Newsflash I MACIF claims monohull Rolex Fastnet Race line honours

Charlie Dalin and Pascal Bidegorry on board their brand new IMOCA MACIF Santé Prévoyance crossed the finish line of the 50th Rolex Fastnet Race at 20:31:26 BST this evening. In doing so she: 

• Won the highly competitive IMOCA class by 4 minutes and 6 seconds ahead of Paprec Arkéa sailed by Yoann Richomme and Yann Elies. She was first in a field of 29 starters

• Won monohull line honours, ahead of race favourite Bryon Ehrhart’s 88ft Lucky

• Set a new monohull race record of 2 days 7 hours 16 minutes and 26 seconds for the new course to Cherbourg beating Skorpios’ 2021 time of 2 days 8 hours 33 minutes and 55 seconds, an improvement 1 hour 17 minutes 29 seconds 

Impossibly close Ocean Fifty victory for Berry and Joubert

Earlier this evening Anglo-Frenchman Luke Berry and Antoine Joubert on Le Rire Medecin Lamotte crossed the Cherbourg finish at 19:59:04 to claim the title in the Ocean Fifty trimaran class. They had been locked in a match race with Viabilis, sailed by Pierre Quiroga and Justin Baradat since Saturday afternoon when the boats departed Cowes, winning the class by just 1 minute 26 seconds. 

They arrived on the heels on Erik Maris’ MOD70 Zoulou, which crossed the line at 18:03:15 with a crew including multihull legend Loick Peyron and America’s Cup winner Thierry Fouchier.