County Wexford suckler and tillage farmer Keith Miller is as at home on the water as he is in the fields. Hailing from the Kilmore Quay Boat Club and with 30 years' service with the Rosslare Harbour Lifeboat, this will be Keith's first time doing the Rolex Fastnet Race although he has competed in the last two editions of the Round Ireland Race. He had only just bought the boat in 2015 when he started planning the first race in 2016, competing with his two daughters.
On the Fastnet: "The preparations alone are quite a challenge", says Keith. "After that, we feel the biggest challenges will be how to make best use of the tides at the headlands along the English south coast. The race has such a legendary history, it is a challenge every sailor dreams of and not for the faint-hearted."
Keith's crew is drawn from other local sailors from Ireland including a fellow lifeboat crewman and station mechanic, a secondary school teacher, a retired teacher, an engineer and his daughter Beth, who at 15 was the youngest Round Ireland Race competitor in 2018.
