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Full steam ahead for Cowes Week 2010
Don the deck shoes, hoist the sails – it’s time for Cowes Week 2010 to take to the water! Cowes on the Isle of Wight will come to life from 31 July – 7 August as one of the UK’s longest running sporting events and the world’s best-known sailing regatta begins. Cowes [...]
Discovery Yachts at Southampton Boat Show
Discovery Yachts will show its highly acclaimed Discovery 67 at this year’s Southampton Boat Show along side the classic Discovery 55. Established as one of the UK’s most prolific builders of high quality ocean going cruising yachts, Discovery Yachts is building a global reputation for its craftsmanship and meticulous attention to [...]
Cowes Week: Bookings Open for Come Racing 2010
LaserPerformance and Pelican Racing have teamed up once again to offer members of the public the opportunity to ‘Come Racing’ at Cowes Week 2010.
If you have ever wanted to go sailing at Cowes Week but you have limited or no sailing experience, but you’re still keen to get involved, now is [...]
235 years of sailing history celebrated in the Solent
A celebration of yachting history takes place in the Solent on June 25-27, as the annual gathering of the Cumberland Fleet comes together to race in a regatta which dates back to 1775. The Royal Thames Yacht Club, which is the oldest yacht club in the United Kingdom, was established when the Duke of Cumberland, [...]
Celebrating women in sailing with Ladies Day at Cowes Week
Ladies Day at Cowes Week was first introduced in 2006 with a simple objective: to raise the profile of sailing as one of few mainstream sports where men and women compete on equal terms. Commenting on Cowes Week’s Ladies Day, Michelle Warner, Sales & Marketing Director for Cowes Week Limited, said: [...]
Extreme Sailing Series at Cowes Week – Race Schedule Announced
In 2009 thousands gathered along the shoreline in Cowes, Isle of Wight, to watch the Extreme 40s in close quarter combat. The racing, easy to understand for both the sailors and non-sailors alike, was intense and spectacular, with the teams cheered on as they crossed within inches of each other and the beach.
The Extreme Sailing [...]
THREE CHEERS FOR THE ROUND THE ISLAND RACE!
Sunday dawned bright, warm and sunny as hundreds of competitors from the 79th edition of the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race headed for the Island Sailing Club (ISC) to the event prizegiving to be honoured with their gold and silverware spoils after a superbly successful J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island [...]
ROUND THE ISLAND RACE ENDS ON A BUOYANT NOTE
Everyone is celebrating this year’s Race as being one of the most successful on record. Not only did the weather gods play fair, the racing was extremely close throughout the day proven by the tight finishes in most classes and the competitors came ashore happy and proud of their efforts whether first in class or [...]
GOLD ROMAN BOWL WINNER IS NORDIC BEAR
Ten hours since the first gun was fired in the 2010 J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race, and finishing yachts are streaming into Cowes with half of the 1754 entries having completed the 50-mile marathon.
Unusually we have the winner of the Gold Roman Bowl, the top prize in the Race for the first [...]
Round the Island Race: FIRST NEWS BULLETIN 0730
Britain’s favourite yacht race, the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race has started. It’s the 79th edition of this great event, the fourth largest participation sporting event in the UK. Thirteen classes ranging from grand prix high tech boats such as ICAP Leopard and IDEC to a 20ft Jo Richards design started from [...]
