In the Camp of Switzerland the leading Greeks in the face of the World Sailing!

Since last April or Greece The 65-country member of the Star Sailors League has been done with every formality and will take part in the Top sailing matches equivalent to a football World Cup! In her campaign, the league is referring to a “World Cup in Sailing”!

Head of the Greek team is the Emilios Papathanasiou, Which has long fallen with the mud at work for the best possible crew of the boat that will be named “Odysseus”.

In fact, these days The Greek team is in Switzerland and participates in a 7 -day training camp Together with the Colombian team. This Camp is organized by the league, which covers the costs, and is done by groups.

The sailors involved do daily workouts and attach great importance to the synchronization of athletes’ movements, because at this very high level and Every detail is very important.

The teams use the boats that will run in the races and are 47 -foot vessels “One Design” that used to run in the famous “American Cup”. The crew consists of 8 to 10 sailors, It is enough for their total weight not to exceed 730 kg.

The League will soon announce the exact dates of the process until the November finals to be held in December 2026.

In the final, the top 12 national groups will take part in the final according to their classification of the world ranking list. All the results will be calculated in Olympic and international categories and our country has many hopes of direct qualification in the final, as it has scanned medals in the development categories and has taken many more high positions.

This is the match with the most important nations medal and that is why Emilios Papathanasiou has chosen to staff our team with their Top Greek sailors, who are Olympians, World Champions and European Champions And they are in Switzerland for the coaching camp. Immediately afterwards they will continue their preparation in Greek waters by boat that will be the same as the one who will fight in the league finals.

In addition to Papathanasiou, in Switzerland are Tasos Boudouris, Dimitris Deligiannis, Aphrodite Zegers, George Drougas, Simos Kambouridis, Antonis Bougiouris, Antonis Tsotras, Stelios Noutsos, Chrysos Karasos. Other Greek sailors will also be tested along the way.