Fastnet Race Entry Numbers Smash All Records
12th January 2021
A massive fleet make their way out of the Solent in the 2019 Rolex Fastnet Race
Like tickets to Glastonbury, registration opened on the dot of 1000 UTC today for this summer’s Rolex Fastnet Race and speedily sold out. Within an hour an unprecedented 400 boats had entered the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s flagship event, which this year will follow a route finishing for the first time in France. Bow to bow this line-up represents almost 5km of yacht, confirming the Rolex Fastnet Race’s position as by far the world’s largest and most popular offshore yacht race.
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Registration for the Rolex Fastnet Race opened at 10am UTC on Tuesday, 12 January, and within an hour an unprecedented 400 boats had entered.
It wasn’t quite as fast as previous editions of the race, which have sold out in five minutes or less, but it shows that there is no lack of enthusiasm for the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s flagship event, despite its course change.
This year for the first time the race will finish not in Plymouth but in Cherbourg.
RORC said that the entry “bow to bow represents almost 5km of yacht, confirming the Rolex Fastnet Race’s position as by far the world’s largest and most popular offshore yacht race”.