Race report video from the 66' Gunboat catamaran Phaedo on the 2013 Caribbean 600

Interview with Peter Aschenbrenner owner/skipper of racer/cruiser trimaran Paradox

From the following article on Sailing Anarchy

http://sailinganarchy.com/2013/03/07/touching-the-void/

Peter Aschenbrenner’s ballistic Nigel Irens designed trimaran Paradox scorched around the RORC 600 track in just over 40 hours, barely missing the overall record while taking line honours and the multihull class win. Paradox’s design is derived from the ORMA 60 class, but with two tons of accommodation and a significantly smaller rig. We profiled the boat with designer Irens when it first landed in the Caribbean, but here’s our first digital sit-down with scary-smart owner Peter Aschenbrenner.

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RORC Caribbean 600, final results for multihull division

The Nigel Iren's designed trimaran Paradox sailed by owner/skipper Peter Aschenbrenner and crew won line and handicap in the recent RORC Caribbean 600 and came within 15 minutes of eclipsing the race record set by the ORMA 60 trimaran 'Region Guadeloupe'.  Here are the official results from the RORC Caribbean 600 website.

http://www.rorc.org/raceresults/2013/rc600-multihull01.html

Points

Factored Points

Sail No

Boat

Owner

Finish Time

Elapsed

Handicap

Corrected

Finishing Place

Comments

Points

Factored Points

90

126

CAY1

Paradox

Peter Aschenbrenner

20 Feb - 03:22:52

1 - 16:22:52

1.555

2 - 14:47:33

1

90

126

84

117.6

399BC

Phaedo

Lloyd Thornburg

20 Feb - 13:31:09

2 - 02:31:09

1.259

2 - 15:36:13

2

84

117.6

10

10

6606

Slim

Travis McGarry

1.225

DNF-Did Not Finish

10

10

RORC Caribbean 600 update

The trimaran Paradox is scorching around the course of the Caribbean RORC 600 with the gunboat Phaedo in hot pursuit the following excerpt from the RORC 600 website describes the multi division's race so far.

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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 start. Paradox pulled the trigger on the windward side of Antigua, flashing through the Atlantic swell like a scalded cat. By 1700 local time, Paradox had passed Nevis and blasting to leeward of St.Kitts, still achieving over 20 knots of boat speed. Lloyd Thornburg's Gunboat 66 Phaedo, nearly twice the weight of Paradox, was being pushed hard by Britain's Brian Thompson on the helm of Phaedo. Paradox was only 12 miles astern giving the Lamborghini Orange Gunboat the class lead on corrected. Sadly Austin Hearst's Gunboat 66, Slim, has been forced to retire after rudder damage.