Race story: 2017 Rolex Fastnet Race<\/p>\n
BY ADMIN \u2022 SEPTEMBER 21, 2017 \u2022 BREAKING NEWS, HOMEMOSAIC, RACING \u2022 COMMENTS (0) \u2022 102<\/p>\n
Rob Craigie and Deb Fish on the Sun Fast 3600 Bellino finished third overall in IRC Three and won the new trophy for a mixed two handed entry as well as best yacht with a female skipper \u00a9Rolex\/Carlo Borlenghi<\/p>\n
A record breaking fleet of almost 400 yachts, and 2,700 sailors, competed in this year\u2019s 605 mile Rolex Fastnet Race. Organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club this has long been the world\u2019s most popular long-distance offshore race by a very large margin.<\/p>\n
Competitors ranged from top professionals on superyachts of up to 115ft and the entire fleet in the 2017\/8 Volvo Ocean Race, to more modest charter boats, sea school yachts and adventure sailing operations providing an opportunity for their clients to tick an item off their \u2018bucket lists\u2019. In the main IRC fleets, 56 of the entries were sailing double handed.<\/p>\n
The Fastnet Rock as captured by the legendary photographer Carlo Borlenghi\/Rolex<\/p>\n
The first boat home was Tony Lawson\u2019s MOD 70 trimaran Concise 10, which completed the course in 1 day, 18 hours and 55 minutes. George David\u2019s Rambler 88 took monohull line honours after two days nine hours, ahead of two larger boats, Ludde Ingvall\u2019s 100ft supermaxi CQS and Tom Brewer\u2019s 115ft Judel\/Vrolijk designed Nikata.<\/p>\n
This race was also one of the first tests of the entire fleet for the 2017\/8 Volvo Ocean Race, which saw the closest of racing throughout the event. Charles Caudrelier\u2019s Dongfeng Race Team won the class, just 56 seconds ahead of Xabi Fern\u00e1ndez\u2019s Mapfre. After 63 hours of racing the entire seven strong fleet crossed the finish within 39 minutes.<\/p>\n
On corrected time, Didier Gaudoux\u2019s JAN39 Lann Ael 2 took first place overall, 45 minutes clear of Ron O\u2019Hanley\u2019s Cookson 50 Privateer. Pascal Loison\u2019s 33ft Night and Day, the overall winner in 2013, again won the hotly contested, 56-strong double-handed division, ahead of Robin Verhoef and John Van Der Starre\u2019s J112E Ajeto! Sailing the Jeanneau Sun Fast 3600 Bellino, Rob Craigie and Deb Fish took third place in this hotly contested division, breaking the French stranglehold on the top places, and also winning the prize for the first mixed double-handed crew.<\/p>\n
Overall winner under the IRC rating system, Didier Gaudoux\u2019s JND 39 Lann Ael 2 \u00a9 Rolex\/Carlo Borlenghi<\/p>\n
For many competitors it proved to be a very close race \u2013 for instance only three per cent on corrected time separated the boats between places 100 and 160 overall and everyone was sailing around other boats right through the race, even those who took five days to complete the course. Other highlights included multiple dolphin sightings, including boats surfing downwind in the dark at speeds of 15-20 knots at night, with the mammals jumping in the moonbeam ahead of the boat.<\/p>\n
The next Rolex Fastnet Race is provisionally scheduled to start on Sunday August 18, 2019.<\/p>\n
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