The North Sporades Race attracts boats from central and northern Greece for two days of racing. This year took place from 26 to 27 of May and had two legs: Skiathos to Steni Vala, 26 n.m. and Steni Vala to Skopelos, 21 n.m. The boats passed by the beautiful coastline of the islands. The weather conditions on the other hand were tricky enough to provide challenging tactics. This year the organizing club, Yacht Club of Volos, had its 25th anniversary, so the race had a more festive character.
There were 4 classes, one included 10 IMS racing boats and three classes of 11 boats each, for the rest of the fleet. The bad weather of the previous days setback, providing happy sailing for the crews. On Saturday however, the light winds forced 29 boats to DNF. All boats had entered the picturesque port of Steni Vala at 23:00 local time.
The next day was a payback, with a southern breeze of 10 - 16 knots that helped the boats to finish early after just 4 hours of sailing. Sunday night at the prizegiving ceremony everybody had a great time. Winners are OXYGONO, ANTHROPON ERGA and ALPHABANK VORAS.
Heavy rains and prevailing winds returned on Monday, giving a hard time to boats trying to return to their home ports.
