A fleet of top-class double-handers will streak across Ireland's south coast in the next two days as part of a 1,000-mile race beginning and ending in the French port of Caen. The Normandy Race sends the crews of Class 40s around the Tuskar rock and then on to round the Fastnet to Port before heading back toward France. The fleet has already navigated through the Solent, and in second position is a team including Michael Kleinjans, who set the Round Ireland single-handed record in his Class 40, Roaring 40.
The race can be followed online with the real-time tracker.
