Andros International Sailing Race: With an extroverted orientation the next event

The 57^or event yesterday drew a “curtain” with the awarding of trophies to the Hellenic Nautical Club and the organizers have already started planning the next one, in which they aim to attract more foreign boats in order to promote Greece internationally as a sailing destination.

The 57^o Andros International Sailing Race went down in history as the first event, at least, in the Eastern Mediterranean with two different starts for a common destination. One departure to Andros Town was from Vouliagmeni and the other from Chios. “The Andros Race, for one more year, showed that the Greek seas are an ideal arena for sailing. The connection of Chios with Andros was an innovation. Our goal next year is to have even more foreign participations, something that will help the international promotion of Greece as a sailing destination”, emphasized the president of the Nautical Club of Greece Giorgos Prokopiou.

The president of the Nautical Club of Andros Phaidon Tamvakakis also mentioned the extroverted orientation of the Game. “The beginning was made with the “opening” of the organization in the east. We will try to increase foreign participation and to bring more boats and crews from abroad to our country.”

During the awards ceremony the sailors, organizers and sponsors of the historic race had the opportunity to exchange opinions and plan their next “date” in the waters of Andros for August 2025. George Ercan, head of Group Private Banking of Eurobank, emphasized: “For the first time, the long journey to Andros had two departures, from Chios and Vouliagmeni.

This year’s sailing race united with synergy and passion for success, two large and historic islands for Greek shipping. With the same synergy and the same passion, the Group Private Banking of the Eurobank Group unites the four countries in which we provide specialized wealth management services. Impressive as always the patience, perseverance, discipline, teamwork of the sailors and their love for the sport. Once again they make us understand how close we are in the way we think and implement our goals with our sailors and Olympic athletes”.

The results of the General ranking:

1. Aristofani UK DC UK Defense Glub – UKP&I” (S. Kambouridis)
2. Pete (Duke Palaeologus)
3. Apidalos Nafs – Goulandris Bros LTD (Dimitris Alevizakis)

General ranking of the “Oinops” sailing race:

1. Frankly Mydear (F. Tamvakakis)
2. Burrasca (N. Hatzigiannis)

Gold Sponsor of the match was the Private Banking her Eurobank. The Group Eurobank supported this year, for 7th time in a row the event, having been inextricably linked with sailing through the extremely successful sponsorship of sportsmen and women who have managed to win the highest honors in the sport at a global level. It should be noted that Eurobank’s Private Banking has been the sponsor of the boat “Velos” for the last few years, of Olympians Panagiotis Mantis and Pavlos Kayali.

Sponsors of the event were also OTESAT MARITEL, NAVY CHAMBER OF GREECE, L. PAPAPHILIPPOU & CO LLC, PORSCHE, MOTODYNAMIKI, KOYRTESIS WINE ESTATE ANDROS, ALINA & LEONIDAS POLEMIS, LEONIDAS VRONTISIS and PANTAZIS. Sponsors of the race are YARDTECH, ZARBIS, SYMBEEOSIS, BOUTARIS KYR YIANNI, ANDROP, EY ANDROS LEMONI ANDROU, LASKARIS, DANS, DEL ARTE, ANDRUS BEER, EVANDROS, RIVA RENTALS, GOLDEN VISTA SUITES, VASILI & ELIZAS GOULANDRI FOUNDATION, TANIA DIMITRAKOPOULOU , ISLAND OF BEER. Travel sponsors: GOLDEN STAR FERRIES and FAST FERRIES. Communication sponsor is SKAI and communication supporters are ANDRIAKI, EVANDROS, EN ANDROS, PERIGYROS, ASTERAS, ANDROS LIVADIA.

The Andros International Sailing Race was held for the first time in 1967, thanks to the efforts of Ioannis V. Goulandris.

The photos are by Nikos Alevromytis