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RORC Transatlantic Race 2016
26th November 2016: Marina Lanzarote to Camper & Nicholsons, Port Louis, Grenada
http://orctransatlantic.rorc.org/-Übersicht
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Arrecife, Lanzarote: 25 November 2016
How to follow the third RORC Transatlantic Race:
Tomorrow (Saturday 26 November), 14 yachts from 40-112ft will take the start of the third edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race from Lanzarote, Canary Islands headed for Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina on the spice island of Grenada, Caribbean; some 2,865 nautical miles across the Atlantic.
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Arrecife/Lanzarote
© RORC/James Mitchell
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Competitors from 20 different nations will line up for the start at midday (1200 GMT) off Marina Lanzarote where the fleet have been generously hosted by Calero Marinas for the past week. The IRC classes and four Class40s are scheduled to start at 1200 GMT, followed 10 minutes later by the two MOD70s; Lloyd Thornburg's Phaedo and Giovanni Soldini's Italian Maserati, making an impressive sight for the spectators on and off the water as the fleet heads to the turning mark off Puerto Calero Marina and between the islands of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura to the south. The fleet must then pass Tenerife before venturing into the Atlantic to finish outside Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina, Grenada.
Tracking the fleet:
All yachts are fitted with YB Trackers. To follow the yachts as they race across the Atlantic visit: http://rorctransatlantic.rorc.org/tracking/2016-fleet-tracking.html
Race website:
Teams with satellite connection will be blogging stories, pictures and video telling the story of their race on the official race minsite: http://rorctransatlantic.rorc.org
Race Records:
The winner of the RORC Transatlantic Race Trophy for best elapsed time under IRC in 2015 was Jean-Paul Riviere's 100ft Finot-Conq
Nomad IV also won IRC overall and the IMA Trophy for monohull line honours. Nomad IV also set a new monohull record for the RORC Transatlantic Race: 10 days 07 hours 06 minutes and 59 seconds
Multihull Record: 5 days 22 hours 46 minutes 03 secondsLloyd Thornburg's MOD70, Phaedo3 was the first boat to arrive in the last race and set the multihull record for the race
Class40: 12 days 12 hours 36 minutes 32 seconds: Gonzalo Botin's Spanish Class40, Tales II was the first Class40 to complete the race in 2015, setting a Class40 record
Trophies:
RORC Transatlantic Race Trophy (IRC overall)
IMA Transatlantic Trophy (line honours monohull)
A new RORC Caribbean Series Trophy (best combined result in the RORC Transatlantic Race + 2017 RORC Caribbean 600)
All media enquiries:
For any requests: (interviews, images, video) or please contact:
Trish Jenkins: press@rorc.org or trish@j2pr.co.uk
For full information, please visit: http://rorctransatlantic.rorc.org
RORC Home page: www.rorc.org
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