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The Rolex Fastnet Race 2025: Everything you need to know

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Last minute travel rule change means Fastnet competitors can now enter Cowes and Cherbourg

  • August 5, 2021

With last night’s announcement by the British government that restrictions would be eased for visitors…

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Everything you need to know about the 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race

  • August 5, 2021

The Rolex Fastnet Race is one of the world’s most iconic offshore racing challenges – here’s…

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How to follow the 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race

  • August 4, 2021

The newly extended 695-mile Rolex Fastnet Race is a true blue riband event and offshore…

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How to get offshore race ready: Dee Caffari offers her advice

  • July 12, 2021

Dee Caffari believes that getting ready for a big offshore race is a constant process.…

Fastnet Race navigation: tactics for the new finish

  • July 7, 2021

The new Rolex Fastnet Race course, finishing in Cherbourg instead of Plymouth for the first…

Solent sea breeze: Understanding typical Solent summer winds

  • July 6, 2021

Clear skies at dawn and a hint of wispy cumulus rising above the mainland shore…

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From the archives: How the early years of the Fastnet Race shaped its legend

  • September 15, 2020

In 1931, a Yachting World correspondent who went by the name of Solent opined: “615…

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Flyer: The inside story of this Whitbread winner’s amazing restoration

  • March 24, 2020

Flyer is one of those yachts that needs little introduction. Designed for the 1977 Whitbread…

New Fastnet course: How the changes will affect this offshore classic

  • March 2, 2020

Discovering that the Rolex Fastnet Race will finish in Cherbourg for 2021 and 2023, I…

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Farewell Plymouth – Fastnet Race finish will move to France on 96th anniversary of historic event

  • November 26, 2019

This is the first time that the finish of the biennial 605-mile offshore from Cowes…

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Fastnet 79: Could sailing’s biggest disaster ever happen again?

  • November 7, 2019

Back in 1979, Ted Turner’s Tenacious won the Fastnet Race, with a corrected time of…

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Fastnet 2019: The inside story of an unforgettable race to the rock

  • November 5, 2019

They say you should never meet your heroes, lest they be found to be merely…

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Fastnet Race 1979: Restored survivor Assent heads back to the Rock

  • September 12, 2019

It’s a gloomy, grey afternoon on the Solent and I’m in a camera boat taking…

Fastnet Race winners: Wizard claims overall prize while French crews dominate

  • August 8, 2019

The stars’n’stripes liveried American Volvo 70 Wizard has been confirmed as the overall IRC winner…

Rolex Fastnet Race delivers wet, fast ride for early finishers

  • August 6, 2019

The first finishers in the IRC fleets of the Rolex Fastnet Race arriving last night…

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Fastnet record eludes Rambler 88 in race that brought back dark memories

  • August 5, 2019

Big seas, fast reaching, relentless sail changes and a fast run back from the Fastnet…

Fastnet record falls to Maxi Edmond de Rothschild as Ultimes finish 1 minute apart

  • August 4, 2019

Before the start of this year’s Rolex Fastnet Race it was far from clear that…

Ultimes lead the charge for 388-boat fleet in Rolex Fastnet Race start

  • August 3, 2019

A total entry of 388 yachts – another record turnout – started in this year’s…

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2019 Rolex Fastnet Race: Light winds and low pressure promise a super challenge

  • August 1, 2019

One of the most challenging and tactical Fastnet Races of recent years lies ahead for…

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5 tips: How to prepare your boat for offshore racing

  • August 1, 2019

Every serious offshore sailor has more than one story to tell about when it all…

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