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Organised by The Royal Ocean Racing Club in association with Antigua Yacht Club
Start: Antigua, West Indies – Monday 20 February 2017
Course: 600nm non-stop around 11 Caribbean Islands
MEDIA ALERT
Monday 20 February 2017, Antigua
VIDEO – Start Highlights
2017 RORC Caribbean 600
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START HIGHLIGHTS
Watch highlights with aerial footage from the spectacular start of the RORC Caribbean 600 as 77 boats took the start in Antigua for the 9th edition of the race. Awesome battles within the fleet took place shortly after the start and are set to continue over the 600 mile course around 11 Islands over the next few days. |
Follow the fleet. All yachts are fitted with YB Trackers: http://caribbean600.
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A record fleet of 77 yachts took the start today (Monday 20th February) for the 9th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 starting from Antigua. This year’s race saw the most spectacular line-up of high performance boats and crews racing from 30 different countries.
The crew list reads like the ‘Who’s Who’ of international sailors with hundreds of round the world, America’s Cup, Olympic and Volvo Ocean Race professionals rubbing shoulders with passionate corinthian sailors on the same 600 mile race course around 11 Caribbean islands.
A preview video is also available with interviews with some of the skippers and owners and pre-start atmosphere. Two further videos will be available.
Broadcast requests to: press@rorc.org
The 2017 RORC Caribbean 600 started at 1100 on Monday 20th February 2017.
To keep up to date with all the news and to follow the race. www.caribbean600.rorc.org
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How to follow the race:
Blogs from the boats, daily race reports, images, videos and news. Follow the action as it unfolds on the RORC Caribbean 600 website.
Fleet Tracking: http://caribbean600.
Join the Virtual Regatta: http://click.
Social Media:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/
#rorcrc600 @rorcracing
Instagram: https://www.
Entry List:
Media Resources:
Interviews/media requests:
Please get in touch if you have any requests or wish to interview one of the organisers or competitors before, or after the race. Contact Trish Jenkins: press@rorc.org
Images: High resolution, copyright free images will be available after the start, from Barbuda, St Barths and Redonda, where our event photographer, Tim Wright (Photoaction.com) will be capturing the race.
Video: Four video edits will also be made available: preview, start, early arrivals and a wrap up highlights edit. Let us know if you have any requests for broadcast quality footage. All edits will be available on the RORC YouTube channel/RORC Racing.
Features: if you would like a specific feature for your magazine on the race, or certain boats within it, we’d be pleased to help.
Follow the race: Social media, a race tracker and daily updates on the race minisite will bring the race alive for those of us not lucky enough to take part.
Media Team: On site in Antigua: Trish Jenkins (Press Officer), Louay Habib (Race Reporter), Roddy Grimes-Graeme (Video), Tim Wright (Photographer), Ted Martin & ELWJ Photography. Race team based at Antigua Yacht Club.
NOTES TO EDITORS
PRESS ENQUIRIES:
Trish Jenkins
RORC Press Officer
Local Cellphone: +1 268 725 4367
Skype: trish jenkins
Race/Press office opens at Antigua Yacht Club on Tuesday 14th Feb
RORC Race Enquiries:
Nick Elliott, Racing Manager
Royal Ocean Racing Club
Royal Ocean Racing Club:
20 St James’s Place
London SW1A 1NN
Tel: 020 7493 2248
Fax: 020 7493 2470
THE RORC CARIBBEAN 600:
- RORC Caribbean 600 minisite: http://caribbean600.
rorc.org - The 9th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 starts from Antigua on Monday 20th February 2017
- 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
- 73 yachts have entered the race to date and a record number of boats from around the world is expected to take part
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Twitter: #rorcrc600 @rorcracingFacebook: www.facebook.com/
royaloceanracingclub Instagram: instagram.com/rorcracing
PAST RESULTS: RORC CARIBBEAN 600 TROPHY – IRC OVERALL
(Best best corrected time under IRC)
(Best best corrected time under IRC)
2016 – George Sakellaris, Maxi 72, Proteus (USA)
2015 – Hap Fauth, JV72, Bella Mente (USA)
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)
THE ROYAL OCEAN RACING CLUB:
- Established in 1925, The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) became famous for the biennial Rolex 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 such as the RORC Easter Challenge and IRC National Championships 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 in 2014 the RORC extended its organisational expertise by creating the RORC Transatlantic Race from Lanzarote to Grenada in November
- The club is based in St James’ Place, London and Cowes, Isle of Wight
- In co-operation with the French offshore racing club, UNCL, RORC is responsible for IRC, the principal international handicap system for yacht racing 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
RACE PARTNERS:
The Royal Ocean Racing Club has partnered with Rolex SA, adding the RORC Caribbean 600 to the leading Swiss watchmaker’s prestigious roster of yachting events around the world. www.rolex.com
Sevenstar Yacht Transport – Official Logistics Partner to the RORC Caribbean 600.Sevenstar Yacht Transport is the world’s leading provider of yacht shipping services. A global network of destinations, ranging from the familiar to the exotic, and our own fleet of more than 100 independent carriers have propelled Sevenstar to the peak of its sector for more than 25 years. For race yachts, Sevenstar offers a unique package to the teams which includes all logistics of boat and spares. http://www.sevenstar-
Sevenstar Yacht Transport Enquiries:
Wouter Verbraak – Direct: +44 238 021 5063, Mb: +44 755 752 6451
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