![Dee Caffari Competing in this year’s Rolex Fastnet Race are many of the world’s accomplished as well as highly competitive female sailors - such as Britain's Dee Caffari racing Two-Handed with James Harayda on Sunfast 3300 Gentoo](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I000021OhCtVwM70/s/500/I000021OhCtVwM70.jpg)
![Jérémie Beyou and Chris Pratt on board Charal Jérémie Beyou and Chris Pratt on board Charal](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000fo.rHyhalRI/s/500/I0000fo.rHyhalRI.jpg)
![Fastnet Race The French Government this week have restricted travel between the UK and France, imposing a 7-day isolation period on travellers from the UK](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000XukM9_LvNv0/s/500/I0000XukM9_LvNv0.jpg)
![Fastnet Race Rolex Fastnet Race - When it comes to offshore races there is no greater show on earth](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Q6I9m4RiNWE/s/750/I0000Q6I9m4RiNWE.jpg)
![Hugo Boss Hugo Boss is back for the Fastnet Race with two new rudders installed](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000ihgNCgJXtJs/s/500/I0000ihgNCgJXtJs.jpg)
Alex Thomson is Back on Hugo Boss with New Rudders Installed for August's Fastnet Race
19th May 2021 Fastnet![Maxi Edmond de Rothschild Maxi Edmond de Rothschild holds the outright multihull record for the Rolex Fastnet Race having completed the course in 2019 in
1 day 4hrs 2mins 26 secs](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Mkz1V5Gw8Qg/s/500/I0000Mkz1V5Gw8Qg.jpg)
![Fastnet Race Prizegiving Rolex RORC photographer Paul Wyeth captures teams at the prizegiving as they express their joy after successfully completing the Rolex Fastnet Race - for many it will be their greatest personal challenge](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000.alrwZVpH4M/s/500/I0000.alrwZVpH4M.jpg)
![70ft Fife cutter Hallowe'en Record-holder: the 1926-vintage 70ft Fife cutter Hallowe'en, syndicate-owned at the Royal Irish YC, set the first significant Fastnet Race record in 1926 – Hallowe'en's time stood for thirteen years through ten races](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00000Ua2FyOM_FE/s/500/I00000Ua2FyOM_FE.jpg)
Would the REAL Fastnet Race Course Records Please Stand Up & Salute Like Everyone Else……
7th April 2021 Fastnet![MOD 70 PowerPlay MOD 70 PowerPlay led by Peter Cunningham starts the world record attempt for the Fastnet Course](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000PSP6YG6RGBc/s/500/I0000PSP6YG6RGBc.jpg)
![sailing round the Fastnet Rock Rounding the Fastnet Rock: Cherbourg-based Alexis Loison and Jean Pierre Kelbert on JPK 10.30 Léon - back this year to defend their Two Handed title](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000CNvlTrzecVk/s/750/I0000CNvlTrzecVk.jpg)
![Amokura The oldest boat in the Rolex Fastnet Race - the 1939 Amokura will be raced two-handed by owner Paul Moxon who will also sail in June's Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000agpwbNWsm7Q/s/500/I0000agpwbNWsm7Q.jpg)
Fastnet Race Classic Yacht Entries Have Some Ancient Associations with World’s Largest Offshore Fixture
16th March 2021 Fastnet![Past winners return to challenge for the 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race, including 2017 overall winner, Didier Gaudoux with his JND39 Lann Ael 2](/media/k2/items/cache/4ab73ca40771485e31febd156982dfb8_L.jpg)
![Paul O'Higgins' champion JPK 10.80 Rockabill VI in action off the West Cork coast in Calves Week. She has raced round or past the Fastnet Rock several times in other events, but this year the star Dun Laoghaire boat will be doing the Rolex Fastnet Race itself for the first time](/media/k2/items/cache/9b735a98a1f183cfe0a1bb69b61ab386_L.jpg)
![A massive fleet make their way out of the Solent in the 2019 Rolex Fastnet Race](/media/k2/items/cache/0a6d032393e941c6f0cb2b6ce04de937_L.jpg)
![On 8 August 2021, the Rolex Fastnet Race will set sail from Cowes bound for the Fastnet Rock](/media/k2/items/cache/87393f132e14f29e2fdadd0506bbe189_L.jpg)
![Nieulargo is aiming for the Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race and Fastnet Race in 2021](/media/k2/items/cache/acad8b1e30f843eeecde0b185870984c_L.jpg)