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2023 Fastnet Race

2023 biennial yacht race in Great Britain and France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The 2023 Fastnet Race, sponsored by Rolex and hosted by the Royal Ocean Racing Club in Cowes, was the 50th running of the Fastnet Race. It begins off the Royal Yacht Squadron start line at Cowes on the Isle of Wight in England at 1 pm on 22nd July 2023, before leaving the Solent through the Needles Channel as it follows the southern coastline of England westward down the English Channel, before rounding Land's End. After crossing the Celtic Sea, the race rounds the Fastnet Rock off the southwest coast of Ireland. Returning on a largely reciprocal eastward course, the race rounds the Isles of Scilly before crossing the finish line in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France.

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A fleet of 430 boats were entered for the race, 424 started the race and 258 finished the race. Multihull Line Honours were claimed by SVR Lazartigue in a time of 1 day, 8 hours, 38 minutes and 27 seconds while the Monohull Line Honours were claimed by MACIF in a time of 2 days, 7 hours, 16 minutes and 26 seconds[1][2][3][4] Caro (Max Klink) won the Fastnet Challenge Cup.[5][6]

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Multihull Line Honours

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Monohull Line Honours

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^1 – The yacht was given a 120 minutes penalty to be added onto their elapsed time by the International Jury due to breaching Sailing Instruction 1.6 (Starting Procedure) by crossing the starting line from the pre-start side to the on course side less than 30 seconds before the race started.
^2 – The yacht was given a 10% penalty to be added onto their elapsed time by the International Jury due to breaching Sailing Instruction 1.7/16/A5 (Traffic Separation Scheme) by sailing into the TSS Zone off Fastnet Rock during the race.
^3 – The yacht was given a 10% penalty to be added onto their elapsed time by the International Jury due to breaching Sailing Instruction 1.7/16/A5 (Traffic Separation Scheme) by sailing into the TSS Zone off the West of the Isles of Scilly during the race.
^4 – The yacht was given a 10% penalty to be added onto their elapsed time by the International Jury due to breaching Sailing Instruction 1.7/16/A5 (Traffic Separation Scheme) by sailing into the TSS Zone off Land's End during the race.
^5 – The yacht was given a 270 minutes redress to be subtracted off their elapsed time under RRS 62 by the International Jury due to an incident where their provided assistance to the crew members of Vari after the boat sunk on the first night of the race.
^6 – The yacht was given 2 x 10% penalty to be added onto their elapsed time by the International Jury due to breaching Sailing Instruction 1.7/16/A5 (Traffic Separation Scheme) by sailing into the TSS Zones off the West of the Isles of Scilly and off Fastnet Rock during the race.
^7 – The yacht was given 3 x 10% penalty to be added onto their elapsed time by the International Jury due to breaching Sailing Instruction 1.7/16/A5 (Traffic Separation Scheme) by sailing into the TSS Zones off Land's End twice and off the West of the Isles of Scilly once during the race.

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^1 – The yacht was given a discretionary 5% penalty to be added onto their corrected time by the International Jury due to breaching IRC Rule 21.3.6 (Sheeting of Sails, Sail Definitions, Bowsprits, Spinnaker Poles and Whisker Poles) by the team using a jockey pole that hadn't been declared on their yacht's IRC Rating Certificate during the race.

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