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Written on Friday, 26 June 2020

Join us today for Volume 13 of #TimeOverDistance. At 5pm, LIVE on Facebook, we're joined by...

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Written on Monday, 22 June 2020

Time Over Distance - Volume 13 | Jason Carrington The 13th edition of the RORC Time Over Distance...

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Written on Wednesday, 17 June 2020

SAVE THE DATE! Race The Wight | Saturday 1st August 2020. A race around the Isle of Wight...

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Written on Friday, 12 June 2020

Between 1977 and 1993, Harold Cudmore took part in seven editions of the #AdmiralsCup. Racing...

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Written on Tuesday, 09 June 2020

Time Over Distance Volume 11 | Harold Cudmore - #TheAdmiralsCup 🏆 The 11th edition of the...

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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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📸 Through the Lens: Arthur Daniel - Grenada-based photographer Arthur Daniel took this shot of the Class40s as they headed off after the start of the 2019 RORC Caribbean 600 race. From Fort Charlotte, above the Pillars of Hercules that guard the entrance to the historic English Harbour, the RORC Race Team start this classic 600-mile offshore race. Arthur Daniel captured the fleet starts from ashore and in this image also managed to include his colleagues who were up in the media helicopter. Flying fast and low above the impressive Class40 fleet, videographer Roddy Grimes-Graeme (Acquafilms Antigua) and photographer Tim Wright (photoaction.com) ensured superb video and images from the race, as they have done over the past 12 years for this annual race around 11 Caribbean island. - “In the 2019 RORC Caribbean 600 there was a huge fleet of Class40s. To get this shot I had to run more than a 1/4mile down to the water’s edge (with 60 pounds of gear on my back) to get them tacking! I was lucky to get the helicopter in the shot too,” says Daniel. - “It was to be quite a match race all the way around the course for the 10 teams from France, Norway and Brazil which formed a race record entry for the Class40 Division. After two and a half days and nights of intense competition and over 600 miles of racing, it all came down to just a few minutes in the 2019 edition of the race. Catherine Pourre's French Class40 Eärendil won Line Honours for the second year in a row, defeating two of the rising stars of offshore racing who had both led for parts of the race. Aymeric Chappellier's Aïna Enfance Et Avenir was second by just 3 minutes and 20 seconds. Completing the podium was Luke Berry's Lamotte - Module Création, less than six minutes from victory!” - #ThroughTheLens #Caribbean600 @assoclass40 © @arthurdanielcreative

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This Friday we're talking to 'Le Professeur' #MichelDesjoyeaux for the 15th edition of the #RORC Time Over Distance Series. - Michel Desjoyeaux is the only sailor to have won the Vendée Globe twice. The 2008-9 Vendée Globe will be remembered as an epic edition with dozens of different dramas and human adventures written all the way through the duration of the race. But from the point of view of pure sport, the remarkable comeback through the fleet of Michel Desjoyeaux, after he restarted and overturned a 40 hour deficit and won overall in a new record time, stands out as one of the most incredible feats in the history of the race. - Michel Desjoyeaux will be interviewed in English by Louay Habib for an hour-long show, exploring a rare talent and phenomenal career. As normal life begins to unfold once again, we'll be taking a break from the RORC Time Over Distance Series. Next week you can watch some of the best bits and hear some of the great stories we've been exploring these past 15 weeks. - #TimeOverDistance #VendeeGlobe #Sailing #IMOCA @vendeeglobe2020 @imocaglobeseries 📸 Ocean images / Vendée Globe

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LIVE at 5 we'll be talking to @lukepatience, Olympic Silver Medallist, with a deep dive into his two previous Olympic campaigns and a look forward to Tokyo and beyond! - See you shortly, live on Facebook! #TimeOverDistance @royalyachtingassociation @470olympicsailing 📸 @britishsailing

