Cowes Week

For anyone who was fortunate enough to be involved in this years Hoya "Round the Island" race then this will be old hat, but for everyone else - WOW!! This year saw 1,735 boats entered into the 8 hour race around the Isle of Wight. With extremely choppy seas and a strong South Westrely gale, this made for a real heart stopping days sailing. The first leg saw all the boats battleing for the best wind and channel up towards the infamous "Needles". Hundreds and hundreds of boats were narrowly missing each other everywhere youy looked. At this early point tempers ran astry as stressful skippers saw there £ 50,000 yachts coming within ...  Read the complete review

If you've never been to Cowes Week, then you're missing out. Cowes Week is one of the biggest sailing events in the calendar as Cowes, and the Isle of Wight is one of the best places in the world to sail. Regardless of whether you have an interest in sailing, you'll really enjoy it. Cowes (like most of the rest of the Isle of Wight) is a lovely place to be. It's a picturesque little town with a lovely clean see front (not beach though - so don't come expecting sand, you'll need to go elsewhere on the island for that), lots of little tourist shops, stands and street entertainers and a real buzz from all the activity and people. People visit ...  Read the complete review