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Eleven Up for Vice Admiral’s Cup

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The Vice Admiral’s Cup is the first scoring round of the 2017 FAST40+ Circuit. Eleven teams will be competing including last year’s FAST40+ Race Circuit winner, Peter Morton’s team, who will be racing for the first time this season. However Peter will not be racing the new Girls on Film, the Vice Admiral’s Cup was supposed to have marked the debut for Peter's brand new Carkeek 40 Mk3, Girls...
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Hitchhiker Spring Win

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FINAL FAST40+ Spring Regatta Hosted by the Royal Southern Yacht Club, the wind gods blew too hard on the second day resulting in racing abandoned for the last day, meaning that the results from the first day of racing stood for the regatta. Hitchhiker was declared winner of the FAST40+ Spring Regatta at a prize giving ceremony hosted by the Royal Southern Yacht Club. Stewart Whitehea...
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Hitchhiker Comes Out Fighting

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DAY ONE FAST40+ Spring Regatta DAY ONE Hosted by the Royal Southern Yacht Club, the first day of the FAST40+ Spring Regatta produced some highly competitive racing.Just a few weeks ago, Bas de Voogd's Hitchhiker was blown off its cradle and they were not sure if they would even make their debut in the class at the FAST40+ Spring Regatta, but it was the opposition that was blown away in t...
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Preview FAST40+ Spring Regatta

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The second event in a busy FAST40+ season will be the FAST40+ Spring Regatta, hosted by the Royal Southern Yacht Club. FAST40+ Race Director, Stuart Childerley, sets the scene for the event. “The RORC Easter Challenge saw some great racing and early signs to a competitive season ahead of us. We are expecting eight teams for the next event, the FAST40+ Spring Regatta. Three races are planned...
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Cloudy Bay sponsors the UK’s FAST40+ Class

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International award winning wine producer, Cloudy Bay, adds sponsorship of the growing FAST40+ Class UK circuit to its portfolio of sailing events to further bring to life its invitation to ‘Come Sail Away’. One of the newest and most exciting competitive keelboat racing classes in the UK for decades, the FAST40+ Class, will this year be competing for honours for the overall annual prize ‘C...
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RORC EASTER CHALLENGE FAST40+CLASS DAY 2 – SATURDAY 15TH APRIL

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Day Two of the RORC Easter Challenge saw another three races for the Fast40+ class in conditions that ranged from 10-17 knots. The day started with a round the cans downwind which was won by Invictus to build on their three victories from the 1st day, followed by Mark Rijkse's 42 South just a minute behind. Mike Bartholomew's South African flagged Tokoloshe took third, just three seconds behin...
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2017 Season Kick Off at RORC Easter Challenge

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  FAST40+ TAKE TO THE WATER TO KICK OFF 2017 SEASON WITH RORC EASTER REGATTA After a busy winter with lots of the FAST40+ race teams carrying out some exciting developments to their boats, 6 of the teams are ready to hit the water for early season racing for the RORC Easter Challenge which takes place between 14th and 16th April in the Solent. New wall graphic revealed at Royal S...
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War Paint on for Easter

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The FAST40+ Class is preparing itself for a full on battle for the 2017 season. There are three events prior to the first of five scoring rounds and many of the FAST40+ Fleet will be back in race action, 14-16th April for the RORC Easter Challenge. About half of the FAST40+ Fleet are based at Hamble Yacht Services and the teams have been hard at work over the winter modifying their boats and t...
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Henri Lloyd join forces with FAST40+

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Premium British marine and lifestyle clothing brand, Henri Lloyd is delighted to announce their three year partnership with the FAST40+ Class. As the Official Technical Clothing Partner to the FAST40+ Class, Henri Lloyd will be working alongside the class organisers and owners to provide bespoke crew kit packages on Henri Lloyd’s latest inshore race apparel. In addition, all FAST40+Class crew...
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