Congratulations to Niklas Zennström and the Rán racing team for winning a highly contested battle in the 2024 Caribbean 600 IRC Zero class.
Niklas Zennström was delighted with the class win, tinged with a little frustration at just missing out to Leopard 3 for an overall win after IRC time correction. “...We did as much as we could. We sailed a really good race and Steve (Hayles) and Bouwe (Bekking) made very good calls. Did we have a good time? Absolutely. You have to play your strategy well and as far as luck goes, this year we didn’t have weather for our class to win overall, eventually that will even out….”
Rán is a 52 foot ocean racing yacht designed by Carkeek Design Partners, all carbon pre-preg with kevlar honeycomb, supercharged water ballast and a very sophisticated Southern Spars Rig. She was built in 2023 by the raceboat team at Fibre Mechanics in Lymington UK under the watchful eyes of Adrian Gillitt and Marcus Attridge - a team with a long list of Volvo Ocean, America's Cup, TP52 and IMOCA boats to their name.
Rán 8 - Caribbean 600 Class Win
29th February 2024
