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SPIRIT OF MALOUEN X yacht NOT for charter*

30.48m  /  100' | green marine | 2012.

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• Multi-award winning
• Germanischer Lloyd classification
• Interior design from Design Unlimited
• Sleeps 6 overnight

The multi-award winning 30.48m/100' sail yacht 'Spirit of Malouen X' (ex. Hamilton) was built by Green Marine in the United Kingdom at their Shore Road, Hythe shipyard. Her interior is styled by British designer design house Design Unlimited and she was completed in 2012. This luxury vessel's exterior design is the work of Design Unlimited.

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She is also capable of carrying up to 3 crew onboard to ensure a relaxed luxury yacht experience.

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Spirit of Malouen X is built with a GRP hull and GRP superstructure. Powered by 1 x Yanmar (BY2) 260hp engines, she comfortably cruises at 10 knots, reaches a maximum speed of 28 knots. Her water tanks store around 1,500 Litres of fresh water. She was built to Germanischer Lloyd classification society rules.

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Spirit of Malouen X Awards & Nominations

• The World Superyacht Awards 2013 Best Sailing Yacht in 30m to 40m size range Finalist
• The ShowBoats Design Awards 2013 Interior Design Award: Sailing Yachts Finalist
• The ShowBoats Design Awards 2013 Exterior Design & Styling Award: Sailing Yachts Finalist
• The World Superyacht Awards 2013 Judges' Special Award Winner
• The International Yacht & Aviation Awards 2013 Sailing Yacht (25-40m) Winner

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Les Voiles de Saint Tropez Maxi Week gets underway with 46 yachts

The second week of Les Voiles de St Tropez kicks off today (October 4) with a record number of Maxi yacht entries – 46 – including high-performance regatta winners and showstopping modern classics. Here are some of the largest Maxis competing for the crown...

Length : 35.11m Builder : Swan

Jasi was delivered in 2018 as a Swan 115 flush deck model. She is constructed from lightweight foam and carbon cores in order to meet the strict weight requirements to keep this yacht up to her promised sailing prowess. On the technical side, sails are flown on a high modulus carbon mast and boom by Southern Spars with hydraulic upper and lower deflectors and ECSix carbon rigging. 

Length : 33.95m Builder : Yachting Developments

Silvertip i s a born racer with a lightweight carbon composite hull designed by Dubois Naval Architects . She was delivered in 2001 and is often spotted on the regatta circuit, competing in a number of prestigious races around the world. Most recently, she took several wins at the Mastercard Superyacht Regatta in Auckland, New Zealand, and came third overall. Silvertip features a flush deck for ease of movement around the boat when racing and has a full complement of sails by North Sails, including a 572 sqm mainsail, paired with Southern Spars rigging. 

Length : 33m Builder : Turquoise Yachts

Sold off market in September 2022 this sailing classic (formerly known as Simba) returns to the racecourse as Namuun . She was the second Truly Classic 108 sailing yacht to hit the water, following in the footsteps of her sistership Jazz Jr, and features a flush deck, low deckhouse, sweeping sheer, moderate freeboard and keyhole-shaped cockpits. Simba can carry full main and genoa in up to 17-18 knots of true wind. A low wetted surface area offers good performance in light winds, paired with a high aspect ratio sail plan.

Length : 32.87m Builder : Vitters

The Vitters-built Missy has returned to the racing circuit this year as Pattoo after a change in ownership earlier this year. She was developed in collaboration with Malcolm McKeon Yacht Design and is the first project delivered by Vitters in cooperation with the studio. The owner's brief was for a carbon-fibre performance cruiser and resulted in her slim 7.5 metre beam, generous sail plan and lifting keel that extends from 3.75 metres to five metres. She has a carbon-fibre mast is from Southern Spars (with ECsix carbon rigging) and carries a sail wardrobe from North Sails.

Spirit Of Malouen X

Length : 32.55m Builder : Green Marine

Spirit Of Malouen X previously raced under the name Open Season for many years with victories at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup in 2015 and 2016. She was delivered in 2012 as a Wallycento but was later extended by two metres increasing her draft from 6.2 metres to 7.1 metres, enhancing her competitiveness in the Wally racing circuit. She was purchased in Spring 2022 by an experienced owner, and the yacht is now lined up for an extensive three-year racing program.

