RORC Caribbean 600 - Beau Geste takes monohull line honours

10:29 PM Thu 25 Feb 2010 GMT

'RORC 600 Caribbean
Sunset near Antigua for Beau Geste' Carlo Borlenghi ? Click Here to view large photo

Beau Geste takes monohull line honours finishing the RORC Caribbean 600 on the 25th February 00 01 13 in an elapsed time of 2 Days 11 Hours 21 Minutes 13 Seconds.

This was the first time Karl Kwok has sailed in the Caribbean and by the smile on his face it won't be the last. 'I really enjoyed it, great sailing except for the long beat to Guadeloupe which meant we had no chance of beating Leopard's record but this is a great race and well run by the Royal Ocean Racing Club.'

Helmsman Gavin Brady was very impressed with the race course as he explained dockside. 'This race has something for everyone, certainly a race course where you have to concentrate all the time. I sailed in shorts and T-shirt the whole race, even though the wind strength got up to 20 knots. That's something you don't say very often after a 600 mile classic.'

Beau Geste crew:
Karl Kwok, Magarete Chan, Cowen Chu, Bill Lo, Gavin Brady, Cameron Ward, Guy Endean, Heather Flick, Ryan Houston, Andy Meiklejohn, Jan Majer, Jamie Gale, James Baxter, David Endean, Jono Swain, Justin Clougher, Steve Calder, Matt Black Rodney Daniel, Peter Pendleton, Chris Larson, Alaster Campbell, Tom Addis

Danilo Salsi's Swan 90, DSK Pioneer Investments finished the RORC Caribbean 600 on 25th February 2010 at 11:25:41.

The magnificent Swan was the second monohull home and in the light conditions they were never going to beat Beau Geste to Antigua.

'It was more Mediterranean than Caribbean,' commented Danilo Salsi , 'because the wind was much lighter and the wind shadow effects are something that we have to deal with in the Mediterranean. It has been completely different to last year but we have enjoyed it as much. The 2nd RORC Caribbean 600 has been just as challenging but in a very different way.'