The 2025 Rolex Fastnet Race sets sail on July 26, departing from the iconic Royal Yacht Squadron line off Cowes, Isle of Wight, and rounding the legendary Fastnet Rock off the southwest coast of Ireland.

Excitement fills the Solent as preparations peak for this world-renowned biennial event – and this year marks its historic 100th anniversary.

We’re thrilled to see 18 X-Yachts proudly lining up at the start for this special edition of the race.
👉 Click here to view the full list of X-Yacht entries.
📍 Stay close to the action — follow the live race tracker here.

From all of us at X-Yachts, we wish every competitor fair winds and a safe, exhilarating race!

Some comments from the owners in the run up to the race;

We are very excited to be racing in the centennial Fastnet this year on “Orixa”, our X4.3. She is such an adaptable boat, last year we spent 2 glorious months cruising in Galicia in north west Spain and our 2 years of offshore racing culminates with the Fastnet. A great achievement for a fabulous boat.

I’m incredibly excited to be taking part in this year’s 100th anniversary Fastnet Race aboard “Simples”, our X-Yachts Xp 44. As the reigning JOG Class 1 Offshore Champions for 2024, our crew of ten has spent the past four years training and racing together, steadily refining our teamwork and learning how to extract the best performance from both ourselves and “Simples”. Each of us has completed at least one Fastnet before, with one crew member set to tackle his 13th. After finishing 14th out of 48 in IRC1 in 2021 and 29th out of 62 in 2019, we’re aiming to break into the top 10 of IRC1 this year. It’s a real privilege to compete in such a landmark edition of the race with a crew and yacht I trust completely.