Rolex Fastnet Articles
Rolex Fastnet Race Christophe Bachmann’s crew will be bringing Adrien to the Fastnet. This is the boat that, back in 2004, VDH set the record for the fastest solo westabout circumnavigation of the world with a time of 122 days 14 hours 3 minutes 49 seconds. Adrien is a 26m long Gilles Vaton-designed monohull built in aluminium and her rugged construction should give Bachmann’s crew reassurance if we see yet another stormy start to the Fastnet of the kind that hit the fleet in 2021 and 2023.
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Rolex Fastnet, offshore classics set to race in IRC Zero
07-07-2025
Class40 top guns enter Rolex Fastnet Race More than 200 Class 40s now exist. The latest hull number allocated by the class is #212 Luca Rosetti’s Muso 40 Maccaferri Futura, which is one of the 24 so far entered in this year’s edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s premier event, due to set sail from Cowes on 26 July.
Currently Italy is the rising star in the French short-handed classes.
25-06-2025
Less than two months now remain until the start of the 2025 Rolex Fastnet Race, this year coinciding with the Royal Ocean Racing Club's centenary. Another huge fleet has entered. While 2023’s 50th edition of the event, that back in 1925 caused the RORC to be founded, saw a record 430 boats set sail, the 2025 entry list indicates that even this figure may be exceeded when the race starts from Cowes on 26 July, bound for Cherbourg-en-Cotentin via the famous Fastnet Rock off southwest Ireland.
03-06-2025
The Rolex Fastnet Race, one of the most prestigious offshore yacht races, is set to celebrate its centenary on Saturday, 26 July 2025. Organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC), this 695-nautical mile race will commence from Cowes on the Isle of Wight and conclude in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin.
25-05-2025