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Atalanti VI

Atalanti VI

 

Type of Sail: Genoa #1

Age: 22 years old

Material: Kevlar and Mylar

Located: Athens

Distance Travelled: 1800nm

Places most visited: The Florida Keys, Milos, Miami, Hydra and Phaleron bay

Sail Number: GRE 46

Starting in the mid-nineties the US sailing team Rush dominated offshore sailing in the US, in Florida and the Keys in Winter and on both coasts in the summer. When their Bruce Farr designed 39ft bullet got old they sold it to Greece. She was the first monohull to grace Greek waters that could go faster than the wind and blew out all her competition. This led to a decade long arms-race that saw tens of high-performance sailboats ripping along the Aegean.