As all eyes in offshore yacht racing are focused on Boxing Day's start of the Rolex Sydney to Hobart race, one cannot forget to mark their calendar for yacht racing's biggest event entry start date.

A famous yacht race was left in chaos after brutal 12ft waves and 46mph led to a £130,000 boat sinking and sparked multiple rescue missions, raising questions as to why it was allowed to start. A ...

In front of the Royal Yacht Squadron’s magnificent clubhouse in Cowes, a record-breaking fleet of 368 yachts embarked on the 47th edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race on Sunday 6 August. Lying ahead is ...

August 7, 2005 Final preparations are underway in Cowes for the start of one of ocean racing’s elite events – the Rolex Fastnet Race - on Sunday morning. The start is one of sport’s greatest ...

Fastnet has announced that drilling has started on the FA-1 Foum Assaka well, off the coast of Morocco. The well is the first of two that will be drilled over the next 12 to 18 months to evaluate the ...

It has taken 83 years to record this particular first, but the Royal Ocean Racing Club has postponed the start of the Rolex Fastnet Race. The 300 boats should be down-Channel this morning, but instead ...

More than half of the competitors have pulled out of the Fastnet yacht race because of adverse weather. Some suffered damage off the Dorset and Devon coasts and by Tuesday afternoon 149 boats were ...

Anchors may replace survival suits as early essential equipment as a fleet of 300 yachts, plus 11 Open 60s, set off from Cowes yesterday for what is the 30th anniversary of the frightening Rolex ...

LONDON (Alliance News) - Fastnet Oil & Gas PLC Monday said it started drilling the FA-1 well in the Foum Assaka area, offshore Morocco, on Sunday. The exploration and production company, with ...

Oil and gas explorer Fastnet has said that farm-outs have commenced both in the company's offshore Morocco and Irish sites, meaning other parties will come on board to further the drilling process and ...

Next weekend marks the 25th anniversary of the Fastnet race tragedy, which claimed 15 lives, and provides an opportunity to review… Next weekend marks the 25th anniversary of the Fastnet race tragedy, ...