Sailing
Cowes is home to one of the most famous sailing regattas in the World, Cowes Week, so it’s little wonder readers have a keen interest in the sport of sailing.
With the many sailing clubs around the Wight, Islanders prove that it’s a ‘sport for all’ and not just those with the means. Here you’ll find all news relating to the sport and leisure activity of sailing.
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Competitors came from Switzerland, Germany, France and Austria, as well as around the UK to compete in the Charles Stanley Cowes Classics Regatta last week.
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Another sponsor signed up for this year's Cowes Week.
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Coinciding event dates pose challenges for Isle of Wight safety and logistics, say organisers of Round the Island Race
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There are plenty of class acts returning to the Isle of Wight this June for the 2013 Round The Island Race.
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The Isle of Wight Youth Trust was this year's chosen charity for the Charles Stanley Cowes Classics Week race.
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Dramatic scenes off the coast of Ventnor just now, where an RNLI Coastguard rescue helicopter, which had traveled from Lea...
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Maybe it’s because we’re just flushed with the excitement of having watched the great Round The Island Race on Saturday,...
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With the help of charity Cowes Sailability, wheelchair User, Andy Barton, gains his RYA Powerboat level II certificate of competence and regain lost confidence. Well done to all involved.
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Get your entries in quickly before they triple.
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With zero notice, the IW council have written to permit holders for the Wheelers Bay Dinghy Park advising them of two years of price rises.