The International Aegean Sailing Rally is a traditional yearly event, the oldest and most prestigious sailing regatta in Greece.

The race consists of a series of 3 or 4 individual offshore races. It usually starts and finishes at Faliro Bay (Athens) and includes the beautiful islands of the Aegean.

The nautical marathon of challenges and seamanship

In 2016, the "International Aegean Sailing Rally", the competition organized by the Hellenic Offshore Club, will complete 53 years of life. Fifty-three years of challenges and seamanship in one of the most difficult sea areas of the Mediterranean. This is a highly demanding event and it requires early planning. For that reason, the HORC organizing committee, in coordination with the participating skippers, has carefully planned the route of the 2016 race.

This year, the top Greek offshore competition will be held from 16 to 24 July. 

The yachts will sail from Faliron Bay heading to the island of Patmos (155 nm). Once in the "island of Apocalypse" (Patmos), some local races will take place around buoys (inshore races) and the day after, the fleet will be heading to Milos (110 nm). The last course will be from the "island of Aphrodite" (Milos) to Cape Sounion, covering a total distance of 60 nautical miles. In next years event the sailors will have to cover a total distance of 350 nautical miles, in such a challenging sea as the Aegean.

The planning of each route includes:

1. A course of over 100 nautical miles. 
2. A course including night sailing. 
3. A course including naval difficulties. 
4. A course having windward sailing (provided that the seasonal wind meltemi does blow. 
5. A course reaching the East Aegean sea area.

The route of the 53rd Aegean Rally 2016 will be : FALIRON - PATMOS - MILOS - SOUNION. The total length will be 350 nm.

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