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ISORA campaigners Andrew and Sam Hall retired from the RORC Transatlantic Race after his yacht Pata Negra lost a rudder with 900 miles to go in the 3,000-mile race. According to Liverpool Yacht Club crew reports on social media, the…

PAC52 Warrior Won (USA) owned & skippered by Chris Sheehan has been awarded the RORC Transatlantic Race Trophy, presented by former RORC Commodore and Admiral Andrew McIrvine at Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina in Grenada. While 11 boats are…

Farr 100 Leopard 3 (MON), skippered by Chris Sherlock, has taken Monohull Line Honours in the 10th edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race. Winning the IMA Transatlantic Trophy, the international team of 17 (including Cork Harbour's Tom McWilliam) celebrated dockside…

The RORC Transatlantic Race entered the eleventh day, with the Farr 100 Leopard 3 (MON) skippered by Chris Sherlock, leading the monohull fleet 200 miles from Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina in Grenada. PAC52 Warrior Won (USA) is estimated…

On day seven, after IRC time correction, the RORC Transatlantic Race race leader is Chris Sheehan’s PAC52 Warrior Won (USA) (with former Dublin Bay sailor Christy Welch onboard), approximately 200 miles behind the water leader Leopard (with Cork Harbour's Tom…

Jason Carroll’s MOD70 Argo (USA) crossed the finish line outside Port Louis Marina, Grenada, on Saturday, 13th January 2024, at 22:34:30 UTC to take Multihull Line Honours in the 10th edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race in an elapsed time…

The battle for Multihull Line Honours in the RORC Transatlantic Race is expected to be decided on Saturday, 13th January. MOD70 Argo holds the advantage, but Zoulou is closing in on the race leader. Ranking 12 January at 1500 UTC:…

Ireland is well represented in today's RORC Transatlantic Race by two Irish sailors onboard two hot boats in the 24-boat fleet for the 3,000-miler. Royal Cork's Tom McWilliam is onboard a race favourite, the Farr 100 Leopard 3 (MON), skippered by…

The Royal Ocean Racing Club, after consulting with various meteorological experts, has amended the course for the 2024 RORC Transatlantic Race. The requirement to leave the Canary Islands to port has been removed. Race Director Steve Cole commented: “Now we…

The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) starts the racing season for 2024 with the 10th anniversary edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race, starting from Lanzarote on the 7th January 2024.  The RORC Race Team have set up in Marina Lanzarote…

The Royal Ocean Racing Club’s 10th-anniversary edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race will start from Lanzarote on the 7th of January 2024. The RORC fleet will set off from Marina Lanzarote to race across the Atlantic Ocean, bound for Camper…

Irish sailor Conor Corson who won the AZAB Ocean race overall in his Sunfast 3300 Asgard earlier this season, will be racing across the Atlantic this January in the 10th edition of the RORC Transatlantic Race. The 3,000-mile race is expected to feature…

Thursday, 19 January, Grenada West Indies: RORC Vice Commodore Eric de Turckheim, racing his NMYD 54 Teasing Machine (FRA), is the overall winner under IRC for the 2023 RORC Transatlantic Race. While 10 boats are still racing, none of them…

Following the finish of Volvo 70 I Love Poland (POL), four more monohulls completed the RORC Transatlantic Race in the space of just nine hours. Tired, but elated, the teams have joined in the celebrations at Camper & Nicholsons Port…

The Polish National Foundation’s Volvo 70 I Love Poland (POL), skippered by Grzegorz Baranowski, crossed the finish line outside Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina, Grenada on Tuesday, 17th January 2023 at 13:47:07UTC. I Love Poland has taken Monohull Line…

Three RORC Transatlantic Race teams are in the shoot-out for Monohull Line Honours and the IMA Transatlantic Trophy. The exquisite 19th-century sterling silver trophy will be presented in Grenada by the International Maxi Association Secretary General, Andrew McIrvine. The winner…