The overall 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race winner is Thomas Kneen’s JPK 1180 Sunrise, who takes the IRC overall…
The Rolex Fastnet Race 2025: Everything you need to know
Seconds separate double-handed IMOCA Fastnet fleet after 695 miles
After three days of racing over 695 miles, less than 30 seconds decided the podium…
Giant 140ft ClubSwan 125 Skorpios is first monohull in Fastnet
The monolithic Skorpios, the largest yacht ever to take part in the Rolex Fastnet Race…
Maxi Edmond de Rothschild takes line honours in Rolex Fastnet Race
While the smaller monohulls faced a battle of attrition in the first 24 hours of…
Tough first night for Rolex Fastnet Race with favourites among early retirements
White-capped waves, a building swell, and gusty breezes saw the world’s biggest offshore yacht race,…
All-star line-up: boats to follow in the 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race
It’s hard to imagine a more diverse and intriguing fleet line up than this year’s…
Last minute travel rule change means Fastnet competitors can now enter Cowes and Cherbourg
With last night’s announcement by the British government that restrictions would be eased for visitors…
Everything you need to know about the 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race
The Rolex Fastnet Race is one of the world’s most iconic offshore racing challenges – here’s…
How to follow the 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race
The newly extended 695-mile Rolex Fastnet Race is a true blue riband event and offshore…
How to get offshore race ready: Dee Caffari offers her advice
Dee Caffari believes that getting ready for a big offshore race is a constant process.…
Fastnet Race navigation: tactics for the new finish
The new Rolex Fastnet Race course, finishing in Cherbourg instead of Plymouth for the first…
Solent sea breeze: Understanding typical Solent summer winds
Clear skies at dawn and a hint of wispy cumulus rising above the mainland shore…
From the archives: How the early years of the Fastnet Race shaped its legend
In 1931, a Yachting World correspondent who went by the name of Solent opined: “615…
Flyer: The inside story of this Whitbread winner’s amazing restoration
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
Discovering that the Rolex Fastnet Race will finish in Cherbourg for 2021 and 2023, I…
Farewell Plymouth – Fastnet Race finish will move to France on 96th anniversary of historic event
This is the first time that the finish of the biennial 605-mile offshore from Cowes…
Fastnet 79: Could sailing’s biggest disaster ever happen again?
Back in 1979, Ted Turner’s Tenacious won the Fastnet Race, with a corrected time of…
Fastnet 2019: The inside story of an unforgettable race to the rock
They say you should never meet your heroes, lest they be found to be merely…
Fastnet Race 1979: Restored survivor Assent heads back to the Rock
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
The stars’n’stripes liveried American Volvo 70 Wizard has been confirmed as the overall IRC winner…