Spectacular Prize Giving Tonight: RORC CARIBBEAN 600 At 0900 on day five, four yachts are still racing after a surge of arrivals last night and early this morning. With all of the class winners now decided, there will be a fantastic atmosphere at tonight’s RORC Caribbean 600 Prize Giving, which will start at 1800 at…
TIRED AND ELATED Just after dusk at 19:34:34, Ron O’Hanley’s American Cookson 50, Privateer came through the finish line off English Harbour, Antigua. The 12 crew were tired and hungry but most of all thirsty for knowledge. The team from Newport, Rhode Island, USA knew it was close…too close to call. They had sailed their…
Mike Slade’s crew on ICAP Leopard were enjoying a cold beer in the Antigua Yacht Club today and Leopard’s owner, Mike Slade, was really enjoying winding down after a tough race in which ICAP Leopard took Line Honours for the second time: “That was definitely the toughest of the three races I have done, but…
The first confirmed entry for this year’s race was Joseph Mele’s Swan 44, Triple Lindy. Joseph is a member of the City Island Sailing Club in New York and competed in this year’s Newport to Bermuda Race. Triple Lindy is making her debut in the race but Local Antiguan dentist, Bernie Evan Wong is back with High Tension. His…
RORC Caribbean 600 – The Caribbean’s only offshore race attracted 578 sailors from 36 countries including a number of world-class Spanish sailors racing on the Volvo 70, Gran Jotiti and Swan 56, Clem. Some of world’s most extraordinary yachts, five over 100ft, entered the race. The 214ft Baltic, Hetairos, skippered by Vincent Fauquenoy, took line…
February 2010: 605 miles from English Harbour around Barbuda, Saba, St Barth and Guadeloupe, with crews from twenty countries and not much wind.
John Burnie, skipper of Region Guadeloupe spoke dockside in Falmouth Harbour. “This year’s race was more difficult in many respects, especially tactically
As the sunsets over the Caribbean, the competitors in the RORC Caribbean 600 are preparing for their first night at sea.
“It’s freezing cold back home in Massachusetts right now and I am wondering why my sailing buddies at home aren’t doing this race?