Length : 30.5m Builder : Southern Wind

Morgana is an all-carbon racer-cruiser commissioned by an experienced yachtsman and delivered in 2020. She is designed inside and out by  Nauta Design  with naval architecture by  Reichel Pugh Yacht Design and is the second Southern Wind sailing to be purchased by the owner. Towering above the hull is a high modulus carbon rig and a powerful sailplan; below the water, a single rudder and a deep lifting keel that extends to 6.1 metres. Buttons on the pedestal in the aft cockpit control the mainsheet, vang, outhaul, cunningham, backstays and headsail furling.

Length : 30.5m Builder : Wally

Y3K is the product of three of the biggest names in sailing: Wally , Luca Bassani and Frers Naval Architecture . She was delivered in 2009. She flies 540 square metres of sale with a mast and boom by Hall Spars and rigging by PBO. When cruising, she can be managed by only two crew, giving the owner the pleasure of steering a yacht as fast as a maxi racer without worrying about children and guests onboard: the social areas are safely separated from the manoeuvring areas.

Length : 30.48m Builder : Wally

Galateia is the third hull in the Wallycento line, but she represents a second generation evolution for the 30.48 metre box-rule Wally fleet. Impressed by the performance of the second Wallycento, Magic Carpet3 , after her debut in 2013, the owners of Galateia also chose Reichel/Pugh Yacht Design as naval architects for their new build with exterior design by Wally and Luca Bassani . Galateia features what Wally dubs a “super flush deck” and puts a priority on entertainment with a large guest cockpit set amidships.

Length : 30.5m Builder : McConaghy Boats

Leopard 3 was built in GRP by Australian yard McConaghy Boats to a design by Farr Yacht Design and delivered in 2007. She is arguably the most high profile racer cruiser yacht in existence and has a trophy cabinet packed with silverware, having taken first place at the 2016 Rolex Maxi Cup and Les Voiles de St Tropez, among a host of other regattas and races worldwide.

Magic Carpet Cubed

Fresh from a win at the Giorgio Armani Superyacht Regatta , the WallyCento Magic Carpet Cubed returns to the racecourse in Saint Tropez to test its mettle once again. She was launched as the second in a series of next-gen performance cruisers by Wally, named the Wallycento, in a collaboration between Luca Bassani and Reichel/Pugh Yacht Design. The boat has a displacement of just 50 tonnes (if you remove the keel and the mast, that figure drops to 18 tonnes) which makes her one of the lightest cruising boats ever built. During her construction, every item was weighed, right down to the titanium screws holding it all together. Her Southern Spars rigging flies 640 square metres of sail while a lifting keel reduces her draft by two metres.

Length : 30.48 Builder : Persico Marine

Tango was delivered as a WallyCento model in 2017 and was designed for speed. Built in carbon fibre and has a minimalist interior by Pininfarina with cabins that can be neatly converted into a sail storage room when the yacht is set up for regatta racing, thanks to a giant skylight hatch that gives direct access from the foredeck. A single, 45 metre Southern Spars carbon mast offers a total sailplan of 640 square metres upwind, and the boat easily reaches seven knots.

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Published on September 29th, 2023 | by Editor

Countdown for Rolex Middle Sea Race

Published on September 29th, 2023 by Editor -->

The 2023 Rolex Middle Sea Race, which starts October 21, has attracted 109 yachts representing 25 countries including Kazakhstan, San Marino and Israel – all three thought to be attending for the first time. The 44th edition of the 606 nautical mile classic is demonstrating its global appeal and ability to motivate participation from countries not regularly seen on offshore start lines elsewhere in the world.

The fleet has 107 monohulls, two multihulls, with the largest yacht to be Stephane Neve’s Spirit of Malouen X at 32.55m, while the smallest is Muttley – BDM Audit at 9.76m. The most entries are from Italy with 23 followed by Malta with 12, with the from Australia.

As the host for the annual race, Royal Malta Yacht Club endorses the position taken by World Sailing, the International Olympic Committee, and other global sports organizations concerning the invasion of Ukraine, and has not accepted entries from yachts with identified connections to Russian and Belarusian nationals.

In the monohull line honors contest, leading the way will be Leopard 3, BlackJack, Spirit of Malouen X, and Pyewacket 70. This illustrious group is expected to be joined by Lucky, the former Rambler 88 which holds the record for being first to finish in five consecutive races between 2015 and 2019, as well as the Wally 28m Bullitt, which made its debut last year.

