90. Rolex Fastnet Race 2015

Cowes-Fastnet Rock-Plymouth
Start: Sunday 16 August 2015
http://fastnet.rorc.org/ - Regatta Europa 2015

Fotogalerie

Videoy
Tagesberichte siehe Menu unten
13 January 2015
Exceptional take up for the 90th anniversary of the Rolex Fastnet Race

French father and son team of Pascal and Alexis Loison, became the first ever doublehanded crew to win the Fastnet Challenge Cup and the Rolex Fastnet Race overall in 2013. They will be back to defend their title this year.
300 entries register in first 24 minutes
RORC Racing Manager Nick Elliott predicted 'a scramble for places' last October when it was announced that priority would be given to RORC members wishing to secure a place in the historic race celebrating its 90th year. He wasn't wrong. Just 24 minutes after the online entry system opened at midday on 12th January, over 300 boats had registered for the Rolex Fastnet Race. The frenetic trend continued and by the end of the afternoon, 375 boats had signed up for the biennial 608-nautical miler, which has been an established fixture on the ocean racing circuit since 1925.
"Within 24 hours of online entries opening in the race two years ago it was oversubscribed, and with a waiting list. We thought that was remarkable, but yesterday we reached the same number in 24 minutes! The Rolex Fastnet Race has great reverence with sailors worldwide wishing to compete in this iconic race and add it to their bucket list," says Elliott.

Foto: Kurt Arrigo

Still time to register an entry - priority to RORC members
All is not lost for those who still wish to enter. Following the popularity of the 2013 race, when the entry limit was increased to 340 boats, the RORC Committee decided that RORC members would get priority for the first week of registration. Boats have to meet the strict entry qualification and training criteria of the race and after Sunday 18th January, all registered boats will be sorted and places offered on a first come, first served basis, with RORC members receiving priority over non-members. Boats registering after this date will be allocated places in the order in which they apply, regardless of membership.

The advice from the RORC Race Team is to register as soon as possible and a useful guide for entrants, explaining the main points needed to consider before entering - crew qualification, boat suitability and the process of entry itself - is available on the RORC Rolex Fastnet Race minsite: http://fastnet.rorc.org/race-information/guide/a-guide-for-entrants-complete-version.html

80 years on, 1935 Fastnet winner returns

Timeless classics such as Stormy Weather, the S&S 1934 yawl, will compete in the 2015 Rolex Fastnet Race © Carlo Borlenghi/Rolex Among the first boats to register their entry for the 2015 Rolex Fastnet Race was one of the best-known and loved classic yachts sailing today, Stormy Weather, the 1934 Sparkman & Stephens 52ft yawl who was named after the song. She has an illustrious racing pedigree, winning the King's Cup in the Newport-Bergen Transatlantic Race a year after she was launched, before arriving to see Uffa Fox in Cowes in 1935 and going on to win the Fastnet Race the same year.
The race had just 17 starters and Stormy was the only American entry in a fleet dominated by 13 British entries. **Although some of the British press displayed a severe case of "sour grapes" when they bemoaned the quality, and perhaps quantity, of Stormy's sails, Yachting World gallantly noted that, "By winning the Fastnet Cup in such a convincing manner, [Stormy Weather] has demonstrated her right to be the champion deep-sea yacht of the world." And went on to add, "At the same time she is undoubtedly of a type which is well suited to the requirements of ordinary cruising."

So far, six S & S-designed classic yachts have signed up for the race, including Matt Brooks' 52ft yawl, Dorade which claimed victory for the second time in 2013 Transpac, 77 years after she won it in 1936.

The 46th edition of one of sailing's greatest contests - the Rolex Fastnet Race - reconvenes on Sunday 16th August, starting from Cowes, Isle of Wight to Plymouth via the Fastnet Rock. Keep up with the news at: http://fastnet.rorc.org/
ENDS/....

THE RACE:
The 603nm Rolex Fastnet Race is organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) and just 7 boats sailed in the first race in 1925. The race has been sponsored since 2001 by Rolex SA of Geneva and is legendary within the world of ocean racing. The 46th edition of the biennial race will start off the Royal Yacht Squadron line, Cowes, Isle of Wight on Sunday 16th August 2015. It is the largest offshore race in the world and attracts the most diverse fleet of yachts.
ORGANISERS:
Established in 1925, The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) became famous for the biennial Fastnet Race and the international team event, the Admiral's Cup. It organises an annual series of domestic offshore races from its base in Cowes as well as inshore regattas including the RORC Easter Challenge and IRC National Championship in the Solent

The RORC works with other yacht clubs to promote their offshore races and provides marketing and organisational support. The RORC Caribbean 600, based in Antigua and the first offshore race in the Caribbean, has been an instant success and the RORC has extended its organisational expertise by creating a new Transatlantic Race from Lanzarote to Grenada, the first of which was in November 2014.

The club is based in St James' Place, London, but after the recent merger with The Royal Corinthian Yacht Club Cowes, now boasts a superb clubhouse facility at the entrance to Cowes Harbour and a membership of over 4000.

The RORC has also been a leader in yacht handicap systems and in co-operation with the French offshore racing club, UNCL, created IRC; the principal yacht measurement system for the rating of racing yachts. worldwide.

The Spinlock IRC rating rule is administered jointly by the RORC Rating Office in Lymington, UK and UNCL Centre de Calcul in Paris, France. The RORC Rating Office is the technical hub of the Royal Ocean Racing Club and recognised globally as a centre of excellence for measurement. For Spinlock IRC rating information in the UK please see: www.rorcrating.com

25.08.2015 - ROLEX FASTNET RACE: AUSDAUER ZAHLT SICH AUS

23.08.2015 - France dominates 90th anniversary Rolex Fastnet Race

22.08.2015 - Eras collide in IRC 4

21.08,2015 - FRENCH DOMINATION

21.08,2015 - Lucky 13th for Géry Trentesaux

21.08,2015 - Tales from the high seas

20.08,2015 - Leaderboard taking shape

20.08,2015 - A BRETON MESSAGE

19.08,2015 - Light winds forgotten - big grins and tight finishes

19.08,2015 - LINE HONOURS VERDICTS AT THE ROLEX FASTNET

18.08,2015 - Celtic Sea rush hour traffic

18.08,2015 - Slow-net