Sailing

Entries are now open for the 2022 edition of Britain’s favourite yacht race, the Round the Island Race, which is being held on Saturday 25th June 2022. Organisers Island Sailing Club are hoping to build on the success of last...

Entries for Cowes Week 2022, which will take place between 30th July-5th August, have opened with Super Early Bird discounts available until 18th February. Having run a successful regatta last year, despite COVID restrictions, the team are excited about plans...

40 intrepid crews took to their dinghies on Bembridge Harbour on Sunday for the first 2 races of the annual Brading Haven Yacht Club Open IceBreaker 12 Race Series, which runs from January to March. By hosting the Winter Icebreaker...

UKSA has reported a 150% increase in the number of women undertaking its Superyacht Cadetship from 2020 to 2021 in a trend that sees a positive shift towards increased diversity in the superyacht sector.  The Isle of Wight based charity,...

First organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club in 1976, the 1,805nm Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race is a yacht race of epic proportions. Held every 4 years, the next edition will start on Sunday 7th August 2022 from...

The Royal London Yacht Club, the organiser of Cowes Classics Week, has announced that Peter Taylor MBE will take over as Chair of the regatta for 2022. Peter brings a wealth of talent to the role; he is an International...

A 5 person team from Lymington Rowing Club have broken the world record for the greatest distance rowed in open water in 12 hours after a mammoth 122.4 km row across Christchurch Bay, through the Solent and around the Isle...

Strong Costa del Solent conditions greeted the 19 One Design Hunter Sonatas that made the trip to the Island Sailing Club in Cowes to join the 12 strong home fleet for the postponed Goodall Roofing supported 2020 Sonata National Championships...

Skorpios at the start of the race in Cowes Tom Kneen’s JPK 11.80 Sunrise has been crowned overall winner of the Rolex Fastnet Race 2021. After being confirmed as the runaway winner of the IRC 2 division, no other boat...

Prior to the start of this year’s Rolex Fastnet Race, organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club, a press conference was held at Cowes. A selection of crews were interviewed by Matt Sheahan of Rolex Fastnet Race broadcasting. One of...