Team News
12:00, Monday 12th September 2022, Alimos, Greece. OPTIMUM 4, the “red” Dehler 30od of the OPTIMUM Sailing Academy, skippered by 17-year-old Christos Stathas won the 39th Korfos Race over the weekend. The race is a 28-mile cross of the Saronic Gulf from Faliro Bay in Attica to Korfos Bay in Peloponnese with a scoring gate...
Monday, 29 August 2022, 20:00. Team OPTIMUM members, fans and OPTIMUM Sailing Academy young students that participated in 55th Andros Race with the three O.S.A. Dehler 30ods enjoyed a challenging and enjyable 4-day event. Nautical Club Andros and Yacht Club Greece co-organised a fantastic event and offered great hospitality to all 19 teams competing. During...
Monday, 22 August 2022, 08:00 All three OPTIMUM Sailing Academy Dehler 30ods will participate in Andros Race organised by Nautical Club Andros and Yacht Club Greece. The 55th edition kicks on Thursday 25th August and is rightly considered a tough race as it usually involves a long upwind overnight leg to Chora, Andros all the...
Optimum base, N.C.Kalamaki, 12 July 2022, 12:00. Team OPTIMUM-Samos Steamship retired from the Aegean 600 Yacht Race soon after the start due to a complete electronics blackout. The Team left Olympic Marine and on its way to Cape Sounio for the start discovered that OPTIMUM S electronics system refused to turn on. For 90 minutes,...
Optimum base, N.C.Kalamaki, 7 July 2022, 11:00. Few days left before the Sunday 14:00hrs start of the Aegean 600, Team OPTIMUM-Samos Steamship is finalizing all details to compete with OPTIMUM S in the top offshore event of Eastern Mediterranean in Greece’s Aegean Sea. It will be the first 600-mile non-stop race with OPTIMUM S /Carkeek...
Back in our N.C.Kalamaki base, 21 June 2022, 19:00. Outright victory in the last race of the 59th Aegean Rally from Volissos, Chios to Cape Sounio propelled Team OPTIMUM-Samos Steamaship on the podium. With a scorecard of 4,4,3,1, Team OPTIMUM concluded its participation in the 59th Aegean Rally in 3rd place. Following back to back...
Volissos, Chios Island after race3 of 59th Aegean Rally, 16 June 2022. Team OPTIMUM-Samos Steamship continues racing in the 59th Aegean Rally. Two more races took place starting and finishing in Marina Limnia, Volissos. Race 2 was a 45 miles trip to Venetico rock and back in fresh meltemi wind conditions. Race 3 was a...
Volissos, Chios Island after race1 of 59th Aegean Rally, 12 June 2022.Photo: Nikos Alevromytis Team OPTIMUM-Samos Steamship competes for 28th time in the 29 years that Team OPTIMUM exists, in the Aegean Rally. Organized by H.O.R.C, the 59th edition proves that it is oldest offshore event in the Med. Beyond any doubt it is through...
10:00, Thursday 9th June 2022, Alimos, Greece. OPTIMUM Sailing Academy Dehler 30ods AETHER and OPTIMUM 4 competed in Posidonia Cup last Friday chartered by THENAMARIS and LALIZAS for the prestigious event respectively. Both crews put the training time before hand to get used to the boat to maximize the fun factor during the race itself....
10:00, Thursday 9th June 2022, Alimos, Greece. Team OPTIMUM-Samos Steamship continues training on its new racing boat Carkeek 47 Grand Prix yacht OPTIMUM S and most importantly racing as much as possible ahead of the 59th Aegean Rally and the 2nd edition of the AEGEAN 600. As such, last weekend OPTIMUM S competed in the...