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55th Andros International Yacht Race

NAUTICAL CLUB OF GREECE – NAUTICAL CLUB OF ANDROS

55th ANDROS INTERNATIONAL YACHT RACE

Ioannis v. goulandris 2022.

ORCi, ORC CLUB Measured boats and Sailing Superyachts 

25 - 28 August 2022 

One of the most important and historic sailing races of our country sets sail today from Thursday, August 25 to Sunday, August 28, 2022, for boats counted by ORCi, ORC CLUB and Sailing Superyachts. Departure at 13:00 from Vouliagmeni to Andros Town.

The sailors will test their strength, endurance and knowledge in a great nautical event – ​​inspired by Giannis V. Goulandris, who continues his historic journey uninterruptedly since 1967, bringing together some of the best crews in a unique race.

The start of the event will be given from Vouliagmeni where the crews will travel approximately 80 nautical miles from Vouliagmeni to the naval island, Andros.

The Nautical Club of Andros, founded in 1957 and a valuable contribution to the nautical events and public works towards the island, offers free sailing lessons to all children and organizes a number of sporting events every year with the leading event being the Andros International Sailing Race, which is embraced by all the local community of the island.

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For a second straight year, gale-force currents posed a steep challenge for participants at the Andros International Yacht Race.

The event, which typically has a strong showing from shipowners, clocked up its 52nd edition this week.

Named after its founder and legendary owner John Goulandris, who hailed from the Aegean island, the race attracted several big-name shipping companies that sponsored crews or had staff directly participating.

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Andros holds international yacht race on Thursday

The 52nd Andros John B. Goulandris International Yacht Race will be held this Thursday, with the participation of more than 30 sailboats from Greece and abroad.

The race will begin off the Attica seaside resort of Vouliagmeni, near Athens, and end on the island of Andros.

The event is organized by the Andros Yacht Club and the Yacht Club of Greece, two of the oldest sailing clubs in the country with a long tradition in the sport.

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Greek Shipowners of Andros

The Goulandris, Embiricos and Polemis Families

The very beautiful island of Andros in the Aegean is the northern most of the Cyclades Group of islands and the second largest, after Naxos, with a width of 40 kilometres at its widest point and a length of 17 kilometres at its longest. The main port of the island is Gavrio with frequent ferry connections to Piraeus. The island is home to three shipping families, all operating huge fleets that were in the top ten of Greek shipping companies at some point during their long existence. The families are the Embiricos, Goulandris and Polemis families.

GOULANDRIS FAMILY OF ANDROS SHIPOWNERS

Basil J. Goulandris was born on Andros in 1886 as one of five sons of Andriot shipowner John P. Goulandris, and served as a seafarer on his family sailing ships and steamers until in 1909 at the age of 23 years he obtained his Master’s ticket and commanded one of the first family steam tramps, continuing in command during World War I. After the war, together with his brothers Peter, Michael, Nikolaos and Leonidas he founded the big fleet of Goulandris Brothers Ltd. with offices in Piraeus and London. Seven tramps were traded in 1932 named Euthalia, Theomitor, Frangoula B. Goulandris, George J. Goulandris, Ioannis P. Goulandris, Marionga J. Goulandris and Violando N. Goulandri. The oldest of this septet was built back in 1898, while the newest were ‘War’ ‘A’ standard ships built in 1918 and 1919.

A large fleet of Goulandris Brothers Ltd. slow steaming steam tramps was decimated by the wolf packs of U-boats during World War II, and Basil, Nikolaos and Leonidas purchased war standard tramps to rebuild their shattered fleet, and traded them on Transatlantic routes to a large degree to Canada, where new businesses were set up by his son John, who had moved to live there. Greek Line had been set up in 1939 by Vassilis Goulandris, son of Peter J. Goulandris and Chrysa Dambassi, and his four brothers to operate the passenger liner New Hellas of 16,991 grt, built in 1922 as Tuscania for Anchor Line and later renamed New York, as a troopship on worldwide Allied convoys. Three further liners were used on the Transatlantic route from Greece to New York after the end of the war, named Katoomba (later Columbia), Neptunia and Canberra.

Leonidas Goulandris, brother of Basil J. Goulandris purchased Greek Line in 1952, and immediately ordered a new passenger liner to be named Olympia for delivery in 1953.

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George S. Coumantaros and John P. Goulandris inducted into the Greek Shipping Hall of Fame

April 10, 2019

Shipowners George S. Coumantaros and John P. Goulandris have been inducted into the Greek Shipping Hall of Fame.

The two historic industry personalities were revealed as the Inductees for 2018 in front of more than 600 guests from the shipping community at the Greek Shipping Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony & Dinner 2019 held at the Megaron, The Athens Concert Hall.

Voting for Inductees takes place annually among members of the Greek Shipping Hall of Fame Academy, currently numbering about 300 prominent individuals in the Greek shipping industry today. The integrity of the on-line voting and the final results are overseen by the international audit firm, Deloitte.

The new Inductees in alphabetical order are:

George S. Coumantaros (1922-2016)

George S. Coumantaros had family roots in flour-milling and shipping and as a young man became highly knowledgeable in both. After spending his early years in the UK, Greece and Argentina, in 1947 he joined his family in New York and established his own company, Southern Star Shipping, which began operating Liberty ships, T-2 tankers and later larger, modern vessels.

In a shipping career spanning 70 years, he forged long-term relationships with international companies in the steel, aluminum, coal, cement and petroleum sectors. He viewed shipping as an integral part of the supply chain, and he strove to provide efficient, innovative logistical solutions for industrial clients.

He pioneered self-discharging bulk carriers, designing and implementing unique transshipment operations in Guyana, Ivory Coast, Guinea and Nigeria, to name a few. His decades-long shipbuilding programmes were distinguished by attention to detail, superior specifications and innovative designs.

In 1960, an opportunity arose to establish a flour-mill in Nigeria, and he expanded the company into one of the country’s leading industries, today employing 12,000 people. George S. Coumantaros became greatly respected in Nigeria, especially by the work force, to whom he was a protector and father figure-figure for 58 years.

John P. Goulandris (1907-1950)

The eldest son of Petros J. Goulandris and his wife Chryssi, John P. Goulandris was born on the island of Andros in 1907and early in his career worked for family company Goulandris Brothers in London. In 1937, just before the outbreak of World War II, John P. Goulandris decided with his brothers to set out on their own, forming their own business group known as Petros J. Goulandris Sons. Soon afterwards, he and his brothers started to envision possible opportunities on the other side of the Atlantic.

John set his sights on Montreal, a city with an active post-war Greek community, and – guided by him – the family founded Andros Shipping, purchased and built ships in Canada, and even established a general cargo liner service from Canada to the Far East.

Despite his relative youth, John P. Goulandris’ entrepreneurial instincts and energy had, by the mid-1940s, played the leading role in establishing a substantial new maritime enterprise and earned him the nickname of ‘The Great One’. Tragically John P. Goulandris passed away from heart failure in 1950 at the early age of 43. However, he had already laid the foundations for his brothers to go on to realise his vision in the decades to come.

The Inductees for 2018 will shortly be featured with full biographies and other media in the Greek Shipping Hall of Fame.

An independent organisation established to bring the fascinating story of Greek shipping to a wider public, the Greek Shipping Hall of Fame has been paying tribute to leading personalities from Greece’s past shipping history since 2007.

With the addition of George S. Coumntaros and John P. Goulandris, the Hall of Fame now includes 30 outstanding personalities of the shipping world.

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