Sailing

21-year-old Harry Blowers from Gurnard is among scores of Islanders supported by Wightlink to help them meet the cost of travelling to the mainland to further their sporting dreams. Harry recently contacted Wightlink to update the company on his progress...

Island Sailing Club (ISC), organisers of Round the Island Race in association with Cloudy Bay, has announced a new date for the 2018 race. The annual Race, which attracts over 12,000 competitors, will now take place on Saturday 7th July...

Photo: C.Borlenghi Crews taking part in this year’s Rolex Fastnet Race were gathering in Cowes during Lendy Cowes Week for the start of the 600+ mile race which departed from the RYS start line on Sunday 6th August. Prior to the...

7 young people in recovery from cancer have spent the last week taking on the strong winds and English Channel waves as they took part in the exhilarating 200-nautical mile Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust Round Britain 2017 Leg 10 sail...

There have certainly been some highs and lows in weather conditions during Cowes Week, the first of three to have Lendy as title sponsor. Lendy’s pavilion, styled as the ‘Lendy Lounge’ gained approval as soon as it was erected. Visitors...

Around 400 boats will be on the Cowes start line on Sunday (6th August) for this year’s Rolex Fastnet Race - the largest ever entry in the 92 year history of the Royal Ocean Racing Club's biennial 'classic 600 miler'....

Professionals from some of the country’s largest financial institutions will be making their way to the world’s most famous sailing regatta this week, to do battle in the Lendy Finance Challenge, sponsored by Lendy, one of Europe’s leading P2P lending...

Although this year’s Charles Stanley Direct Cowes Classics Week was reduced to 3 days sailing because of weather conditions, those 3 days saw some exciting and challenging racing for the competitors. Cowes Sea Cadets (TS Osborne) was the chosen charity...

Cowes-based adventurer Natasha Lambert BEM has successfully become the youngest disabled woman to skipper a yacht from Scotland to Ireland. Her grand adventure started from South East Scotland on Monday at 10:30. 6 hours later Natasha triumphantly sailed into Carrickfergus,...

It will soon be time for the start of the 10th Charles Stanley Direct Cowes Classics Week which, once again, is a magnet for some beautiful newcomers amongst the larger classic yachts including Dietrich Kruegel’s schooner Mistral which is sailing from...