finish is the IRC and ORC DH entry KALLISTI (GRE, shown above transiting Santarini), a Mini-Transat class design of only 8.5 meter length and raced by Athanasios Gkikas and Nikos Lykos. This team is racing by far the smallest boat in the fleet and will no doubt receive tremendous applause at the Awards Ceremony tomorrow evening for their tenacity and perseverance in taking on this long and challenging course in that design in a Double Handed format.

Their progress, however admirable, is still not fast enough to catch the DH class leaders Andrejz Rozycki and Pawel Tryzna on their JPK 10.30 PNEUMA (POL).

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AEGEAN 600 2022: Day 4 race analysis video, presen

AEGEAN 600 2022: Day 4 race analysis video, presented by Dobbs Davis, technical editor at Seahorse Magazine. The tools of the YB tracker software are discussed, along with the positions and tactics of the teams on the race relative to the geography of the race course and the weather forecasts.
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Fast Finishers Finishing the AEGEAN 600 this year

Fast Finishers

Finishing the AEGEAN 600 this year in the wildly different wind conditions around the race course was a fulfilling experience for all teams, whether they emerged as victors or not. The challenge of racing in these conditions has been inspiring to all. More info: www.aegean600.com.
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AEGEAN 600 2022: Day 3 race analysis video, presen

AEGEAN 600 2022: Day 3 race analysis video, presented by Dobbs Davis, technical editor at Seahorse Magazine. The tools of the YB tracker software are discussed, along with the positions and tactics of the teams on the race relative to the geography of the race course and the weather forecasts.

Santorini Gate An important feature of the AEGEA

Santorini Gate

An important feature of the AEGEAN 600 course is the spectacular island of Santorini.

This famous caldera (collapsed volcano) has both scientific and scenic interest, with the island’s village spread out across the rim of this geological feature overlooking the enclosed bay below. Boats in the race must pass through this bay as part of the course, making their way past two small islands within the center of the caldera.
There is no more spectacular transit in the world of offshore sailing.
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New monohull course record at the AEGEAN 600 🤩

New monohull course record at the AEGEAN 600 🤩

At 05:17:20 local time this morning, the canting-keeled Elliot 52 RAFALE (GER) @go_rafale skippered by Phillip Kadelbach, crossed the outer limit of the finish line to establish a new monohull elapsed time course record in the Hellenic Offshore Racing Club’s (HORC) second edition of the AEGEAN 600. The team averaged 9.6 knots around the 605-mile race course, and their elapsed time of 63H 02M 20S smashes the previous mark of 71H 54M 00S set last year by the Farr/Felci 70 ATALANTA by nearly 9 hours.

“This was an outstanding race, everything you would want in a 600-miler,” said RAFALE owner Henri de Bokay. “It was not easy, not a cruise, we worked hard and had everything on the race course from flat calm to 30 knots of wind. And it was tricky getting around the islands with many changes in the wind.”

He explained how they also wrestled with the boat at times when the breeze was strong and enormous loads are produced by the canting keel when it helps translate heeling force into forward speed. This force became too much at times, resulting in a broken tack strap on a reaching headsail, a broken A2+ spinnaker, and two broken halyards.

Nonetheless, Bokay was excited and upbeat about the race, which said he read about in Seahorse Magazine and planned for after buying this boat, which was his friend (and relative) Tillmar Hansen’s ex-OUTSIDER. Rather than a full pro crew, his team is mostly amateur sailors and friends, which he values in his ocean racing adventures which will include more 600-milers in the future.

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AEGEAN 600 2022: Seahorse Magazine's Dobbs Davis

AEGEAN 600 2022: Seahorse Magazine's Dobbs Davis provides insights and an analysis of Day 2 from the 2nd edition of the AEGEAN 600. The fleet continues to race fast around the course, with a first finisher almost within sight. Corrected time margins between competing teams are also discussed.

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ALLEGRA 🇨🇭 is first to finish in the AEGEAN

ALLEGRA 🇨🇭 is first to finish in the AEGEAN 600 👏

At an average speed of 11.3 knots around race course, Adrian Keller’s 78-foot Nigel Irens-designed performance luxury catamaran ALLEGRA (SUI) crossed the finish line at 19:36:02 local time today in the second edition of the Hellenic Offshore Racing Club’s (HORC) AEGEAN 600. The team’s elapsed time of 53H 36M 02S establishes a course record for multihulls in this annual 605-mile race.

“The race was very interesting, very challenging and quite different from other 600 races we have done,” said Keller. “The Greek islands are challenging not only because of the course you take but also the very different wind conditions you encounter, from zero to 30 knots…we had all of it. We were parked for five hours but on the other hand we hit over 27 knots in boat speed. Our boat is very well-suited for heavy winds, so we had a good time, we really enjoyed it.”
Meanwhile, the remaining boats in the fleet are also charging their way around the race track on the strength of the solid northwest Meltemi wind that is at 12-25 knots depending on the area of the course.

