Autumn ’17 & Spring ’18 Train & Race Programmes, Upcoming boat shows, Greek culinary delicacies onboard

Experience non-stop sailing in true offshore conditions, train and race a regatta. 7 days of super (and fast) sailing. Depending on participation we will deploy up to 3 Pogo12.50s creating true one-design conditions!

No1: 11-19 November 2017

Programme:
Saturday November 11^th: Arrival in our base in Lavrio
November 12^th – November 17^th:
2 days of non-stop navigation.
1 night at port
3 full days of training around the Cyclades.
Afternoon theory courses (tactics, weather, rules)
Saturday November 18^th: DEI Regatta 18nm
Sunday morning November 19^th: Departure

No2: 17-26 March 2018

Programme:
Saturday March 17^th: Arrival in our base in Lavrio
March 18^th – March 23^rd:
2 days of non-stop navigation.
1 night at port
3 full days of training around the Cyclades.
Afternoon theory courses (tactics, weather, rules)
Friday March 23^rd at 16:00: Hydra Regatta leg 1, Night racing 36nm 
Friday March 25^th at 10:00: Hydra Regatta leg 2, 36nm. Return to our base
Sunday morning March 26^th: Departure

So far our Pogos have won 2 times the Hydra regatta in 2016 and in 2017. We have to continue such a tradition!

Skippers:     Benoît Charon,  Pietro D’Ali

Boats:         Pogo12.50s (max 5 participants per boat). Up to 3 boats!

Language:    English

Price:           1250€ per person (all included except food and drinks)

Palmarès of our world class skippers:

Benoît Charon:
– FFV Responsable Secteur Manche
– Figaro Racer & Trainer
– Twice European Champion J24
– French Offshore Champion
– 2nd European Championship Farr30
– Multiple Tours de France, ARCs, Melges24…

Pietro D’Ali:
– Whitbread Round the World 93/94
– European Champion Star 1993
– Americas Cup Prada Team 2000
– Sydney Olympics Star 2000
– Transat AG2R 2006 1st (with Kito de Pavant)
– Transat Jacques Vabre 2007 1st (with Giovanni Soldini)
– Transat La Solidaire du Chocolat 2009 2nd (with Giovanni Soldini)
– Roma x2 2012 1st (with Michele Galli)
– Transat Jacques Vabre 2013 (with Stefano Raspadori)

For more information visit the Train & Race tab in our website or contact us at [email protected]

Meet us at the upcoming boat shows : Geneva, Paris and Düsseldorf

Fastsailing will be present at the:

• Salon Nautique du Léman

Geneva 10-12/Nov/2017: Fastsailing stand*

• Paris Nautic

2-10/Dec/2017: at the Pogo stand*

• Düsseldorf Boot

20-28/Jan/2018: at the Pogo stand*

Greek culinary delicacies on board: some good addresses on your way from the airport to our base

Sailing is also about enjoying life, and when sailing in Greece, one of the pleasures is …great food. We propose a few good addresses – all of them right on your way from the airport to our base in Lavrio. Really worth a 5 min stop.

• Airport mini-market at the arrivals level: a bit of everything, top quality and reasonable prices (not like the one at the departures level)
• Kostarelos cheese factory: greek cheese and more, at the right (starboard!) side of Markopoulou Avenue, after 5min drive from the airport right on your way to Lavrio.

• Papagiannakos Winery: Beautiful installations in the middle of the vineyards and top wines. Contact them to arrange a wine tasting tour.

• Aoton Winery. A new and promising winery by the young enologist Sotiris Ginis. Check out his wines, some already received a prestigious Decanter Award. Contact him to deliver onboard directly.