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AEGEAN 600

Lavrio (start off Cape Sounio) · Greece

Race tracker Official site Usually Jul 2027 Compare

2026 · Overall · IRC

2Daguet 5Frederic Puzin
1Palanad 4Antoine Magre
3AiolosGeorge Procopiou

Overview Results6 Conditions News12 Fact sheet

Type: Offshore · 605 nm
Scoring: IRC · ORC · MOCRA (multihulls)
Boats: Rated yachts
Usually: July
Next: Jul 2027 (usual month; dates not announced)
Organiser: Hellenic Offshore Racing Club (HORC) with Olympic Marine
Waters: Aegean
First held: 2021 · 5 years ago
Course record: 1d 21:05:25Leopard 3, 2023 · monohull
Multihull record: 1d 13:18:52Zoulou (MOD70), 2024

The course

Round course · 605 nm · as sailed in 2026

SCape SounioStart
1MilosMark · leave to port
2Santorini caldera gateGate
3KasosMark · leave to port
4KarpathosMark · leave to port
5RhodesMark · leave to port
6KandelousaMark · leave to starboard
7KosMark · leave to port
8KalolimnosMark · leave to starboard
9FarmakonisiMark · leave to port
10AgathonisiMark · leave to port
11PatmosMark · leave to port
12Mykonos - Delos strait gateGate
13KeaMark · leave to port
FCape SounioFinish

Organiser's course Straight lines between the marks, not the track boats sail. Named marks sit at the named island or cape, not on the exact rounding line. For planning and interest; the sailing instructions decide.

Course summary on organiser's home page (2026 edition).

Six seasons

Fastest on record: Zoulou, 1d 13h 19m in 2024 (16.2 kn)

Year	Winner (handicap, corrected)	Line honours (first home, elapsed)	Boats	Wind and sea	Toughness	Results
20265 Jul 2026 – 11 Jul 2026	Palanad 4Overall · IRCAntoine Magre	Prosecco Doc Shockwave 32d 00:08:27	74	NE 7.4 kn, gusts 37.5waves up to 0.9 m	60	Official
20256 Jul 2025 – 11 Jul 2025	Best Buddies IVOverall · IRCKay-Johannes Wrede	Aiolos	60	NW 8.1 kn, gusts 29.7waves up to 0.66 m	56	Official
20247 Jul 2024 – 13 Jul 2024	Black PearlOverall · IRC83:29:26	Lucky47:31:06	69	N 11.9 kn, gusts 43waves up to 1.06 m	68	Official
20237 Jul 2023 – 15 Jul 2023	Leopard 3Overall · IRC81:17:52	Leopard 345:05:25	45	N 5.7 kn, gusts 35waves up to 0.48 m	55	Official
20228 Jul 2022 – 16 Jul 2022	Hagar VOverall · IRC89:15:53	Rafale63:02:20	22	N 9 kn, gusts 43.5waves up to 1.34 m	66	Official
20214 Jul 2021 – 9 Jul 2021	Atalanta IIOverall · IRC101:40:00	Atalanta II71:54:00	37	NE 8.3 kn, gusts 39.5	56	Official

Line honours go to the first boat home, on elapsed time. Overall winner is the best on handicap (IRC or ORC corrected time), so they are often different boats. Wind is the daily mean at the start venue over the racing days; gusts and waves are the highest of those days. Open-Meteo historical weather (ERA5) and marine APIs, CC BY 4.0; venue point only, not the full course.

Won it most

Raffica2022 · 2023 · 20243yrs
Aiolos2024 · 2025 · 20263yrs
Neomind2023 · 20242yrs
Allegra2022 · 20252yrs
Pneuma2022 · 20262yrs
Phaedra2022 · 20232yrs

Boats that won here (overall, line honours or a class) in two years or more.

Podiums and class winners

2026 · 27 results

FinalSources: myaegean600.aegean600.com, naftemporiki.gr, aegean600.comAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.

