ROLEX FASTNET CAMPAIGN 2025
🗓️ April > July 2025
💷 £4950
📍 Cowes/St Malo/ Guernsey/ Cherbourg
Challenge yourself for 2025 and join LSS Ocean Racing for the Infamous Rolex Fastnet Race!
2023 saw the 50th edition of the iconic race. It was also the most challenging and toughest one we’ve ever done. We entered 3 boats with 2 finishing, and Cougar our Reflex 38 came in as 1st RYA training school boat in IRC!
If you think you’ve got what it takes, get in touch about joining us for 2025.
https://www.rolexfastnetrace.com/en/website-files/guide-for-entrants/
Race with us on one of our 2 Reflex 38’s - now taking bookings for final spaces!
The 2025 Rolex Fastnet Race will be a rare one, being 100 years since the 1st edition of this iconic race. Once again it will be finishing in Cherbourg as in 2021 & 2023.
The Boats
Cougar of Cowes
Reflex 38 | IRC 2
9 Crew | Symmetrical Spinnakers
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Details coming soon
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Length: 12.2m/ 40 ft
Weight:
Draught: 2.4m
Sail Area: 100m upwind/ 110m2 Spinnaker downwind
Berths: 10 (2 in bow not used while racing)
Instruments/Navigation
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Panther
Reflex 38 | IRC 2
9 Crew | Symmetrical Spinnakers
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North Carbon 3di Raw Mainsail - 2021
North Carbon 3di Raw Furling No. 2 Genoa - 2021
Hyde Heavy Weather Jib - 2020
North A2 0.75 Spinnaker - 2020
North A5 1.5 Spinnaker - 2021
North A6 1.5 Spinnaker - 2023
North Helix Code Zero - 2023
North Trysail
North Storm Jib
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Length: 11.1m
Weight: 5800kg dry
Draught: 2.2
Sail Area:
Berths:
Instruments/Navigation: Garmin/B&G
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description coming soon
The Package
A series of London-based workshops and socials to get to know your crew and the other boats
A Training weekend on the water so familiarise yourself with the boat and crew
RORC Easter Challenge Regatta for some Round the Cans racing with professional coaching
2 of the RORC Qualifying Races
Myth of Malham and St Malo
The Rolex Fastnet Race (July 2025)
Team jacket & shirt
All onboard expenses - food, fuel, mooring fees, berthing
Professional Skipper
This is an LSS Ocean Racing event and is operated by the London School of Sailing
LSS Fastnet 2021 onboard the Sigma 38 Rho .
What experience do i need?
What Experience do I need?
This race is not for the faint-hearted. It is a once-in-a-lifetime challenge and should be respected accordingly. You must be, most of all, a committed, team player. Be passionate about sailing/ yacht racing, adaptable and resilient to tough conditions.
Ideally, you will have past yacht racing experience but this is not absolutely necessary, also, a certain level of strength and fitness is required as this race is always both physically and mentally demanding.
“Doing the 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race with London School of Sailing is quite simply one of the best things I have ever done. I whole heartedly recommend a Fastnet campaign with LSS to anyone looking for the experience of a lifetime!”
Shorebased Training dates:
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Dates TBC
(London, Isle of Dogs)
This one-day course is not a formal pre-requisite but we are offering a great discount on the course which is can’t hurt to have.
£50pp extra (subsidised from £130)
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Dates TBC
(London, Isle of Dogs)
A Day of practical training in the Pool
£25pp extra (subsidised from £145)
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Dates TBC
(2 online evenings)
£25pp extra (subsidised from £110)
Workshops
Meet your crew mates off the water, learn about how you will approach each race, learn about race tactics, decide crew positions and bond over a couple of drinks.
Workshops are open to non-Fastnet crew at a cost of £20 per workshop, contact us for more information.
“You will develop your skills and understanding. But most of all you will make friends you would trust with your life. Would I did it again? In a heartbeat. Would I do it with LSS? Absolutely, without question.”
Training Weekend
12th > 13th April
Join the boat in Hamble for a weekend of familiarisation on the Solent
The Qualifying Events
RORC Easter Challenge
18th > 20th April
RORC Myth of Malham
24th May (provisional date pending RORC confirmation)
Cowes - Eddystone Lighthouse - Cowes
RORC St Malo Race
11th July (provisional date pending RORC confirmation)
This is a Race from Cowes to Dinard, St Malo.
The Rolex Fastnet Race 2025
The Rolex Fastnet Race is one of the most famous offshore yacht races in the world and certainly on the RORC calendar. Starting in Cowes it races to the Fastnet Lighthouse and returns. The first edition of the race was in 1925 with only 7 boats entered. In 2021 over 350 boats took part and 2023 is due to be bigger still. The duelling and navigation of the tides and wind shifts is an infectious challenge, bringing sailors back year after year to better their results.
Race Start: 26th July
Prizegiving:
Return to Hamble:
Join the boat a day or two before in Hamble
The Race will last 4-5 days taking us past Lands End, across the Celtic Sea, around the Fastnet Lighthouse and back around the Isles of Scilly, back up the Channel, through or around the Alderney race to the finish line at Cherbourg. The after party is notorious for never-ending while crews welcome and congratulate each other as they come into port. A well-deserved sleep before a gentle sail back across the Channel to Hamble
The Rolex Fastnet Race is not a race for beginners, but with the training and qualifying races included in our package, you will have the experience necessary not only to compete in this classic offshore race but to excel in it.
How much holiday will I need?
We aim to minimise the days of leave you need to take, by maximising the use of bank holidays and weekends. This package will take 6-7 days of midweek holidays, including the Fastnet Race.
Package price £4,950
£800 booking deposit | 50% by 15th January | 100% before 1st March
A phased payment plan is available
