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Rolex Fastnet Race: Classic fantastics by James Boyd / RORC 16 Mar 15:26 GMT 8 August 2021 The oldest boat in the Rolex Fastnet Race - the 1939 Amokura will be raced two handed by owner Paul Moxon. © Nic Compton
As the Rolex Fastnet Race approaches its 50th edition in 2023 and the 100th anniversary of the Royal Ocean Racing Club two years later, so we can expect to see more classic yachts taking part with ancient associations to what has grown into the world s largest offshore yacht race.
In this year s Rolex Fastnet Race, oldest among the giant 400+ boat fleet is Amokura, the 50ft yawl built by Moodys in 1939, originally for Lord Mountbatten s Aide de Camp, Ernest Harston. Amokura competed in the 1959 Fastnet Race and again 60 years on in 2019, but finished neither.