Antigua and Barbuda: The Royal Ocean Racing Membership Nelson’s Cup Sequence kicked off its second version in Antigua on Tuesday. On the opening day, the 2 races passed off off Fort Charlotte, and completely different yachts sailed across the shores of the nation.
In IRC 1, North-powered boats secured an ideal lead with Frederic Puzin’s Daguet 3 and maintained its successful streak in several rounds of the sequence. The staff is adopted by James Neville’s Ion Noir and Niklas Zennstrom’s Ran.
Antigua’s 360 “Spherical Antigua” has participated within the match because the Warthog was seen crusing with the help of Jules Mitchell and an all-Antiguan crew. The staff took the lead within the two classes of IRC which is carefully pursued by Ed Bell’s Daybreak Treder.
Notably, the Royal Ocean Racing Membership Nelson’s Cup Sequence will probably be thought-about because the qualifier occasion for the principle RORC Caribbean 600 occasion. It is going to begin on February 19, 2024, with the participation of 500 sailors from 26 completely different international locations.
Within the sequence, round 16 groups have enrolled from completely different international locations similar to Antigua, Australia, Canada, Cayman Islands, France, Germany, Nice Britain, Monaco, Netherlands, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland and america of America.
The general winner of the sequence will probably be determined via the most effective corrected time underneath the IRC Ranking Rule. The prizes will probably be given to the winners and a particular one will probably be awarded to Multihull and Mohohull Line Honours. The Class 40 Division groups will even be honoured.
The races are scheduled for 2 days which will probably be adopted by a lay day. On daily basis, two races will happen between the completely different groups.
After the break of the 2 days, the RORC Caribbean 600 Race will full the sequence with the 600-mile race. The MOCRA Multihull Class sees Adrian Keller’s Irens 84 Allegra as a favorite, whereas the Class40s division guarantees tight competitors with groups like Martin Roesch’s Velocity and Richard Palmer’s Jangada 40.
The IRC Tremendous Zero class will function Egiwave amongst others and round-the-world racing yachts with a mixture of skilled and novice crews. Can even be a part of it.
