MOCRA Class<\/h2>\r\nMOD 70 Zoulou<\/em> (FRA) sailed by Erik Maris got away to a superb start. Flying their port hull, Zoulou<\/em> had to duck a few boats on starboard, but nailed the pin end of the line at full pace.\r\n\r\nGiovanni Soldini\u2019s Maserati<\/em> Multi70 (ITA) took a more conventional start inshore, but was soon up to full pace, with Zoulou<\/em> and Maserati<\/em> both hitting over 30 knots of boat speed. Zoulou<\/em> was the first to Barbuda just two hours and 43 seconds into the race, with Maserati <\/em>a mere 26 seconds behind. Gunboat 68 Tosca<\/em> (USA), skippered by Alex Thomson was leading the charge behind the two trimarans.\r\nIRC Super Zero<\/h2>\r\nA classic dial-up featured in the big IRC Class; Pyewacket<\/em> 70 (USA) skippered by Ben Mitchell and VO65 Wind Whisper<\/em> (POL) skippered by Joca Signorini locked horns inshore before the start. Both boats have Volvo Ocean Race winners on board, but bragging rights went to Wind Whisper<\/em> which stayed clear ahead.\r\n\r\nJens Lindner\u2019s Volvo 70 HYPR<\/em> (ESP) skippered by Seamus Fitzpatrick, arced up to the line on port and got a great start at the pin end. Johannes Schwarz\u2019s Volvo 70 Green Dragon<\/em> (NED) kept clear of trouble at the pin end to get a good start, as did Volvo 70 I Love Poland<\/em> (POL) skippered by Grzegorz Baranowski.\r\n\r\nThree hours after the start Pyewacket 70<\/em> was recording over 20 knots of boat speed with I Love Poland<\/em> in hot pursuit. VO65 Ambersail 2<\/em> (LTU) skippered by Przemyslaw Tarnacki was leading the chasing pack.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_143753\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"630\"]![\"\"](\"https:\/\/keyassets.timeincuk.net\/inspirewp\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/02\/teasing_machine_jgt_0957-630x354.jpg\")
RORC Vice Commodore Eric de Turckheim\u2019s NMD54 Teasing Machine (FRA). Photo: James Tomlinson[\/caption]\r\nIRC Zero & Class40<\/h2>\r\nWith 12 high performance IRC boats and a record 13 Class40<\/a>s, a thrilling start was expected and there was no disappointment. RORC Vice Commodore Eric de Turckheim\u2019s NMD54 Teasing Machine<\/em> (FRA) went straight for the pin end with a large number of Class40s for company, including Ambrogio Beccaria\u2019s Alla Grande - Pirelli<\/em> (ITA) and James McHugh\u2019s Tquila<\/em> (SUI).\r\n\r\nHowever, sailing higher and faster than the Class40s, Teasing Machine<\/em> got away to a fast, clean start. Meanwhile inshore the start was significantly more frantic. Marc Lepesqueux\u2019s Curium<\/em> (FRA) and IBSA<\/em> (ITA) skippered by Alberto Bona engaged right under the Pillars of Hercules.\r\n\r\nInshore, RORC Commodore James Neville racing HH42 Ino XXX<\/em> (GBR) found clean air reaching down the line and hardened up for a great start. Kate & Jim Murray\u2019s Pac 52 Callisto<\/em> (USA) and ClubSwan 50 Balthasar<\/em> (BEL) sailed by Louis Balcaen also got away to an excellent start.\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, the race is over for Arto Linnervuo\u2019s Infiniti 52 Tulikettu<\/em> (FIN) which retired and headed back to port; all well onboard.\r\n\r\nThree hours after the start Botin 56 Black Pearl<\/em> (GBR) was leading IRC Zero on the water ahead of Callisto<\/em> (USA) and Niklas Zennstrom\u2019s CF520 R\u00e1n 8<\/em> (SWE). In the Class40 Division, Axel Trehin\u2019s Project Rescue Ocean<\/em> (FRA) was in the leading pack of Class40s, including; Alla Grande - Pirelli<\/em>, Tquila<\/em> and IBSA<\/em>.\r\nIRC One<\/h2>\r\nIn the combined IRC One & IRC Two start, Laurent Courbin\u2019s First 53 Yagiza<\/em> (FRA) skippered by Philippe Falle got away to a great start inshore, as did Jon Desmond\u2019s Mills 41 Final Final<\/em> (USA). Two hours after the start, Andrew & Sam Hall\u2019s Lombard 46 Pata Negra<\/em> (GBR) was in the leading pack with Final Final<\/em> and Adrian Lee\u2019s Swan 60 Lee Overlay Partners<\/em> (IRL).\r\n\r\nJ\/133 Vamoose<\/em> (USA) skippered by Bob Manchester got away well and played the shifts inshore to lead at Green Island on the water and extend the lead on the reach on the way up to Barbuda. Andy Middleton\u2019s First 47.7 EH01<\/em> (GBR) was second on the water in close company with Ray Rhinelander\u2019 J\/133 Bella J<\/em> (CAN).\r\n\r\n
