Lighter breezes and flatter seas greeted the 188-strong fleet of classic yachts in Charles Stanley Cowes Classics Week, sailing for the Harken Trophy today, on the penultimate day of the series. The 2016 International Tempest World Championship, which is part of the event, had another challenging day in the 8-10 knot breeze. “The tides are…
Day two of the points series for the Cowes Classics Week classes got underway today in lighter breezes with some course-changing shifts which made and lost race positions. A tactic of heading up the left hand side of the beat on the windward-leeward course for the 50-strong XOD fleet put Ben Childerley’s X2 Palassie into…
Winds pushing over 30 knots and a choppy Solent sea meant that 188 yachts, all designed before 1975, decided to stay in the safety of their moorings this morning (Monday) on what should have been the opener of the Charles Stanley Cowes Classics Week. Eight amongst them are more than 100 years old, like Peggy…
This weekend (16/17 July) the Powerboat GP Championship heads to Chasewater Country Park for the penultimate championship round as competitors battle it out at the Chasewater Grand Prix. All six classes will be back in action with as the competitors chase the chequered flag for the all-important championship points. With 61 points up for grabs…
With the deadline for entries into the 2016 Brewin Dolphin Commodores’ Cup now passed, eight three boat teams are set to contest the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s biennial championship for Corinthian crews, taking place out of Cowes over 23-30th July. Teams for the 13th Brewin Dolphin Commodores’ Cup, comprise three from Team France, two from…
On Thursday 21st July, ahead of the America’s Cup World Series Portsmouth, all six America’s Cup teams will be holding a Pro-Am event on the Solent in aid of the Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation (ASSF). This ultimate sailing experience will allow 12 lucky individuals to join the best sailors in the world, on board one…
The Kent based Powerboat Racing Team of Jelf Racing this weekend (2/3 July) headed to Kingsbury Water Park in Warwickshire for the Powerboat GP Kingsbury Grand Prix at the half way point in the 2016 championship campaign. In what was set to be a fantastic weekend of high octane racing confidence in the team was…
Entries for next month’s Charles Stanley Cowes Classics Week look set to be up yet again this year, standing at over 180 as the event goes into the late entry period. Entries are open to the 8 July. There are some exciting newcomers to the event this year. Cowes Classics Week will be hosting the…
In a fast-paced and action-packed day that started at a later than usual 0830 with the firing of the first gun by HRH Prince Michael of Kent GCVO, Sir Keith Mills’ FAST 40+ Invictus missed out on winning the coveted Gold Roman Bowl for the first IRC yacht on corrected time, having to settle for…
This year’s J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island will go down in history as a windy edition of the event. Having shattered the multihull race record in the MOD70 trimaran Phaedo 3, in a time of 2 hours 23 minutes, 23 seconds, owner Lloyd Thornburg and skipper Brian Thompson have stepped ashore to give…
