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NATIONAL SAILING CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE HELLENIC ARM FORCES
4 - 5 July 2008

The National Sailing Championship of the Hellenic Armed Forces will be held in Aghios Nikolaos and the Gulf of Mirabello on 4  5 July 2008 during the celebrations of Navy Week.

There will be about 100 participants in 50 laser boats.
All athletes have participated in national as well as international sailing competitions and have won prices in world championships and Olympic games.

Aghios Nikolaos will provide a perfect viewpoint from which to enjoy the spectacle as the races will be taking place near the coast.

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CAP ISTANBUL 2008

• A solo Offshore Race - A unique experience !!
• A race of endurance on equal terms - One type of boat for everyone - the Figaro Bénéteau, length about 10 m.
• The only thing that counts is their seamanship, their strategic choices, their physical and mental strength.
• A long race of 1670 n.m. that will bring the skippers from west to east, across the Mediterranean Sea, on waters filled with history and myths, from Nice to Istanbul passing the Sardinian and Sicilian coast, the Ionian, the Cretan and the Aegean Sea and through the Strait of Dardanelles.   
• Three weeks of adventure. 
• 45 participants
• A compulsory stage in the career of any high level sailor.

This is the third year that the CAP ISTANBUL takes place. Following the success of the previous years it now has a place in the official calendar of the Classe Figaro Bénéteau till 2012.
The program of the Offshore Race

1st leg  Nice - Cagliari (Sardinia) / 370 n.m.
Departure: September 14       
Arrival: September 17 

2nd leg Cagliari - Syracuse (Sicily) / 390 n.m.
Departure: September 19       
Arrival: September 23

3rd leg  Syracuse - Aghios Nikolaos (Crete) / 500 n.m.
Departure: September 25       
Arrival: September 30

4th leg  Aghios Nikolaos - Bozcaada / 300 n.m.
Departure: October 2
Arrival: October 4

5th leg  Gallipoli - Istanbul / 110 n.m.
Departure: October 6                   
Arrival: October 7

Closing Regatta on the Bosphorus / October 11

More information on www.capistanbul.com

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THE MUNICIPALITY OF AGHIOS NIKOLAOS MARINA AWARDED THE BLUE FLAG

A marina with a blue flag means:

- Marina with crystal-clear waters
- Good organization and safety
- An environmentally - friendly place

The "Blue Flag" is the international symbol of quality of a well organized beach.
The "Blue Flags Program" is a Program for Environmental Sensitivity and Protection of The Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) that occurs every year on a grand scale in over 35 countries in Europe and other places around the world.
In Greece, the representative for the program is the Greek Environmental Society for Nature Protection, the oldest environmental organization in our country that has been active in environmental education and the protection of nature since 1951.
The awarding of Blue Flag status to a beach is no easy task. The marina must fulfil 22 strict criteria in relation to the cleanliness of the sea and the marina itself, the organization of the marina and the safety of its visitors, the protection of nature and the environment.
The municipality of Agios Nikolaos has had to this day, the largest number of awarded beaches in the region, and for the first time this year (2004), the marina was also awarded the Blue Flag.
The managing organizations of the awarded beaches and marinas are the Public Enterprise for Tourism Development of Agios Nikolaos (DETADAN), the Community of Elounda for Tourist Development (KEPANEL), the Public Enterprise of the Marina Agios Nikolaos (DEPAMAN) and also the many excellent hotels in our area.