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RORC Transatlantic Race 22.11.2017
22.11.2017
Atlantic Anniversary Regatta incorporating the RORC Transatlantic Race
Calero Marinas – Marina Lanzarote, Arrecife, Canary Islands to Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina, Grenada
The fourth edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race will start on 25th November 2017
List of Entries HERE
Diverse fleet, one goal
Departing from Marina Lanzarote at noon on the 25th November, a record 23 yachts will compete in the 2017 RORC Transatlantic Race – the first leg of the Atlantic Anniversary Regatta. Teams will represent nine different nations: Australia; Belgium; Canada; Chile; French; Germany; Great Britain, the Netherlands, and the United States of America.
The overall winner under IRC will be awarded the RORC Transatlantic Race Trophy at Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina in Grenada; 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean. A complex weather scenario is predicted for the start making it almost impossible to predict the winner in a highly competitive fleet.
Aragon, the Dutch-flagged Marten 72, will be defending their overall win in last year’s race and will be skippered by Jochen Bovenkamp. „This year it will be really hard to win as just in our own class there is very strong competition,“ commented Aragon’s Boat Captain Nico LeCarpentier. „In the Maxi Class, we have boats like CQS and Sorceress which are both far bigger and more powerful than Aragon, and the Volvo 70 Monster Project which will be very fast in certain conditions. In IRC Zero we have yachts such as Varuna and Teasing Machine, which will be hard to beat on corrected time. This is a going to be a very competitive race and also looking at the weather, the winner will need to be smart as well as fast.“
Ludde Ingvall’s Australian 98ft canting keel Maxi, CQS is the hot favourite for IMA Trophy for Monohull Line Honours and capable of taking a tilt at the monohull race record of 10 days 7 hours 6 minutes and 59 seconds, set by Jean-Paul Riviere’s Nomad IV in the 2015 race. This will be Ingvall’s 16th transatlantic race and the team will be composed of a mix of highly experienced sailors and talented Atlantic rookies. CQS was a late entry to the race as a change to shipping schedules meant that the boat could not get back for the Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. Ingvall commented: „The up-side of this change of schedule is that we will have the chance to help support the Caribbean communities devastated by the recent hurricane by entering some of the events on their circuit. The RORC Transatlantic Race is also a great opportunity for us to put CQS through her paces in a long-distance race over such a famous route.“
In IRC Zero, front runners for the overall win include Jens Kellinghusen’s German Ker 56 Varuna, and Eric de Turckheim’s French Nivelt-Muratet 54 Teasing Machine. Both yachts are new evolutionary designs to the IRC Rule, crewed by top class professionals. Tilmar Hansen’s canting keel Elliott 52 Outsider, skippered by Bo Teichmann is extremely well prepared and could well challenge the favourites. „Outsider was built for Atlantic racing and most of the crew have raced a lot together. We have no powered winches so it will be a very physical race for us and we are definitely up for the challenge,“ explained Teichmann. German Swan 60 Emma, skippered by Alfred Paulsen is looking forward to competing in his first Atlantic race, as boat captain Sven Hadler explains: „Emma’s co-owner wanted to race across the Atlantic so this is a dream for him. The crew of Emma are all from Germany and are very experienced sailors. Our first goal is to finish, be safe and to try our best in the race and have a lot of fun.“
Gerald Bibot’s Belgian 42ft catamaran Zed 6 returns to the RORC Transatlantic Race after competing in 2015, finishing in just over 11 days, beating several Maxi yachts. Three pocket Class40s will also be racing; Berthold Brinkmann’s MarieJo, Mathias Mueller’s Red, and Marc Lepesqueux’s Sensation. The Class40 race record is 12 days 12 hours 36 minutes, set by Gonzalo Botin’s Tales II in 2015.
Whilst CQS will be introducing a number of young sailors to full-on offshore racing, they are not alone. Amongst the German teams competing with young talent under 30 years of age and as young as 18 are: JV53 Bank von Bremen, skippered by Alexander Beilken, Max Gaertner’s JV52 Haspa Hamburg, Bjoern Woge’s Andrews 56 Broader View Hamburg, Friedrich Boehnert’s Xp-50 LunatiX, and Hanns Ostmeier’s Swan 45 High Yield. Organisations such as the Hamburgischer Verein Seefhart are continuing a long established German tradition for training young offshore sailors. Three generations of the von Eicken family will be racing on German Swan 56 Latona, Owner Johann is joined by son-in-law Pit Brockhausen and grandson Carl, with an age range of 75 to 20 years!
The RORC Transatlantic Race boasts a huge variety of yachts as well as crews of wide-ranging experience; from first-time transatlantic sailors, to professional offshore crews. These include the first entry by an all-female team in the race. Lyssandra Barbieri’s Dufour 40 Hatha Maris will be flying the Italian flag, however her crew are from Italy, New Zealand, Switzerland and the USA.
The newly appointed RORC Commodore Steven Anderson will also be competing in his British 50ft Bermudan Cutter, Gemervescence and Chris Stanmore Major’s Canadian Whitbread 60 is the only yacht to have completed every edition of the race. Two teams will be tackling the 3,000 mile course Two-Handed. Dutch couple, Petra and Berry Aarts will be racing their Jeanneau 54 No Doubt and the highly experienced British Two Handed team, Richard Palmer and Rupert Holmes, will be racing JPK 10.10 Jangada, the smallest yacht in the race.
