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Written on Thursday, 04 June 2020

RT @ScaramoucheST: It’s hard to stay motivated during lockdown. But when a preliminary survey...

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Written on Thursday, 04 June 2020

For volume 10 of #TimeOverDistance, we're joined by Ian Walker, Director of Racing for the...

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Written on Friday, 29 May 2020

20 seconds of pure adrenaline 🌊👇🏼 #Rambler88 Today at 5pm, Friday 29th May on RORC Facebook,...

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Written on Friday, 22 May 2020

Today at 17:00 BST, LIVE on Facebook, we're joined by Sam Davies, exploring all Sam's stories...

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Written on Friday, 15 May 2020

Join us at 5pm, LIVE on Facebook, today Friday 15th May, where we'll be joined by Ian ‘Soapy’...

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Written on Thursday, 07 May 2020

#TimeOverDistance Volume 6: @deecaffari - Dare, Dream, Discover! LIVE on Facebook, Friday...

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Written on Monday, 04 May 2020

Friday 08 May 17:00 | #TimeOverDistance Volume 6 we're joined by Dee Caffari. She is the first...

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Written on Friday, 01 May 2020

Today at 17:00 BST, LIVE on Facebook, we're joined by @carloborlenghi, a pioneer in marine...

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Written on Thursday, 30 April 2020

RT @radioleary: I've always been fascinated with stories of maritime disaster and survival....

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Written on Thursday, 23 April 2020

For episode 4 of #TimeOverDistance, real life legend Skip Novak will be LIVE on Facebook with...

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Written on Wednesday, 22 April 2020

📸 Through The Lens. Week 3 | Tim Wright "This shot of Jethou stands out to me because...

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Written on Monday, 20 April 2020

On Friday 24th April at 17:00 BST, we're delighted to be joined by a real life legend, Skip...

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Written on Thursday, 02 April 2020

Join us LIVE on Facebook for the first episode of Time Over Distance. For episode 1 of the...

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Written on Friday, 27 March 2020

In line with the continued COVID-19 Government guidance, as well as advice from many of the...

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Written on Thursday, 19 March 2020

Due to the extreme situation caused by the Coronavirus outbreak we have had no alternative...

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Written on Monday, 02 March 2020

RT @IRCrating: Congratulations to Tilmar Hansen and his crew onboard TP52 Outsider, winner...

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Written on Saturday, 29 February 2020

The overall winner of the 12th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600, Tilmar Hansen's TP52 Outsider,...

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Written on Saturday, 29 February 2020

Let's give it up for the final finishing boat of the RORC Caribbean 600...Yoyo Gerssen's Ohlson...

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Written on Saturday, 29 February 2020

The tiny but spectacular 'Kingdom of Redonda' before the return leg to Antigua. #Caribbean600 📸...

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Written on Friday, 28 February 2020

In the early hours of the fifth day of the RORC #Caribbean600 a fantastic battle came to a...

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Written on Friday, 28 February 2020

More action from out on the race course! ⛵️📸 With the prize giving tonight, the RORC Race...

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Written on Friday, 28 February 2020

RT for that #FridayFeeling 🌴⛵️😎 VO70 #ILovePoland and #TP52 Outsider at the start of their...

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Written on Friday, 28 February 2020

In the drink 😂💦🌊 #Caribbean600

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Written on Friday, 28 February 2020

RT @maidenfactor: #Maiden has completed the @RORCRacing #Caribbean600 race in 3 days, 21 hours...

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Written on Friday, 28 February 2020

RT @maidenfactor: The sun has risen on #Maiden’s last night racing in the #Caribbean600 - and...

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Written on Friday, 28 February 2020

#Repost Abilyn Sailing. "Approaching the final turning mark. Redonda. Closing in on the...

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Written on Friday, 28 February 2020

RT @sifisailing: Stoked to come away with the line honours in the multihull fleet at this years...

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Written on Friday, 28 February 2020

Early Arrivals in the 12th RORC Caribbean 600. Including Multihull & Monohull Line Honours. After...

