The final day of Cowes Week racing is for the Cowes Town Regatta. The historic and prestigious trophies available include the George Oliver Challenge Cup, Royal Cowes Town Regatta Challenge Cup, Sir Godfrey Baring Bowl and Culpan Challenge Cup. A brisk 18-20 knot west-southwesterly breeze with occasional stronger gusts delivered a great day of Solent racing on classic Cowes Week ...

It’s a double win for Shaun Roster and Steve Cayley as they both secure their second win in the 2019 calendar competition and the final two spots on the 2020 ilovesailing calendar. Shaun from Southsea and Steve from Torquay, clinched the final two spots after having their photos selected from all the entries received since the competition opened in March. ...

Today’s racing in an increasing south-southwesterly breeze determined the overall class winners at Cowes Week, as well as those for Black and White groups and the whole regatta. James Wilson and Ed Peel’s Redwing Quail posted a perfect scoreline to win the class, White Group and Cowes Week overall. “It is absolutely fantastic,” Peel said after stepping ashore today, “We’ve ...

Having received its first formal commitment from a UK owner last week and with four more potential owners in the immediate running, the UK IC37 class is building a serious foundation. This week the first UK boat is competing at Cowes Week in IRC 1. It is up against some stiff competition from a variety of designs, but two races ...

Britain’s elite sailors will go into battle against the world’s best this week in their biggest challenge in the countdown to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Seventeen athletes will fly the flag for Great Britain at the official Tokyo 2020 test event, dubbed Ready Steady Tokyo, which begins on Saturday. The regatta, held on the waters of Tokyo 2020 sailing venue ...

Bainbridge is now offering the Rock Oil range of high-performance oils and lubricants to its customers. Bainbridge and Rock Oil have agreed a technical partnership with both companies keen to expand the product offering and improve service to all aspects of the leisure marine market. “With Bainbridge’s unique position and ability to meet the changing demands of the UK market; ...

Today provided yet more high-adrenaline racing at Cowes Week that saw many competitors coming ashore sporting big grins. While it was a warm and mostly sunny day on land, it was a breezy one on the Solent, with powerful gusts to 25 knots that provided exhilaration at the same time as forcing a string of retirements. Among these was the ...

  Very shifty southerly winds provided testing conditions for navigators and tacticians at Cowes Week today as a number of weather fronts passed over the race area. With very strong gusts recorded to the west of the Solent during the morning, relatively short courses were set with the aim of getting fleets home before winds increased further over the race ...

Lucy Macgregor, has been announced as the winner of the Slingsby Ladies Day Trophy at Cowes Week. The trophy recognises the outstanding contribution, commitment, or achievement of women in sailing. The annual Ladies Day returned to Cowes Week on 13 August, this year supported by the Official Gin Sponsor Slingsby, with a number of celebrations culminating in the announcement that ...

The RYA is welcoming back Musto as a Member Reward Partner, as well as introducing new partner, Helly Hansen, both offering exclusive discounts to RYA members. Both Musto and Helly Hansen will be offering 20 per cent off the retail price for all RYA members, with a 38 per cent discount available for Accredited members, on all full priced items, ...