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A Tale of Salt and Light – by Stephen Hill The 50th edition of the Rolex Fastnet Challenge Race attracted the largest fleet to start than ever before by a considerable margin with over 450 yachts taking part. Getting to the start line is not a given. Each crew must earn the right to take part in the race by … Read More

Lutine and her crew participated in the last build-up race of the 2023 Fastnet campaign from Sat 27th to Monday 29th May; the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Myth of Malham Race, which provided the crew with a great opportunity to experience the first third of the Fastnet route.  The course of 235nm took the fleet from Cowes to the Eddystone … Read More

The Fastnet crew was onboard Lutine for the 1st offshore and qualifying race of the season – the RORC Cervantes Trophy Race from the RYS start line at Cowes, with 86 boats completing the race to Le Havre. Once the race got underway after a 30-minute delay as requested by ABP Southampton due to the exit of a large container ship, the … Read More