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Written on Thursday, 27 February 2020

RT @worldsailing: 📰 We have a #Multihull Line Honours winner in the @RORCRacing #Caribbean600!...

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Written on Thursday, 27 February 2020

RT @maidenfactor: Yesterday came with a few squalls which gave #Maiden’s guests a great opportunity...

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20 seconds of pure adrenaline 🌊👆🏼 #Rambler88 - Today at 5pm, Friday 29th May on RORC Facebook, we're joined by Brad Butterworth for Time Over Distance Volume 9. - Brad Butterworth will be lifting the lid on fascinating stories from the America’s Cup, Steinlager II and a special feature on Rambler 88 in the 9th edition of the RORC Time Over Distance Lockdown series of interviews. Louay Habib interviews Brad Butterworth for an hour-long show featuring: pictures, videos and stories from a phenomenal career. - #TimeOverDistance #AmericasCup 📸 @rolex / @roddyacqua / Evoke Films

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Through the lens – @carlo.borlenghi 🚁⛵️ - “This was an Incredible day,” recalls award-winning photographer, Carlo Borlenghi of Alinghi’s transportation across the Alps in 2009 for the 2010 @americascup campaign. “This day was one of the most interesting and strange shooting days that I’ve ever experienced. - “The rule for the America's Cup in this period was that you had to build the boat in your own country, so @alinghi had to be transported from Geneva over the top of the Alps to Genoa - by helicopter! It was impossible to haul the 30m boat and mast by truck. There were four helicopters used for this trip: One flew in front of the convoy to check the weather, a second bigger one carried the mast (62 metres, 203 ft), a third ‘chopper’ transported the boat, and the last one with myself and Joe Jones, the cameraman to shoot and film the transfer of the boat. - “It was amazing because we had to cross two mountain passes and then made a stop to refuel. There was a huge crowd and all the traffic came to a standstill around the airport roads, and people were in the grounds watching. It was a really unique experience because I’ve never seen anything like this. I was really lucky to be the official photographer for Alinghi at that time. It was just luck and an amazing experience,” says Borlenghi whose images capture a unique perspective of the nautical world. - Carlo Borlenghi was born in 1956 in Bellano on Lake Como, Italy where he still lives today. He started his photographic career following local regattas and since then has become a world-famous photographer working for @rolex nautical events, the America’s Cup and much, much more. - #ThroughTheLens 📸 @carlo.borlenghi

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Time Over Distance, Volume 9 | Brad Butterworth - Brad Butterworth will be lifting the lid on fascinating stories from the @americascup, Steinlager II and a special feature on Rambler 88 in the 9th edition of the RORC Time Over Distance Lockdown series of interviews. - Brad Butterworth has competed in seven editions of the America’s Cup in the afterguard, winning the America's Cup four times in succession. Butterworth’s winning streak of 16 consecutive races is unequalled. Butterworth was watch captain for Peter Blake’s Steinlager II, winning all six legs of the 1989 Whitbread Round the World Race. In recent year’s Butterworth has been tactician on George David’s Maxi Rambler 88, taking line honours in the #RolexFastnetRace, @rolexmiddlesearace, and both line honours and the race record for the RORC Caribbean 600. - Louay Habib interviews Brad Butterworth for an hour-long show featuring: pictures, videos and stories from a phenomenal career. Tune in on Friday 29 May 1700 BST. - #TimeOverDistance 📸 Th.Martinez / Rolex / Kurt Arrigo / Alinghi / Sally Samins

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Today at 17:00 BST, LIVE on Facebook, we're joined by Sam Davies, exploring all Sam's stories from the @vendeeglobe2020 campaigns, @theoceanrace and even a Jules Verne attempt. - @samdavies_sailing currently campaigns the @imocaglobeseries 60 @initiativescoeur and has her eyes set on the next Vendee Globe. Join us at 5pm today on the RORC Facebook page. - #TimeOverDistance 📸 Vendée Globe

