From a needle match in the multihulls to another in the maxis, and again in the IRC classes too, this year may not have delivered a new course record but some subtle differences in the weather meant that was one of the trickiest to plan for and became one of the most intense Caribbean 600s of them all. Plus, how one boat did far more than just win.
PlanetSail: Maxi showdown
Barely dry from a high speed lap of the planet, Dee Caffari talks to Matt Sheahan about how this year's RORC Caribbean 600 panned out for the fleet.
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Performance improvements under the new rules for the 38th America’s Cup are more likely to come from a multitude of incremental gains, rather than from a radical design breakthrough that would turn AC design thinking on its head.