The Rambler 88 starred in an intense pulse with the SHK Scallywag, which for hours led the monocasque fleet. The American team outperformed its rival at noon yesterday, taking advantage of a transition between two fronts.

George David's Rambler 88 has won the 48th Rolex Fastnet Race in real time. The Spanish Antonio 'Ñeti' Cuervas Mons, the bow of the powerful American monocasco, explains to us the keys of this victory and where a record came to their reach after achieving the best mark in history in the passage through Fastnet rock. In the multistage category, the Edmond de Rohschild of Franck Cammas sets a new absolute record.

Rambler 88 crossed the line of arrival at Plymouth at 09: 55: 02 local time (10: 55: 02 in Peninsular Spain), with 27 minutes and 24 seconds of advantage over the SHK Scallywag. The American team thus obtained the long-awaited real-time winner's title of the Rolex Fastnet Race, although it remained at the door to beat a record that came to light in the passage through the mythical Fastnet rock, turning point on the 605-mile tour that left Cowes (Wight Island) last Saturday.

Never before in the 94 years of history of the race had a monocasco sailed at such a rate between the exit and the rock: Rambler 88 doubled the Fastnet in 26 hours and 47 minutes, improving for 88 minutes the time set in 2011 by the team itself with its previous machine, the Rambler 100. Rolex has sponsored the Rolex Fastnet Race since 2001 as part of a relationship with the sailing world that dates back to the 1950s.

02 / 08 / 2019: 396 ships prepared in Cowes to compete in the mythical Rolex Fastnet Race

The magic of the candle in southern England is something insurmountable worldwide

Everything is ready in Cowes... in the waters of the British Solent... to host tomorrow the departure of the Rolex Fastnet Race 2019. A record fleet of 396 ships with a length of between nine and 32 meters will compete for the 48th edition of the most traditional ocean race in the world. Weather forecast points to the possibility that it is the fastest edition in history.

A combination of professional and amateur crews face a test that is an aspiration for regatists from all over the world since its first edition of 1925: the 605 nautical miles tour from Cowes (Wight Island) and Plymouth via the mythical Fastnet rock, off the coast of Ireland. Rolex has been sponsoring this race since 2001 as part of a relationship with the world of ocean navigation that began in the 1960s with the pioneers of ocean competition.