The Fastnet Race is a biennial offshore yacht race organized by the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) of the United Kingdom with the assistance of the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes and the City of Cherbourg in France.
Yachts racing off Cowes at the start of the 2017 Fastnet Race.
Scenes off Cowes seafront at the start
Fastnet Lighthouse is a 54-metre-tall (177 ft) lighthouse situated on the remote Fastnet Rock in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the most southerly point of Ireland and lies 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) southwest of Cape Clear Island and 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from County Cork on the Irish mainland. The current lighthouse is the second to be built on the rock and is the tallest in Ireland.
Image: Fastnet Rock Lighthouse, Cork (8262872235)
Dovetail granite is evident during early foundation construction in this photograph published in Scientific American.
Fastnet Rock and lighthouse