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Fastnet Race finish

Not for many, many years have we had such a large response to a news report. The announcement of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s decision to finish the Rolex Fastnet Race in Cherbourg in 2021 and 2023 drew a large number of almost overwhelmingly critical responses. These are some of them:

The Editor tells me that her mailbag is bursting at the seams with Fastnet furies, and as a

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