Among the yachts that will be hoping to lay their hands on the overall trophy this year are a clutch of boats that performed very well in this year’s Rolex Fastnet Race. Maximillian Klink’s 15.85 metre Caro from Switzerland was overall winner at the RORC’s flagship event, but Chris Sheehan’s Warrior Won from the United States finished third at the Fastnet and fourth at the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart, just 10 minutes behind Caro on corrected time.

Philippe Frantz’s French entry Albator finished fifth at the UK’s top offshore race, just ahead of Bryon Ehrhart’s Lucky (ex. Rambler) and James Neville’s Carkeek 45 Ino Noir, on its debut 600 mile offshore race. They will no doubt be happy that last year’s Rolex Middle Sea Race winner, Teasing Machine, is not returning to defend her title.

Notably, the crew of the HH42 Artie guided by owner Lee Satariano and Maltese legend Christian Ripard, who will embark on his 33rd race – only one shy of the current record set by another local hero, Arthur Podesta who passed away in 2015. Artie has won the race on two occasions in 2011 and 2014, on Satariano’s previous boat a J/121. The current boat is a step up in performance potential, claiming a second in class last year.

The Podesta family meanwhile maintains its extraordinary connection with the race. The three siblings – Aaron Christoph and Maya – are preparing for yet another lap on the Maltese First 45 Elusive II, with which Malta’s most recent triumphs at the race were achieved, the back-to-back wins of 2019 and 2020.

The last time a 40 foot yacht won the Rolex Middle Sea Race was in 2018 when the JPK 1180 Courrier Recommandé picked up the main prize, and the year before it had been the JPK 1080 Bogatyr, offering plenty of encouragement to the quarter of the fleet that fit beneath that overall length. There are two JPK 1180s this year – Per Roman’s Garm from Sweden and Richard Fromentin’s Cocody from France.

Cocody was fourth in class and 18th overall at this year’s Rolex Fastnet Race while Garm was doing well in the same race until the Swedish crew infringed a Traffic Separation Zone taking a scoring penalty in the process.

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28 September, 2023

The start of the 2023 Rolex Middle Sea Race is just under four weeks away. When entries closed on Friday, 22 September, 109 yachts had entered representing 25 countries including Kazakhstan, San Marino and Israel – all three thought to be attending for the first time. Once again, the 606 nautical mile classic is demonstrating its global appeal and ability to motivate participation from countries not regularly seen on offshore start lines elsewhere in the world. The race is scheduled to get underway from Grand Harbour, Valletta on Saturday, 21 October. Should anyone still wish to join the competition and adventure, the Royal Malta Yacht Club has reserved the right to accept late entries up until Friday, 29 September.

The fleet facts are as follows: 107 monohulls, two multihulls, largest yacht: Stephane Neve’s Spirit of Malouen X at 32.55m, smallest yacht: Muttley – BDM Audit at 9.76m, most entries from Italy with 23 followed by Malta with 12, furthest travelled entry: El Oro from Australia, and six double handed entries, which include Luca Bettiati’s Muttley and Murat Abdrakhmanov’s Jenis from Kazakhstan. The multihulls include Alexia Barrier’s MOD 70 Limosa (ex. Mana), with a top class crew, and Aldo Fumagalli’s all-carbon Rapido 40 trimaran Adamas, designed by high-performance gurus Gino Morelli and Pete Melvin, and sporting a rotating wing-mast and C-foils.

The monohull fleet promises plenty of intrigue and interest, with a mix of Corinthian and professional crews harbouring different levels of ambition, but sharing the same course. All those racing under IRC Time Correction are in with a shot at the race’s main prize – the splendid Rolex Middle Sea Race Trophy awarded to the overall winner. This magnificent, sculpted piece, created by Emanuel ‘Emvin’ Cremona for the first race in 1968,  has been undergoing a period of restoration after 45 years of being held aloft by its ecstatic recipients.

