fastnet fandango

The Rolex public relations machine is cranking up its publicity for the Fastnet Race, run by the Royal Ocean Racing Club. They have good reason to be pleased with the 400+ entries the event has attracted. The race begins off Cowes in the UK on August 8 and finishes at the new destination of Cherbourg in France.

But what the pre-race promotion hasn’t emphasized is the potential difficulties posed by the persistent Coronavirus. When a race starts in one country and ends in another things can get tricky.

The UK has just dropped all restrictions relating to COVID despite still registering 50,000 new infections per day. Crazy, but true. Meanwhile, France is maintaining a more cautious policy that places quite strict obligations on foreigners arriving in the country…

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