Sir Robin Knox-Johnston has entered Cowes Classics Week with his famous ketch Suhaili, in which he was the first to sail singlehanded non-stop around the world...
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A kitesurfer has set a new world record by circumnavigating the Isle of Wight in a groundbreaking time of 2 hours and 24 minutes. Professional kitesurfer Guy...
Dame Ellen MacArthur is calling on Round the Island Race sailors to inspire young people to believe in a brighter future living through and beyond cancer while...
To mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Uffa Fox, one of the most highly regarded naval architects and enthusiast of all aspects of sailing, the Royal...
Peter Cunningham’s MOD70 PowerPlay set an unofficial world record for the Cowes-Dinard Course, but alas for the team based in Hamble, the euphoria was short...
The Island Sailing Club is delighted to announce the launch of the first Windeler Cup, a new race for small keelboats that will run on the same day as the...
Cowes-based The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC), which has a 4,000-strong worldwide membership, has announced Jeremy Wilton as the club’s new Chief...
Entries for Cowes Week 2021, which is due to take place this August, have now opened. Whilst this is somewhat later than usual, the event is carrying over...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Islander Natasha Lambert BEM, multi-award-winning disabled sailor and adventurer from Cowes, set off from Gran Canaria yesterday (Sunday) for her latest...
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...
