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NEWSFLASH: 2013 RORC CARIBBEAN 600
NEWSFLASH: Wednesday 20 February 2013
Close but no cigar
Louay Habib
Peter Aschenbrenner's American 63ft trimaran, Paradox from California completed
the RORC Caribbean 600 in Antigua on 20 Feb 03:22:52, in an elapsed time of 40:22:52,
just missing out on the Multihull Course Record of 40:11:05 set by ORMA 60, Region
Guadeloupe in the 2009 race.
Paradox was just 11 minutes and 47 seconds outside the course record, which has
stood since the very first edition of the race. However, Peter Aschenbrenner was
still up-beat dockside: "Fantastic conditions, really amenable to Paradox, that
was a dream ride," smiled Peter. "We're really surprised that we were so close
to the record. That time was set by a race boat and we are just a cruising trimaran
with three year old sails. So to get that close was really astonishing and a testament
to what a great boat Paradox is."
In the Multihull Class, Lloyd Thornburg's Gunboat 66, Phaedo needs to finish by
12:52:30 to beat Paradox. At 05:35 Phaedo was 81.2 miles from the finish.
ENDS/...
Peter Aschenbrenner's American 63ft trimaran, Paradox Credit: Ocean Images/Richard
Langdon
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.
ENDS/....
* RORC Caribbean 600 website: http://caribbean600.rorc.org [http://caribbean600.rorc.org]
* Start: 53 boats, crews from 31 different nations
* The RORC Caribbean 600 started from Antigua on Monday February 18th 2013.
Prizegiving: Friday 22nd February 2013, Antigua Yacht Club.
* 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
* 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)
* 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)
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