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2010 RORC Caribbean 600
[img title="" alt="Power reaching west towards the sunset, under spinnaker. RORC Caribbean 600/Tim Wright" src="http://www.yachtworld.com/boat-content/wp-content/flagallery/2010-rorc-caribbean-600/thumbs/thumbs_six10-1195.jpg"][img title="" alt="The longest leg (from St. Maarten to Guadeloupe) was an upwind slog. RORC Caribbean 600/Tim Wright" src="http://www.yachtworld.com/boat-content/wp-content/flagallery/2010-rorc-caribbean-600/thumbs/thumbs_six10-0325.jpg"][img title="" alt="Karl Kwok's Beau Geste flew upwind to Guadeloupe before stalling in the wind shadow at Les Saints." src="http://www.yachtworld.com/boat-content/wp-content/flagallery/2010-rorc-caribbean-600/thumbs/thumbs_six10-0326.jpg"][img title="" alt="Beau Geste’s crew hit the rail for 18 hours, sailing 120 miles upwind. RORC Caribbean 600/Tim Wright" src="http://www.yachtworld.com/boat-content/wp-content/flagallery/2010-rorc-caribbean-600/thumbs/thumbs_six10-0328.jpg"][img title="" alt="Superb champagne sailing conditions marked the start of the only offshore race in these waters. RORC Caribbean 600/Tim Wright" src="http://www.yachtworld.com/boat-content/wp-content/flagallery/2010-rorc-caribbean-600/thumbs/thumbs_six10-0368.jpg"][img title="" alt="Not a foulweather gear jacket in sight! RORC Caribbean 600/Tim Wright" src="http://www.yachtworld.com/boat-content/wp-content/flagallery/2010-rorc-caribbean-600/thumbs/thumbs_six10-0379.jpg"][img title="" alt="Beau Geste helmsman Gavin Brady was very impressed with the racecourse. "I sailed in shorts and T-shirt the whole race, even though the wind strength got up to 20 knots. That's something you don't say very often after a 600 mile classic." RORC Caribbean 600/Tim Wright" src="http://www.yachtworld.com/boat-content/wp-content/flagallery/2010-rorc-caribbean-600/thumbs/thumbs_six10-0460.jpg"][img title="" alt="The clear waters of the Caribbean show off Beau Geste's keel bulb. RORC Caribbean 600/Tim Wright" src="http://www.yachtworld.com/boat-content/wp-content/flagallery/2010-rorc-caribbean-600/thumbs/thumbs_six10-0572.jpg"][img title="" alt="Hours on the rail in shorts and T-shirts? This must be the Caribbean 600. RORC Caribbean 600/Tim Wright" src="http://www.yachtworld.com/boat-content/wp-content/flagallery/2010-rorc-caribbean-600/thumbs/thumbs_six10-0622.jpg"][img title="" alt="Region Guadeloupe chose to go well west of the rhumb line to Guadeloupe and came into Les Saints on a sweet angle, sneaking through the wind shadow. RORC Caribbean 600/Tim Wright" src="http://www.yachtworld.com/boat-content/wp-content/flagallery/2010-rorc-caribbean-600/thumbs/thumbs_six10-0711.jpg"][img title="" alt="Claude Thelier and John Burnie's ORMA 60, Region Guadeloupe, was first to finish butf failed to break the course record.RORC Caribbean 600/Tim Wright" src="http://www.yachtworld.com/boat-content/wp-content/flagallery/2010-rorc-caribbean-600/thumbs/thumbs_six10-0713.jpg"][img title="" alt="The lightweight trimaran sprinted upwind to Guadeloupe. RORC Caribbean 600/Tim Wright" src="http://www.yachtworld.com/boat-content/wp-content/flagallery/2010-rorc-caribbean-600/thumbs/thumbs_six10-0755.jpg"][img title="" alt="One of two Cookson 50s, Lee Overlay Partners was the 2009 RORC Caribbean 600 champion.RORC Caribbean 600/Tim