Rolex is the Official Timepiece of the 2024 AEGEAN 600 Yacht race
by AEGEAN 600 10 Jun 2024 08:12 PDT
5-13 July 2024
2023 AEGEAN 600 © HORC / Nikos Alevromytis
The Hellenic Offshore Racing Club (HORC), along with Olympic Marine, are pleased to announce Rolex as the Official Timepiece of this year's edition of the AEGEAN 600 yacht race.
Starting on 7 July, just under the sea cliffs of Cape Sounion, with the ancient Temple of Poseidon as a fitting backdrop, this 600-mile annual race tour of Greece's scenic Aegean islands has quickly become a new offshore racing classic.
Nearly 70 monohull and multihull entries from 25 countries have registered to participate, a new record level of international interest. The event is based at the world-class facilities of Olympic Marine in Lavrion, Attica, where pre- and post-race activities are held for the race participants and their families and friends to enjoy the generosity of Greek hospitality.
Teams entered for the race are competing for not only the large perpetual trophy awarded the overall winner of the race - an exact silver replica of an ancient Attican ceramic vessel from the 5th century BC - but for the fastest entries a chance to also break the course record set in 2023 by the 100-foot monohull LEOPARD 3 (MON) of 45 hours, 5 minutes, and 25 seconds. Individual division and category winners will also take home trophies provided by the Benaki Museum which are silver copies of ancient artifacts that date from 3,000 BC of the Early Cycladic Civilization until the 5th century of the Greek Classical Age.
The strong participation of foreign teams in this year's fourth edition of the race indicates the importance of the AEGEAN 600 in the promotion of Greece worldwide.