In a race as tough as the Aegean 600 you would not expect first timers to collect much silverware – however Greece’s George Procopiou, aboard his newly acquired VO70 Aiolos, defied the odds to win the race’s Maxi class.
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MOD70s may now be flying machines, well outside of their original one design configuration, but you would not have known that, given the multiple lead changes and tightness of their racing in this year’s Aegean 600
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Rapidly becoming a ‘classic’ among the world’s 600 mile offshore races, the Hellenic Offshore Racing Club’s Aegean 600, supported by Olympic Marine and with Rolex as official timepiece for the very first time, has this year attracted a stronger than ever maxi yacht entry within its record-sized overall fleet of 69.
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Jean-Pierre Barjon has already enjoyed much success with his Botin 65 Spirit of Lorina having won the International Maxi Association’s Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge in 2021-22.
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After Wednesday’s ultra-light start on the Golfe de Saint-Tropez to relatively benign conditions following a thunderstorm before arriving into Genoa, it was hard to believe that thanks to a big breeze sleigh-ride in between - to the Giraglia rock and beyond - the 100ft maxi yacht Black Jack had completed the Loro Piana Giraglia offshore race at near record pace.
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