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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.

The 100th anniversary edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race has been graced by a mix of offshore racing’s mightiest Multihulls and Monohulls.

Rolex Fastnet Race – Black Jack 100 takes Monohull Line Honours Tuesday 29 July 2025

The 100-foot supermaxi Black Jack 100 has claimed line honours in the monohull class of the 51st edition of the prestigious Rolex Fastnet Race, held this year in celebration of its 100th anniversary.

FE28R class rules will apply, except all boats may race with a maximum number of 6 crew for all male and mixed, and 7 crew for all female) with a maximum weight limit of up to 425kg

With an unusually late Tuesday start, necessitated by tide times, almost seventy young people gathered at the Solway Yacht Club for the annual Cadet Week.

When England’s Tim Robinson skippered Rockport to victory in the 1999 JJ Giltinan 18 footer Championship on Sydney Harbour, he set the record of becoming the first skipper from the Northern Hemisphere to win the coveted 18 footer championship.

Poole Harbour, as always, delivered glamorous conditions of full sunshine and warm easterly winds for the twenty Mirrors competing in the Poole Yacht Club Mirror Open over the weekend of 12-13 July.

The reigning Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Champion, Smuggler, set a clear goal to open her offshore season with strength and continue her streak of top performances. She delivered on that promise, outpacing the competition and never looking back.

The Independence Cup regatta for sailors with disabilities took place July 24-27 off Burnham Harbor in Chicago. The races proved to be challenging due to varying weather patterns. The threat of thunderstorms caused cancelation of the race on Friday.