Rolex Fastnet Race - RORC confirms huge interest

7:17 PM Wed 19 Jan 2011 GMT

'RAN, Sail Number: GBR7236R, Owner: Niklas Zennstrom, Design: JV 72
at the Fastnet Rock' &copy Rolex/Carlo Borlenghi

Rolex Fastnet Race - Entry for one of the world?s most popular yacht races opened at midnight on Sunday 9 January and by midday Monday, nearly 100 entries had signed up, with an unprecedented number doing so in the early hours of the morning. The trend continued over the next couple of days when the halfway mark of 150 boats was reached for the race which has a maximum entry of 300 boats. Within a week, 250 boats had entered! 'We expected an initial rush of interest because people were registering the details about their boat on our REMUS on-line ...

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by Royal Ocean Racing Club