With one month to go until the 26 July start of the Rolex Fastnet Race, this year celebrating both its centenary and that of the club it spawned, the Royal Ocean Racing Club. At present, 469 yachts ...

One of the most historic and eternally ground-breaking oceanic racing yacht classes is the IMOCA. These 60 footers are the world's most advanced offshore racing monohulls, the class used in the Vendée ...

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 ...

The world’s most famous yacht race is a century old. Barry Pickthall, who has covered every race for 50 of those years, takes up the story. Opposition was intense. The New York and Boston newspapers ...

French duo beat record field of 444 boats Loison wins Fastnet Race twice, first in 2013 French teams dominate podium with Figaro sailors July 31 (Reuters) - Alexis Loison and Jean-Pierre Kelbert were ...

Could two new JPK 1050s upset the apple cart in IRC Two? Jean-Pierre Kelbert (whose initials constitute the brand name of his successful line of boats) has a habit of breaking the mould in IRC racing, ...

PORTSMOUTH, England - The world’s largest offshore yacht race turns 100 on Saturday, with a record-breaking fleet of more than 450 yachts from 26 countries lining up in Cowes on Britain's Isle of ...

At the end of the fifth day of the Rolex Fastnet Race just seven boats in the Admiral’s Cup fleet were still racing. The majority had moored up in Cherbourg and the dock was filled to the brim with ...

The Royal Ocean Racing Club relaunched its dormant Admiral's Cup in the summer of 2025, and the grand-prix set were happy to ...

The Fastnet Trophy 2026 returns to Schull Harbour in April with schools team racing and UK champions set to defend their ...