International entries likely to reach record numbers for Lendy Cowes Week
Cowes Week is the longest-running annual sailing regatta in the world. Image: Rick Tomlinson
With seven weeks to go before the opening race of Lendy Cowes Week 2017, overall entries across the board are up 10 per cent on this time last year writes Sue Pelling. Equally encouraging is the fact that international entries are on the rise too with a total of 41 teams already signed up.
Although it is a Fastnet Race year, which generally tends to attract a larger than usual foreign contingent, the 33-strong international entry from last year has already been topped, with potentially more to come which could make it one of the biggest international entries ever seen at Cowes Week.
This annual, world-recognised regatta (29 July-5 August), affectionately known as a mecca for yacht racing, continues to attract entries from all parts of the globe. Often, those keen to take part in this quintessentially English regatta, sail thousands of miles for the experience, while others take the shipping option.
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