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RORC CARIBBEAN 600 - Start: Monday 18 February 2013, Antigua
http://caribbean600.rorc.org - Übersicht
DAY TWO 0700 Race Update:19 February 2013
ROYAL OCEAN RACING CLUB
20 ST JAMES'S PLACE, LONDON SW1A 1NN
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2013 RORC CARIBBEAN 600
Race Report By: Louay Habib
MORNING GLORY: 2013 RORC CARIBBEAN 600
DAY 2 - PM RACE UPDATE:19 February 2013
By: Louay Habib
Breaking news from the RORC Caribbean 600 race course is that the first finishers
are expected in the early hours of tomorrow morning (Wednesday 20 Feb), with every
possibility that at least one record will be broken and possibly two.
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Paradox shows record pace in 5th RORC Caribbean 600 race
Credit: RORC/Tim Wright/Photoaction.com
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Peter Aschenbrenner's American trimaran, Paradox, has virtually rounded Guadeloupe
and is close to laying Les Desirades, the most westerly point of the course. Paradox,
with multihull legend Cam Lewis on board, is still on record pace and is expected
to arrive back in Antigua in the early hours of tomorrow morning. Paradox need to
cross the line before 03:11:05 on Wednesday morning, to beat Region Guadeloupe's
2009 record. Paradox needs to cover 190 miles in 12 hours, which is very achievable.
In the Multihull Class Lloyd Thornburg's Gunboat 66, Phaedo, took a big gamble this
morning and rolled straight sixes. Leaving Montserrat to leeward meant that the
team had to sail many more miles but the "Buffalo Girls" manoeuvre had Phaedo smelling
of roses, nearly catching up with ICAP Leopard and cementing their position as leaders
of the Multihull Class.
British Maxi ICAP Leopard's attempt to eclipse George David's Rambler 100 monohull
record looks to be slipping away; Leopard needs to finish by 04:10:02 on Wednesday
morning and their current ETA is 0500. However Mike Slade, owner of ICAP Leopard,
is one of the sports most colourful characters and sent this message from on board
Leopard via satellite link.
"Well here we are, flat out racing sitting at 18-20 knots of boat speed, covered
in salt and even in the best offshore gear, still very sodden," laughed Mike Slade.
"We are trying to reclaim the monohull record for this super Caribbean 600 RORC
Race. Set by us is 2009 and subsequently stolen by Rambler 100. Rambler as you will
recall is now no more, having capsized in the Rolex Fastnet but lo and behold, we
can see her on the tracker, returning like Lazarus! We are now just an hour behind
Rambler's record time and we are giving it our all," continued Slade.
In IRC Zero Hap Fauth's JV72, Bellla Mente, has seared downwind from St.Barths and
at 1500 local time was beginning their approach to round Guadeloupe leading in IRC
Overall. However Ron O'Hanley's Cookson 50, Privateer, is just 20 minutes behind
Bella Mente on corrected time. Bella Mente has slowed significantly on the north
east corner of Guadeloupe and may have fallen into an area of light air. Privateer
is very much in the running for the overall prize and look set to catch up their
rivals.
Pick of the Blogs from the boats:
Weir Kraken: "The motley crew of eight on board Weir Kraken are all doing swimmingly
well as we corner the headland of St Barths. The heat is certainly a challenge for
the fair Celtic skin on board, with many now looking redder than the red dragon
herself. Chef Llywelyn has been extremely busy in the galley serving scrumptious
food for all and keeping morale high. As a result we're cracking along," reports
RORC Admiral, Andrew McIrvine.
Previous Records:
Multihull record holder - Region Guadeloupe in 40 hours 11 mins 5 secs (2009)
Monohull record held by Rambler 100 in 40 hours 20 mins 02 secs (2011)
During the race, there will be daily news stories, images and video updates from
the fleet. All of the yachts are fitted with Yellowbrick trackers and competitors
are encouraged to send blogs and images from the yachts, which will also appear
on the website. http://caribbean600.rorc.org/2013-fleet-tracking.html [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0017DdDp2w_fxyisqgbjTuOMB9M-4fomfBMfQVf7xJxR4NEsMV28UEShG7IPbB-6LyzVSMQgJO0NktQxNjKoYol6UMC0Rv5MRkAEp_B6MUMi9oJ-bs-aDHbMvV2l-tf3PsviAiZV_vBc9A43GuqZf4lPQ==]
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