Sailors are desperate to get back out on their boats and the Round the Island Race is being tipped as one of the biggest events to be staged since the UK’s first lockdown a year ago
It's always a great annual spectacle, but organisers say that although sailing restrictions have eased, achieving Covid-19 compliance on the shoreside would not be possible
As well as winning the Gold Roman Bowl, Eeyore skipper, Jo Richards, believed he had broken his own record for the most cups of tea whilst going round the Island.
There was virtually no wind, so very slow-going for the 656 of the 1,204 boats entered in the 2018 Round the Island Race who completed the course on Saturday.
This will be Natasha's second lap of the Island, having first sailed round the Isle of Wight aged just 14. This time though she will be racing against over a 1,000 boats and over 10,000 sailors.