8.RORC Caribbean 600 2016

Tagesberichte siehe Menu unten Fotogalerie Video vor Start Absclussvideo 05.11.2015 Magnificent fleet set for 8th RORC Caribbean 600 Organised by The Royal Ocean Racing Club in association with Antigua Yacht Club Start: Antigua, West Indies - Monday 22 February 2016 Course: Approx. 600nm non-stop around 11 Caribbean Islands An impressive collection of the world's finest yachts and top sailors will gather in Antigua for the 8th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 in February 2016 © RORC/Tim Wright/Photoaction.com With under four months until the start of the 8th race, the 2016 RORC Caribbean 600 has already attracted an astounding collection of the world's finest offshore racing yachts. The strength of the fleet suggests that there will be intense competition for overall honours as well as record attempts for both monohull and multihull race records. Shipping straight to the Caribbean from the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race will be Comanche, Jim & Kristy Hinze Clark's American 100ft VPLP/Verdier designed Maxi, which rightly claims to be the fastest monohull in the world for her 24-hour record run (2015 Transatlantic Race, 618.01 nm, averaging 25.75 knots). Comanche races with as many as 29 crew, led by Kenny Read, who was on board George David's Rambler 100 to set the RORC Caribbean 600 course record in 2011 (40 hours 20 mins 02 secs). Given the right conditions, Comanche is very capable of breaking Rambler 100's record. Daniel Forster Comanche The world's fastest monohull - Comanche, Jim & Kristy Hinze Clark's American 100ft VPLP/Verdier designed Maxi will have strong competition in the IRC Canting Keel class © Rolex/Daniel Forster Joining Comanche in IRC Canting Keel, will be Bouwe Bekking's Dutch Volvo Ocean 65, Team Brunel. This will be the first occasion that the one design round the world yacht has taken part in the RORC Caribbean 600. Undoubtedly slower than Comanche, reaching in big breeze, Team Brunel does have the advantage of being highly manageable around the myriad of corners. Jens Kellinghusen's German canting keel Ker 56, Varuna VI, will be shipped to the Caribbean to take part, making up a formidable trio of early entries for the IRC canting keel class and more yachts are expected to follow. In 2015, Lloyd Thornburg's American MOD 70, Phaedo3 set the RORC Caribbean 600 multihull record in 33 hours, 35 minutes and 30 seconds and will be returning after racing in the RORC Transatlantic Race this November. Phaedo3, co-skippered by Brian Thompson will have hot competition for Multihull Line Honours. Tony Lawson's MOD 70, Concise 10 skippered by Ned Collier Wakefield will match Phaedo3 for straight line speed. Peter Aschenbrenner's Nigel Irens 63, Paradox will struggle to keep up with the larger, lighter rivals, but Paradox has beaten both yachts under the MOCRA rating rule for the Rolex Fastnet Race and the Rolex Middle Sea Race.

Phaedo3 and Concise 10 side-by-side after their Atlantic duel in the RORC Transatlantic Race, Port Louis Marina, Grenada © RORC/Arthur Daniel An impressive collection of the world's finest yachts and top sailors will gather in Antigua for the 8th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 in February 2016 © RORC/Tim Wright/Photoaction.com The spectacular three-masted schooner Adix will compete in the RORC event for the first time and the 215ft (65m) classic will be a magnificent sight on the start line on Monday 22 February 2016 (© Adix/Pendennis.com) vor dem Rennen © RORC/Arthur Daniel