The world's largest offshore yacht race sets sail this Sunday, 11th August, with a fleet of 347 boats from 20 nations competing in the Royal Ocean Racing Club's Rolex Fastnet Race. This size of fleet represents a new record entry for the 611-mile biennial race from Cowes to Plymouth via the Fastnet rock off south-west Ireland."
Among these boats, 18 Class40 from different horizons and level of competition, most of them training for the next Transat Jacques Vabre.
News and tracking : http://fastnet.rorc.org