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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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While the Judel-Vrolijk 115 Nikata will be the largest yacht competing among the 350 or so yachts starting the Rolex Fastnet Race on Sunday 6 August, the battle for line honours glory looks set to be between two titans of the grand prix racing world.Read More
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The second ever IRC European Championship took place in the south of France over four days last week for an international fleet of 53 boats. While last year the inaugural event was incorporated into Volvo Cork Week, this year’s IRC European Championship was a stand-alone affair, held off Marseille, the…Read More
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George David's American Canting Keel Maxi, Rambler 88 has won the 2017 Cowes Dinard St Malo Race, and the King Edward VII Cup dating back to 1906. Rambler 88 took Line Honours in the 151 nautical mile race, and after IRC time correction, is the overall winner out of 176…Read More
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In excess of 1500 sailors, from all over the world, will be competing in the 2017 Cowes Dinard St Malo Race. The largest RORC fleet since the 2015 Rolex Fastnet Race, comprising of 176 yachts will be taking part, with 164 racing under the IRC Rating Rule for the magnificent…Read More
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DATE: Saturday 22nd July
COURSE: Cowes – Solent finish, around marks
DISTANCE (nm): 24-36 hoursThe final RORC qualifier before the Rolex Fastnet Race, the Channel Race was originally the second ‘ocean race’, established by the Ocean Racing Club in 1928. In those days the race was aimed towards smaller boats and the course included the Cherbourg Breakwater.
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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: Monday 5th June, 1900
LOCATION: London ClubhouseFree for members, £10 for non-members.
To book email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call +44 (0)207 493 2248.
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DATE: Friday 28th July
LOCATION: Cowes ClubhouseStart your Cowes Week with the Cowes Clubhouse for the annual Launch Party.
