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The crew on ICAP Leopard were enjoying a cold beer in the Antigua Yacht Club yesterday and Leopard’s owner, Mike Slade, was really enjoying winding down after a tough race in which ICAP Leopard took Line Honours for the second time: “That was definitely the toughest of the three races I have done, but I [...]

ICAP Leopard crossed the finish line in Antigua to take Monohull Line Honours for the 2013 RORC Caribbean 600 on Wednesday 20 February in an elapsed time of 45 hours 58 minutes and 05 seconds. ICAP Leopard was outside the course record set by George David’s Rambler 100 of 40 Hours 20 minutes and 2 [...]

By: Louay Habib Breaking news from the RORC Caribbean 600 race course is that the first finishers are expected in the early hours of tomorrow morning (Wednesday 20 Feb), with every possibility that at least one record will be broken and possibly two. Peter Aschenbrenner’s American trimaran, Paradox, has virtually rounded Guadeloupe and is close [...]

To all our friends. Well here we are after 24 hrs of flat out racing with speeds mostly in the 18-120 knots, covered in salt and even in the best offshore gear, still very sodden. We are trying to reclaim the monohull record for this super Caribbean 600 RORC Race.  Set by us is 2008 [...]

DAY TWO 0700 Race Update  By: Louay Habib On the first night, there was virtually no let up in the phenomenal pace for the yachts competing in the RORC Caribbean 600. Warm Trade Winds gusting up to 28 knots was the norm. Downwind under spinnaker, the broad reach to the magical island of St.Kitts was [...]

At 1700 local time, Peter Aschenbrenner’s American trimaran, Paradox and Mike Slade’s British Maxi, ICAP Leopard were both averaging a ballistic 18 knots covering the first 100 miles of the course in an astonishing seven and a half hours. Paradox is eating up the miles, after literally getting airborne in the upwind leg after the [...]

2013 RORC CARIBBEAN 600     Race Report By: Louay Habib A flash of smoke, high above the ‘Pillars of Hercules’ announced the start of the 5th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600. Before the start 25 knots of trade winds, gusting close to 30, provided feisty conditions. 53 yachts blasted into action, crashing to windward through [...]

Race Reporter: Louay Habib The 5th RORC Caribbean 600 will start at 1100 local time (1500 GMT) on Monday 18th February. Follow the race web site http://caribbean600.rorc.org. ICAP Leopard Sharpens its Claws  Just 48 hours before a record breaking fleet sets sail for the 5th RORC Caribbean 600, weather forecasts are unanimously predicting sensational conditions, [...]

Leopard’s PlaygroundLouay Habib At the beginning of December, Mike Slade’s ICAP Leopard, chartered to Niklas Zennström, smashed the course record for the 2,800 nautical mile IMA Transatlantic Race. Since then ICAP Leopard has been based in Antigua and the 30-metre canting keel maxi has hardly been on the dock, entertaining guests in the Caribbean in superyacht luxury, speeding through the Caribbean surf. ICAP [...]

We are now only a couple of days away from the start of the Transatlantic race organised by the International Maxi Association and Yacht Club Costa Smeralda. Team Rán (who have chartered Leopard for the race) are now preparing to race 3000 miles with 19 souls on-board! The race starts on Monday 26th November & is a 10 [...]