Photo credit- Rolex/RORC 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’. Several Island residents and boats registered with
The Andrew Simpson Foundation (ASF) is delighted to announce that Cowes Week title sponsors- Lendy – has generously agreed to support the ASF Discover Sailing programme, being run daily throughout Lendy Cowes Week. Sign-up for ASF Discover Sailing- supported by Lendy, is at the ASF Stand on Cowes Parade and all-comers
With the launch of a new programme soon, ‘Being Our Best’, Girlguiding IW leaders have been topping up their skills by undertaking trainings on the new topics. Launching soon this new programme will enhance the activities that Girlguiding has on offer with a number of fun ideas increasingly based on
Of course, Lendy Cowes Week would not take place if it were not for the sailing regatta and the on the water competition between yachts and yacht clubs. However, for visitors to Cowes who like to remain on shore and for the competitors after racing there is a great programme
Although this year’s Charles Stanley Direct Cowes Classics Week was reduced to three days sailing because of weather conditions, those three days saw some exciting and challenging racing for the competitors. Cowes Sea Cadets (TS Osborne) was the chosen charity of the event. With cadets helping with the running of
Professionals from some of the UKs largest financial institutions will be making their way to the World’s most famous sailing regatta soon, to do battle in the Lendy Finance Challenge, sponsored by Lendy, one of Europe’s leading P2P lending platforms. Based in the UK, Lendy has to date provided more than
Peta Stuart-Hunt writes: Charity Day at Lendy Cowes Week Day includes the Cowes Bash race & The Big Bash party! The Bart’s Bash team is already busy fine-tuning plans to promote Bart’s Bash at Lendy Cowes Week where on Monday 31st July, the Official Charity Day, they will be
Three units of Girlguiding IW which support the same church hall in Newport, recently held an entertainment and sale evening. Over the past year since the three units, Carisbrooke Rangers, 10th Newport Brownies and 11th Newport Guides, have supported St. John’s Church Hall they have held several special events to
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 Germany to take part. A Herreshoff design built in
Cowes Week Ltd have announced that nominations are now open for the coveted Ladies Day Trophy and plan to turn Cowes navy-and-white on Ladies Day in celebration of women in sailing. This year it will be sponsored by leading British skincare and spa brand, ELEMIS. ELEMIS Ladies Day will return to Lendy