RORC Caribbean 600 day two high speed thrilling

7:21 PM Tue 22 Feb 2011 GMT

'Peter Harrison’s Farr 115, Sojana - RORC Caribbean 600' Royal Ocean Racing Club - RORC &copy

By mid-morning on day two, the RORC Caribbean 600 was very much living up to its billing as a high-speed thrilling race around the stunning Caribbean. The majority of the fleet is now heading for the top part of the course and should be around St.Maarten during the day. It has been an action packed start to the race. George David?s Maxi, Rambler 100, is setting an amazing pace and is only two hours from reaching the bottom west corner of Guadeloupe, 270 miles from the finish. The canting keel speed machine is expected to cross the finish line before ...

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