Line honours

LHProsecco Doc Shockwave 3 · ITAel. 2d 00:08:27

Overall · IRC

Overall · ORC

1.Final Final · Russell Whitworth · USA
2.Prosecco Doc Shockwave · Lorenzo Bressani · ITA
3.Mary S · Peter Podunavac · CZE

IRC 1

1.Forever K · Claudio Bernoni · ITA
2.Varuna · Chris Hemans · USA
3.Chacal · Oguz Ayan · TUR

IRC 2

1.Cocody · Richard Fromentin · FRA
2.Karpo Idrija · Maks Vrecko & Andrej Jereb · SLO
3.Libertine · Marco Paolucci · ITA

IRC 3

IRC Double-Handed

IRC Zero

1.Palanad 4 · Antoine Magre · FRA

MOCRA

1.Quick Decision · Stuart Austin · GBR

Maxi

1.Aiolos · George Procopiou · GRE

ORC 1

1.Aboat Time · Petar Dimitrov · BUL

ORC 2

1.Karpo Idrija · Maks Vrecko & Andrey Jereb · SLO

ORC 3

1.Mary S · Peter Podunavac · CZE

ORC Double-Handed

1.Pneuma · Andrzej Rozycki · POL

ORC Zero

1.Final Final · Russell Whitworth · USA

2025 · 26 results

FinalSources: myaegean600.aegean600.com, aegean600.comAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.

Line honours

LHAiolos · GRE

Overall · IRC

1.Best Buddies IV · Kay-Johannes Wrede · GER
2.Karpo · Maks Vrečko · SLO
3.Elaya · Dušan Ušeničnik · SLO

Overall · ORC

1.Best Buddies IV · Kay-Johannes Wrede · GER
2.Karpo · Maks Vrečko · SLO
3.Elaya · Dušan Ušeničnik · SLO

IRC 1

IRC 2

1.Antelope · Patroklos Tottas · GRE
2.Encounter · Bart Weduwer · FRA
3.Chenapan IV · Cyrille Legloahec & Gilles Caminade · FRA

IRC 3

IRC 4

1.Best Buddies IV · Kay-Johannes Wrede · GER
2.Diavolina · Michele Puggioni · ITA
3.Gozo Dream · Noel Grech · MLT

MOCRA

1.Allegra · SUI

Maxi

1.Umiko · GBR

ORC 1

1.Varuna · Chris Hemans · USA

ORC 2

1.Karpo · Maks Vrečko · SLO

ORC 3

1.Best Buddies IV · Kay-Johannes Wrede · GER

ORC Double-Handed

1.Eros · Michalis Aftias · GRE

ORC X-Yachts

1.Antelope · Patroklos Tottas · GRE

2024 · 23 results

FinalSource: aegean600.comAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.

Line honours

LHLucky · Bryon Ehrhart · USAel. 47:31:06
LHZoulou · Erik Maris · FRAel. 37:18:52

Overall · IRC

1.Black Pearl · RSAel. 59:58:44 · corr. 83:29:26
2.Artie III · MLTel. 67:58:04 · corr. 84:08:39
3.Neomind · GERel. 70:35:09 · corr. 86:53:28

Overall · ORC

1.Neomind · GERel. 70:35:09 · corr. 117:26:27
2.Artie III · MLTel. 67:58:04 · corr. 117:27:43
3.Chocolate 3 · SUIel. 68:25:57 · corr. 119:16:40

Double-Handed IRC

1.Aether · GRE

Double-Handed ORC

1.Aether · GRE

IRC 1

1.Black Pearl · RSA
2.Aiolos · George Procopiou · GREel. 53:48:40 · corr. 86:57:32
3.L4/Trifork · Jens Dolmer · DENel. 50:12:38 · corr. 87:21:59

IRC 2

1.Artie III · MLT
2.Neomind · Sascha Schroder · GERel. 70:35:09 · corr. 86:53:28
3.Afazik Impulse · Yves Grosjean · FRAel. 78:27:45 · corr. 96:07:00

IRC 3

1.Lann Ael 3 · FRA

MOCRA

1.Argo · USA

Maxi

1.Aiolos · GRE

ORC 1

1.Neomind · GER

ORC 2

1.Bedouin · AUS

ORC 3

1.Chestress · ITA

X-41

1.Raffica · BUL

2023 · 25 results

ProvisionalSource: aegean600.comAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.

