Team News
Athens, Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016. The 53rd Aegean Rally, Greece’s top offshore sailing event just entered the history books. OPTIMUM 3- THENAMARIS-OPTIMISE was the worthy winner after 6 demanding offshore races with a score line of 3-3-1-1-1-1 after covering a total of 360 nautical miles. Team OPTIMUM sponsored and supported by THENAMARIS and OPTIMISE added...
Poseidon Temple, Cape Sounio, Saturday, July 23, 2016. Just crossed the finish line of the sixth and final leg of the 53rd Aegean Rally from Milos to Cape Sounio, just under the Poseidon Temple. OPTIMUM 3-THENAMARIS-OPTIMISE crossed the line first as she should to stand a chance to win the leg on handicap but we...
Patmos Island, Tuesday, July 19, 2016. Race 3 of the 53rd Aegean Rally was completed today in force 6-7 northerly winds that tested crews and gear. The 24-mile coastal race around Patmos island and Anydro Rock anti clockwise was a testing 3-hour affair for OPTIMUM 3-THENAMARIS-OPTIMISE. Once back in port the results showed that we...
Porto Carras/Chalkidiki, Sunday July 10, 2016. Today was the final race day here in the magnificent Porto Carras Grand Resort that the 2016 ORCi Offshore Sailing European Championship concluded. OPTIMUM 3-THENAMARIS-OPTIMISE finished 9th with a scoreline of 20, 5, 9, 6, 16, 12, 8, , 10 and 11. It is huge satisfaction for Team Optimum...
Porto Carras/Chalkidiki, Thursday July 7, 2016. We are already done with two days of racing for the ORCi European Championship and OPTIMUM 3-THENAMARIS-OPTIMISE is lying in 8th place with three races out of nine completed. The Race Committee selected a 34-mile coastal course on Wednesday and managed to fit two W/L races on Thursday. ...
Porto Carras/Chalkidiki, Monday, July 4, 2016. Two days left for the start of the ORCi European Championship that this year is hosted in Greece. No less than 73 yacht teams from Turkey, Great Britain, Israel, Russia, Italy, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania, USA, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia and Greece are already moored alongside in the magnificent Porto...
Faliron Bay, Friday, June 3, 2016. We just completed our participation in the 8th Posidonia Cup, a unique biannual race organized by the Hellenic Offshore Racing Club (H.O.R.C.). This 15-mile coastal race takes place always on the Friday before the opening of Posidonia Exhibition, the world’s top exhibition for the Shipping Industry. To participate...
Sunday, November 10th 2013 was a very important day for Sports around the world. It was the day of the ORIGINAL Marathon, the 31st Athens Marathon! As a Sport Team, OPTIMUM Yacht Racing Team, sees the Marathon as the ultimate test of human endurance and two OPTIMUM team members were registered to compete: Kostis Afentakis,...