With less than three weeks to go until the start of Round the Island Race 2018 on 7 July, entries are starting to flow in with numbers almost at the 1,000 mark. Equally encouraging is the fact that international entries are on the rise too with a total of 23
There are only two weeks left to register your garden for the Wight in Bloom judging. If you would like to enter the 2018 Wight in Bloom competition, you have until midday on the 30th June to register your entry. There are great prizes to win, including Liz Earle products,
This year’s IW Community Action (IWCA) Awards attracted over sixty nominations. A shortlist of 23 contenders was drawn up for judging. Mike Bulpitt, chief executive of IWCA was MC for the presentation evening and welcomed everyone to Riverside Centre, Newport. President of IWCA Patricia Partridge DL (who is also
Red Jet 7, Red Funnel’s new Hi-Speed passenger catamaran has entered the water for the first time in East Cowes. This £7m addition to Red Funnel’s Red Jet fleet was ordered from Wight Shipyard on the Isle of Wight in August 2017, following an international tender. The new 275 seat
Photo from IW Council. A partnership has been forged between the Isle of Wight and the city of Enshi in Western China, when a delegation from the office of the Mayor of Enshi visited the Island recently The Chair of the Isle of Wight Council, Lora Peacey-Wilcox, greeted the Mayor of Enshi
Crew members of France Blue celebrating winning the Commodores’ Cup in 2016. It is almost time for the start of this year’s IRC European Championship which for the first time incorporates the Commodores’ Cup. Yachts from across Europe are already gathering in Cowes for the start on Sunday 10 June. This
Cowes Week Ltd. is delighted to announce an exciting new partnership as Land Rover UK joins the event as Official Vehicle Sponsor for 2018. Land Rover UK will celebrate its partnership with Lendy Cowes Week 2018 ( 4-11 August) with a series of coaching sessions with Sarah Ayton, double
At a keel laying ceremony Red Funnel announced that its new £10m freight ship will be called Red Kestrel. This keel-laying took place at Cammell Laird’s yard in Birkenhead and was witnessed by some 300 invited guests and the shipyard is scheduled to deliver the vessel in spring 2019. Karen George,
Underwater survey work has commenced in Cowes Harbour in preparation for a new piled layby berth, which Red Funnel is building on the eastern side of the channel for use by its new freight ferry when it enters service next spring. Investigations will be carried out on and below the
Red Funnel is financially backing an Island wide coastal beach clean from 22-23 September, which is an integral part of this year’s annual Isle of Wight Day celebrations. The Isle of Wight has 67 miles of coastline and whilst its beaches are amongst the cleanest along the south coast, plastic