US EditionLéon Wins the Centenary Edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race
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Cherbourgeois Alexis Loison arrived on Wednesday 30 July at 12:22 pm in the IRC2 and IRC double categories of the 51st edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race. He also won in the general standings.
After a sporting crossing, the Fastnet crews joined Cherbourg in a festive atmosphere. Between memories, reunions and well-deserved first beers.
Alexis Loison and Jean-Pierre Kelbert have just achieved a major performance in the centenary of the Rolex Fastnet Race. The two sailors have won the Overall ranking. With a record 444 boats at the start this year, ranging from 30-foot keelboats to immense ULTIM trimarans, British offshore racing has never been so popular. The ingredients for victory remain unchanged: experience, audacity, talent, a high-performance boat... and a pinch of luck. …
Shorthanded teams top Fastnet Race
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (July 31, 2025) - Alexis Loison and Jean-Pierre Kelbert’s 34-foot JPK 1050 Léon has been crowned overall winner of the 2025 Rolex Fastnet Race. No other IRC entrant still racing on the 695 nautical mile course can catch the French doublehanded duo for overall honors in this, the 51st edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s offshore classic. Loison and Kelbert have won the event in its centenary year which attracted a recor…
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