Route du Rhum: Alex Thompson's IMOCA 60 Crash Finish
IMOCA 60 leader Briton Alex Thomson got to within 10 miles of Guadeloupe island and went to sleep. His electric probe wake-up watch either didn't fire or he slept through it so he woke up, in a flash, when he hit the rocks. To save his multi-million Euro yacht he started the moter, got off the bricks without too much damage and finished the race.On passing the line the Jury boarded his boat, interviewed him and as a result of starting the motor, they penalized him 24 hours on his elapsed time, which resulted in Thomson finishing 3rd in the IMOCA class. He admitted his mistake widely. An unfortunate incident in his sailing career.--World on Water video above published Nov 17, 2018.
Reliving the race with Alex Thomson
Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe video above published Nov 16, 2018: From start to finish, join Alex Thomson on the highs and the lows of the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe.
UPDATE Nov 16: Alex Thomson on HUGO BOSS wins IMOCA Class! Correction: Thompson penalized after going aground near Guadeloupe, which placed Alex 3rd in the IMOCA Class. More hereandhere(video) LIVE Tracker: track the other entrants as they finish Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe 2018 Nov 15, 2018: Alex Thomson, HUGO BOSS, headed for win in the IMOCA Class, less than 200 miles from the finish as of 18:44 UTC:
Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe video above published Nov 13, 2018: Time for the tropics -- As the skippers cross the tropic of cancer, there are plenty of feel good vibes despite lack of sleep and a big battle playing out on the water. See also the other video updates here.
Exciting Finish Between MACIF (Gabart) and IDEC SPORT (Joyon):
Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe video above published Nov 12, 2018:
The route of the 2018 Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe video--route of the 11th Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe, the legendary transatlantic race from Saint Malo to Pointe à Pitre, which celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2018!--1 single start, one line, 4 Nov 2018 at 14h--6 Classes, 6 start sections, 6 different ETAs, 6 winners!--The same course for all, 3542 nautical miles! See also image of the day video (in French); focus on the world's fastest monohulls IMOCA class; and Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe 2018: 40 Years of Legend video.
Route Du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe 2018
Organizer: OC Sport Pen Duick
Scheduled start: Sunday, November 4, 2018
Features: solo; 3510 nautical miles; OSR Category 1. Route:
Start: Saint-Malo (Britany) France;
Finish: Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe. Tweets by routedurhum See also:
The RORC Caribbean 600 starts from Antigua on Monday 22nd February 2016. The RORC Caribbean 600 is an exciting 600-mile offshore race that takes competitors around some of the most beautiful islands of the Caribbean--
2015 RORC Caribbean 600 - Highlights of the first leg - Video highlights from Day One of the 2015 RORC Caribbean 600, with incredible arial footage of the high performance yachts in spectacular ocean racing conditions. (Published Feb 24, 2015)
Above is a short sailing video showing Phaedo³ at the start of the 2015 RORC Caribbean 600, from Ocean Images on Vimeo
Preview Video of the 2015 RORC Caribbean 600: The RORC Caribbean 600 has one of the most spectacular line ups of high performance boats racing anywhere in the world. Interviews with participating crews and practice action prior to the race start last year. (Published Feb 23, 2015) Thousands of spectators will gather at Shirley Heights to watch the impressive 66-boat fleet begin the 8th RORC Caribbean 600. Hundreds of thousands more will watch the race unfold via video, photographs, race reports and blogs from the boats. All of the competing yachts will be fitted with YB Trackers. THE RORC CARIBBEAN 600 RORC Caribbean 600 minisite: http://caribbean600.rorc.org The RORC Caribbean 600 starts from Antigua on Monday 22nd February 2016 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 (Best best corrected time under IRC) 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) 2016 RORC Caribbean 600 news: Long Haul Arrivals and Weather Jabber | News 2016 | News: "Jim Clark & Kristy Hinze Clark's American Maxi Comanche arrived in Falmouth Harbour, Antigua on Saturday afternoon, 20th February. Having taken line honours in the Rolex Sydney Hobart, the 100ft Canting keel Maxi left Sydney by ship on 6th January bound for Charleston, USA, 9,272 nautical miles via The Panama Canal. Comanche then sailed 1,500 nautical miles in less than four days from Charleston to Antigua. Eric De Turckheim's French A13, Teasing Machine won its class in the Rolex Sydney Hobart but miraculously arrived in Antigua 24 hours before Comanche ..."
Featuring the most magnificent collection of racing yachts ever seen in the Caribbean, an incredibly varied fleet will be racing under the IRC, CSA and MOCRA rating systems, as well as Class40s racing under class rules. Comanche, Phaedo3 and Concise 10 will be gunning for course records but the RORC Caribbean 600 Trophy will be won by the yacht with the best corrected time under IRC.
Monohull Record: 2011 George David, Rambler 100 - 40 hours 20 mins 02 secs.
Multihull Record: 2015 Lloyd Thornburg & Brian Thompson, MOD70 Phaedo3 - 33 hours, 35 mins 30 secs.
THE RORC:
Established in 1925, The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) became famous for the biennial 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 last year the RORC extended its organisational expertise by creating the new RORC Transatlantic Race from Lanzarote to Grenada in November 2014
The RORC 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 and www.rorc.org
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