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Cowes Week Ltd, organisers of Cowes Week, the world’s largest regatta and a highlight of the British Summer Season, is continuing to work towards making the event more sustainable with the event due to begin on Saturday 10th August.

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The Royal Ocean Racing Club’s race to Dieppe for the Morgan Cup started in the Solent on midsummer’s day in superb conditions. The RORC fleet enjoyed a spectacular downwind start off the Royal Yacht Squadron Line, heading east for the ...

Over at Nauticalia there are some great t-shirts for the summer, and we especially like the Oldies Club range which celebrates the unique sense of humour, grumpiness and wisdom that comes after accumulating an abundance of life experience. Made f...

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Mates in Mind is one of the three headline charities for Regatta London, the first ever mass-participation paddle sports event taking place on the River Thames on 29 September, the only day when the Thames Barrier is closed.

This means that for ...

The Nab Tower Pursuit got off to a fine start at 10am on 15 June. They left GAFIRS slipway buoy, with SALT HEART, skippered by Kevin Raine, leading the way. The Mayor of Gosport Kathleen Jones, her husband and several other VIPs were able to w...

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Sir Robin Knox-Johnston and Dee Caffari discuss the developments in yacht design during Sir Robin’s sailing career to date in the latest episode of 80 Seconds with Sir Robin Knox-Johnston.

These sunglasses from Flying Tiger will allow you to show off your fun side this summer. From sherbet shades to sleek black cat-eyes, the range for 2019 covers all bases. And the really good news is that you can look cool and stand out from the c...

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Alex Thomson, has been awarded the prestigious French National Order of Merit (“Ordre national du Mérite”) by French Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Jean-Pierre Jouyet.

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The Hamble River Sailing Club is aiming to attract 100 boats to take part in its centenary sail past on the 6 August, to mark the very day the club was founded in 1919.

HRSC is oldest surviving sailing club on the Hamble River and has been an in...

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Cowes Week Limited, organisers of Cowes Week, the world’s best-known sailing regatta, is delighted to announce that they have partnered with another famous sailing regatta, this time from the Caribbean, Antigua Sailing Week, to further suppo...

What can be more sublime than slipping the mooring for an evening of sociable yacht racing in a stunningly attractive classic keelboat on the beautiful waters of Chichester Harbour!

This is what the Solent Sunbeam fleet does every week from May ...

Organised by the British Classic Yacht Club and sponsored by luxury watchmaker Panerai, Panerai British Classic Week will take place in Cowes from 13 – 20 July.

There is now one month to go until the start of the 2019 Panerai British Class...

Dee Caffari was wearing an Ocean Signal rescueME MOB1 man overboard device with integrated AIS and DSC at the time of the incident