The Aegean 600

The Aegean 600 is the Hellenic Offshore Racing Club’s flagship offshore race, a non-stop 605-nautical-mile loop through the Aegean Sea. The club was established at Piraeus in 1961 and is the senior offshore racing authority in Greece. The sixth edition starts on Sunday 5 July 2026 from Cape Sounion and finishes on Saturday 11 July.

The course runs south from Cape Sounion past Milos, through a gate at the Santorini caldera, south past Kassos, Karpathos and Rhodes, and then north through a gate between Mykonos and Delos before returning to the start. The fleet gathers at Olympic Marine in Lavrio in the days before the start; the skippers’ briefing is held on the Friday evening and the prize-giving takes place on 11 July.

The race is sailed under the offshore rating systems that govern the international circuit. Monohulls are scored under IRC and ORC; multihulls under MOCRA. The course is sailed continuously, with no harbour stops between start and finish.