Among the yachts that will be hoping to lay their hands on the trophy this year are a clutch of boats that performed very well in this year’s Rolex Fastnet Race. Maximillian Klink’s 15.85 metre Caro from Switzerland was overall winner at the RORC’s flagship event. If prevailing the weather suits her size and class, Caro must be a strong prospect. It will not be straight-forward, Chris Sheehan’s Warrior Won from the United States finished third at the Fastnet and fourth at the 2022 Rolex Sydney Hobart, just 10 minutes behind Caro on corrected time. Philippe Frantz’s French entry Albator finished fifth at the UK’s top offshore race, just ahead of Bryon Ehrhart’s Lucky (ex. Rambler) and James Neville’s Carkeek 45 Ino Noir, on its debut 600 mile offshore race. They will no doubt be happy that last year’s Rolex Middle Sea Race winner, Teasing Machine, is not returning to defend her title.

Other yachts to look out for in this section fleet include Red Bandit, winner of the 2023 Rolex Giraglia, François Bopp’s Swiss Chocolate 3, Marton Jozsa’s Hungarian Wild Joe (third overall last year) and  Guido Paolo Gamucci’s Mylius 60 Cippa Lippa X (fifth in 2022) from Italy. A special contest may ensue between two Carkeek 47s. Stortebekker (ex. Black Pearl) from the Hamburgischer Verein Seefahrt e.V in Germany under the leadership of Katrina Westphal, while Optimum S – Samos Steamship (ex. Indian) from the Kalamaki Nautical Club in Greece is led by Nikos Lazos and Periklas Livas. Lazos and Livas are celebrated 30 years of the Optimum Yacht Racing Team. It will be their eighth race, although first with the current boat.

Famed for winning the 2004 Rolex Middle Sea Race with the Farr 52 Optimum 3, Livas and Lazos are only too aware of the challenge ahead. “We are on a steep learning curve in terms of getting to know the modes of Optimum S,” says Livas. “In this second season, we feel more confident to push harder and achieved third overall under IRC (first in Class 1) and first overall in ORC in Aegean 600 in July this year. We eagerly join Rolex Middle Sea Race to measure ourselves and our weapon, racing alongside more than 100 serious entries from all over the world.”

Two other sisterships to consider are the Cookson 50s: Franco Niggeler’s Kuka 3 (Switzerland) and United States sailor Robert Pethick’s chartered Testacuore Race. Pethick has secured some impressive results in the 2025-mile Transpac Race from Los Angeles to Hawaii, winning his division in 2021, placing third in 2019 and second in 2013 in the biennial ocean racing classic. Niggeler is a past winner of the RORC Transatlantic Race and the Dhream Cup (Grand Prix de France Course au Large). The 2016 Rolex Middle Sea Race witnessed a Cookson 50 one-two as Mascalzone Latino took the IRC victory head of the Cippa Lippa 8.

The talent on display does not diminish greatly as one heads down the entry list and plenty of boats around the 40 foot mark have taken the overall win in the past two decades. Most notably, perhaps, the crew of Artie guided by owner Lee Satariano and Maltese legend Christian Ripard, about to embark on his 33rd race – only one shy of the current record set by another local hero, Arthur Podesta, who sadly passed away in 2015. Artie has won the race on two occasions in 2011 and 2014, on Satariano’s previous boat a J/121. The current HH42 is a step up in performance potential, but a second in class last year is encouraging.

The Podesta family meanwhile maintains its extraordinary connection with the race. The three siblings – Aaron Christoph and Maya – are preparing for yet another lap on Elusive II, with which Malta’s most recent triumphs at the race were achieved, the back-to-back wins of 2019 and 2020.

One of the first time entrants to catch the eye is Chione from the United Kingdom. According to its skipper Bill Farrant the Grand Soleil 43 has been extensively upgraded under the project management of Josh Hall, a class winner at the Transat Jacques Vabre and Vendee Globe finisher. On board will be Sir David Hempleman-Adams, the first person to reach the geographic and magnetic North and South Poles among many other feats of exploration. Farrant and crew member Dr Ros Smith took part in the double-handed Round Britain and  Ireland Race on Chione. Farrant has many connections to Malta, including his Maltese wife of 33 years, Anita; he is also a long standing Royal Malta Yacht Club member.  “We will be dedicating Chione’s race entry to my father-in-law, Evarist Saliba, who will be well known to many on the island for his public service in government,” says Farrant. “Evarist, now 95 years old, would have loved to have been able to watch the start of the race but due to ill health will be unable to attend. As a young boy in the early 1940s he can recall observing a very different tableau unfolding in the Grand Harbour – a reminder to us all how privileged and fortunate we are to be able to participate in such a wonderful event as the Rolex Middle Sea Race.