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📸 Through the lens – Rick Tomlinson | 2014 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race. - Exceptional weather conditions resulted in the 2014 edition of the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race becoming an astonishing record-breaking edition! Sidney Gavignet's MOD 70, Musandam - Oman Sail completed the non-stop 1804nm race in just over 3 days and 3 hours in one of the RORC’s most tactically challenging offshore races. The race set an unprecedented five new world records due to an intense low pressure system settling over northern UK and making the race a downwind ride for the faster boats. Photographer, Rick Tomlinson captured all the action at the start: - “From 10 days out during the run-up to the start, the forecast had been for very strong south westerly winds. The options were to delay the start or change the direction of the race and a few days before the start in Cowes, RORC changed the direction to anticlockwise round Britain. I always look forward to shooting from a helicopter - even now I still get a real kick out of it - and I knew this was going to be a good one! - “There was a great mix of boats that year, including a MOD70, the Volvo 65s, Open 60, Class 40s etc. The only way to keep up with these boats and be able to shoot is from a helicopter. Just seeing a MOD70 or a VOR65 ‘sending it’ from a heli is an awesome experience. - “With budget retrains we only had a limited amount of flying time and within an hour of the start, the leading boats were already past Selsey Bill. It was with some reluctance that I gave the call to the heli pilot to start heading back, and to photograph the slower boats during our return to Cowes,” recalls RORC event photographer, Rick Tomlinson. - #ThroughTheLens @sevenstaryachttransport © @rick_tomlinson

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Join us at 5pm, LIVE on Facebook, Friday 15th May, where we'll be joined by Ian ‘Soapy’ Moore for a discussion with Louay Habib about the 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race Course. - Ian ‘Soapy’ Moore hails from Northern Ireland but has lived in Cowes, Isle of Wight for many years. As a navigator, Ian has a highly impressive record with big event wins literally running off the page: Volvo Ocean Race, Transatlantic Race, Rolex Sydney Hobart, Newport Bermuda Race, RORC Caribbean 600, Transpac, Rolex Middle Sea Race, Rolex Giraglia, HK Vietnam Race, and Round Ireland. - One big overall win has eluded Ian Moore - in nine attempts at the Rolex Fastnet Race Moore’s team has made the podium twice but failed to win the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s flagship race. Ian is fascinated by the Rolex Fastnet Race and is a leading expert on offshore racing tactics and strategy. He analyses the new route, giving expert advice on the nuances of the famous offshore classic scheduled to start on August 8th, 2021. - Visit our Facebook page tomorrow at 5pm to join us for #TimeOverDistance. #RORCLockdown 📸 @rolex

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📸 Through the Lens – David Branigan. - West Cork is a family holiday destination and a trip out to the Fastnet – weather permitting – is a regular adventure at least several times a year. It’s about 15 nautical miles from Baltimore, depending on which route is taken, that usually takes in a visit to Cape Clear where there is a memorial to the ’79 Fastnet Race. - I picked this image of Matt Brooks’ S&S 52' Yawl Dorade in the Rolex Fastnet Race for many reasons; the classic yacht in a classic offshore race, not in champagne sailing conditions but on a grey skies day that adds to the allure. Like sailing, marine photography means accepting the conditions even if secretly wishing for clear blue skies and brilliant sunshine. - “I got my break photographing the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989 following the NCB Ireland campaign. Another five races followed, plus Olympic Games, Admiral’s and Commodores’ Cups, Round Ireland races, Cork Weeks and championship events at home and abroad. Photography led to writing for three national newspapers as well as radio and video work plus, most recently qualifying as a drone pilot and operator. Covering the Rolex Fastnet Race in West Cork for the national media and individual boats is a personal favourite. It’s a magical part of the world both for scenery and shoreside hospitality.” - #RORCLockdown © David Branigan | Photographer

