Rolex Fastnet Race 50th

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  1. Howlandwoodworks
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    Fresh winds with around 16-24 knots, building to 30 knots in the gusts once the current kicks in in the evening.
     
    Howlandwoodworks, Jul 22, 2023
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    Nearly everyone is past Bishop Rock on the way in. 168 retired out of 415, 1 sinking, 4 dismasting. Not a bad showing for a very fast race.
     
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  3. Howlandwoodworks
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    Fastner Race 2023

    By the time they reached the Needles Channel the wind increase, and with the current against the west 30-35 knots, gusting 40, the sea state also deteriorated with 1.5-2.5m waves over the first evening.

    Fastner Rock or The Irish Teardrop was the last land the Irish immigrants would see of their homeland as the left Ireland.

    1979 winner of the Fastnet Race was Robert Edward Turner II/Ted Turner media mogul.
    His Tenacious was a Sparkman & Stephens 61ft
     
    Howlandwoodworks, Jul 28, 2023
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