Next in line to finish is Phillip Kadelbach’s canting-keeled Elliot 52 (GER) RAFALE, about 100 miles astern of ALLEGRA and at their current average speed of about 11 knots they will be expected at the finish line well before dawn tomorrow assuming the wind holds through the night.

This performance places them in a good position to not only win in ORC and IRC scoring, but also place them well within reach of breaking the monohull course record of 71H 54M 00S set last year by the Farr/Felci 70 ATALANTA II…they would need only to finish before 14:09:00 local time to achieve this feat too.

It is not a foregone conclusion, however, that RAFALE will capture this prize: only 14 miles back – at these speeds only a little over an hour of sailing – are two boats who are going about the same speed and could pose a threat should there be any hiccup in RAFALE’s progress.

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AEGEAN 600 2022: Day 1 race analysis video, presen

AEGEAN 600 2022: Day 1 race analysis video, presented by Dobbs Davis, technical editor at Seahorse Magazine. The tools of the YB tracker software are discussed, along with the positions and tactics of the teams on the race relative to the geography of the race course and the weather forecasts.

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The fleet is flying in the AEGEAN 600 ✈️ ⛵

The fleet is flying in the AEGEAN 600 ✈️ ⛵

After a beautiful sunny start and a glorious moonlit night of downwind sailing, the fleet in the second edition of the Hellenic Ocean Racing Club’s (HORC) AEGEAN 600 is flying around the race course with the fleet leaders passing the halfway point of the race at the northeast end of Rhodos (Rhodes). The bulk of the fleet in the late afternoon were still on their final downwind approach to round Kassos, where they head up to a port tack reach to cross east then northeast through the lee of Karpathos before heading up further towards Rhodos.

Like last night, the weather forecast is for a slight lightening in the northwest Meltemi for those approaching and rounding Rhodos to start their way due west to Kandeliousa, while it remains at full strength in the straits between Karpathos and Rhodos for the slower members of the fleet. The longer term forecast continues to look favorable for the same pattern of full strength Meltemi to continue in the daylight hours through the end of the week.

The conditions last night could only be described as “champagne sailing”: 12-15 knots of wind, 1-2 meter seas and a clear moonlit sky. Those approaching and crossing through the legendary caldera at Santorini were greeted by an almost volcanic-looking sight: the dark waters and unlit protrusion of the caldera’s islets ringed by bright fire-like light at the top elevations of the island – there could be few more spectacular scenes in offshore sailing.

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A fast and perfect start for the AEGEAN 600 🌬🌊💨

With a 18-22 knot Meltemi wind blowing from the north generating white-capped seas under bright blue skies, race managers from the Hellenic Offshore Racing Club (HORC) got the fleet off to a fast start today in the 2nd edition of the AEGEAN 600. The conditions were a truly perfect example of Aegean sailing, with the race starting with a short 1.5-mile upwind leg to an inflatable mark positioned just under the ancient Temple of Poseidon, where spectators enjoyed a fabulous view of the boats and the race course area.

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A fast and perfect start for the AEGEAN 600 🌬️ 🌊 💨

With a 18-22 knot Meltemi wind blowing from the north generating white-capped seas under bright blue skies, race managers from the Hellenic Offshore Racing Club (HORC) got the fleet off to a fast start today in the 2nd edition of the AEGEAN 600. The conditions were a truly perfect example of Aegean sailing, with the race starting with a short 1.5-mile upwind leg to an inflatable mark positioned just under the ancient Temple of Poseidon, where spectators enjoyed a fabulous view of the boats and the race course area.

First to start were the five entries in the Multihull Class, with Robert Szustkowski’s HH66 catamaran R-SIX (POL) fighting for the lead with Adrian Keller’s larger custom catamaran ALLEGRA (SUI). R-SIX tacked away early from the left side of the course in search for more consistent pressure to the right, found it, and crossed ALLEGRA to take the lead around the mark.

Both of these big cats set their huge white and red gennakers to start speeding down the course at boat speeds in the teens. Next multihull around the mark was the ORMA 60 trimaran AKRON AOTON (GRE) skippered by Ioannas Barkas, who accelerated even faster in a cloud of spray even while throttled back a bit with their reefed mainsail.

At 2000 local time ALLEGRA held an impressive lead on the fleet, having sailed 90 miles in 6 hours and is headed to Santorini at 17 knots while close to being overtaken by AKRON AOTON who is slightly faster at 18 knots of boat speed.

Ten minutes after the first start the entire monohull fleet started on a long start line, with Jean-Philippe Blancpain’s (ITA) Vismara Mills 62 LEAPS AND BOUNDS 2 (ITA) taking the early lead being first around the top mark with Gregor Stimpfl’s (ITA) Scuderia 65 HAGAR V chasing close astern before they too set spinnakers for the long port tack downwind leg to Milos.

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Temple of Poseidon Visit An important and unique

Temple of Poseidon Visit

An important and unique feature of the AEGEAN 600 is the historical setting. Hellenic Offshore Racing Club (HORC) organized a sightseeing trip to the Temple of Poseidon for event participants, who were amazed at the depth of history and culture of Greece.

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