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The 2025 Admiral’s Cup: Emotional, Rare, Unforgettable
The Admiral’s Cup is back – reborn after more than two decades. Following over two years of planning and preparation by the Royal Ocean Racing Club, its revival marked a defining moment in the Club’s centenary celebrations and the 100th anniversary Rolex Fastnet Race.
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Last hurrah for centennial Rolex Fastnet Race
A highly successful centenary Rolex Fastnet Race is into its last moments and with this the northwest wind off Cherbourg’s Cotentin peninsula has today been blowing a sturdy 20+ knots, for the first time since last Saturday’s start in Cowes. This is providing some welcome momentum to the final boats attempting to finish.
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J/99 claims Rolex Fastnet Race’s IRC Three
Five days into the centenary Rolex Fastnet Race, more than 280 of the 380 strong IRC fleet have finished, and of the remainder just 17 have retired. Two of the MOCRA multihull fleet have still to finish.
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Léon wins the centenary edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race
Alexis Loison and Jean-Pierre Kelbert’s JPK 1050 Léon has been crowned overall winner of the Rolex Fastnet Race. No other boat still racing on the 695 nautical mile course can catch the French doublehanded duo for overall honours in this, the 51st edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s offshore classic.
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Rolex Fastnet Race class finishers wait with bated breath
Celebrations were finally subsiding this morning in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin’s Port Chantereyne following Peter Harrison, Pierre Casiraghi and the Yacht Club de Monaco team’s superb victory in the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s successfully rejuvenated Admiral’s Cup.
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Admiral’s Cup: Team Django claims podium finish in a high-performance campaign
Third place overall for the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda team in a world-class international fleet
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Admiral’s Cup 2025 // Historic victory for Yacht Club de Monaco
Yacht Club de Monaco has won the Admiral’s Cup 2025 after a nail-biting finale.
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A Crown for the Principality: Yacht Club de Monaco wins the 2025 Admiral’s Cup
The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) is delighted to announce the Yacht Club de Monaco (YCM) as the winner of the 2025 Admiral’s Cup. After an intense battle during the RORC Channel Race, six inshore races in the Solent and the prestigious finale, the Rolex Fastnet Race, the Yacht Club de Monaco team is victorious.
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Rolex Fastnet Race delivers a defining finale for the Admiral’s Cup
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 sailors and supporters sharing a beer, a slice of pizza and their stories.
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Rolex Fastnet Race // Black Jack 100 takes monohull line honours ahead of arch rivals
Remon Vos’ RP100 Black Jack 100, skippered by Tristan Le Brun, has taken Monohull Line Honours in the centenary edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race.
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Oman Kite Festival 2025 concludes in Sur after 10 days of international competition
The Oman Kite Festival 2025 came to a close after ten days of exciting competitions and vibrant events held across several coastal locations in the Sultanate of Oman. The festival, which ran from 15 to 24 July, brought together more than 90 athletes from around the world.
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Rolex Fastnet Race // Rise of the Dutch – ROST Van Uden surge into AC1 lead
Stefan Jentzsch’s Botin 56 Black Pearl (NYYC) leads the fleet on the water with 124nm to go. The immediate chasing pack on the same line and port gybe is Beau Geste, Jolt 3, Caro and Rán.
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McIntyre Mini Globe Race // Leg 3 Underway – 10,000 Mile Odyssey – Fiji to Cape Town
In an emotional and historic departure, 12 intrepid solo sailors set sail from Fiji on Saturday 26th July, embarking on the most perilous leg of the McIntyre Mini Globe Race (MGR)—a 10,000-nautical-mile journey across the Southern Ocean to Cape Town, South Africa.
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Rolex Fastnet Race // SVR Lazartigue defends her Rolex Fastnet Race multihull line honours
As dawn was showing its first rays this morning off Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, so the sleek light blue triple-hulled form of the Ultim trimaran SVR Lazartigue sped across the finish line of the 51st Rolex Fastnet Race to collect overall line honours at 04:38:04 BST.
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Rolex Fastnet Race // Black Pearl leads the charge around the Rock
The Admiral’s Cup fleet spent their second night at sea in the Rolex Fastnet Race battling the full force of the Atlantic in the Celtic Sea. Even in a somewhat light airs race, the Celtic Sea has a big swell and relentless wind. This stretch, the long beat to the Fastnet Rock, is one of offshore racing’s most iconic challenges.
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Rolex Fastnet Race // Australian first timers in the chocolates
Compared to the morning after the start of the last two Rolex Fastnet Races, this year’s special centenary edition has seen just a tiny number of retirements as the frontrunners fan out across the Celtic Sea and the bulk of the fleet negotiates the famous headlands of the Cornish and Devonshire coasts.
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Hard gains and close calls – Admiral’s Cup fleet powers west
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Sunday 27 July: Rolex Fastnet Race – Morning Update
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Canada Ocean Racing – Be Water Positive Retires from Rolex Fastnet Race Due to Technical Issue
Canada Ocean Racing – Be Water Positive made the difficult decision to retire from the 2025 Rolex Fastnet Race following a technical issue with one of the boat’s key hydraulic control systems that stabilise the mast, provide mainsail controls and foil adjustment. All crew are safe, and there is no immediate danger.
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Centenary Rolex Fastnet Race gets underway with record fleet
Spectators in their thousands swarmed Cowes Green and the shores of the western Solent to witness the starts of the 51st Rolex Fastnet Race from 1120 until 1320 BST today.
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Explosive Start to the Rolex Fastnet Race for Admiral’s Cup Fleet
The Red Arrows heralded the return of the Admiral’s Cup for the centenary edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race. The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team scorched across above the line as the entire Admiral’s Cup fleet launched into action with a full-on start right in front of the Royal Yacht Squadron Line.
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Nick Egnot-Johnson – “I think I love sailing?!”
“It’s going to be the longest upwind I’ve ever done in my life. We’ll reassess whether I really like sailing after we get to the rock.” Nick Egnot-Johnson is about to take on his first ever Rolex Fastnet Race on board the BOTIN 41 Beau Ideal.
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Oakley Marsh – About to pop his Fastnet cherry
If Oakley Marsh were a cocktail, he’d be a perfect mix of Kiwi grit, offshore lunacy, and just the right splash of cheek. At 27, he’s racked up more miles than your average airline pilot, and he’s just getting warmed up. Considering we are both in Cowes for the Admiral’s Cup and the Rolex Fastnet Race, it seemed rude to not have a chat.
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How to watch the 2025 Rolex Fastnet Race
Get ready to watch all the action of the 2025 Rolex Fastnet Race! As at 1130am local time, 446 yachts and multihulls will take on the 695nm endurance race from Cowes in the Isle of Wight, to the French port village of Cherbourg.