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1.6K views · 24 reactions | In the Solent, the 47th edition of the world famous Rolex Fastnet Race started from the Royal Yacht Squadron line. Ahead of the crews, 605 nautical miles to Plymouth, via the Fastnet Rock off southern Ireland. Our reporter Neil Sackley was on the start line and sent back these videos. ⚓⛵ | BBC Dorset | Facebook
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Rolex Fastnet Race - Team Concise 10 takes line honours. Tony Lawson’s MOD70 trimaran crossed the finish line off Plymouth breakwater at 05:55:00 BST with a race time of 42 hours and 55 minutes. #rolexfastnetrace | Royal Ocean Racing Club
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78K views · 2.9K reactions | Today, we remember the Fastnet race disaster of 1979. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank our brave crews, who saved nearly one hundred lives that fateful day, and to remember the fifteen sailors who never made it home. This video is dedicated to them 李 | RNLI | Facebook
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12K views · 584 reactions | The 2019 Rolex Fastnet Race has been won by David and Peter Askew’s VO70 Wizard! Finishing third on the water behind her larger rivals Rambler and SHK Scallywag, she is the first American yacht to win the race overall since Great News in 1989. #RolexFastnetRace © ROLEX | Royal Ocean Racing Club | Facebook
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