A famous yacht race was left in chaos after brutal 12ft waves and 46mph led to a £130,000 boat sinking and sparked multiple rescue missions, raising questions as to why it was allowed to start. A ...

The Rolex Fastnet Race started early again this year, kicking off at midday on a cold and gloomy January Monday. This start wasn’t on a crowded Solent, but rather at the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s ...

Scores of yachts have retired from the world's largest offshore race due to strong winds and rain. Competitors in the 50th Rolex Fastnet Race set off from Cowes on the Isle of Wight on Saturday, ...

THE events of the 1979 Fastnet race have been described as the worst yachting disaster in history. The tragic incident was so impactful that it even changed the way yachts are designed. Please provide ...

Finnish Whitbread Round the World Race legend Ludde Ingvall returns having previously put in one of the most exceptional performances in the 92 year history of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s flagship ...

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.

The UK will no longer host the end of a gruelling yacht race for the first time in nearly 100 years. Organisers of the Fastnet race have said finishing in Cherbourg, France, instead of Plymouth will ...

August 13, 2005 One of the smallest yachts in the fleet, a Nicholson 33, has won the Rolex Fastnet Race on handicap. Jean-Yves Chateau and his six crew sailed Iromiguy across the line at 1224BST this ...

The Rambler 100 was taking part in the Fastnet Race when it overturned about 12 miles from Baltimore in County Cork just after 18:30 BST. Sixteen crew members sitting on the hull of the vessel were ...