J/11S AIOLIA Sailing Neptune’s Waters in the Aegean 600!

For the second year in a row, Spyros Papantoniou sailed his J/11S AIOLIA in the 605.0nm Aegean 600. They were also joined again by the J/109 CHESTRESS sailed by Leonardo Petti & Giorgio Anserini. Here is what Spyros had to say about their experience:

“We had a lot of good sailing in the Aegean 600, no damages! We had up to 19.0kts boat speed in Beaufort Force 7! We did very well until the last day when we run out of wind and parked. At that time we felt we were easily winning our IRC/ORC 3 Divisions. However, everybody from back in the pack caught up to us… oh well, this is how it goes in sailing … right? Here are some fun photos from the race…” 

We’re zooming along inside the Santorini Caldera doing 15 kts boatspeed with a spinnaker.

Us at the start and the first buoy.

Here’s another nice moment, when we crossed some 300 miles after the start with the Italian J/109 CHESTRESS… just in front of the Colossus of Rhodes!