heavily in the care and maintenance of her. In 1991 she entered a major refit at Gloucester Docks, which was completed in 1993. The same year she entered the Fastnet Race again, sixty years after her first time in 1931. After a circumnavigation of the UK in 1994, she has sailed all over Europe, and beyond with crews from the School, hosting other schools and groups of young people and with commercial trainees. In 1996 she returned to Portugal to visit Luis Lobato, in 1997 she went north, venturing 200 miles inside the Arctic Circle and in 2000, 2009 and 2017 she sailed across the Atlantic to the Bermuda, USA and Canada. In 2019 she visited Iceland and the Faroe Islands for the first time. In 2003 she was bought by Dauntsey's School outright. The boat is currently skippered by Toby Marris, and has the capacity to carry up to 12 students for local and international cruising and racing trips. Specifications Sparred length: Length on deck: Load waterline length: Beam: Draught: Displacement: 44 tonnes Crew: Up to three Trainees: Up to twelve MCA MGN280 Operating Area: Category 0 – Unrestricted Fastnet Races The Fastnet Race is a biennial offshore yacht race off the south coast of the United Kingdom, named after the Fastnet Rock, which the race course rounds. It is considered one of the classic offshore races. Jolie Brise won the inaugural Fastnet Race (then called the Ocean Race) in 1925 in a time of 6 days, 14 hours and 45 minutes as part of a fleet of seven boats. At the post-race dinner at the Royal Western Yacht Club in Plymouth, the new Ocean Racing Club (later the Royal Ocean Racing Club) was formed and its first commodore appointed, Jolie Brise’s owner Lt Cmdr Evelyn G Martin. Jolie Brise won the Fastnet again in 1929 and 1930, again skippered by Martin. She is currently the only vessel to have won the race three times. She also competed in the 2013 Fastnet Race, crewed by students from Dauntsey's School and the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust, finishing 277th in fleet of 294 boats with a time of 4 days, 19 hours, 11 minutes and 4 seconds. Blue Water Medals The prestigious Blue Water Medal was inaugurated by the Cruising Club of America in 1923 to reward "meritorious seamanship and adventure upon the sea displayed by amateur sailors of all nationalities,