The last time a sub-12 metre or 40 foot yacht won the Rolex Middle Sea Race was in 2018 when the JPK 1180 Courrier Recommandé picked up the main prize.  The year before it had been the JPK 1080 Bogatyr, offering plenty of encouragement to the quarter of the fleet that fit beneath that overall length. There are two JPK 1180s this year – Per Roman’s Garm from Sweden and Richard Fromentin’s Cocody from France. Cocody was fourth in class and 18th overall at this year’s Rolex Fastnet Race. Garm was doing well in the same race until the Swedish crew infringed a Traffic Separation Zone taking a scoring penalty in the process. No doubt one or both these crews will be looking to achieve more in October. Among the smallest entries, Dusko Tomic from Croatia sailing the Sun Fast 3300 Munjek RS from Croatia has plenty of experience of the course, as does the J/109 JYS Jan from Malta, with its crew of young sailors led by Claudia Bugeja, a graduate of the Jarhead Young Sailors Foundation, and on his fifth race.

Whoever comes out on top in the battles to be fought in October, one thing looks certain: another great chapter looks set to be written in the rich history of the Rolex Middle Sea Race.

The 44th edition of the Rolex Middle Sea Race will start on Saturday, 21 October 2023.

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RORC Caribbean 600

2024 rorc caribbean 600 - runners & riders.

The Royal Ocean Racing Club is all set for the 15th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600, organised in association with the Antigua Yacht Club.

Close to 65 teams are expected to be competing with 500 sailors from 26 different countries racing in a huge diversity of boats. Racing action starts with inshore courses for the RORC Nelson’s Cup Series on 13th February. At least 16 teams are expected to be racing in the series, which includes the Antigua 360 ‘Round Antigua’ race.

The 600-mile offshore race, the RORC Caribbean 600, starts on 19th February. The overall winner is decided by the best corrected time under the IRC Rating Rule. Special prizes are awarded to Multihull and Monohull Line Honours, as well as the Class40 Division.

RORC Caribbean 600 – Entries by class on SailRace HQ HERE

Multihull Line Honours

Three MOD70s are set for a line honours battle; Erik Maris racing Zoulou (FRA) is defending their win by 21 seconds last year. Jason Carroll’s Argo (USA) took line honours in 2022, setting the Multihull Race Record of 29 Hours 48 Mins 45 Secs. Alexia Barrier’s MOD70 Limosa – The Famous Project (FRA) is the first MOD70 to enter the race with a majority female crew, including co-skipper Dee Caffari. With C-Foils and T-Rudders, Zoulou and Argo have a speed edge on Limosa in decent breeze. However, the RORC Caribbean 600 course has many twists and turns which may suit Limosa in original MOD70 configuration with less drag.

Monohull Line Honours

Three high performance Maxis are in contention for Monohull Line Honours and the overall win under IRC. Farr 100 Leopard 3 (MON), skippered by Chris Sherlock set the original Monohull Line Honours Race Record in 2009. Now under new ownership, Leopard 3 has had a major rebuild shedding tons of weight and a new high performance rig. In the last 4 months Leopard has won line honours in the Rolex Middle Sea Race and RORC Transatlantic Race. The Wally 107 Spirit of Malouen X (FRA) poses the biggest threat to Leopard 3. The longest boat in the race is crewed by the Paprec Sailing Team, managed by Skipper Stephane Neve for the last 25 years. The trio of boats over 100ft is completed by the 102ft Southern Wind Egiwave. The Italian Pro-Crew come from Porto Cervo, Sardinia under the leadership of Mauro Montefusco and Pierpaolo Mori. The Monohull Race Record was set in 2018 by George David’s Rambler 88 (USA) – 01 days 13 hrs 41 mins 45 secs.

MOCRA Multihull Class

While all three MOD70s will also be vying for the corrected time win under the MOCRA Rule, reigning champion, Adrian Keller’s Irens 84 Allegra (SUI) is favourite to retain the title. The largest multihull in the race weighs in at about 30 tons but is also capable of over 30 knots of boat speed! In total, nine multihulls will be racing for the MOCRA Class. The smallest is the TS42 Banzai, sailed by Belgian Vince Willemart. Guy Chester’s Crowther 46 catamaran Oceans Tribute (AUS) was sailed from New Zealand to Antigua virtually single-handed by Chester. Closer to home, Wooldridge & Davis’ Kelsall 47 trimaran Triple Jack (BVI) is a legendary Caribbean racer, rebuilt after it was badly damaged by Hurricane Irma in 2017. Yann Marilley Outremer 59 No Limit (FRA), Fabrice Cahierc’s Ocean Fifty Planet-R (FRA) will also be in the mix for a corrected time win in the MOCRA Class.