Line honours

LHLeopard 3 · Christopher Sherlock · MONel. 45:05:25

Overall · IRC

1.Leopard 3 · MONel. 45:05:25 · corr. 81:17:52
2.I Love Poland · POLel. 50:27:45 · corr. 82:39:27
3.Optimum S-Samos Steamship · GREel. 66:06:03 · corr. 88:06:45

Overall · ORC

1.Optimum S-Samos Steamship · GREel. 66:06:03 · corr. 96:37:58
2.Eratosthenes · MLTel. 65:37:17 · corr. 100:02:47
3.Carbonita · ITAel. 64:36:39 · corr. 101:18:12

IRC 1

1.Leopard 3 · MON
2.I Love Poland · Grzegorz Baranowski · POLel. 50:27:45 · corr. 82:39:27provisional
3.Optimum S-Samos Steamship · Periklis Livas & Vaggelis Nikolopoulos · GREel. 66:06:03 · corr. 88:06:45provisional

IRC 2

1.Neomind · GER
2.Bedouin · Linda Goddard · AUSel. 90:51:58 · corr. 102:13:28provisional
3.Favorit · Maksim Nemchenko · MNEel. 88:43:18 · corr. 106:43:56provisional

IRC 3

1.Phaedra · GRE
2.Joy · Dave Butters · GBRel. 116:13:08 · corr. 115:38:16provisional
3.Chestress · Leonardo Petti / Giorgio Anserini · ITAel. 116:22:11 · corr. 118:48:49provisional

MOCRA

1.Lynx · ITA
2.Quick Decision · Stuart Austin · GBRel. 119:49:05 · corr. 143:39:43provisional
3.Fortunae Suae II · Georgio Pradelli · SUIel. 125:15:23 · corr. 149:55:55provisional

Maxi

1.Leopard 3 · MON

ORC 1

1.Optimum S-Samos Steamship · GRE

ORC 2

1.Neomind · GER

ORC 3

1.Phaedra · GRE

X-41

1.Raffica · BUL

X-Yachts X1

1.Foxy Lady-Motodynamics · GRE

2022 · 23 results

ProvisionalSource: aegean600.comAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.

Line honours

LHRafale · Philipp Kadelbach · GERel. 63:02:20
LHAllegra · Adrian Keller · SUIel. 53:36:02

Overall · IRC

1.Hagar V · ITAel. 64:02:06 · corr. 89:15:53
2.Rafale · GERel. 63:02:20 · corr. 89:30:55
3.Leaps & Bounds 2 · ITAel. 64:12:01 · corr. 92:07:39

Overall · ORC

1.Hagar V · ITAel. 64:02:06 · corr. 100:10:58
2.Rafale · GERel. 63:02:20 · corr. 100:38:30
3.Leaps & Bounds 2 · ITAel. 64:12:01 · corr. 102:40:55

Double-Handed IRC

1.Pneuma · Andrzej Rozycki / Pawel Tryzna · POL
2.Kallisti · Athanasios Gkikas / Nikos Lykos · GREel. 134:18:56 · corr. 141:50:14provisional

Double-Handed ORC

1.Pneuma · Andrzej Rozycki / Pawel Tryzna · POL
2.Kallisti · Athanasios Gkikas / Nikos Lykos · GREel. 134:18:56 · corr. 144:37:52provisional

IRC 1

1.Hagar V · ITA
2.Rafale · Philipp Kadelbach · GERel. 63:02:20 · corr. 89:30:55provisional
3.Leaps & Bounds 2 · Jean Philippe Blanpain · ITAel. 64:12:01 · corr. 92:07:39provisional

IRC 2

1.Phaedra · GRE
2.Tetraktys · Bogdan Hrehorciuc · ROUel. 92:54:42 · corr. 98:40:20provisional
3.iSail · Christos Karydis · GREel. 92:58:26 · corr. 100:24:42provisional

MOCRA

1.Allegra · Adrian Keller · SUI

Maxi

1.Hagar V · ITA

ORC 1

1.Hagar V · ITA

ORC 2

1.Tetraktys · ROU

X-41

1.Raffica · BUL

2021 · 21 results

FinalSource: aegean600.comAs published by the organiser; we copy places, not scores.

