After the Company’s successful appearance in the 2012 Poseidonia Cup, Danaos' sailing team is here! Elias Rizos, our experienced skipper, is also here and back on our team.Welcome on board Elias…Rizos!!!! This year’s crew is composed of: Captain Elias Ladas, Captain Stelios Petronios, Elias Rizos, Sotiris Pateromichelakis, Myrto Livadioti, Christina Ntakou, Dimitra Kyriakouli, Georgia Pastra, Vasiliki Arsenopoulou, Dora Kesisoglou and Zoe Theodosiadou. Our sailboat is a small lady named, “TROPAIA”. Recently, we obtained her two-colored (blue and yellow) balloon sail which is necessary for racing.
On Sunday, November 18th, the sailing team participated in the 2012 Winter Cup race, ‘’Lagousa”. The race committeechose therouteFaliro –Fleves–Faliro and the first start was around 11:00 hours. Althoughthe result was noton our side, the captains and the crew enjoyed the entire trip arriving at the finish line at 17:38 hours.
The team’s schedule for this season includes training once a month. Elias Rizos suggests that the crew members improve their skills in all deck positions for better results. However, the most important thing for us is Danaos' team spirit. We are here!!!!