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Tomorrow, Friday 3rd July, we'll be talking with Olympic Silver Medallist @lukepatience for the 14th edition of #TimeOverDistance. - Luke shot to fame in the 2012 London Olympic Games, winning silver for Great Britain with Stuart Bithell in the 470 Class. Luke Patience and Elliot Willis won selection for Great Britain for the 2016 Summer @olympics Games in Rio. However, six months before the event, Elliot Willis was diagnosed with bowel cancer and the team had to withdraw. - Luke teamed up with Chris Grube and requalified with less than three months to the 2016 Olympic Games. They finished fifth in Rio and have again qualified to represent Great Britain at the next Olympic Games in Tokyo. - Tune in tomorrow at 1700 LIVE on RORC Facebook. #TimeOverDistance 📸 @britishsailing

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📸 Through the Lens @paulwyethphotography: shooting the breeze… - “Whilst I regularly shoot from helicopter and drone, there's no doubt that the RIB is far and away my go-to shooting platform and mode of transport on the water. My ancient blue RIB is a common sight on the Solent and whilst not the most comfortable of rides, its small size does mean I can get close into the action without getting in the way, or kicking up a huge wake. - “In conditions up to force 5 or 6 it's fairly easy to stay dry, but when it gets really breezy, it gets harder to keep myself and, more importantly equipment, dry. Having shot from the same boat for many years, I do get to know when a certain shape wave will get me wet and also the sound of a wave coming. Moving the boat to stay dry (ish) does almost become instinctive, but now and again I get a big one over the side! It's then all about how quickly I can turn to face away from the wave and shield the camera, or get the camera into a protective Peli case. Without the essential Peli case, camera kit won't last long on the water. One secret that I will share with you is not to worry about the expensive and rather clunky camera protective cases as more often than not, sturdy freezer bags taped round the lens, get the job done. However, don't blame me if your kit gets wet! - “When the breeze really gets up, aside from wishing I had a larger boat, one of the biggest issues is stopping the bow of the RIB from constantly being turned downwind. As I'm often driving the boat whilst shooting, I like to keep the boat pointed towards safety so should something go wrong and the yacht suddenly change course towards me, I'm not left trying to reverse out of the way at speed. Never a good move. Thinking ahead and having an escape route is totally essential and has saved me from serious incidents many times. - Read more on our website at www.rorc.org. 📸 @paulwyethphotography #ThroughTheLens

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Join us today for Volume 13 of #TimeOverDistance. At 5pm, LIVE on Facebook, we're joined by #JasonCarrington, the world-renowned professional yachtsman and boat builder. - Jason has become almost legendary for his painstaking attention to detail and his relentless ambition to build the best composite yachts for the most challenging races in the world including: Volvo 60 Assa Abloy, FAST40+ RÁN, IMOCA 60 HUGO BOSS, and AC75 Britannia. From 1993 to 2006 Jason competed in four editions of the Whitbread and Volvo Ocean Race, as well as record-breaking runs on Mike Slade’s Maxi Leopard. - Tune in at 1700 BST on the RORC Facebook Page. 📸 @ineosteamuk / @alex_thomson_racing

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📸 Through the Lens – James Mitchell - James Mitchell is an award winning, internationally published British photographer based in Lanzarote, Canary Islands. He specialises in photographing the world's leading sports brands and athletes, but also covers commercial, documentary, editorial, action, adventure & sport photography all over the globe. - James worked with the RORC media team from the first RORC Transatlantic Race in 2014, capturing the essence of the race for the following three years. The spectacular volcanic landscape of Lanzarote was the dramatic backdrop for his images in the RORC’s longest race. The 7th edition will depart on 9th January from Calero Marinas Puerto Calero, Lanzarote, bound for Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina, Grenada. - "I shot this photo of the Italian trimaran Maserati at the start of the third RORC Transatlantic which started from Calero Marinas Marina Arrecife on Lanzarote in November 2016. At this time the Multi70 had gone through some substantial changes with rudders that allowed them to lift the stern and foils to lift the floats, allowing her to fly 'out of the water’. And boy, did she fly. We were around 10km's into the start of the race and 300 metres offshore when the wind suddenly whipped up. With Giovanni Soldini on the tiller, Maserati took flight at an insane speed; the 150hp engine on our press RIB had no chance keeping up! Within minutes, the trimaran was starting to lean onto its port side float. With the Lanzarote landscape in the distance, Maserati looked majestic as she went up on her foils. I kept shooting as she flew away from us, headed for her final destination some 3,000 nm away in Grenada," remembers James Mitchell. - © @jamesmitchell5

