The Fastnet Race is a biennial offshore yacht race organized by the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) of the United Kingdom with the assistance of the Royal...
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971°W / 50.550; -6.971 The 1979 Fastnet Race was the 28th Royal Ocean Racing Club's Fastnet Race, a yachting race held generally every two years since...
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Jolie Brise (category Fastnet Race yachts)
Bought by Evelyn George Martin in 1923 she was refitted and won the first Fastnet Race from seven starters in August 1925. In 1927 Martin sold Jolie Brise,...
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between Wales and Ireland Fastnet (netball), a variation of the rules of netball used primarily in the World Netball Series Fastnet Race, one of the four or...
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Fastnet Lighthouse is a 54-metre-tall (177 ft) lighthouse situated on the remote Fastnet Rock in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the most southerly point of...
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Drum (yacht) (category Fastnet Race yachts)
Simon Le Bon who was rescued from the vessel while competing in 1985 Fastnet Race. Drum was designed by Ireland-based boat designer Ron Holland and built...
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Mike Gascoyne (section Rolex Fastnet Race 2015)
French and Adrian Kuttel finished 3rd in the 2015 edition of the Rolex Fastnet race. The team crossed the finish line in Plymouth on 20 August 2015 at 00:27:10...
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regular appearances at most of the great races such as the Fastnet, Sydney-Hobart, Bermuda Race, and their own private series of regattas in the Mediterranean...
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Tally Ho (yacht) (category Fastnet Race yachts)
one of only two yachts from the fifteen starters to complete the 1927 Fastnet Race. The yacht crossed the finish under heavy conditions, 52 minutes after...
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Simon Le Bon (category Volvo Ocean Race sailors)
Bon made public his desire to race again. During a touring break in August 2005, Le Bon again raced Drum in the Fastnet Race, borrowing the vessel from her...
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