DATE: Sunday 8th August
COURSE: Cowes - Fastnet Rock - Cherbourg
DISTANCE (nm): 695
Celebrating 96 years since the first Fastnet Race, the founding race of the Royal Ocean Racing Club, this was one of the first 'classic 600 milers' and today is the largest participation offshore race with 388 starters in 2019.
DATE: Friday 10th September
COURSE: Cowes – Cowes
DISTANCE (nm): 70-110
New for this year, the Castle Rock Race is the grand finale of RORC Season's Points Championship.
The RORC was founded in 1925 to encourage long distance yacht racing and the design, building and navigation of sailing vessels in which speed and seaworthiness are combined. Today the club encourages ocean, long distance and other forms of yacht racing and yachting activity.
