PBO deputy editor Ben Meakins racing aboard his Impala Polly at Round the Island Race 2016

Organisers of the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race said this year will go down in history as 'a windy edition of the event'.

RYS Bicentenary International Regatta 2015 at Cowes. Credit: Paul Wyeth

The new-look Cowes Port Handbook 2016-2017 is hot off the press and being distributed to numerous outlets around the Isle of Wight.

Cowes Breakwater

Mariners are strongly advised to remain 30 metres to the north of the Cowes Breakwater crest to avoid the surplus gravel, which reduces depths below those charted.