Jolie Brise
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Jolie Brise is a gaff-rigged pilot cutter built and launched by the Albert Paumelle Yard in Le Havre in 1913 to a design by Alexandre Pâris. After a short career as a pilot boat, owing to steam replac
Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge, Jolie Brise, Vigo
A paperweight containing a Bermudan stamp with a picture of Jolie Brise on it
Photo of the front of the Jolie Brise pub in Teignmouth
Fastnet Race
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The Fastnet Race is a biennial offshore yacht race organized by the Royal Ocean Racing Club of the United Kingdom with the assistance of the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes and the City of Cherbourg in
Jolie Brise
…sail, she became a fishing boat, a racing yacht and a sail training vessel. Bought by Evelyn George Martin in 1923 she was refitted and won the first Fastnet Race from seven starters in August 1925. In 1927 Martin sold Jolie Brise, through an advertisement in Yachting World to Captain Warren Ferrier and his partner…
Yachts racing off Cowes at the start of the 2017 Fastnet Race.
Scenes off Cowes seafront at the start