Does the CSA Majors Trophy Redefine the Caribbean Racing Season?
The CSA Majors Trophy finally creates a season-long Caribbean sailing championship. But by defining what counts, does it also redefine the region’s racing calendar?
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The Long Way Round: Why Caribbean Distance Racing Is Back
The Caribbean spent two decades shrinking its racecourses to fit an afternoon. Now the islands are setting the course again.
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2025 RORC Caribbean 600 Wrap-Up: Offshore Racing at Its Best
The 2025 RORC Caribbean 600 delivered thrilling offshore racing, with Lucky taking Monohull Line Honours and Tschüss 2 winning overall under IRC.
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Caribbean Multihull Challenge: A New Tradition for Catamaran and Trimaran Enthusiasts
The inaugural Caribbean Multihull Challenge, held in St. Maarten, attracted a diverse fleet of catamarans and trimarans for a thrilling race series. With a successful first event, the CMC is set to become a staple in the sailing calendar, offering an ideal tune-up for the Caribbean 600.
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VIDEO: Caribbean 600 Wrap Up – 76 Teams & 21 Countries
The 11th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 attracted 76 teams from 21 countries and crews from six continents. The highly diverse fleet were challenged by the tough conditions and captivated by the beauty of a stunning race course. The non-stop 600 mile race around 11 Caribbean islands is unique and very much on the bucket-list…
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Antigua Hosts the 11th RORC Caribbean 600!
Starting and finishing in Antigua, the unique 600-mile course uses 11 Eastern Caribbean islands as turning marks, providing an interesting challenge for navigators and crew. Starting on Monday, 18 February, with such a long course, finishing times vary over a number of days.
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Pippa Turton, Chief Instructor, Miramar Sailing
She’s sat at the helm nearly all her life. In fact, Pippa Turton’s earliest recollection of sailing was as a child at the tiller of an Enterprise, a 13-foot, two-man, sloop-rigged dinghy. Turton navigated this craft on the waters off Portsmouth Dockyard in the UK adjacent to where her father, the motivation behind her…
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Antigua Bermuda Race to be Part of Atlantic Ocean Racing Series
The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club announces that the third edition of the Antigua Bermuda Race will start on the May 8 2019 and will be part of the 2019 Atlantic Ocean Racing Series (AORS). The 2019 Atlantic Ocean Racing Series will consist of five races: RORC Caribbean 600, Antigua Bermuda Race, Transatlantic Race 2019, Rolex…
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Rambler 88 wins RORC Caribbean 600 Trophy
George David’s American Maxi Rambler 88 blasted around the course to win the 2018 RORC Caribbean 600 Trophy, scoring the best corrected time under IRC. Rambler 88 reveled in the heavy airs race, setting a new monohull race record and by winning IRC Zero, completed a hatrick of trophies. Rambler 88 finished in an elapsed…
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Family Sailing – A Great Two Generation Sport
It’s an age-old dilemma. Parents like to share interests with their kids, while kids are naturally wary of something that may seem uncool. Yet a sport like family sailing is something that transcends generations. This is a fact three Caribbean dads have discovered to the mutual delight of their sons and daughters. “I remember taking…
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Discover Jolly Harbour Marina: Antigua’s Ultimate Boating Destination
Explore the stunning Jolly Harbour Marina on Antigua’s west coast. Enjoy waterfront villas, full-service docks, vibrant amenities, and be part of exciting nautical events. Your ideal boating haven awaits! 🌴⛵ #JollyHarbourMarina #AntiguaBoating #NauticalEvents #WaterfrontLiving
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RORC Caribbean 600
Arguably the best fleet of offshore racing yachts that has ever gathered in the Caribbean took part in the 7th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600. Sixty-six yachts started the 600 mile race around 11 Caribbean islands, with numerous world champions, America’s Cup and Volvo Ocean Race sailors taking part with passionate Corinthian amateurs, many…
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Singing Sands and Boats Too Fast to Hear Them
When the RORC Caribbean 600 exploded on the scene some seven years ago, there were those who had their doubts about the race and were of the opinion that it would not prosper. How wrong they were. Not only has the race grown in stature, it brings to the Caribbean some of the world’s greatest…
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Sixty for the RORC Caribbean 600
The sixth edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 had a record entry of 60 yachts with 682 sailors taking part. All At Sea’s Louay Habib looks at why the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) Caribbean 600 is proving irresistible to a wide variety of yachts and sailors. For over 50-years, the Caribbean has hosted inshore…
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PROFILE: Antigua Sailor Bernie Evan-Wong
Few sailors have raced in and reached the podium in as many Caribbean regattas as Antigua’s Bernie Evan-Wong. A dentist by profession and sailor by recreation, Evan-Wong shows no signs of slowing down. In fact, he’s speeding up by trying to break his own personal record for the greatest number of Caribbean regattas raced in one…
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One-Design vs. Handicap: What’s the Future of Caribbean Racing?
One-design classes appear to be on the increase at Caribbean regattas. Just look at the growing entries of J24s, IC24s and Melges 24s in the last decade, plus the availably of one-design fleets for charter like the Jeanneau 20s in St Maarten and SR 21s in Trinidad. More recently, there’s been a swell of visiting…
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A Reply to Sir Robbie Ferron (Will they Publish It????)
In the November issue (Professionalization of Sailing Events in the Caribbean) of All At Sea Robbie Ferron states that a number of new regattas taking place in the Caribbean are well sponsored events where professionalism and profit is now more important than any earlier Corinthian ideals. Whereas this may be true in certain events this…
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Professionalization of Sailing Events in the Caribbean
Worldwide trends are now seeing major boating and sailboat racing events increasingly organized by professional, profit-driven organizations rather than volunteer nonprofits. In the Caribbean of the 1980s, everything was run by volunteers: Antigua Sailing Week, Nicholson’s Boat Show, BVI Spring Regatta, Tobago Race Week, Bonaire Regatta, and the St Thomas Rolex Regatta, to name a…
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RORC Caribbean 600: A Tough Race in Paradise
With warm Tradewinds gusting up to 30 knots for over four days, the RORC Caribbean 600 was a lively affair and many seasoned competitors declared that it was tougher than the Fastnet but a lot warmer! There was drama right from the start, Tony Todd’s 100ft Maxi Liara was dismasted. “Two tacks and then the…
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