{"id":2445,"date":"2017-02-13T19:20:52","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T18:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.challengeocean.com\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=2445&lang=en"},"modified":"2024-07-12T12:10:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T11:10:29","slug":"crew-member-in-the-rolex-fastnet-race","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.challengeocean.com\/en\/navigation\/crew-member-in-the-rolex-fastnet-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Crew member in the Rolex Fastnet Race 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Crew member in the Rolex Fastnet Race 2025<\/strong> with a start in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. Organized by the Royal Ocean Racing Club, one of the most famous Yacht Club on the planet, the Rolex Fastnet Race is one of the greatest offshore sailing race<\/strong>. An event that takes place every two years.<\/p>\n

Be part of this legendary Offshore sailing race
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Be part of the race<\/strong> onboard one of our Challenge 67 to run this legendary crewed race. Over 400 sailing yachts of all kinds, from 9 to 30 meters, take part, heading west down the Solent and out through the Needles, past the major south coast headlands, Anvil Point, Portland Bill, Start Point, and Lands End before rounding the famous Fastnet rock<\/strong> and then returning via the Scilly Isles before finishing in Cherbourg.<\/p>\n

Crew member in the Rolex Fastnet Race 2025<\/span><\/h2>\n

You can be part of the crew to race 695 nautical miles, supervised by a professionnal crew (skipper and first mate). Whatever your skills are, fighting spirit is compulsory to get involved<\/strong> in such a sailing race to be a crew member in the Rolex Fastnet Race 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Duration of this sailing course is 13 days, including 300 nautical miles qualification from Lorient when delivering the boat to Cowes and back to South Brittany after the race. Start of the race is in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, and ends since 2021 in Cherbourg. Yacht wil then be delivered to Lorient after the race.<\/p>\n

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At least 1\/3 of the crew must have qualified ISAF course<\/strong> (5 years validity). If you want to attend to this 3 days course, one can do it at the CEPS in Lorient. French racing sailing licence is compulsory. Being a French Sailing School member of the French Sailing Association (F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Fran\u00e7aise de Voile), we can deliver your license.<\/p>\n

Period: 13 days*
\nDates: from 21st of July til 2nd of August 2025
\nBoarding: Lorient La Base (France)
\nPossibility to disembark in in Cherbourg after the race.
\nQualification: 300 nautical miles during delivery to Cowes
\nStart of the race in Cowes on the 26th of July 2025
\nBoat IRC1 : Albatros – Crewed Challenge 67<\/a>
\nPrice : 3950\u20ac, full board included breakfast, lunch, diner, drinks.
\nExtra cost for FFV licence.
\nTraining and qualification when sailing from Lorient to Cowes.<\/p>\n

* According to weather conditions.<\/p>\n

To access to Royal Ocean Racing Club<\/a><\/p>\n

Photos \u00a9 Didier Vildart – Valdo Dhoyer – Alain Gautier – Tim Wright<\/a> – Kurt Arrigo<\/a><\/p>\n

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