Class40s have been racing in the RORC Caribbean 600 since the first edition. This year 10 Class40s are expected, including eight launched in the last five years. The latest design is Stéphane Bodin’s 2023 Verdier Wasabiii. The latest Sam Manuard Mach 5 designs in the race are: LHOR One, owned by Cedric Chateau, with a crew including Rolex Fastnet winner Alexis Loison and rising French sailor Guillaume Pirouelle, and Alternative Sailing – Construction du Belon, with English Skipper Mathieu Jones. From the USA, Martin Roesch’s Mach 3 Velocity has an all North American crew and the boat won the 2019 Race, skippered by Catherine Pourre. Alexandre Le Gallais’ TrimControl crew includes Carlo Vroon, son of Tonnerre de Breskens Dutch legend Piet Vroon. Twenty-five-year-old German, Lennart Burke is one of the youngest skippers in the class and will be racing the 2022 Verdier Sign for Com (GER).

RORC Vice Commodore Richard Palmer was all set for his debut race in Jangada 40 (GBR), a 2017 Verdier design. However, due to eye injury, Palmer will miss out and RORC Commodore Deb Fish will race her first RORC Caribbean 600. The Jangada 40 crew includes Rupert Holmes, winner of the 2022 Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland, and Vendée Globe sailor Pip Hare, as well as the boat’s previous skipper Paul Brandel.

Overall winner under IRC

The IRC Fleet for the RORC Caribbean 600 is extremely diverse. The overall winner after time correction will lift the RORC Caribbean 600 Trophy, but to win the prestigious silver trophy, any team must first win their IRC Class.

IRC Super Zero

As well as the 100ft-plus boats; Spirit of Malouen X/Paprec Sailing Team, Leopard 3, and Egiwave, IRC Super Zero has seven teams in total. Three entries are round the world racing yachts with pro-am crews. The Farr 70 Ocean Breeze (AUT), skippered by Johannes Schwarz was the first pro-am team in IRC to finish the 2024 RORC Transatlantic Race. Oliver Kobale and Gerwin Jansen, with a multinational pro-am crew will be racing the Farr designed VO65 Sisi (AUT). The Juan K designed Il Mostro (CAN) will be raced by the Atlas Ocean Racing Team from Montreal, Canada, led by Gilles Barbot. The smallest yacht in IRC Super Zero is the Marten 72 Aragon (NED) which includes round the world sailors Wouter Verbraak and Carolijn Brouwer amongst a top international crew. In the last 14 editions of the race, the overall winner has come from the IRC Super Zero Class.

While every boat racing under IRC has the chance of the overall win, race pundits consider two boats in IRC Zero to be among the favourites. Niklas Zennström’s 52ft (15.84m) Carkeek-designed CF520 Rán (SWE) is taking part in her second race, but technical problems have hampered the team in the last edition, and in the Rolex Fastnet Race. Team Rán won the race overall in Maxi 72 Rán in 2012. Rán team manager Tim Powell leads an all-star cast, including navigator Steve Hayles, trim lead Toby Iles and boat captain Tom Kiff. Team Rán always has young sailors on board racing with the experienced team.

Peter & David Askew’s Botin 52 Wizard (USA) will be skippered by the Ocean Race winning skipper Charlie Enright. The Askew Brothers raced their Volvo 70 Wizard to overall victory in 2019. The new Wizard was formerly Matt Allen’s Ichi Ban, a RORC Yacht of the Year and three-time winner of the Rolex Sydney Hobart. The Wizard crew are mainly from USA and includes two former race winners; Briton Simon Fisher, Canadian Richard Clarke and Australian Phil Harmer.

Three displacement boats in IRC Zero will be hoping for big upwind conditions; Jean-Pierre Dréau’s Mylius 60 Lady First 3, Mills 62 Leaps and Bounds 2, skippered by Luca Lanzillo, and Colin Buffin’s Swan 62 Uxorious IV (GBR).

