Cowes and Solent News

The Solent Sunbeams are regular visitors to Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week and, at 90 years old, they have plenty to celebrate this year.

The Hunter Impala class will further establish their re-emergence as one of the premier one designs in the Solent this weekend, 18 and 19 May.

On Tuesday, 14 May, 27 boats braved cold, wet and windy conditions in the fourth race of the Tuesday evening series.

The two Royal Clubs, Southampton (RSYC) and Southern (RSrnYC), combined to host the first event of this year's Championship.

Cowes Week Limited. organisers of AAM Cowes Week, is always keen to engage with companies on the IOW to ensure that business opportunities associated with the event benefit the Island as much as possible.

Hundreds of crew members from all over the world united to discover which of the twelve professional skippers they will be racing with in the 2013-14 edition of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.

Sailing around the Isle of Wight is a challenge for any mariner, but it was one that disabled sailor Natasha Lambert took on with gusto to raise money for the RNLI.

Thrills, spills and a good turnout from the big boats for the Royal Southern Yacht Club's (RSrnYC) Summer Series May Regatta.

On Wednesday, 8 May the Island Sailing Club hosted the first of its one night regattas for Cowes Businesses, in perfect sailing conditions.

On Tuesday, 7 May 62 boats turned out for the third race of the Island Sailing Club's (ISC) Tuesday evening race series.

One of the most famous yacht races in the world, the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race, attracts professional yachting's elite but is also the racing highlight for many amateur sailors.

The final results of the Etchells 2013 European Championship had the Razmilovic brothers split by James Howells in the top three spots.

The RNLI's life-saving role was really put to the test in a choppy Solent on Friday, 10 May when Cowes lifeboat rescued a windsurfer after an intensive 45 minute search.

We are saddened to learn of the death of double Olympic medallist Andrew 'Bart' Simpson on Thursday, 9 May.

Cowes RNLI lifeboat raced to the aid of a man who badly injured his right hand aboard a yacht in Osborne Bay on Tuesday afternoon, 7 May.

Royal Victoria Yacht Club Optimist sailor, Haydn Sewell has been selected to join the British Optimist Development Team to compete in the Bodrum International Regatta in Turkey.

After 25 years, Sigma 38 racing continues to enthral.

Visitors to Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week have the opportunity to help support Toe in the Water, the event's official charity partner.

Qingdao saved its best for last on the final day of Act 3 of the Extreme Sailing Series.