Rolex Fastnet Race 2011

Niklas Zennström’s Rán winner of the Rolex Fastnet Race and the prestigious Fastnet Challenge Cup

For the first time in more than 50 years, the Rolex Fastnet Race has a back-to-back handicap winner. Following on from her victory under IRC in […]

Rolex Fastnet Race: SY Rambler 100 capsized in the Celtic Sea

Sailing yacht Rambler 100 capsized in the Celtic Sea during the Rolex Fastnet Race. All of the shaken crew were rescued by Baltimore Lifeboat.

Rolex Fastnet Race to start in 2 days

With just over two days left until the start of the Rolex Fastnet Race, a press conference was held yesterday in the Sir Max Aitken Museum in Cowes on the Isle of Wight.

Rolex Fastnet Race 2011: Tortoises and Hares

The Rolex Fastnet is more than just a race. When the British Isles weather conspires to deliver conditions typical of the time of year it becomes […]

Rolex Fastnet Race 2011: RORC confirms huge interest in iconic race

Entry for one of the world’s most popular yacht races opened at midnight on Sunday 9 January and by midday Monday, nearly 100 entries had signed up, with an unprecedented number doing so in the early hours of the morning. The trend continued over the next couple of days when the halfway mark of 150 boats was reached for the race which has a maximum entry of 300 boats. Within a week, 250 boats had entered!