The tragic incident of the death of a 40-year-old French woman, from Kasos, shocked those who took part in the AEGEAN 600 race, as well as the entire sailing community.
Due to the bad weather conditions it was quite difficult for the boats involved in the race, with 14 of them abandoning, but no one could imagine what happened to the boat with the 40-year-old sailor on the table.
Found in the sea
On Monday night, Anna Konontchouk, 40 years old, a French national, was hit while sailing the boat Heaven and was found at sea badly injured.
Anna Konontchouk, 40 years old, who lost her life in the Aegean 600
A 36-year-old Ukrainian man was also found with her.
Both were collected by the rest of the team, but the 40-year-old had been lost.
The crew members informed the Coast Guard – Hellenic Coast Guard, who helped the sailboat reach the port of Kasos.
The 40-year-old was examined by a Kasos Regional Clinic doctor, who declared her dead, and her body is to be transferred to the Rhodes Forensic Service for an autopsy.
He was working in France
Anna Konontchouk, 40, was allegedly involved professionally in real estate and was an executive of a company that offered residential management services on the French Riviera.
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Extremely strong currents in the Carp Sea hampered the Aegean 600 fleet, which circumnavigates the Aegean in a non-stop 600 nautical mile route, causing 14 boats to abandon the race.
Unfortunately, the bad weather resulted in the death of a 40-year-old French citizen from the boat HEAVEN, northwest of Kasos.
The 40-year-old man was found in the sea with a serious blow to the head and efforts to revive her were unsuccessful. The whole sailing family and especially the organizers express their regret about the incident.
Meanwhile, at 03.18.52 early Tuesday, ZOULOU French triple Eric Maris crossed the finish line in Sounio setting a new race speed record with a time of 1 day 13 hours 18 minutes and 52 seconds.
For the distance of 605 nautical miles of the race route, this means an average speed per hour of 16.2 nautical miles. Jason Carroll’s American trimaran ARGO finished just 1 minute 21 seconds behind ZOULOU. The two boats alternated in the lead throughout the race.