Rolex Fastnet Race – Australian first timers in the chocolates

Compared to the morning after the start of the last two Rolex Fastnet Races, this year’s special centenary edition has seen just a tiny number of retirements as the frontrunners fan out across the Celtic Sea and the bulk of the fleet negotiates the famous headlands of the Cornish and Devonshire coasts. So far the […]

Hard gains and close calls – Admiral’s Cup fleet powers west

Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Sunday 27 July: Rolex Fastnet Race – Morning Update: AC1 – Big moves in the big boat class By 1800 BST on start day the entire AC1 fleet had rounded Portland Bill just before the tidal gate turned against them. Stefan Jentzsch’s Botin 56 Black Pearl (NYYC) held a narrow lead on the water […]