Sailing

Organisers of Cowes Week 2020 have announced that the official charity for next year's event will be Greig City Academy's Scaramouche Sailing Trust. This 6-year-old school sailing club, which became a charity last year, is an amazing initiative which gets...

The date for one of the world’s most iconic sailing races, Round the Island Race, has been confirmed for 2020. Round the Island Race, organised by the Island Sailing Club, will take in the stunning coastline of the Isle of...

The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC), organisers of the Rolex Fastnet Race, have announced that the City of Cherbourg will host the finish of the Rolex Fastnet Race for the 2021 and 2023 editions of the biennial race, with Cowes...

With the SailGP Cowes dates now confirmed for 2020, it is time to look back on this summer and the community legacy left behind by the fast-paced event. During the SailGP event at Cowes, organisers launched the foundation phase of...

Ben Ainslie – the most successful Olympic sailor of all time – today (Tuesday) joined the Great Britain SailGP Team. Beginning in the global league’s second season kicking off in February 2020, Ainslie and a world-class squad of athletes will...

SailGP is returning to the UK in Season 2 with Cowes once again playing host to competitors from around the world. Between 14th-15th August 2020, the world’s fastest sail racing boats will once again compete on the Solent. Cowes SailGP –...

3 sailors from the Isle of Wight are each to be presented with one of the Royal Yachting Association’s most prestigious awards by HRH the Princess Royal, President of the RYA, in recognition of their commitment to their sailing clubs....

31-year-old Josh Stickland, from Cowes, who is leading a team of non-professional sailors in Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, has secured his first podium win of the epic 8-stage global sailing race after a month of racing around the...

Toby Atherton on the podium Isle of Wight sailors Oliver Evans and Toby Atherton had a successful trip to Lake Garda in Italy as part of the British 29er team competing in the European Championships last week. As well as...

Following the bad weather on the first Saturday of Cowes Week 2019, sailing finally got underway on Sunday as did several activities for Family Day and the stands and bars in the Cowes Week Village on Cowes Parade saw plenty...