Fastnet (Slownet) 2023

I am looking for two mates for sailing along the Fastnet 2023 course with a start on July 20, 2023, aboard my classic Vertue 25 MEA

2023 will be the 50th edition of the legendary Fastnet race, with more than 500 participants expected.

MEA is too small to enter the official race, but we will sail across the same 695 nm race course from Cowes to the Fastnet rock and back to Cherbourg, starting a few days ahead of the fleet in order to meet the crowd in Cherbourg. Along the way, we will be passed by sailing monsters and faster boats, to each giving our salute.

This will be a tribute to small boat sailing and to the Vertue tradition of long passages, with the hope to establish a new challenge for other Vertues to follow in the years to come.

Join me in writing another page of the legendary Vertue class. (Note: crew candidates will be asked to sail one or two preparatory cruises in the spring of 2023).

• RYA Yachtmaster Offshore
• Racing
• UK
• Northern Europe (except UK)