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Time Over Distance - Volume 13 | Jason Carrington - The 13th edition of the RORC Time Over Distance Series will be with Jason Carrington, the world-renowned professional yachtsman and boat builder. - Jason has become almost legendary for his painstaking attention to detail and his relentless ambition to build the best composite yachts for the most challenging races in the world including: Volvo 60 Assa Abloy, FAST40+ RÁN, IMOCA 60 Hugo Boss, and AC75 Britannia. From 1993 to 2006 Jason competed in four editions of the Whitbread and Volvo Ocean Race, as well as record-breaking runs on Mike Slade’s Maxi Leopard. - See you at 5pm this Friday, LIVE on Facebook! - #TimeOverDistance 📸 Lloyd Images / Sportography / Rick Tomlinson / Kurt Arrigo

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Join us today at 5pm, LIVE on Facebook, for volume 12 of Time Over Distance. - For the 12th edition of the RORC Time Over Distance Series we will be revealing the awe-inspiring work of the @scaramouchest. The #GreigCityAcademy in North London started the sailing project in 2016 and since then, hundreds of inner-city kids, as young as 13, have fallen in love with sailing. A select few have raced as teams in qualifying races and the last two editions of the #RolexFastnetRace, finishing on both occasions. - We all have an affinity with the sea. Every sailor has felt the forces of nature and the experience becomes compulsive. Witnessing young people getting this compulsion is uplifting and inspirational. - For a live interview by Louay Habib with Greig City Academy’s Jon Holt and members of GCA Sailing Club - the first inner-city London school to have its own sailing club - tune in today, Friday 19th June at 1700 BST on our Facebook page. - #TimeOverDistance 📸 Rolex / World Sailing / Airwaves Media

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📸 Through the Lens – Beken of Cowes. - Kenneth Beken is the last in the line of three generations of Marine Photographers known as Beken of Cowes. His grandfather Frank arrived on the Isle of Wight in 1888 and was immediately captivated by the grand yachts that sailed the Solent waters outside his bedroom window. - Frank readily admitted he couldn’t paint, so he set about using the cameras available at that time. He soon realised that they were not practical at sea, so he invented his own box camera using twin lenses and a shutter fired by a rubber ball held in his teeth! His sailing portraits were so good that yachtsmen, including King George V on Britannia would study his daily results to see where they were going wrong! - Frank’s son Keith followed on from the mid 1930s in time for the J-Class and Big Boat era. After a brief spell captaining an Air Sea Rescue boat during WWII, he saw the company through the post war years with the introduction of ocean racing & IOR. Not content with just Cowes and the Solent, he started travelling to international regattas on both sides of the Atlantic and in the Mediterranean, increasing the scope of the Beken archives from traditional sepia monochrome studies into modern colour photography. He earned his ‘Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society’ in 1951 and the ‘Royal Warrant’ from Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. - Keith’s son Kenneth started photographing afloat in 1970 and for over 45 years would be seen in his Boston Whaler capturing the sailing scene. Ken reckons the best of times were those earlier years of IOR when designers were more experimental, enabling him to capture some ‘interesting’ studies! It was a 7-days-a week job, very reliant on the weather. Black Solent skies meant you were frantically busy shooting before the inevitable rains came. - Read more about the story of Beken of Cowes at www.rorc.org - #ThroughTheLens 📸 Beken of Cowes

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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.