Yachting History
An Aussie in Paris…er, London
Planes, trains, and pilot cutters Dateline: October 2023, The Royal Ocean Racing Club, London The pilot cutter in question, Jolie Brise, won the first Fastnet Race in 1925. Originally a French Pilot Boat out of Le Harve, in the 1920s, she was subsequently sold to the British yachtsman Bobby Somerset. The first edition of what became the Rolex Fastnet Race was at that time called, no kidding, The Ocean Race. At the post-race gathering of competitors in…