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Show news Rolex Fastnet Race video and wrap-up
A worthy record-breaking centenary edition
Posted on 6 Aug
Last hurrah for centennial Rolex Fastnet Race
20kt breeze gives welcome momentum to the final boats attempting to finish
Posted on 1 Aug
Class 40 Skippers Committed to the Planet
Projects which are much more than just offshore racing
Posted on 1 Aug
J/99 claims Rolex Fastnet Race's IRC Three
Winning by 19 minutes corrected time
Posted on 31 Jul
Rolex Fastnet finishers wait with bated breath
Aiming to claim the elusive prize for IRC Overall
Posted on 30 Jul
Rolex Fastnet Race Day 4
Black Jack 100 takes monohull line honours ahead of arch rivals
Posted on 29 Jul
Rolex Fastnet Race Day 3
SVR Lazartigue defends her multihull line honours
Posted on 28 Jul
Rolex Fastnet Race Day 2
Australian first timers in the chocolates
Posted on 27 Jul
SVR Lazartigue rounds the Fastnet Rock first
In the Centenary Rolex Fastnet Race
Posted on 27 Jul
Rolex Fastnet Race Start - David Maynard Galley
Here's his great collection from Cowes and further west as the fleet exited the Solent
Posted on 27 Jul
Rolex Fastnet Race gets underway with record fleet
Spectators in their thousands swarmed Cowes Green and the shores of the western Solent
Posted on 26 Jul
Rolex Fastnet Race Start - Tom Hicks Photo Gallery
Stuunning shots from as 444 yachts start the centenary edition of the race!
Posted on 26 Jul
Rolex Fastnet Race Start - view from Hurst Castle
A video montage as the fleet went out of the Solent
Posted on 26 Jul
Centenary Rolex Fastnet Race start tomorrow
Coundown to blast off for the 444 yachts entered
Posted on 25 Jul
Rolex Fastnet Race: Upwind to the Fastnet Rock
The long range forecast for this year's race shows more benign conditions
Posted on 23 Jul
Transat Café L'or calling for next destinatation
After Cartagena, Salvador de Bahia, Puerto Limon, Itajaí, and Fort-de-France
Posted on 22 Jul
New Class 40 campaign for Global Solo Challenge
Ronnie Simpson aims to be first American to win singlehanded, non-stop around world race
Posted on 14 Jul
2025 Transat Café L'OR is packed with surprises
73 boats sailed by 146 co-skippers will set sail on October 26th
Posted on 4 Jul
New Plymouth Round Iceland Challenge record
Nicolas Manthos took on the challenge of setting a new reference time
Posted on 24 Jun
A more sustainable Transat Café L'OR edition
The race aims to be innovative and a driving force for the transitions taking place in ocean racing
Posted on 7 Jun
CIC Normandy Channel Race Summary
The Low-Down on an epic week in the English Channel
Posted on 5 Jun
CIC Normandy Channel Race overall
Esprit Large is outright champion
Posted on 29 May
Admiral's Cup: La Dolce Vita meets the Haka
Yacht Club Costa Smeralda launches assault for the Admiral's Cup
Posted on 29 May
RORC Transatlantic Race 2026 - NoR published
Charting a new course west to a spectacular finish in Antigua, West Indies
Posted on 29 May
CIC Normandy Channel Race day 4
Heavy two-way traffic in the Celtic Sea
Posted on 28 May
CIC Normandy Channel Race day 3
Another 6 retirements after the entire day in meaty conditions
Posted on 27 May
CIC Normandy Channel Race day 2
Certainly not par for the course
Posted on 26 May
A grandiose start for CIC Normandy Channel Race
Two retirements already, with one due to a dismasting
Posted on 25 May
CIC Normandy Channel Race fleet have assembled
32 Class 40 yachts are in Caen for 16th edition
Posted on 23 May
Amp-lifi leads the charge in RORC De Guingand Bowl
Round 1 of the IRC Two-Handed National Championship
Posted on 19 May
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Class 40 at the rock - centenary Rolex Fastnet Race
© Kurt Arrigo
Class 40 victory for Faites un don sur SNSM.org in the Rolex Fastnet Race
© Paul Wyeth / RORC
Thibaut Lefévère and Maxime Bourcier's 100% Réunionese
© Association Class40 / CIC Normandy Channel Race
Axel Tréhin's Project Rescue Ocean
© Madintec - Project Rescue Ocean
Mathieu Claveau's Prendre la mer, agir pour la forêt
© Yohan Brandt
100th Rolex Fastnet Race Start
© Martin Augustus / www.sailingimages.co.uk
100th Rolex Fastnet Race Start
© Martin Augustus / www.sailingimages.co.uk
100th Rolex Fastnet Race Start
© Martin Augustus / www.sailingimages.co.uk
100th Rolex Fastnet Race Start
© Martin Augustus / www.sailingimages.co.uk
100th Rolex Fastnet Race Start
© Ingrid Abery / www.ingridabery.com
100th Rolex Fastnet Race Start
© Ingrid Abery / www.ingridabery.com
Class40s neck and neck exiting the Solent yesterday in the Rolex Fastnet Race
© James Tomlinson / RORC
100th Rolex Fastnet Race Start
© David Harding / www.sailingscenes.com
Centenary Rolex Fastnet Race 2025 Start
© David Maynard / www.alleycatphotographer.com
Centenary Rolex Fastnet Race 2025 Start
© Tom Hicks / www.solentaction.com
Centenary Rolex Fastnet Race 2025 Start
© Tom Hicks / www.solentaction.com
Centenary Rolex Fastnet Race 2025 Start
© Tom Hicks / www.solentaction.com
Centenary Rolex Fastnet Race 2025 Start
© Tom Hicks / www.solentaction.com
Centenary Rolex Fastnet Race 2025 Start
© Tom Hicks / www.solentaction.com
Centenary Rolex Fastnet Race 2025 Start
© Tom Hicks / www.solentaction.com
Centenary Rolex Fastnet Race 2025 Start
© Tom Hicks / www.solentaction.com
Centenary Rolex Fastnet Race 2025 Start
© Tom Hicks / www.solentaction.com
Centenary Rolex Fastnet Race 2025 Start
© Tom Hicks / www.solentaction.com
Centenary Rolex Fastnet Race 2025 Start
© Tom Hicks / www.solentaction.com
Centenary Rolex Fastnet Race 2025 Start
© Tom Hicks / www.solentaction.com
Centenary Rolex Fastnet Race 2025 Start
© Tom Hicks / www.solentaction.com
Pamela Lee's #EMPOWHER is Ireland's Class40 entry
© RORC
Ronnie Simpson Racing launches new Class 40 campaign for the Global Solo Challenge
© Hanna Morrill
1Koloa Maoli sea trials
© Ronnie Simpson
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© Ronnie Simpson
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