Sailing

430 entries lined up for the 695-mile Rolex Fastnet Race on Saturday 22nd July. Great Britain and France boasted more than a century of entries each and a total of 27 nations are entered. Two ULTIM Trimarans SVR Lazartigue (France)...

For the 50th edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race, organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club, which starts off Cowes on Saturday, entries are heading towards 460. All the boats are in their respective classes with handicaps so that from...

The 125 competitors registering for Cowes Classics Week on 9th July were treated to Cowes Classics Day, a celebration of classic forms of transport, with over 50 cars, buses and motor yachts and a vintage biplane fly-past outside the organising...

It was a breezy start to this year’s Round the Island Race with 1,100 boats setting off from the Royal Yacht Squadron line off Cowes on Saturday and heading west to the Needles. The course then continues around the Isle...

There's just 1 day to go until the annual Round the Island Race welcomes over 6,000 competitors and 1,100 boats to race around the Isle of Wight on Saturday 1st July. The 1st start is scheduled for 08:00 and the...

The Isle of Wight will take a 4 person sailing team to the Island Games in Guernsey facing tough competition in the hunt for medals. Traditionally, sailing has been a strong event for the Island with only Anglesey winning more...

As entries pass the 1,000 mark for this year’s Round the Island Race, all eyes are on the front runners that will lead the fleet away from the Royal Yacht Squadron start line on Saturday 1st July. The new boat on the Solent scene this season is Notorious, a stunning Maxi 72 owned by Peter Morton, a long-time local in Cowes, who will skipper the boat in this year’s Round the Island Race. Boat captain...

41 boats competed in the Inaugural All-Contessa Regatta that took place at the Royal Solent Yacht Club (RYSC) in Yarmouth between 9th-11th June. The racing included the Contessa 26 Nationals, the Contessa 28 Nationals and Contessa 32 Points Series. After...

Cowes Week organisers have announced that cross-Solent ferry operator Red Funnel has joined the event's family of Official Sponsors. Red Funnel have long contributed to the success of the event as the Official Travel Partner and this year they are...

The Royal Victoria Yacht Club (RVYC) will host the Island’s 1st national-level foiling competition featuring a fleet of flying WASZP dinghies from all over the UK this coming weekend (27th/28th May). Foiling is a recent evolution that has transformed the...