Cloudy Bay has been announced as the Presenting Sponsor of the Round the Island Race ™ which is forthwith branded ‘The Round the Island Race ™ in association with Cloudy Bay’. Robin Aisher, Admiral of the Island Sailing Club, who has been fortunate to have raced in almost all the RTI races since the
King George V International Cup. Cowes Week Ltd are excited to announce the introduction of a new big boat race series, the Cowes Week Triple Crown. The new Cowes Week Triple Crown will be a regatta within a regatta : open to large IRC rated racing boats of at least
Organisers of the Isle of Wight Festival have announced ten young and upcoming acts for the 2017 festival: Catfish and the Bottlemen, Zara Larsson, Clean Bandit, The Vamps, The Strypes, The Amazons, Germein Sisters, Judas, The Novatones and The Second Sons. John Giddings said: “We’ve always supported fresh, new and exciting talent at the at the Isle of Wight Festival. It’s what music festivals are all about.
One of the Cowes Harbour Commissioners, Ben Board, has taken the decision to resign due to family and work commitments. In his resignation letter, he commented: “I think the work the Commission do is extremely important and you have a team of people on the Board that care passionately about
Prizegiving 2016. Entries have opened for this year’s Round The Island Race. This most famous of yacht races annually attracts in the region of 1,500 competing yachts and upwards of 12,000 sailors from around the globe. Last year saw the departure of title sponsor J.P. Morgan Asset Management after twelve
Winner of the ‘Quay Arts Open 2015’ competition, Joanna Kori, who lives in Ventnor, has been rewarded with her own solo exhibition. Entitled, ‘Future Re Collections’ this exhibition will be on show in the West Gallery of Quay Arts from 10am-5pm until 1st April and features six separate facets of
Isle of Wight Festival won the ‘Best Event to Lie Back & Soak Up the Sounds Award ‘ at the Red Funnel My Isle Of Wight Awards. Following this award the organisers of the IW Festival announced further acts to play the 2017 Festival at Seaclose Park over the weekend of
Cowes Week Ltd are delighted to announce the extension of the regattas relationship with leading charter sailing brand Sunsail. Sunsail has been the Official Charter Sailing Partner of Cowes Week since 2015, and due to the success of the partnership the relationship has been extended for a further five years.
Fastnet Rock-photo by Daniel Forster for Rolex. Entry into the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s flagship event, the Rolex Fastnet Race surpassed expectations in record-breaking time. With a 340-boat limit this target was reached in just 4 minutes and 24 seconds after the on-line entry system was opened at 12noon on
A record number of 59 young people from the Island achieved their Duke of Edinburgh’s Awards in 2016. There were five Gold Award recipients, eleven reaching Silver Award level and 43 achieving Bronze. Sadly, nineteen were unable to attend the presentation evening hosted by IW College mainly due to illness.