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RORC Caribbean 600 – Aegean 600 – Rolex Fastnet Race – Rolex Middle Sea Race
Team Emily are proud to offer the opportunity to race in the highly respected 600+NM races that have rightly found their place as offshore racing classics.
We find many of our clients are looking to build their offshore portfolio with a view to ‘collect the set’ of these offshore races. Whether this is your goal or you want to experience just one of these great race events – start your adventure now, build your offshore experience with Team Emily and join us to take on this legendary series of offshore race events.
Each of these offshore events is held annually with the exception of the Rolex Fastnet Race which is held every two years; with the next edition being the 101th which will be run in 2027.
Why choose Team Emily?
Richard is a seasoned competitor in these events and in the latest of these 600NM+ races, the 2025 Rolex Fastnet Race, was awarded the Seamanship Award. A recent testimonial provided by one of the Fastnet crew pays tribute to Richard’s skills as a skipper. Read on to find out more….
RORC Caribbean 600
(Future Date: 23 February 2026 – Contact Us Now)
Every year, in February, the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) organises the Caribbean 600. Starting and finishing in Antigua, this 600-mile offshore race course weaves around eleven spectacular islands in the central Caribbean. It has rightly become the premier offshore race in the Caribbean making it a great race to start your year of racing, your Caribbean race season or your 600+NM adventure.
Aegean 600
(Future Date: 5 July 2026 – Contact Us Now)
The Aegean 600 is a relatively new addition to the offshore race circuit with the 2026 event being only the 6th edition of the race. This scenic offshore journey of 605 miles starts and finishes under the watchful gaze of the Ancient Temple of Poseidon poised on the sea cliff above Attica’s Cape Sounio. The course itself is a spectacular tour that passes 13 iconic Greek islands, including a lap around the volcanic caldera of Santorini in the first part of the race and later towards the end of the race through a gap at the islands of Delos and Mykonos.
Rolex Middle Sea Race
(Future Date: 18 October 2025 (FULLY BOOKED), 19 October 2026 – Contact Us Now)
The Rolex Middle Sea Race, which is held each year in October, marks its 46th edition in 2025 and is one of the world’s premier classic yacht races. The course is approximately 606 nautical miles long and is sailed anti-clockwise, starting from Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta.
Rolex Fastnet Race
(Future Date: 24 July 2027 – Contact Us Now)
Founded in 1925, the Rolex Fastnet Race is a biennial offshore event and seen as the Everest of these 600NM challenging race events. The race starts off the Royal Yacht Squadron start line of Cowes on the Isle of Wight on the south coast of England. Leaving The Solent through The Needles Channel, the race follows the southern coastline of England westward down the English Channel, before rounding Land’s End. After crossing the Celtic Sea, the race rounds the Fastnet Rock off the southwest coast of Ireland. Returning on a largely reciprocal course, the race rounds the Isles of Scilly before finishing at Cherbourg.
Whilst many of the races held annually have some training days built into the campaign ahead of the main race the Fastnet campaign starts earlier in the season with a number of weekend RORC offshore race events sailed as qualifiers. For those international clients it is possible to build a shorter campaign to include one or two of these prelude races in the weeks ahead of the main race*.
Those counting sea miles for their RYA Yachtmaster miles can be added to their logbook.
(*50% of the Fastnet crew need to do 300 RORC race miles to qualify).
Rolex Fastnet Race 2025 – Team Emily Testimonial – Carl Lamb
“Richard – What a race! The 2025 Fastnet was everything we expected — tough, wild, and completely unforgettable in more ways than one ! I’m so glad we took it on together along with our fellow crew members.
There were some serious challenges out there, but your calm focus and solid skippering made all the difference. Couldn’t have asked for a better person to be out there with — we worked hard, laughed together as a crew , and made it through in one piece
Thanks for the adventure, the grit, and the good company. Let’s raise a glass to an epic race — and start planning for our future adventures both now & beyond.”
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