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France galvanised its reputation as the world’s greatest offshore racing nation by dominating the results across the majority of the classes in the Rolex Fastnet Race for a third consecutive occasion. Of the 11 main prizes, French boats failed to win just three, and of these one (Dongfeng Race Team)…Read More
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The Rolex Fastnet Race starts Sunday 6th August, at 1100 BST The start sequence begins with the first warning signal at 10.50 BST. The sequence lasts for two hours from 1100 to 1240.Read More
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Setting off from the Solent on 6 August in the 2017 Rolex Fastnet Race will be three of the most prestigious classes in offshore racing. Significantly it will be the first occasion the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race fleet of VO65 one design will line up on the race’s ‘Leg Zero’.…Read More
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George David's American Canting Keel Maxi, Rambler 88 has won the 2017 RORC Channel Race, making it two wins in a row, having also won the RORC Cowes Dinard St Malo Race. Rambler 88 took Line Honours in the 160 nautical mile race, and after IRC time correction, was the…Read More
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Follow the RORC Channel Race on YB's AIS Tracking as the boats race from Cowes, around waypoints and marks in the English Channel, before finishing in the Eastern Solent.Read More
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Start - 1000 BST Saturday 22nd JulyCourse: Cowes - Round Marks - Solent Finish The Royal Ocean Racing Club's Season's Points Championship continues this weekend with the Channel Race. The 10th race of the series, and the last RORC offshore race before the 2017 Rolex Fastnet Race. For those teams vying for class…Read More
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DATE: Sunday 6th August
COURSE: Cowes – Fastnet Rock – Bishop Rock - Plymouth
DISTANCE (nm): 605Started in 1925 when seven yachts set sail from Ryde to the Fastnet Rock to arrive in Plymouth, the infamous post-race dinner heralded the foundation of the Ocean Racing Club. Today the Rolex Fastnet Race is the most popular of the world’s classic 600 mile offshore races, attracting a diverse, international fleet of IRC yachts and grand prix classes such as the IMOCA 60s, Class40s and the MOCRA-rated multihulls.
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DATE: Friday 1st September
COURSE: Cowes – Cherbourg
DISTANCE (nm): 75The Cherbourg Race is the last of the UK-based races of the RORC Season’s Points Championship and is very often the decider for the class winners. The race can be won and lost in the escape from the Solent, in the strong tides on the approach to Cherbourg and finally on the last mile along the inside of the breakwater of the Grande Rade.
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DATE: Friday 8th – Sunday 10th September
COURSE: N/A
DISTANCE (nm): N/AOrganised by the Royal Southampton Yacht Club and RORC
The IRC Double Handed National Championship will again be run from the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Cowes Clubhouse. Comprising windward-leeward courses, short passage races and, this year, the Nab Tower Race, the competition will again challenge the full range of competitor’s shorthanded sailing skills.
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DATE: Thursday 31st August
LOCATION: Cowes ClubhouseCatch up with your fellow competitors over a pre-race meal at the Clubhouse.
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DATE: Thursday 7th September
LOCATION: London ClubhouseJoin us at the London Clubhouse Bar for the regular monthly social.
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DATE: Thursday 5th October
LOCATION: London ClubhouseJoin us at the London Clubhouse Bar for the regular monthly social.