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","excerpt":{"rendered":"The 14th\u00a0edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 has set off at 11:00 AST on Monday 20th\u00a0February. Seventy boats racing under IRC, Class40 and MOCRA Rules, with crew from 30 different countries, started the increasingly popular 600 mile race. At the start outside Nelson\u2019s Dockyard in Antigua, unstable squally conditions, with the wind speed in the mid-teens, produced a thrilling start for all classes. The Caribbean 600 fleet have now set their sails for the spectacular 600nm race around 11 Caribbean islands. The fastest boats in the fleet are expected to finish in less than two days, but for some it will be five days before returning to a triumphant finish in Antigua with tracking available for the full fleet. MOCRA Class MOD 70 Zoulou (FRA) sailed by Erik Maris got away to a superb start. Flying their port hull, Zoulou had to duck a few boats on starboard, but nailed the pin end of the line at full pace. Giovanni Soldini\u2019s Maserati Multi70 (ITA) took a more conventional start inshore, but was soon up to full pace, with Zoulou and Maserati both hitting over 30 knots of boat speed. Zoulou was the first to Barbuda just two hours and 43 seconds into the race, with Maserati a mere 26 seconds behind. Gunboat 68 Tosca (USA), skippered by Alex Thomson was leading the charge behind the two trimarans. IRC Super Zero A classic dial-up featured in the big IRC Class; Pyewacket 70 (USA) skippered by Ben Mitchell and VO65 Wind Whisper (POL) skippered by Joca Signorini locked horns inshore before the start. Both boats have Volvo Ocean Race winners on board, but bragging rights went to Wind Whisper which stayed clear ahead. Jens Lindner\u2019s Volvo 70 HYPR (ESP) skippered by Seamus Fitzpatrick, arced up to the line on port and got a great start at the pin end. Johannes Schwarz\u2019s Volvo 70 Green Dragon (NED) kept clear of trouble at the pin end to get a good start, as did Volvo 70 I Love Poland (POL) skippered by Grzegorz Baranowski. Three hours after the start Pyewacket 70 was recording over 20 knots of boat speed with I Love Poland in hot pursuit. VO65 Ambersail 2 (LTU) skippered by Przemyslaw Tarnacki was leading the chasing pack. IRC Zero & Class40 With 12 high performance IRC boats and a record 13 Class40s, a thrilling start was expected and there was no disappointment. RORC Vice Commodore Eric de Turckheim\u2019s NMD54 Teasing Machine (FRA) went straight for the pin end with a large number of Class40s for company, including Ambrogio Beccaria\u2019s Alla Grande – Pirelli (ITA) and James McHugh\u2019s Tquila (SUI). However, sailing higher and faster than the Class40s, Teasing Machine got away to a fast, clean start. Meanwhile inshore the start was significantly more frantic. Marc Lepesqueux\u2019s Curium (FRA) and IBSA (ITA) skippered by Alberto Bona engaged right under the Pillars of Hercules. Inshore, RORC Commodore James Neville racing HH42 Ino XXX (GBR) found clean air reaching down the line and hardened up for …Continue reading »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3349,"featured_media":143751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,902],"tags":[336,1633],"review_manufacturer":[],"acf":[],"introduction":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3349"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143749"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143756,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143749\/revisions\/143756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143749"},{"taxonomy":"review_manufacturer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review_manufacturer?post=143749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
RORC Vice Commodore Eric de Turckheim\u2019s NMD54 Teasing Machine (FRA). Photo: James Tomlinson[\/caption]\r\nIRC Zero & Class40<\/h2>\r\nWith 12 high performance IRC boats and a record 13 Class40<\/a>s, a thrilling start was expected and there was no disappointment. RORC Vice Commodore Eric de Turckheim\u2019s NMD54 Teasing Machine<\/em> (FRA) went straight for the pin end with a large number of Class40s for company, including Ambrogio Beccaria\u2019s Alla Grande - Pirelli<\/em> (ITA) and James McHugh\u2019s Tquila<\/em> (SUI).