Winners of RORC 600 Caribbean Series

The Caribbean 600 of RORC series was held in the early part of 2019 and by February this event is completed for the hundreds of sailors and professionals who come to participate in this race. This year it was the 11th edition that covered the course of 600 nautical miles which circumnavigates a total of eleven islands in the Caribbean region.

The winners of this year’s race were the team called Volvo 70 which was raced by Peter and David Askew; this racing team was able to collect a trophy for the best-corrected racing time. In the multihull category, the Gunboat 62 team of John Gallagher reached the best prize whereas Earendil of France, run by Class 40 of Catherine Pourre’s team was able to win in this division and made an entry here that was a record-setting one.

IRC Zero has three yachts in the race that held top three positions. Superyacht Nikata won in this category whereas Will Apollo of Canada was able to gain runner up position with the Sorceress yacht. Bounty Gibb Kane was the winner in IRC One and he commented that this year there were big waves and the wind was at the speed of 25 knots. Hence, the crew was able to put in good work and they had to adjust their sailing angles accordingly at different places of the race course.

Winner of IRC two was Scarlet Oyster; this was a win in the sixth class for Oyster 48 and seventh for Ross Appleby of GBR who was skipper of Oyster 48. This race was one of the early races held this year in Antigua where warm waters of the Caribbean have been a boon for international sailors to keep up their favorite sport even in winter months.

The Caribbean 600 of RORC series was held in the early part of 2019 and by February this event is completed for the hundreds of sailors and professionals who come to participate in this race. This year it was the 11th edition that covered the course of 600 nautical miles which circumnavigates a total of eleven islands in the Caribbean region.

The winners of this year’s race were the team called Volvo 70 which was raced by Peter and David Askew; this racing team was able to collect a trophy for the best-corrected racing time. In the multihull category, the Gunboat 62 team of John Gallagher reached the best prize whereas Earendil of France, run by Class 40 of Catherine Pourre’s team was able to win in this division and made an entry here that was a record-setting one.

IRC Zero has three yachts in the race that held top three positions. Superyacht Nikata won in this category whereas Will Apollo of Canada was able to gain runner up position with the Sorceress yacht. Bounty Gibb Kane was the winner in IRC One and he commented that this year there were big waves and the wind was at the speed of 25 knots. Hence, the crew was able to put in good work and they had to adjust their sailing angles accordingly at different places of the race course.

Winner of IRC two was Scarlet Oyster; this was a win in the sixth class for Oyster 48 and seventh for Ross Appleby of GBR who was skipper of Oyster 48. This race was one of the early races held this year in Antigua where warm waters of the Caribbean have been a boon for international sailors to keep up their favorite sport even in winter months.

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