Trailblazing French doublehanders
The writing was on the wall when they claimed the RORC Channel Race outright at the end of July, but the French father and son team of Alexis and Pascal Loison have pulled it out of the hat again,read more
French whitewash
A French whitewash seems on the cards among the IRC results in the 2013 Rolex Fastnet Race.read more
IMOCA 60 top two separated by less than a minute
Lurking amid the Rolex Fastnet Race’s big monohulls finishers that arrived into Plymouth this morning, the closest finish was between the top IMOCA 60s.read more
Maxi boat match races
Like the animals in Noah's Ark, the biggest monohulls have spent the last days travelling two by two around the Rolex Fastnet Race course.read more
European flagged Esimit Europa 2 takes line honours at Rolex Fastnet Race
On Wednesday, 14th August 2013 at 03:17 CEST, with elapsed time of 60 hours and 27 minutes, Esimit Europa 2 crossed the finish line in...
Swiss army knife supermaxi
Bob Oatley’s supermaxi Wild Oats XI has been retrofitted with a Dynamic Stability System retractible foil aimed at improving her performance downwind.read more
Girl power and IRC leadership
Now downwind, homeward bound back from the Fastnet Rock, the overall IRC leadership has shifted in favour of the bigger boats.read more
Once in a lifetime?
The Rolex Fastnet Race this year has been blessed with a distinct rarity - a line-up between the world’s two largest racing trimarans, Dona Bertarelli...
Lead monohulls around the Rock
Following the arrivals of the first two maxi-trimarans (read the full story of this read more
Spindrift 2 wins the Rolex Fastnet Race
Spindrift racing wins the 45th edition of Rolex Fastnet Race after having the crossed the finish line at 02.53 local time. It was a fiercly...
Maxi-trimaran match race
An intriguing dust-up is taking place between the world’s fastest racing yachts in the Rolex Fastnet Race.read more
French boats lead the way
Despite having been upwind since the start, the Rolex Fastnet Race fleet has been making excellent progress down the south coast of the UK since...
Smooth start for the 45th Rolex Fastnet Race
The 45th Rolex Fastnet Race is underway following the largest and most impressive start in the event’s 87-year history. 335 yachts set off today on...
SCA’s all-female team starts the iconic Fastnet
At 1350h GMT today Team SCA confidently crossed the line to start the iconic Rolex Fastnet Race. This will be the first time that the...
Spindrift 2 gets going on the Rolex Fastnet Race
At 1300hrs (French time) today (Sunday, August 11) the maxi trimaran Spindrift 2 started the jewel of the crown of English sailing, and its own...
France dominates the non-IRC classes
With events such as the Vendee Globe and Route du Rhum, as well as being the hotbed of IMOCA 60, Class 40 and Figaro racing,...
Record fleet for the Rolex Fastnet Race
A diverse and quality fleet of international yachts are braced for the 45th edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race. 347 race starters, hailing from 20...
Rolex Fastnet Race change
The Rolex Fastnet Race sets sail this Sunday with a fleet of 348 boats (in fact now 346) from 20 nations competing in the Royal...
Ian Walker on the Volvo Ocean Race
The next Volvo Ocean Race has a worryingly small number of entries at present, or specifically teams that have paid up.read more
Honours for Gitana 11 and MACIF
The seventh running of the Artemis Challenge at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week boasted its best ever line-up of offshore racing superstars including François Gabart,...