Meet our 2026 Royal Escape Race Fleet!
Vessels spanning all along the coastline will be coming together for the first time on Thursday evening for our Race Briefing here at SYC. Then it will be onwards to the starting line early Friday Morning on Brighton Beach and onto Fecamp.
Take a look here who's racing:
| Skipper Name | Boat Name | Boat Manufacturer & Type | Sailing Club | Entering Under |
| Robin Stevenson | UpStart | J Boats | SYC | IRC |
| Colin Rawlings | Overlord | Abeking & Rasmussen 58ft sloop | Offshore Cruising Club | IRC |
| Paul Dupret | Silver Fox | Jeanneau Sun Odyssey | BMYC | IRC |
| Jean-Pascal Livet | Karabistouille 3 | MAXI YACHT, MAXI 1000 | SRF | SCCH |
| Joseph Burke | Scorpio | Hanse 342 | BMYC | IRC |
| Dave Ramus | Devils Advocate | Benetteau first 45f5 | SYC | IRC |
| Chris Morton | Jester | J Yacht, J88 | SORC | IRC |
| Henri Fromont | Hegatsia | JEANNEAU SUN FAST 3200 | SRF | IRC |
| Peter Davidson | Rosetta | Hanse 311 | SYC | SCCH |
| Robert Braithwaite | Ariel | Contessa 32 | SYC | SCCH |
| Tim Tolcher | Raging Bull | J 99 | SYC | IRC |
| Kevin Headon | Trickster | Sigma 33 | SYC | IRC |
| Kirsteen Donaldson | Pyxis | X332 | SORC | IRC |
| Professor Christopher O'Neil | Karsha | Seamaster 925 | SYC | IRC |
| Juan Moreno | Salamander | Sigma 33 OOD | SORC | IRC |
| Richard Cooper | Jongleur | J 88 | SYC | IRC |
| Jazz Turner | Fear | Albin Vega | BMYC | SCCH |
| Richard Mason | Endeavour | Beneteau Oceanis 38 | SYC | SCCH |
| Neil Angel | Flawless J | J Boats J105 | BMYC | IRC |
| Derek Copeman | BoJangles | J105 | SYC | IRC |
| Peter Waring | Duende | Dehler 34 | BMYC | IRC |
| George Evans | Saphena | Beneteau Oceanis Cruiser 38 2015 | SHYC | SCCH |
| Spencer Neal | Guillemot | Cornish Shrimper 19 | SYC | SCCH |
| Graham Wolton & Dan Bissell | Aphrodisiac | Aphrodite 101 | BMYC | IRC |
| Erik Loisel | Alba | Dufour 38 Classic | SRF | IRC |
| Lionel Hartley | Kratos | Beneteau First 40 | SHYC | IRC |
| Stephen Scholefield | Mustingo II | J111 | SORC, RORC | IRC |
| Stephen Thomas | Azora | C & C 115 | SORC | IRC |
| Clive Wilding | Jab Jab | J105 | BMYC | IRC |
| Alan Salvidge | Poppy | Contessa 32 | SHYC | SSCH |
| Miles Mayall | Zebedee | Hanse 342 | SYC | SCCH |
| Margaret Telford | Manic | Dehler 35 | RYA/SHBHA | SCCH |
| Donald Macdonald | Bonkers | AD Boats Salona 38 | SORC & Parkstone YC | IRC |
| Aidan Tuckket | Isabel | Heard 28 | SYC | SSCH |
| Tim Worsfield | Little Blue | Dufour 34P | SYC | IRC |
Posted: May 18th 2026
