Team News
20:00, Sunday 3 April, Nautical Club Kalamaki, Alimos, Greece. OPTIMUM Academy invited six dinghy sailors aged between 17 to 18 years to race on Dehler 30od OPTIMUM 4 during the weekend. The youngsters had the opportunity to taste sailing on board a super modern production racer and introduced to competitive offshore racing by Team OPTIMUM...
08:00, Tuesday 29th March 2022, Alimos, Greece. Team OPTIMUM managed to enter all three OPTIMUM Sailing Academy Dehler 30ods in 49th Hydra Race organized by H.O.R.C. The snowy and windy weather that persisted in Athens until March 23rd didn’t allow much preparation but the will to compete was strong among Team OPTIMUM members and friends. ...
08:00, Thursday 24 March 2022, Alimos, Greece. Team OPTIMUM will celebrate the establishment of OPTIMUM Sailing Academy by competing in HYDRA Race this weekend with all three Academy brand new DEHLER 30ods, AETHER, OPTIMUM 4 and LAVORO III. OPTIMUM Academy aims to introduce, seduce and immerse anyone into the sport/hobby of sailing and the joy...
Nautical Club Kalamaki,Athens, Greece. 16th December 2021, 08:46 Very few offshore sailing Teams around the world have clocked 28 years uninterruptedly. Team OPTIMUM managed so and aims to reach a 50th anniversary! Key decisions made early on and partnerships oriented to preserve and transfer lessons learned after thousands of hard racing and training miles to...
Nautical Club Kalamaki, 14th October 2021, 09:00. Nineteen(19!) seasons with our trustworthy Farr52 One Design OPTIMUM 3 come to an end on a high note. The 2021 season was hugely successful as the Team posted a 2nd overall in IRC and 1st in the ORC category in the inaugural AEGEAN 600, a dominating 1st place...
Back to base from Andros Race, 30 August 2021, 23:00.Photo credit: Nikos Zagas The 54th ANDROS RACE organised by Yacht Club Andros and Yacht Club Greece concluded and met expectations from all involved. It was the “Toughest Yacht Race” as the light wind conditions that prevailed tested to the limit the patience and persistence of...
Andros Island, 27 August 2021, 08:00. The organizers Yacht Club Andros and Yacht Club Greece advertise it as the “Toughest Yacht Race”. Team OPTIMUM-Samos Steamship has participated more than 15 times and by experience totally agrees with the description. A formidable crew of 15 with more than 50% under 30 years of age including 4...
Nautical Club Kalamaki, Athens, July 26, 2021. Race 5 of the 58th Aegean Rally offered to competing sailors dream-on conditions for the years to come: T-shirt sailing conditions in 30-35 knots of wind at 130-145 TWA for the whole 95 miles distance from Psara island to Cape Sounio finish line. Team OPTIMUM-Samos Steamship crew behaved...
Psara Island, Friday, July 23, 2021, 18:00. Race 3 and 4 of the 58th edition of the Aegean Rally from Tinos to Psara and a coastal around Psara island concluded today. Team OPTIMUM-Samos Steamship scored two more bullets and is leading comfortably the leaderboard. From Tinos to Psara, moderate to light downwind conditions prevailed but...
Tinos Island, Monday, July 19, 2021, 10:00. The first two races of the 58th edition of the Aegean Rally from Faliro Bay in Athens to Tinos via a scoring gate in the south tip of Kithnos island is done and dusted. Team OPTIMUM-Samos Steamship scored two bullets and is leading with 2019 winning Team PEGA...