\r\n\r\nHowever, sailing higher and faster than the Class40s, Teasing Machine<\/em> got away to a fast, clean start. Meanwhile inshore the start was significantly more frantic. Marc Lepesqueux\u2019s Curium<\/em> (FRA) and IBSA<\/em> (ITA) skippered by Alberto Bona engaged right under the Pillars of Hercules.\r\n\r\nInshore, RORC Commodore James Neville racing HH42 Ino XXX<\/em> (GBR) found clean air reaching down the line and hardened up for a great start. Kate & Jim Murray\u2019s Pac 52 Callisto<\/em> (USA) and ClubSwan 50 Balthasar<\/em> (BEL) sailed by Louis Balcaen also got away to an excellent start.\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, the race is over for Arto Linnervuo\u2019s Infiniti 52 Tulikettu<\/em> (FIN) which retired and headed back to port; all well onboard.\r\n\r\nThree hours after the start Botin 56 Black Pearl<\/em> (GBR) was leading IRC Zero on the water ahead of Callisto<\/em> (USA) and Niklas Zennstrom\u2019s CF520 R\u00e1n 8<\/em> (SWE). In the Class40 Division, Axel Trehin\u2019s Project Rescue Ocean<\/em> (FRA) was in the leading pack of Class40s, including; Alla Grande - Pirelli<\/em>, Tquila<\/em> and IBSA<\/em>.\r\nIRC One<\/h2>\r\nIn the combined IRC One & IRC Two start, Laurent Courbin\u2019s First 53 Yagiza<\/em> (FRA) skippered by Philippe Falle got away to a great start inshore, as did Jon Desmond\u2019s Mills 41 Final Final<\/em> (USA). Two hours after the start, Andrew & Sam Hall\u2019s Lombard 46 Pata Negra<\/em> (GBR) was in the leading pack with Final Final<\/em> and Adrian Lee\u2019s Swan 60 Lee Overlay Partners<\/em> (IRL).\r\n\r\nJ\/133 Vamoose<\/em> (USA) skippered by Bob Manchester got away well and played the shifts inshore to lead at Green Island on the water and extend the lead on the reach on the way up to Barbuda. Andy Middleton\u2019s First 47.7 EH01<\/em> (GBR) was second on the water in close company with Ray Rhinelander\u2019 J\/133 Bella J<\/em> (CAN).\r\n\r\n
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","excerpt":{"rendered":"The 14th\u00a0edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 has set off at 11:00 AST on Monday 20th\u00a0February. Seventy boats racing under IRC, Class40 and MOCRA Rules, with crew from 30 different countries, started the increasingly popular 600 mile race. At the start outside Nelson\u2019s Dockyard in Antigua, unstable squally conditions, with the wind speed in the mid-teens, produced a thrilling start for all classes. The Caribbean 600 fleet have now set their sails for the spectacular 600nm race around 11 Caribbean islands. The fastest boats in the fleet are expected to finish in less than two days, but for some it will be five days before returning to a triumphant finish in Antigua with tracking available for the full fleet. MOCRA Class MOD 70 Zoulou (FRA) sailed by Erik Maris got away to a superb start. Flying their port hull, Zoulou had to duck a few boats on starboard, but nailed the pin end of the line at full pace. Giovanni Soldini\u2019s Maserati Multi70 (ITA) took a more conventional start inshore, but was soon up to full pace, with Zoulou and Maserati both hitting over 30 knots of boat speed. Zoulou was the first to Barbuda just two hours and 43 seconds into the race, with Maserati a mere 26 seconds behind. Gunboat 68 Tosca (USA), skippered by Alex Thomson was leading the charge behind the two trimarans. IRC Super Zero A classic dial-up featured in the big IRC Class; Pyewacket 70 (USA) skippered by Ben Mitchell and VO65 Wind Whisper (POL) skippered by Joca Signorini locked horns inshore before the start. Both boats have Volvo Ocean Race winners on board, but bragging rights went to Wind Whisper which stayed clear ahead. Jens Lindner\u2019s Volvo 70 HYPR (ESP) skippered by Seamus Fitzpatrick, arced up to the line on port and got a great start at the pin end. Johannes Schwarz\u2019s Volvo 70 Green Dragon (NED) kept clear of trouble at the pin end to get a good start, as did Volvo 70 I Love Poland (POL) skippered by Grzegorz Baranowski. Three hours after the start Pyewacket 70 was recording over 20 knots of boat speed with I Love Poland in hot pursuit. VO65 Ambersail 2 (LTU) skippered by Przemyslaw Tarnacki was leading the chasing pack. IRC Zero & Class40 With 12 high performance IRC boats and a record 13 Class40s, a thrilling start was expected and there was no disappointment. RORC Vice Commodore Eric de Turckheim\u2019s NMD54 Teasing Machine (FRA) went straight for the pin end with a large number of Class40s for company, including Ambrogio