IRC Zero has a highly competitive line-up, including Frederic Puzin’s Ker 46 Daguet 3 (FRA). This will be the third race for the top French team, who achieved third in class last year and fifth overall. Jon Desmond’s Mills 41 Final Final (USA) from the NYYC is also an expression of interest for the 2025 Admiral’s Cup. Former RORC Commodore 2022-2023, James Neville loves the RORC Caribbean 600 and has competed on numerous occasions. His Carkeek 45 Ino Noir (GBR) will be making its race debut.

Three well sailed JPK 1180s are set for a thrilling battle in IRC One; Richard Fromentin’s Cocody (FRA), Tom Kneen’s Rolex Fastnet winner Sunrise III (GBR), and Dawn Treader (GBR), skippered by Ed Bell. Cocody showed their mettle in the RORC Transatlantic Race with second overall and a class win after boldly taking the hard northern route. Dawn Treader is a young team that have been racing together for a few of seasons, including a team-building RORC Transatlantic Race. This is the second RORC Caribbean 600 for Dawn Treader and Sunrise III. In 2022, Sunrise III held off Dawn Treader by just 11 minutes after IRC time correction to win the class.

The biggest boat in IRC One is last year’s class winner; Tom Stark’s Nielsen 59 Hound (USA), co-skippered by Dan Litchfield. The classic Hound is 51 years old and has been lovingly restored for cruising the Eastern Seaboard of USA with Stark family and friends. The RORC Caribbean 600 is where the Hound gets let off the leash! Navigator Richard du Moulin has been in four America’s Cup campaigns and multiple offshore races all over the world, including 26 Newport Bermuda and five Rolex Fastnet Races. The smallest boat in the race is Nathalie Criou’s Figaro 2 Envolee, co-skippered by Berenice Charrez. The Swiss Bioengineering scientist is on a mission to merge extreme sports, notably offshore sailing, with scientific exploration.

For the lowest IRC rated boats in the RORC Caribbean 600, the race is a real marathon just to finish before the big party at the Grand Prize Giving, but make no mistake, IRC Two produces a very competitive competition, especially after IRC time correction, and is often the class where new sailors learn the art of offshore sailing from experienced competitors.

Well sailed boats in IRC Two include last year’s class winner Peter McWhinnie’s JPK 1080 In Theory (USA), representing the Larchmont Yacht Club and Storm Trysail Club. In Theory also won IRC Three in 2020. Gavin Howe’s Sun Fast 3600 Tigris (GBR) won IRC Two-Handed in the 2024 RORC Transatlantic Race with co-skipper Maggie Adamson. For the RORC Caribbean 600, Tigris will be four-up with Sam Cooper and Timothée Villain-Amirat joining the crew.

Bernie Evan-Wong’s Lapworth 39 Huey Too (ANT) is a legendary boat in the Caribbean. Skipper Bernie has competed in every edition of the RORC Caribbean 600. Huey Too’s crew includes the youngest sailor in the race; Carrack Jones who was born the year that Bernie did the first race! Fourteen-year-old Carrack has attended the last two Optimist Worlds and North Americans representing Antigua & Barbuda, and last year sailed his Opi 100nm from Antigua to St Martin.

Charles MacDonald’s Samoa 47 Argonaut (RSA) carries the biggest IRC Two rating and is representing the Royal Cape Yacht Club. The family-owned South African-built boat has spent most of its life racing in and around Cape Town, including five Cape2Rio races over the past three decades. Argonaut’s crew for the RORC Caribbean 600 includes members of the Royal Channel Islands Yacht Club, Guernsey, UK. The smallest boat in IRC Two is Enrico Calvi’s Dufour 34 Duffy (ITA). The Lega Navale Italiana team come from Naples and have competed in nine Rolex Middle Sea Races and one Rolex Fastnet Race. The largest boat in IRC Two is Joel Aronson’s S&S 49 Rule One (USA) from the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club, Bermuda.

Teams in the RORC Caribbean 600 will be sending back pictures and video to a Live Blog on the official website. RORC social media pages includes Instagram and Facebook. All of the boats are fitted with YB Trackers with regular position reports and more data available from the official minisite. The RORC Caribbean 600 is part of the RORC Season’s Points Championship, the world’s largest offshore racing series.

For more information:  www.caribbean600.rorc.org

by Louay Habib

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