VIDEO - Start of the RORC Caribbean 600

VIDEO - Start of the RORC Caribbean 600


Image:  A spectacular start in Antigua for the 13th RORC Caribbean 600 - Seventy-four teams started the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s 600-mile race around 11 Caribbean islands © Arthur Daniel/RORC

 

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

 

The 13th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 started on time from Antigua on Monday 21 February. Seventy-four teams with over 700 sailors from 32 countries started the race. The Royal Ocean Racing Club’s 600-mile race around 11 Caribbean islands had a spectacular start with 15 knots of wind from the northeast gusting up to 20 knots.

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