Beccaria\u2019s Alla Grande – Pirelli (ITA) and James McHugh\u2019s Tquila (SUI). However, sailing higher and faster than the Class40s, Teasing Machine got away to a fast, clean start. Meanwhile inshore the start was significantly more frantic. Marc Lepesqueux\u2019s Curium (FRA) and IBSA (ITA) skippered by Alberto Bona engaged right under the Pillars of Hercules. Inshore, RORC Commodore James Neville racing HH42 Ino XXX (GBR) found clean air reaching down the line and hardened up for …Continue reading »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3349,"featured_media":143751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,902],"tags":[336,1633],"review_manufacturer":[],"acf":[],"introduction":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3349"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143749"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143756,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143749\/revisions\/143756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143749"},{"taxonomy":"review_manufacturer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review_manufacturer?post=143749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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","excerpt":{"rendered":"The 14th\u00a0edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 has set off at 11:00 AST on Monday 20th\u00a0February. Seventy boats racing under IRC, Class40 and MOCRA Rules, with crew from 30 different countries, started the increasingly popular 600 mile race. At the start outside Nelson\u2019s Dockyard in Antigua, unstable squally conditions, with the wind speed in the mid-teens, produced a thrilling start for all classes. The Caribbean 600 fleet have now set their sails for the spectacular 600nm race around 11 Caribbean islands. The fastest boats in the fleet are expected to finish in less than two days, but for some it will be five days before returning to a triumphant finish in Antigua with tracking available for the full fleet. MOCRA Class MOD 70 Zoulou (FRA) sailed by Erik Maris got away to a superb start. Flying their port hull, Zoulou had to duck a few boats on starboard, but nailed the pin end of the line at full pace. Giovanni Soldini\u2019s Maserati Multi70 (ITA) took a more conventional start inshore, but was soon up to full pace, with Zoulou and Maserati both hitting over 30 knots of boat speed. Zoulou was the first to Barbuda just two hours and 43 seconds into the race, with Maserati a mere 26 seconds behind. Gunboat 68 Tosca (USA), skippered by Alex Thomson was leading the charge behind the two trimarans. IRC Super Zero A classic dial-up featured in the big IRC Class; Pyewacket 70 (USA) skippered by Ben Mitchell and VO65 Wind Whisper (POL) skippered by Joca Signorini locked horns inshore before the start. Both boats have Volvo Ocean Race winners on board, but bragging rights went to Wind Whisper which stayed clear ahead. Jens Lindner\u2019s Volvo 70 HYPR (ESP) skippered by Seamus Fitzpatrick, arced up to the line on port and got a great start at the pin end. Johannes Schwarz\u2019s Volvo 70 Green Dragon (NED) kept clear of trouble at the pin end to get a good start, as did Volvo 70 I Love Poland (POL) skippered by Grzegorz Baranowski. Three hours after the start Pyewacket 70 was recording over 20 knots of boat speed with I Love Poland in hot pursuit. VO65 Ambersail 2 (LTU) skippered by Przemyslaw Tarnacki was leading the chasing pack. IRC Zero & Class40 With 12 high performance IRC boats and a record 13 Class40s, a thrilling start was expected and there was no disappointment. RORC Vice Commodore Eric de Turckheim\u2019s NMD54 Teasing Machine (FRA) went straight for the pin end with a large number of Class40s for company, including Ambrogio Beccaria\u2019s Alla Grande – Pirelli (ITA) and James McHugh\u2019s Tquila (SUI). However, sailing higher and faster than the Class40s, Teasing Machine got away to a fast, clean start. Meanwhile inshore the start was significantly more frantic. Marc Lepesqueux\u2019s Curium (FRA) and IBSA (ITA) skippered by Alberto Bona engaged right under the Pillars of Hercules. Inshore, RORC Commodore James Neville racing HH42 Ino XXX (GBR) found clean air reaching down the line and hardened up for …Continue reading »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3349,"featured_media":143751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,902],"tags":[336,1633],"review_manufacturer":[],"acf":[],"introduction":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3349"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143749"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143756,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143749\/revisions\/143756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143749"},{"taxonomy":"review_manufacturer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review_manufacturer?post=143749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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The 14th\u00a0edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 has set off at 11:00 AST on Monday 20th\u00a0February. Seventy boats racing under IRC, Class40 and MOCRA Rules, with crew from 30 different countries, started the increasingly popular 600 mile race. At the start outside Nelson\u2019s Dockyard in Antigua, unstable squally conditions, with the wind speed in the mid-teens, produced a thrilling start for all classes. The Caribbean 600 fleet have now set their sails for the spectacular 600nm race around 11 Caribbean islands. The fastest boats in the fleet are expected to finish in less than two days, but for some it will be five days before returning to a triumphant finish in Antigua with tracking available for the full fleet. MOCRA Class MOD 70 Zoulou (FRA) sailed by Erik Maris got away to a superb start. Flying their port hull, Zoulou had to duck a few boats on starboard, but nailed the pin end of the line at full pace. Giovanni Soldini\u2019s Maserati Multi70 (ITA) took a more conventional start inshore, but was soon up to full pace, with Zoulou and Maserati both hitting over 30 knots of boat speed. Zoulou was the first to Barbuda just two hours and 43 seconds into the race, with Maserati a mere 26 seconds behind. Gunboat 68 Tosca (USA), skippered by Alex Thomson was leading the charge behind the two trimarans. IRC Super Zero A classic dial-up featured in the big IRC Class; Pyewacket 70 (USA) skippered by Ben Mitchell and VO65 Wind Whisper (POL) skippered by Joca Signorini locked horns inshore before the start. Both boats have Volvo Ocean Race winners on board, but bragging rights went to Wind Whisper which stayed clear ahead. Jens Lindner\u2019s Volvo 70 HYPR (ESP) skippered by Seamus Fitzpatrick, arced up to the line on port and got a great start at the pin end. Johannes Schwarz\u2019s Volvo 70 Green Dragon (NED) kept clear of trouble at the pin end to get a good start, as did Volvo 70 I Love Poland (POL) skippered by Grzegorz Baranowski. Three hours after the start Pyewacket 70 was recording over 20 knots of boat speed with I Love Poland in hot pursuit. VO65 Ambersail 2 (LTU) skippered by Przemyslaw Tarnacki was leading the chasing pack. IRC Zero & Class40 With 12 high performance IRC boats and a record 13 Class40s, a thrilling start was expected and there was no disappointment. RORC Vice Commodore Eric de Turckheim\u2019s NMD54 Teasing Machine (FRA) went straight for the pin end with a large number of Class40s for company, including Ambrogio Beccaria\u2019s Alla Grande – Pirelli (ITA) and James McHugh\u2019s Tquila (SUI). However, sailing higher and faster than the Class40s, Teasing Machine got away to a fast, clean start. Meanwhile inshore the start was significantly more frantic. Marc Lepesqueux\u2019s Curium (FRA) and IBSA (ITA) skippered by Alberto Bona engaged right under the Pillars of Hercules. Inshore, RORC Commodore James Neville racing HH42 Ino XXX (GBR) found clean air reaching down the line and hardened up for …Continue reading »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3349,"featured_media":143751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,902],"tags":[336,1633],"review_manufacturer":[],"acf":[],"introduction":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3349"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143749"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143756,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143749\/revisions\/143756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143749"},{"taxonomy":"review_manufacturer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yachtingworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review_manufacturer?post=143749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}