This summer the Class 40 World Championships will be hosted in the City of Plymouth from the 17-20 August.
The four day Championship will be organised by the Royal Western Yacht Club of England as the event authority, with an expected 20 international teams from nine nations due to compete at the event.
Twenty Class 40 teams have already pre-registered for the Rolex Fastnet Race and are due to arrive in Plymouth from the 15 August.
The teams will have a couple of days break before starting an intense series of inshore and coastal races to decide the overall Class 40...