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Show news 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 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: Upwind to the Fastnet Rock
The long range forecast for this year's race shows more benign conditions
Posted on 23 Jul Grand turn-out of Ocean 50s in Rolex Fastnet Race
This trimaran class was given its own start in the Royal Ocean Racing Club's premier event
Posted on 20 Jul Ocean Fifty Circuit Act 2 Preview
A new purpose-driven sailing event in Concarneau
Posted on 13 Jun Elodie-Jane Mettraux joins UpWind by MerConcept
Strengthening the leadership team as co-skipper
Posted on 29 Apr 11th Hour Racing's Francesca Clapcich partnership
Strengthening its title sponsorship as she embarks on a groundbreaking campaign
Posted on 20 Mar Francesca Clapcich announces research partnership
With Leeds Beckett University along with sponsor 11th Hour Racing
Posted on 14 Mar Anne-Claire takes the helm of UpWind by MerConcept
This marks an exciting new chapter in the project's mission to empower professional female sailors
Posted on 14 Feb 2024 year in review for UpWind by MerConcept
Diversity, inclusion, and inspiration: a new era for offshore sailing
Posted on 14 Dec 2024 UpWind by MerConcept wraps up 2024
Francesca Clapcich reflects on the year
Posted on 12 Dec 2024 A successful Med Max for UpWind by MerConcept crew
The only all-female duo in the event made a strong impression
Posted on 14 Oct 2024 Clapcich & 11th Hour Racing launch new campaign
To foster belonging and drive climate justice
Posted on 10 Sep 2024 Francesca Clapcich: It takes a village…
It's been a really intense few months
Posted on 27 Jul 2024 The Drheam-Cup - Let the party begin!
Grand Prix de France de Course au Large village officially opened
Posted on 12 Jul 2024 Francesca Clapcich reports on her journey
Ocean Fifty Series update after Act 1 in Saint-Malo
Posted on 14 Jun 2024 Drheam-Cup / Grand Prix de France au Large preview
The fifth edition will once again offer a particularly outstanding line-up
Posted on 13 Jun 2024 First Act completed for UpWind by MerConcept
Crew announced for upcoming Ocen Fifty races
Posted on 5 Jun 2024 UpWind by MerConcept announces all-female crew
Team ready to roll in Saint-Malo for Act 1 of Ocean Fifty Series
Posted on 21 May 2024 worldmarine.media news PILOT SHOW
Featuring Mozzy Sails, Weir Wood Sailing Club, Crewsaver and UpWind by MerConcept
Posted on 28 Apr 2024 UpWind by MerConcept announces 7 female athletes
For the inaugural season of Ocean Fifty Racing
Posted on 19 Apr 2024 Over 50 entries already for the Drheam-Cup
With three months to go until the Grand Prix de France de Course au Large
Posted on 11 Apr 2024 16 candidates shortlisted for UpWind by MerConcept
120 applications from 30 countries received
Posted on 3 Apr 2024 Applications open for MerConcept racing program
UpWind by MerConcept will provide female sailors with opportunities at highest levels of the sport
Posted on 13 Feb 2024 The Drheam-Cup entries open on 2 January
The event has continued to grow
Posted on 14 Dec 2023 Alla Grande Pirelli take first place in Class40
Ambrogio Beccaria and Nicolas Andrieu win the Transat Jacques Vabre
Posted on 23 Nov 2023 16th Transat Jacques Vabre update
Britons Pip Hare and Nick Bubb on Medallia finish 12th IMOCA
Posted on 22 Nov 2023 Class40's tantalising Transat plotline.
Hitchcock, Tarantino or Spaghetti Western?
Posted on 22 Nov 2023 Global Solo Challenge, TJV, Ocean Globe Race news
David Schmidt rounds up the racing news
Posted on 21 Nov 2023
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    100th Rolex Fastnet Race Start
    © Ingrid Abery / www.ingridabery.com     100th Rolex Fastnet Race Start
    © Ingrid Abery / www.ingridabery.com     100th Rolex Fastnet Race Start
    © Ingrid Abery / www.ingridabery.com     100th Rolex Fastnet Race Start
    © David Harding / www.sailingscenes.com     Multihull start during the Centenary Rolex Fastnet Race 2025
    © David Maynard / www.alleycatphotographer.com     Multihull start during the Centenary Rolex Fastnet Race 2025
    © David Maynard / www.alleycatphotographer.com     Multihull start during the Centenary Rolex Fastnet Race 2025
    © David Maynard / www.alleycatphotographer.com     The Ocean Fifty fleet has never been bigger with nine competing in the Rolex Fastnet Race and 10 in October's Transat Café L'OR
    © Alexis Courcoux / Vincent Olivaud     Upwind by MerConcept continues to be backed by 11th Hour Racing to develop women's sailing
    © Alexis Courcoux     Luke Berry (right) and Antoine Joubert are back to defend their Rolex Fastnet Race title on Le Rire Medecin-Lamotte
    © Pierre Bouras     ?Rolex Fastnet Race favourite is probably Koesio, the 2025 Ocean Fifty Series leader. Her skipper Erwan le Roux has enjoyed the most success in the class in recent years
    © Alexis Courcoux / Vincent Olivaud     Matthieu Perraut and Jean-Baptiste Gellée are campaigning Inter Invest, the 2024 Ocean Fifty champion
    © Alexis Courcoux / Vincent Olivaud     Le Rire Medecin-Lamotte may be one of the oldest Ocean Fiftys but she can hold her own offshore
    © Alexis Courcoux     The Ocean Fifty is a box rule designed to prevent escalating costs
    © Alexis Courcoux / Vincent Olivaud     Tanguy le Turquais and Erwan Le Draoulec's Lazare is currently second in the Ocean Fifty Championship
    © Alexis Courcoux / Vincent Olivaud     The Ocean Fifty Series includes inshore grand prix and offshore events such as the Rolex Fastnet Race
    © Alexis Courcoux / Vincent Olivaud     UpWind by MerConcept is proud to welcome Elodie-Jane Mettraux as co-skipper alongside Anne-Claire Le Berre for the 2025 season of UpWind
    © David Lupion / UpWind by MerConcept     2024 year in review for UpWind by MerConcept
    © David Lupion / UpWind by MerConcept     2024 year in review for UpWind by MerConcept
    © David Lupion / UpWind by MerConcept     Francesca Clapcich reflects on 2024 with UpWind by MerConcept
    © Gauthier Lebec / UpWind by MerConcept     A successful Med Max for the UpWind by MerConcept crew
    © David Lupion / UpWind by MerConcept     A successful Med Max for the UpWind by MerConcept crew
    © David Lupion / UpWind by MerConcept     A successful Med Max for the UpWind by MerConcept crew
    © Robin Christol / Med Max     Ocean Fifty Series
    © David Lupion / MerConcept     Ocean Fifty Series
    © Vincent Olivaud / Ocean Fifty     Ocean Fifty Series
    © Vincent Olivaud / Ocean Fifty     Ocean Fifty Series
    © Vincent Olivaud / Ocean Fifty     UpWind team in Act 1 of the Ocean Fifty Series
    © Gauthier Le Bec | UpWind by MerConcept     UpWind team in Act 1 of the Ocean Fifty Series
    © Gauthier Le Bec | UpWind by MerConcept     Sara Stone on bow
    © Vincent Olivaud | Ocean Fifty Series
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