7 February 2015
2015 RORC Caribbean 600
Media Story Leads
Start: Monday 23rd February 2015 - Antigua
Yacht racing teams from 14 different nations will be converging on Antigua shortly for the 7th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600. The offshore blast around 11 Caribbean islands begins on Monday 23rd February and has attracted 60 yachts to participate.
RORC Caribbean 600, a spectacular start from the Pillars of Hercules with Nelson's Dockyard, Antigua in the background
© Tim Wright/Photoaction.com
Please find the latest Entry List HERE
A comprehensive Story Leads document giving brief background to some of the entries taking part this year can be found HERE
High resolution images will be available from the race for editorial use and requests for specific interviews/photographs should be made to: trish@j2pr.co.uk
All yachts will carry race trackers. Follow the event at: http://caribbean600.rorc.org/
60 Boats from
14 Different countries
600 Nautical Miles
11 Caribbean Islands
1 Amazing Race
THE RACE:
RORC Caribbean 600 website: http://caribbean600.rorc.org
The RORC Caribbean 600 starts from Antigua on Monday 23rd February 2015
The 600nm course circumnavigates 11 Caribbean Islands starting from Fort Charlotte, English Harbour, Antigua and heads north as far as St Martin and south to Guadeloupe taking in Barbuda, Nevis, St Kitts, Saba and St Barth's
Past Results: RORC CARIBBEAN 600 TROPHY - IRC OVERALL
2014 - George Sakellaris, RP72, Shockwave (USA)
2013 - Ron O'Hanley, Privateer, Cookson 50 (USA)
2012 - Niklas Zennström's JV72, Rán (GBR)
2011 - George David, Rambler 100, JK 100 (USA)
2010 - Karl C L Kwok, Beau Geste, Farr 80 (HKG)
2009 - Adrian Lee, Lee Overlay Partners, Cookson 50 (IRL)
ORGANISERS:
Established in 1925, The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) became famous for the biennial Fastnet Race and the international team event, the Admiral's Cup. It organises an annual series of domestic offshore races from its base in Cowes as well as inshore regattas including the RORC Easter Challenge and IRC National Championship in the Solent.
The RORC works with other yacht clubs to promote their offshore races and provides marketing and organisational support. The RORC Caribbean 600, based in Antigua and the first offshore race in the Caribbean, has been an instant success and the RORC has extended its organisational expertise by creating a new Transatlantic Race from Lanzarote to Grenada, the first of which was in November 2014.
The club is based in St James' Place, London, but after the recent merger with The Royal Corinthian Yacht Club Cowes, now boasts a superb clubhouse facility at the entrance to Cowes Harbour and a membership of over 4000.
The RORC has also been a leader in yacht handicap systems and in co-operation with the French offshore racing club, UNCL, created IRC; the principal yacht measurement system for the rating of racing yachts worldwide.
The Spinlock IRC rating rule is administered jointly by the RORC Rating Office in Lymington, UK and UNCL Centre de Calcul in Paris, France. The RORC Rating Office is the technical hub of the Royal Ocean Racing Club and recognised globally as a centre of excellence for measurement. For Spinlock IRC rating information in the UK please see: www.rorcrating.com
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