In front of the Royal Yacht Squadron’s magnificent clubhouse in Cowes, a record-breaking fleet of 368 yachts embarked on the 47th edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race on Sunday 6 August. Lying ahead is ...

As all eyes in offshore yacht racing are focused on Boxing Day's start of the Rolex Sydney to Hobart race, one cannot forget to mark their calendar for yacht racing's biggest event entry start date.

August 7, 2005 Final preparations are underway in Cowes for the start of one of ocean racing’s elite events – the Rolex Fastnet Race - on Sunday morning. The start is one of sport’s greatest ...

It has taken 83 years to record this particular first, but the Royal Ocean Racing Club has postponed the start of the Rolex Fastnet Race. The 300 boats should be down-Channel this morning, but instead ...

Anchors may replace survival suits as early essential equipment as a fleet of 300 yachts, plus 11 Open 60s, set off from Cowes yesterday for what is the 30th anniversary of the frightening Rolex ...

When an “explosion of a storm” tore its way through the Fastnet yacht race off the Irish coast 40 years ago, there were those among the survivors who could not speak about the experience for years.

Fastnet has announced that drilling has started on the FA-1 Foum Assaka well, off the coast of Morocco. The well is the first of two that will be drilled over the next 12 to 18 months to evaluate the ...

More than half of the competitors have pulled out of the Fastnet yacht race because of adverse weather. Some suffered damage off the Dorset and Devon coasts and by Tuesday afternoon 149 boats were ...