Line honours

LHAtalanta II · Francesco De Angelis · ITAel. 71:54:00

Overall · IRC

1.Atalanta II · ITAel. 71:54:00 · corr. 101:40:00
2.Optimum 3 · GREel. 78:26:20 · corr. 102:40:35
3.Artemis · DENel. 94:24:41 · corr. 103:39:49

Overall · ORC

1.Optimum 3 · GREel. 78:26:20 · corr. 111:04:38
2.Blur · SWEel. 95:24:39 · corr. 111:35:33
3.Artemis · DENel. 94:24:41 · corr. 111:39:03

Double-Handed

1.Krone One · crew Mihail Kopanov / Rumen Kotov · BULel. 110:16:12 · corr. 116:59:47
2.Aether · Gerasimos Petratos / Evi Delidou · GREel. 112:32:14 · corr. 121:25:40
3.Blue Planet · Christian Kerl / Ignacy Manga · GERel. 107:57:13 · corr. 130:18:00

IRC 1

1.Atalanta II · ITA
2.Optimum 3 · Vangelis Nikolopoulos / Haris Mavrogiorgos · GREel. 78:26:20 · corr. 102:40:35
3.Libelula · Borja Pella · ESPel. 93:34:54 · corr. 105:28:00

IRC 2

1.Artemis · DEN
2.Blur · Peter Gustafsson · SWEel. 95:24:39 · corr. 104:28:30
3.Phaedra · Vassilis Priftis · GREel. 103:54:48 · corr. 112:01:07

ORC 1

1.Optimum 3 · GRE
2.Artemis · Kraen Brinck Nielsen · DENel. 94:24:41 · corr. 111:39:03
3.Antelope - Seaventus · Alexandr Vodovatov · RUSel. 95:08:36 · corr. 116:21:37

ORC 2

1.Blur · SWE

X-41

1.Alexa X · BUL

Race metrics

Boats74median 52 over 6 editions

Course605 nmnautical miles

Toughness62of 100, see below

Wind8.4 knmean on race days · gusts 38 kn

Sea0.9 mhighest waves on race days

Days7event days, start to finish

Toughness

Compare all races

62of 100 · average of 6 editions

Wind 10.1/308.4 kn mean
Gusts 12.7/1538 kn
Sea 4.5/200.9 m waves
Distance 24.4/25605 nm
Duration 10/107 days

How the score works

Our own index, not an official rating. Five inputs, each scaled to its share of 100: mean wind (up to 25 kn → 30 points), strongest gust (45 kn → 15), highest waves (4 m → 20), course length on a log scale (700 nm → 25) and days of racing (7 days → 10). Wind and waves are ERA5 reanalysis at Lavrio (start off Cape Sounio) (Open-Meteo) on the race days, so an offshore course can see more than the venue does. A missing input counts as zero and is marked. Roughest edition we hold: 2024 (68).

100 nm or more Overnight International fleet 3+ days

Weather calendar · Lavrio (start off Cape Sounio)

Month by month at the venue, 2021–2026 (ERA5 and marine reanalysis). Race months in orange.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean windkn	8.6	8.5	8.1	7.6	7.0	7.6	9.0	8.3	8.0	8.2	8.8	8.2
Windy days% ≥ 20 kn	13	8	8	6	5	7	6	9	5	3	10	15
Wavesm, daily max	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.8	1.0	0.9
From	NW	N	NW	NW	N	N	N	N	N	N	NW	N

Typical wind at Lavrio (start off Cape Sounio)

Mean knots by month, 2021–2025. Race months in full colour.

Where the wind comes from

Share of days by direction in Jul.