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Get ready for the Rolex Fastnet Race 2025
Less than a month to go until registration is open With less than a month to go until registration is open for the 2025 Rolex Fastnet Race, the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC), has published the Notice of Race. Posted on 17 Dec

Rolex Fastnet Race finish host venue news
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin finish confirmed for the next two editions The Royal Ocean Racing Club is delighted to announce that for 2025 and 2027 the port town of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin will continue to host the finish of the famous biennial Rolex Fastnet Race. Posted on 9 Sep

A worthy 50th Rolex Fastnet Race
As ever, the fleet was hugely diverse The 2023 Rolex Fastnet Race proved near perfect as a celebration of the 50th running of the Royal Ocean Racing Club's flagship event. As a reminder of what a brutal race it can be, its giant fleet set off from the Solent into a southwesterly gale. Posted on 3 Aug 2023

Rolex Fastnet Race 2023 - Pip Hare
The inspirational Pip Hare sailed the Fastnet with NIck Bubb in her Open 60, Medallia British sailor Pip Hare has long been an inspiration to the Bow Caddy team, so it was a real pleasure to meet her briefly in Cowes, just before she set off with Mini sailor NIck Bubb on the Fastnet Race in her recently modified IMOCA 60, Medallia. Posted on 29 Jul 2023

Rolex Fastnet Race: 50th edition grows the legacy
Crews were set an immediate and extreme examination of boat-handling and resilience The largest ever fleet in the history of offshore racing spanning fully professional ocean racing greyhounds as well as more Corinthian entries combined with conditions that tested preparation, determination and expertise. Posted on 29 Jul 2023

Doublehanded domination at 2023 Rolex Fastnet Race
Les P'tits Doudous en Duo finished first in IRC Two-Handed One of the strongest competitions within the Royal Ocean Racing Club's 50th Rolex Fastnet Race was in the ever-swelling ranks of IRC Two-Handed, mostly populated from IRC Two and IRC Three. Posted on 28 Jul 2023

Les P'Tits Doudous en Duo save their best to last
Winning IRC Three and IRC Two-Handed in the 2023 Rolex Fastnet Race 81 teams from all over the world entered IRC Three for the Rolex Fastnet Race. The podium was dominated by the French JPK 1010s, but up to the Fastnet Rock it was Cora, the British Sun Fast 3200, which held pole position since the brutal start in Cowes. Posted on 28 Jul 2023

2023 Rolex Fastnet Race - Challenge accepted
Winning the Rolex Fastnet Race is a dream for many passionate offshore sailors Winning the Rolex Fastnet Race is a dream for many passionate offshore sailors. For Max Klink, the owner and skipper of the 15.85m (52ft) Swiss entry Caro, the dream became reality in 2023. Posted on 27 Jul 2023

Juzzy comes good in Rolex Fastnet Race IRC Two
The outcome of IRC Two hung in the balance until the very end The outcome of IRC Two hung in the balance until the very end, but it was Juzzy who came through to win at the end, as the fleet arrived in a wet, wild and windy Cherbourg early on Thursday morning. Posted on 27 Jul 2023

Fournier fires Pintia to victory in IRC One
After a close battle with Sunrise III in the Rolex Fastnet Race Gilles Fournier and his family and friends on Pintia couldn't quite believe they had managed to win IRC One after such a close battle with Sunrise III. Posted on 27 Jul 2023

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