Entries continue to arrive for the Centenary Race and the Round Iceland Race
by Adrian Gray 8 Mar 21:30 GMT
10 August 2025
AJ Wanderlust - winner of the 2023 Round Iceland Race © Charlene Howard / RWYC
The Centenary Race
Entries are still coming in for the Centenary Race to celebrate the significant part that the Royal Western Yacht Club played in the formation of the Fastnet race back in 1925.
It was members of the RWYC who had a bet as to who would win on this new and exciting course from Ryde Bank in the Eastern Solent, exiting Eastward and leaving the Isle of Wight to Starboard, then rounding the Fastnet Rock and ultimately finishing in Plymouth Sound some days later.
This is in fact the second time this racecourse has ever been offered as the following race started off Cowes and went Westward passing the needles to port. The race will once again encapsulate everything that oceanic sailing stands for and recognise in the spirit of tradition what our forefathers set out before us as the classic offshore course.
Join us in recognising this historic event. Entries can be lodged here
Starting from the vicinity of Ryde Bank and exiting the Solent due East, the Centenary Race will follow that original course and will finish, as it did in 1925, in Plymouth Sound.
For further information and to enter please go to rwyc.org/the-centenary-race
The Round Iceland Race 2025
The Round Iceland Race 25 starts on Sunday 1st June 2025. International entries continue to be received for what must be the most challenging 2000-mile offshore yacht race there is in the Northern Hemisphere. We have entries who are using this for their qualifying miles for the World Star '26 as well as those who simply want the ultimate challenge within the northern hemisphere.
The Round Iceland Race (RIR) will be in its second edition and will start from Plymouth Sound National Marine Park. The course, quite simply, is to leave the Eddystone Lighthouse to Starboard, Iceland to Starboard and finish on the Royal Western Yacht Club line.
This ORC Cat 1 race will be open to solo, double handed and fully crewed yachts. Classes will be open to multi and monohulls from 27ft to 65ft. IRC, MOCRA and non-rated yachts may enter, along with Open60's pre 2007 and Open40's who will be offered their own class.
Entries can be lodged here
For more information on the Round Iceland Race and to enter please go to rwyc.org/round-iceland-challenge