Wright" src="http://www.yachtworld.com/boat-content/wp-content/flagallery/2010-rorc-caribbean-600/thumbs/thumbs_six10-0789.jpg"][img title="" alt="BLESMA stands for British Limbless Ex Service Men's Association; 15 members were crew on board Ondeck's Farr 65, Spirit of Juno. RORC Caribbean 600/Tim Wright" src="http://www.yachtworld.com/boat-content/wp-content/flagallery/2010-rorc-caribbean-600/thumbs/thumbs_six10-0859.jpg"][img title="" alt="Willy Bessaint's Class 40 Tradision Gwadloup was the last boat to finish. “The RORC Caribbean 600 is a big part of my training for the Route de Rhum, which I will be racing solo, later in the year." RORC Caribbean 600/Tim Wright" src="http://www.yachtworld.com/boat-content/wp-content/flagallery/2010-rorc-caribbean-600/thumbs/thumbs_six10-0954.jpg"][img title="" alt="Some classic downwind sailing for Beau Geste in the Caribbean tradewinds. RORC Caribbean 600/Tim Wright" src="http://www.yachtworld.com/boat-content/wp-content/flagallery/2010-rorc-caribbean-600/thumbs/thumbs_six10-1017.jpg"][img title="" alt="Light air "more Mediterranean than Caribbean" plagued the smaller boats in the race. RORC Caribbean 600/Tim Wright" src="http://www.yachtworld.com/boat-content/wp-content/flagallery/2010-rorc-caribbean-600/thumbs/thumbs_six10-1043.jpg"][img title="" alt="A late afternoon kite douse on Lee Overlay Partners. RORC Caribbean 600/Tim Wright" src="http://www.yachtworld.com/boat-content/wp-content/flagallery/2010-rorc-caribbean-600/thumbs/thumbs_six10-1091.jpg"][img title="" alt="A spectacular sunset prepared the fleet for Caribbean night sailing; warm breezes under a carpet of stars.RORC Caribbean 600/Tim Wright" src="http://www.yachtworld.com/boat-content/wp-content/flagallery/2010-rorc-caribbean-600/thumbs/thumbs_six10-1321.jpg"][img title="" alt="The setting sun lights up the jib's fibers on DSK Pioneer Investments. RORC Caribbean 600/Tim Wright" src="http://www.yachtworld.com/boat-content/wp-content/flagallery/2010-rorc-caribbean-600/thumbs/thumbs_six10-1348.jpg"][img title="" alt="Sunset behind the mainsail of the Swan 90 DSK Pioneer Investments. RORC Caribbean 600/Tim Wright" src="http://www.yachtworld.com/boat-content/wp-content/flagallery/2010-rorc-caribbean-600/thumbs/thumbs_six10-1350.jpg"][img title="" alt="Upwind toward Guadeloupe on Lee Overlay Partners. RORC Caribbean 600/Tim Wright" src="http://www.yachtworld.com/boat-content/wp-content/flagallery/2010-rorc-caribbean-600/thumbs/thumbs_six10-1469.jpg"][img title="" alt="The prizegiving on Friday was well-attended. RORC Caribbean 600/Tim Wright" src="http://www.yachtworld.com/boat-content/wp-content/flagallery/2010-rorc-caribbean-600/thumbs/thumbs_six10-1797.jpg"][img title="" alt="Karl Kwok's Farr 80 Beau Geste picked up the monohull line honours trophy, Class Super Zero trophy and the RORC Caribbean 600 trophy for best yacht overall in IRC. RORC Caribbean 600/Tim Wright" src="http://www.yachtworld.com/boat-content/wp-content/flagallery/2010-rorc-caribbean-600/thumbs/thumbs_six10-1815.jpg"][img title="" alt="After six nights at sea, Willy Bessaint and Benoit Reffe on the Class 40 Tradition Guadeloupe were rightly proud as they crossed the finish line in the early hours. RORC Caribbean 600/Tim Wright" src="http://www.yachtworld.com/boat-content/wp-content/flagallery/2010-rorc-caribbean-600/thumbs/thumbs_traditionguadeloupefinish.jpg"]
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