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Episode 7 of #TimeOverDistance, Ian Moore ‘walks the course’ for the 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race. - Ian ‘Soapy’ Moore hails from Northern Ireland but has lived in Cowes, Isle of Wight for many years. As a navigator, Ian has a highly impressive record with big event wins literally running off the page: Volvo Ocean Race, Transatlantic Race, @officialrolexsydneyhobart, Newport Bermuda Race, RORC Caribbean 600, Transpac, @rolexmiddlesearace, Rolex Giraglia, HK Vietnam Race, and Round Ireland. - One big overall win has eluded Ian Moore - in nine attempts at the Rolex Fastnet Race Moore’s team has made the podium twice but failed to win the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s flagship race. Ian is fascinated by the Rolex Fastnet Race and is a leading expert on offshore racing tactics and strategy. He analyses the new route, giving expert advice on the nuances of the famous offshore classic scheduled to start on August 8th, 2021. - #RolexFastnetRace @regionnormandie @manchetourisme 📸 @rolex / @carlo.borlenghi

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#TimeOverDistance Volume 6: @deecaffari - Dare, Dream, Discover! - LIVE on Facebook, Friday 08 May 1700hrs, we're joined by Dee Caffari. Dee Caffari has sailed around the world six times. She is the first woman to have sailed single-handed and non-stop around the world in both directions and the only woman to have sailed non-stop around the world a total of three times. Dee was awarded an MBE in recognition of her achievements. - Tune in tomorrow at 17:00 BST to hear more about Dee's amazing voyages with Louay Habib. - #RORClockdown 📸 @roddyacqua / @theoceanrace / @vendeeglobe2020 / @deecaffari

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📸 Through the Lens – Arthur Daniel 😍 - Arthur Daniel, from the Caribbean island of Grenada, has worked as part of the RORC media team for the past six years. His work captures the beauty of his native country and the triumph of competitors as they complete the longest race in the RORC racing calendar. - The 3,000nm annual battle across the Atlantic for the RORC Transatlantic Race Trophy started in 2014. He has also shot some memorable shots, working with the RORC team in Antigua for the start and finish of what has now become one of the world’s great 600nm offshore races – the RORC Caribbean 600. His images have graced the pages of several yachting magazines and online publications around the world. - “When I got into photography about 9 years ago, I wanted to try different types of camerawork and to challenge myself. Getting into sailing photography I started with our local Workboat Regatta and Grenada Sailing Week - It feels natural. Since I love adventure, a challenge, and capturing beautiful things, sailing is one of my favourite types of photography. I enjoy bringing landscape, sports and photojournalism photography into sailing.” - #RORClockdown #ThroughTheLens 📸 Arthur Daniel / @arthurdanielcreative

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Event Minisites:

Rolex Fastnet Race

RORC Caribbean 600 Race

Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race

RORC Transatlantic Race

Transatlantic Race

Transatlantic Race 2019

RORC Office Locations Map

Royal Ocean Racing Club
(General Enquiries, Membership, House)

20 St James's Place
London
SW1A 1NN
UK

+44 (0) 20 7493 2248
+44 (0) 20 7493 5252
http://www.rorc.org

Royal Ocean Racing Club
(Racing Enquiries)

82 High Street
Cowes
Isle of Wight
PO31 7AJ
UK

+44 (0) 1983 295 144
+44 (0) 20 7493 5252
http://www.rorc.org

RORC Cowes Clubhouse

The Parade
Cowes
Isle of Wight
PO31 7QU
UK

+44 (0) 1983 293581
+44 (0) 20 7493 5252
http://www.rorc.org

RORC Rating Office
(Seahorse Rating Ltd)

Seahorse Building, Bath Road
Lymington, Hampshire
SO41 3SE
UK

+44 (0) 1590 677030
+44 (0) 1590 679478
http://www.rorcrating.com

Royal Ocean Racing Club - since 1925

The RORC was founded in 1925 to encourage long distance yacht racing and the design, building and navigation of sailing vessels in which speed and seaworthiness are combined. Today the club encourages ocean, long distance and other forms of yacht racing and yachting activity.