10.08.2017 Class leaders firming up Overnight and into a magnificent West Country morning, boats have been streaming across the Rolex Fastnet Race finish line and into Plymouth Yacht Haven. With this the leaders in the bigger classes have begun firming up along with the prospects for the boat will be the crowned overall winner under…
10.08.2017 To the wire in IRC Three IRC Three went to wire this afternoon in the Rolex Fastnet Race between two French JPK 10.80s. Coming into the finish, Timeline of past class winner Marc Alperovitch seem to be the victor, but when Arnaud Delamare and Eric Mordret’s lower rated Dream Pearls arrived 33 minutes later,…
09.08.2017 Rolex Fastnet Race V and B prevails in the Class 40s as Trentesauxhas a comfy ride Aside from the Volvo Ocean Race seven, another tight competition in the Rolex Fastnet Race has been between the twenty six Class40s racing. These boats are designed to a box rule created in France in the early 2000s….
August 2017 Boris Herrmann und Pierre Casiraghi holen „Bronze“ beim Rolex Fastnet Race Mit einem glänzenden dritten Rang in der IMOCA-Klasse haben Boris Herrmann und Pierre Casiraghi am Mittwochmorgen (9. August) das Rolex Fastnet Race abgeschlossen. Der Hamburger Segelprofi und sein Co-Skipper aus dem Fürstenhaus Monaco erkämpften sich als Zweimann-Crew mit dem Open 60 „Malizia“…
9. August 2017 Boris Herrmann und Pierre Casiraghi holen „Bronze“ beim Rolex Fastnet Race Mit einem glänzenden dritten Rang in der IMOCA-Klasse haben Boris Herrmann und Pierre Casiraghi am Mittwochmorgen (9. August) das Rolex Fastnet Race abgeschlossen. Der Hamburger Segelprofi und sein Co-Skipper aus dem Fürstenhaus Monaco erkämpften sich als Zweimann-Crew mit dem Open 60…
09.08.2017 Dongfeng win knife-edge battle with MAPFRE in Rolex Fastnet Race The Chinese entry pipped MAPFRE just moments from the line in the Fastnet Race after an intense battle overnight (full story below) China’s Dongfeng Race Team edged out MAPFRE by just 56 seconds in a Rolex Fastnet Race thriller in the early hours of…
09.08.2017 Rambler 88 claims monohull line honours American George David’s Rambler 88 arrived in Plymouth to claim monohull line honours. The silver maxi crossed the finish line off Plymouth breakwater at 22:14:21 BST in a time of 2 days 9 hours 34 minutes and 21 seconds. This was more than six hours faster than they…
08.08.2017 Rock-bound flotilla The first monohull arrivals are due into Plymouth tonight with George David’s Rambler 88 leading the charge, rounding Bishop Rock, the mandatory mark of the course southwest of the Scilly Isles, at 1515 BST. But the hottest contest in this group is between the seven one design Volvo Open 65s. They finally…
08.08.2017 Concise home as Dongfeng Race Team leads VO65s around the Rock Unchallenged, Concise 10 blazed into Plymouth this morning, first boat home in the 47th Rolex Fastnet Race. Tony Lawson’s MOD70 trimaran crossed the finish line off Plymouth breakwater at 05:55:00 BST with a race time of 42 hours and 55 minutes. This time…