4 sources · updated 3 Nov 2026
The Aegean 600 (AEGEAN 600) is a Greek offshore race, billed by its organisers as "an offshore race designed by sailors for sailors". It is run by the Hellenic Offshore Racing Club (HORC), a club founded in Piraeus in 1961, co-organised by the Region of Attica and Olympic Marine, the Sounio marina that hosts the fleet.
The start is given below the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, where the race also finishes. The non-stop course of about 605 miles leaves Milos to port, goes through a gate in the Santorini caldera, then rounds Kassos, Karpathos and Rhodes, Kandelousa, Kos, Kalolimnos, Farmakonissi, Agathonissi and Patmos, before a gate between Mykonos and Delos and a pass by Kea.
The first edition was sailed from 4 to 10 July 2021 with 37 monohull and multihull crews: Atalanta II, a Farr 70, took line honours and the overall IRC win. The race has been held every summer since. In 2023 the maxi Leopard 3 set the monohull record in 1 d 21 h 5 min 25 s; in 2024 Erik Maris's MOD70 Zoulou set the multihull record in 1 d 13 h 18 min 52 s. That same year the event was on the Class40 calendar.
The sixth edition, in 2026, was won on corrected time by Palanad 4. The next one is announced for 4 July 2027.