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Disruption to the trade winds produced a tactical and strategic … Read More Press Release Race Updates + Read More The Wrap Film Watch the 23 minute wrap-up film of the 2020 race - includes interviews with competitors and winners from all classes across the fleet. Read More Race Updates Videos + Read More Outsider lifts the RORC Caribbean 600 Trophy Tilmar Hansen's TP52 Outsider secure the RORC Caribbean 600 Trophy (1st IRC Overall) - the first German boat to do so in the 12-year history of the race © Tim Wright/Photoaction.com The 2020 RORC … Read More Press Release Race Updates + Read More Fight to the Finish In the early hours of the fifth day of the RORC Caribbean 600 a fantastic battle came to a dramatic conclusion. Read More Press Release Race Updates + Read More First Finishers After three nights and four days of competition out on the 600nm race course, the first boats have arrived back on the docks in Antigua. Interviews with some of the … Read More Press Release Videos + Read More To Wizard the gun - Class winners to come Day Four am Report 27 February For the second year in a row, David and Peter Askew’s Volvo 70 Wizard (USA) has taken Monohull Line Honours in the RORC Caribbean … Read More Press Release Race Updates + Read More PowerPlay win with last throw of the dice Peter Cunningham’s MOD70 PowerPlay (CAY), skippered by Ned Collier Wakefield has taken Multihull Line Honours in the 2020 RORC Caribbean 600 just four minutes ahead of Jason Carroll’s MOD70 Argo … Read More Press Release Race Updates + Read More The North South Divide By dusk on the second day of the RORC Caribbean 600, the entire monohull fleet in the race were at the northern most extremity of the course negotiating the chicane … Read More Press Release Race Updates load more hold SHIFT key to load all load all Latest Videos 47:52 RORC Caribbean 600 2020 | Live Start Replay 24.02.2020 #Caribbean600 Watch the full start sequence (50 minutes) for all four starts in the 2020 RORC Caribbean 600. Filmed live from the start line at Fort Charlotte outside English Harbour with commentary from RORC CEO Eddie Warden Owen and Sevenstar Yacht Transport pro-sailor Wouter Verbraak. The impressive 73-boat fleet gathered outside Antigua’s English Harbour, relishing the prospect of racing 600nm in stunning conditions. A light south easterly breeze gave a gentle start to the race, but the fierce competition was exemplified by highly competitive starts right through the fleet. Lighter than usual conditions are forecast for the first 24-hours of the race, adding another level of strategy to the fascinating race around 11 Caribbean islands. How to Follow the Race: Instagram: www.instagram.com/rorcracing Facebook: www.facebook.com/royaloceanracingclub Twitter: www.twitter.com/rorcracing TRACK THE FLEET: http://caribbean600.rorc.org/Race-I... Or download the YB Races App VIRTUAL RACE: If you're not on the start line in Antigua, join the virtual race. Be prepared for some sleepless nights - it's addictive! http://click.virtualregatta.com/?li... 14115 68 3 22:41 Wrap Film | RORC Caribbean 600 01.03.2020 Wrap up film of the 2020 RORC Caribbean 600 – ‘A race to get addicted to’ 12th Edition 11 Caribbean Islands 73 Entries 700 Sailors 37 Nations 600 Nautical Miles 1 Amazing race The 12th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 attracted 73 boats from 22 nations and competitors from 37 different countries The fleet was made up of professional sailors and boats, as well as corinthian amateurs who love their offshore racing. The RORC Caribbean 600 is the only offshore race in the Caribbean. The race course which starts and finishes in Antigua is very different to any other - weaving its way around 11 islands, going as far north as St. Martin and as far south as Guadeloupe. Tilmar Hansen's TP52 Outsider (GER), skippered by Bo Teichmann was the overall winner - the first German boat to lift the RORC Caribbean Trophy and breaking a seven-year winning streak of winners from the USA. Runner-up was the defending champion, David & Peter Askew's Volvo 70 Wizard (USA), which also took Monohull Line Honours. One of the smallest boats in the race was third, Peter McWhinnie's JPK 10.80 In Theory (USA). The 22 minute film includes interviews with competitors and winners from all classes across the fleet. "This is a great race, one of the greatest experiences in my 38 years with this team," commented overall IRC winner, Tilmar Hansen: "We kept going and that is down to excellent teamwork and a well-prepared boat. Outsider is not just a German boat, the team is also from Australia, Denmark, USA, Poland, Netherlands and Austria. Congratulations to the RORC for their meticulous organisation and also to Antigua for the fantastic welcome. The RORC Caribbean 600 is a race to get addicted to!" “The 2020 RORC Caribbean 600 was a completely different event from what we’ve seen over the past two years,” explains Eddie Warden Owen, RORC CEO. “2018 and ’19 were very windy and this year, the normal, regular trade winds didn’t arrive. You might say that the race was slower by 24 hours from what we’ve seen in the past. We had 73 boats with 700 competitors from 37 countries ,so the fleet is made up of professional sail boats as well as Corinthian amateurs who love their offshore racing. We also had last year’s winner, Wizard - owned by the Askew brothers - who were back to defend their title. In the Multihull class we had an array of talent all the way through the fleet: people like Franck Cammas, Loick Peyron, Giovanni Soldini, Brian Thompson, and the fastest man in the world, Paul Larsen. “With the weather pattern bringing up unusual conditions and the lulls in the lee of the islands were significantly different from what we’ve seen in the past, the key to success was to keep the boat moving at all times. It was all about concentration and sailing the boat as fast as you can. “This year’s RORC Caribbean 600 served up some very different conditions and it showed in the way that people raced their boats - the persistence, the patience required and the speed to keep the boat going in these light conditions, and nowhere was that better shown than in the final boat that finished. The Ohlsen 35 Cabbyl Vane from the Netherlands finished third overall in IRC Three and the smiles on their faces when they finished on day six, the day after the prizegiving, tells everything there is to know about this year’s RORC Caribbean 600,” concludes Warden Owen. “The stunning scenery around the course is spectacular – the beauty of the Caribbean islands, the volcanos , the sunshine, the water. It’s just fantastic. It’s a race to g...