New wind brings fresh hope for the small boats COWES, UK-(11-8-2005) Rolex Fastnet Race Handicap victory in the Rolex Fastnet Race remains in the balance for ICAP Maximus, as the Maxi crew sit in Plymouth waiting for their smaller rivals to arrive. Co-owner of the 98-foot New Zealand speed machine, Charles St Clair Brown, felt the biggest threat would come from the new TP52 Patches. Read more Movistar in search of wind on its way to Plymouth COWES, UK-(11-8-2005) Rolex Fastnet Race The Volvo Open 70 movistar is covering the last miles in the Rolex Fastnet Race that it has been taking part in since last Sunday in the waters off the United Kingdom and Ireland. Read more Failing breeze offers handicap hope to the Kiwis COWES, UK-(10-8-2005) Rolex Fastnet Race Not only did ICAP Maximus win line honours in the Rolex Fastnet Race this morning, but the wind gods are conspiring to give her handicap victory too. A good breeze propelled the 98-foot New Zealand Maxi at good speeds back to Plymouth early this morning while her rivals have struggled in far less favourable conditions. Read more Line honours for ICAP MAXIMUS COWES, UK-(10-8-2005) Rolex Fastnet Race ICAP Maximus has won line honours in the Rolex Fastnet Race, after crossing the Plymouth finish line at 0822 hours this morning. The 98-foot New Zealand Maxi led the race from start to finish, never seriously threatened by her Australian rival Skandia Wild Thing. Read more Patches finds the fast route to a foggy Fastnet COWES, UK-(9-8-2005) Rolex Fastnet Race With the first few yachts having rounded a fog-bound Fastnet Rock, the TP52 Patches is provisionally leading the Rolex Fastnet Race on handicap. Calculated on corrected time under the IRC system, Eamon Conneely's Irish 52-footer is ahead of Nick Lykiardopulo's Ker 55 Aera by almost an hour and half. Read more Fastnet Update: Light airs and close combat for Open 60 Fleet... COWES, UK-(9-8-2005) Rolex Fastnet Race - Skandia Since the start of the 2005 Rolex Fastnet Race on Sunday morning, light airs have dictated the slow pace as the Open 60 fleet play the vagaries of sea breeze versus gradient breeze to their advantage or disadvantage! Read more ICAP Maximus first to drift round the Fastnet Rock COWES, UK-(9-8-2005) Rolex Fastnet Race ICAP Maximus passed the Fastnet Rock at 0333 hours this morning, and continues to hold a significant lead in the Rolex Fastnet Race. The other big Maxi in the race, Skandia Wild Thing, rounded the Rock at 0918 hours, while a group of Open 60s and the Volvo Open 70 Movistar are still making agonisingly slow progress in a glassy Celtic Sea. Read more Movistar fights for the lead in the Rolex Fastnet Race COWES, UK-(9-8-2005) Rolex Fastnet Race The VO 70 “movistar”, the Spanish yacht set to take part in the Volvo Ocean Race 2005-2006, continues to put on miles in its first race, the Rolex Fastnet Race, which set out last Sunday in the waters of the Solent, off the mythical Isle of Wight. Read more Maxis pass Lands End at sunrise COWES, UK-(8-8-2005) Rolex Fastnet Race Pleasant north-easterly winds have launched the Rolex Fastnet Race fleet down the south-west coast of England this morning. Progress has been faster than expected after the wind rotated gradually round to the north and then to the east. Read more