Sailing

The 5th edition of Cowes Spring Classics was held over the weekend of 20th-22nd May. The Regatta, based at Shepards Marina in Cowes, started with the Mermaid Gin Welcome Drinks and Crew BBQ  Friday evening, followed by two days of...

Dame Ellen MacArthur admits she is so excited as up to 30 young people supported by her cancer charity prepare to take part in this year’s Round the Island Race for the first time since 2019. The Ellen MacArthur Cancer...

Cowes will host the start and finish of this year’s Sevenstar Race Round Britain & Ireland Race which departs on 7th August and for 2022 a record 15 teams are planning to take on this long-haul race in IRC Two-Handed....

The discount to enter for Cowes Classics Week 2022 ends at midnight on Friday 6th May. The world’s biggest classic yacht regatta of its kind is open to classic yachts built in wood or steel before 1975, or GRP yachts...

The Island Sailing Club has announced that they will be working in partnership with Cowes Yacht Haven to stage a ‘Round the Island Race Village’ for 2022, which will be open from midday on Friday 24th June and throughout the...

It was sun and champagne sailing for crews taking part in this year’s 3-day Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) Easter Challenge off Cowes on Good Friday (15th April). In IRC (International Racing Certificate) 1, Ian Atkin’s GP42 Dark ‘n Stormy...

Several sailing regattas organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) are planned to take place over the coming weeks. Based in Cowes but with racing in the Solent, the Easter Challenge will take place over the Easter Weekend (Friday-Sunday)....

The Solent’s boating community is invited to take part in a once-in-a-lifetime celebration of HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee at Cowes on Saturday 6th August.  Yacht and sailing clubs in the Solent region can join in the event by ‘saving...

23 dinghies took to the water at Brading Haven for the last 2 races of the Icebreaker Series on Sunday (20th March). The conditions were perfect for racing as the sun was shining, and the wind was blowing a Force 4...

UKSA, based in Cowes, has announced British yachtswoman Dee Caffari MBE as its Youth and Mental Health Ambassador in a newly created role. Following the charity and world-leading maritime training provider’s first public appeal for support to improve mental health...