Blue sails at Lendy Cowes Week

Double-handed racing will debut at this year's Cowes Week

Boats taking part in Cowes Classics Week

More than 150 yachts are expected to take part in this year's Cowes Classics Week

Royal Solent Yacht Club regatta

An unprecedented number of early competitor entries for the 2018 Taittinger Royal Solent Yacht Club Regatta suggests that a record number of boats will race in the Western Solent during…

The 2017 Round the Island Race fleet round the Needles. Credit: Paul Wyeth

Island Sailing Club announce new date for 2018 Round the Island Race in association with Cloudy Bay The Island Sailing Club (ISC), organisers of “Britain’s favourite yacht Race” – the…

The 2017 Round the Island Race fleet. Credit: Paul Wyeth

The race was previously scheduled for 23 June 2018, however race organisers moved the date following confirmation the Isle of Wight Music Festival would be held the same weekend

RTIR_In 2013, photographer Ian Roman captured the vast Round the Island Race fleet rounding of The Needles.jpg

The annual Round the Island Race will be be taking place bright and early tomorrow, with 1,342 yachts expected to sail around the Isle of Wight.

Cowes, Isle of Wight

A delay involving the Harbour Infrastructure Funding Agreement has meant it will not be possible to start the Eastern Channel dredging works in January.

Optimised Outer Harbour Project layout Sept 2016

Cowes Harbour Commission's proposed additional dredge areas aim to improve the safety of navigation along the Inner Fairway's eastern perimeter, remove the shoal off No 1. buoy, and increase the…