Wednesday, February 20, saw Mike Slade’s maxi charter yacht ICAP Leopard cross the finish line in Antigua to take Monohull Line Honours for the 2013 RORC Caribbean 600 in an elapsed time of 45 hours 58 minutes and 05 seconds. Sailing yacht ICAP Leopard was outside the course record set by George David’s Rambler 100 yacht of 40 Hours 20 minutes and 2 seconds.
Mike Slade at the helm of his Farr 100 charter yacht ICAP Leopard Credit: Ocean Images/Richard Langdon
Previous Records:
Multihull record holder – Region Guadeloupe in 40 hours 11 mins 5 secs (2009)
Monohull record held by Rambler 100 in 40 hours 20 mins 02 secs (2011)
During the race, there will be daily news stories, images and video updates from the fleet. All of the yachts are fitted with Yellowbrick trackers and competitors are encouraged to send blogs and images from the yachts, which will also appear on the website.
