Sailing

170 years after the first race was held at Cowes, America's Cup action looks set to return to the Isle of Wight as New Zealand have accepted a challenge from the Royal Yacht Squadron. INEOS TEAM UK and Royal Yacht...

Entries for the world-famous Round the Island Race have now opened as organisers confirm this year's event will take place on 3rd July. Organised by the much-respected Island Sailing Club, the Round the Island has always been one of the...

Within an hour of online registrations opening, some 400 boats had entered the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s flagship event, the Rolex Fastnet Race 2021, confirming the event's position as by far the world’s largest and most popular offshore yacht race....

Cowes Week has been selected to take part in a 5G test project by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). With £825,000 of Government funding as part of 5G Create - a competition exploring how 5G can...

Despite all the uncertainty with regard to COVID 19 the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC), organisers of the Rolex Fastnet Race are advising would-be competitors to pre-register for the race, which is planned to depart from Cowes on 8th August...

Supported by her family and crew, disabled sailor Natasha Lambert BEM has safely completed the 2020 ARC Rally, completely 2,808 nautical miles across the Atlantic in just over 18 days. Natasha, an award-winning sailor from Cowes renowned for challenging her...

Islander Natasha Lambert BEM, multi-award-winning disabled sailor and adventurer from Cowes, set off from Gran Canaria yesterday (Sunday) for her latest challenge, the Atlantic. Natasha has Athetoid Cerebral Palsy and gets around with the use of a wheelchair but thanks...

The Association of Sail Training Organisations (ASTO) annual Cowes Small Ships Race, which has run for almost 20 years, is set to go ahead this Saturday, but due to Covid-19 restrictions it will not take place in its usual form....

For the first time in over a decade, a Hunter Sonata Class sailing event was held in Cowes at the weekend. Unfortunately, the Goodall Roofing Sonata Nationals 2020 were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic but a local open event...

The Island Sailing Club has announced their support for The Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust’s ‘Round Britain Your Way’ challenge and is encouraging all entrants in their new Christchurch Bay Race on Saturday 26th September to participate. The Christchurch Bay Race...