Victory marks watershed moment for women in offshore sailing Bonafous wins after tense duel with Beyou's Charal IMOCA class features cutting-edge 60-foot racing yachts July 29 (Reuters) - Elodie ...

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 ...

A woman has described how her father read in a newspaper she was presumed drowned following a sailing disaster. Frances ...

SVR Lazartigue won the 2025 Rolex Fastnet Race, a record-breaking race that will take place in France. The sleek blue trimaran was the first to arrive at Cherbourg from the 444 strong fleet. The ...

Monaco's Black Jack 100 played perfectly on Tuesday, taking monohull line honors in the 100th anniversary Rolex Fastnet Race. This rounded off a fiercely-contested few days, which saw record fleets ...

MONACO, July 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Black Jack 100 claimed victory in the 51st Rolex Fastnet Race in a breathtaking finale. The maxi monohull owned by Remon Vos, member of the Yacht Club de ...

The Fastnet Race, long celebrated as one of the most prestigious and demanding yacht races, turned into the deadliest sailing disaster in modern history. Out of the 303 vessels that set off, only 86 ...

Now chair of the Haslemere and Hindhead RNLI branch, Frances will be speaking, with video, at a special afternoon of cream tea and fizz at the Dart Marina Hotel on the afternoon of Thursday, March 26.

“It was like going on holiday.” That’s how one sailor described the start of the 1979 Fastnet Race. But within 48 hours, a rapidly intensifying “weather bomb” unleashed hurricane-force winds over 300 ...