A whopping 400 boats will be on the Cowes start line on Sunday 6th August for this year’s Rolex Fastnet Race - the largest ever entry in the 92 year history of the Royal Ocean Racing Club's biennial 'classic 600 miler'.
There will be plenty to see and do during Cowes Week which starts this Friday, 28th July and runs until Saturday 5th August. Suzanne and Alan share a round-up of what you can get up to.
August 2017 and 2018 will see two of the World’s great sailing races start from Cowes. Both will bring large crews and teams of supporters to the Isle of Wight.
The RORC Easter Challenge is the start of the club's domestic programme, with three days of inshore racing on the Solent starting on Good Friday and culminating with the prizegiving on Easter Sunday.