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Tracking: https://rorctransatlantic.rorc.org/tracking/2017-fleet-tracking.html
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RORC Transatlantic Race
213.10.2017
Atlantic Double
Start Leg 1 – RORC Transatlantic Race
Marina Lanzarote, Canary Islands to Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina, Grenada
A record entry is expected for the fourth edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race, starting at Marina Lanzarote, Canary Islands, on 25th November, 2017. Close to 25 teams are expected, racing a huge variety of ocean going yachts. Nine different nations will be taking the challenge, racing 3,000 miles to Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina, Grenada, West Indies.
The 2017 RORC Transatlantic Race makes up one half of the Atlantic Anniversary Regatta (AAR). The second race, organised by the RORC and Norddeutscher Regatta Verein (NRV), starts from Bermuda on 7th July 2018 and finishes in Hamburg, the home port of the NRV, celebrating its 150th anniversary.
West and eastbound across the Atlantic
For the RORC Transatlantic Race, two of the favourites for the overall win under IRC will also be racing from Bermuda to Hamburg. Jens Kellinghusen’s German Ker 56 Varuna, representing the NRV, and Eric de Turckheim’s French Nivelt-Muratet 54, Teasing Machine. Both owners are members of the Royal Ocean Racing Club. Whilst both of the yachts are new to the racing circuit and relatively the same size, there is a huge difference between them, as Laurent Pages, Teasing Machine’s tactician and winner of the Volvo Ocean Race, explains:
„Varuna has a canting keel and a powerful hull shape,“ commented Laurent. „We have just completed 10 days testing with the new Teasing Machine which is fixed keel. We are happy with the performance over a broad range of conditions. I have no doubt that Varuna will be quicker in strong reaching conditions, but racing across the Atlantic is not a straight forward sprint; there are local effects and you need to always be looking forward to get your strategy right. Varuna should be ahead of us for the race. However, after time correction, Teasing Machine has the ability to change that. Personally, to race across the Atlantic twice in the same year is fantastic. It is a rare opportunity.“
Young sailors gain skills
Two corinthian entries for the Atlantic Anniversary Regatta are keeping up a tradition that dates back over 100 years. Andrews 56, Broader View Hamburg and JV 52 Haspa Hamburg belong to the Hamburgischer Verein Seefahrt (HVS). Established in 1903, the HVS encourages young sailors to go to sea, to develop teamwork, fairness, and leadership.
During a long and illustrious history, HVS has organised close to 60 transatlantic crossings and two circumnavigations. Haspa Hamburg has just returned from Australia, having sailed back after last year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart. Both yachts will sail from Germany to Lanzarote to compete in the RORC Transatlantic Race, giving delivery crews the opportunity to sail thousands of sea miles before the race crews arrive.
„The Atlantic Anniversary Regatta is very important to the HVS, it offers us the challenge to compete in two races; perfect for our cause,“ commented Bjorn Woge, Skipper of Broader View Hamburg. „The youngsters practice many skills, including hands-on knowledge of racing rules, tactics, sail setting and trimming, navigation, electronics, weather and pilotage. On a personal note, I made a promise to my son Benedikt
that when he finished school, I would cross the Atlantic with him, and he has reminded me of that! For the RORC Transatlantic Race, Broader View Hamburg will have five crew under 21, including my son, and the other half of the crew are experienced offshore sailors.“
Full social calendar before the start
Marina Lanzarote will be a hive of activity in the run-up to the start of the 4th edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race. Competitors will also enjoy social occasions organised for crews to mingle, plus the opportunity to race with the world class RC44 fleet, competing for the RC44 Calero Marinas Cup.
„The guests sit in the back of the boat just behind the driver. This is a fantastic position because they are about 30cm from the superstar skippers and listen to all the tactics that he is giving to the crew. For the guest, it is as if you were sitting behind Sebastian Vettel in a Formula 1 car,“ RC44 Event Coordinator, Hubert Detrey explains.
RORC Transatlantic Race Programme Highlights:
Monday 20th November – RORC Welcome Reception held at the Real Club Náutico de Arrecife
Tuesday 21st November – Crew Rum Party at Marina Lanzarote
Wednesday 22nd November – RC44 Championship Tour Event Village opens at Marina Lanzarote. Thursday 23rd November – RORC Gala Dinner at the Amura Restaurante, Puerto Calero
Friday 24th November – RC44 Hospitality programme for RORC Transatlantic Race competitors
Saturday 25th November – Start of the 2017 RORC Transatlantic Race 1200 (UTC +1)
The entry list is still open for competitors interested in taking part in the RORC Transatlantic Race, run in association with the International Maxi Association, and is the first leg of the commemorative Atlantic Anniversary Regatta starting on 25th November 2017 from Lanzarote to Grenada.
Entry list: The latest list of entries can be found at: https://rorctransatlantic.rorc.org/entries/entries-expressions-of-interest.html
For entries and further information please contact the RORC Race Team: Tel: +44 (0) 1983 295 144
Email: racing@rorc.org
Follow the RORC Transatlantic Race and Atlantic Anniversary Regatta:
https://rorctransatlantic.rorc.org/
https://anniversary-regatta.com
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