Some offshore yacht races struggle for entries, but the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s biennial flagship event is not one of them. When the entry list opened on 9 January, spaces sold out faster than a ...

A massive leap in entries has led to a new record turnout for the Rolex Fastnet Race that gets underway from Cowes in just over one week’s time. Undeterred by changes to the classic offshore race’s ...

France galvanised its reputation as the world’s greatest offshore racing nation by dominating the results across the majority of the classes in the Rolex Fastnet Race for a third consecutive occasion.

The fastest boat was first home in an increasingly soggy Rolex Fastnet Race, but not by much and the fastest monohull was also not early enough over the finish line in Plymouth to avoid being soundly ...

Light airs were forecast for the start of the Rolex Fastnet Race but there was little evidence of dawdling as the giant trimarans, led by Dona Bertarelli’s glossy black and gold Spindrift 2, flew out ...

The historic Rolex Fastnet Race will once again finish in Plymouth this summer - alongside a huge family-friendly programme of live music, food stalls, watersports and workshops. Plymouth has marked ...

As all eyes in offshore yacht racing are focused on Boxing Day's start of the Rolex Sydney to Hobart race, one cannot forget to mark their calendar for yacht racing's biggest event entry start date.

Plymouth will play host to the finish of the highly-anticipated Rolex Fastnet Race. There was talk that the biennial race would be moved out of Plymouth a few years ago, but this is no longer on the ...

The Rolex Fastnet Race takes place once every two years and is arguably the most famous offshore yachting event in the sailing calendar. Show more The Rolex Fastnet Race takes place once every two ...

August 13, 2005 One of the smallest yachts in the fleet, a Nicholson 33, has won the Rolex Fastnet Race on handicap. Jean-Yves Chateau and his six crew sailed Iromiguy across the line at 1224BST this ...