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Cowes Week tactics in the Eastern Solent: our local tips for the smart navigator
Want to know when you can safely cross the Bramble Bank and keep clear of obstacles in Osborne Bay? Use our local knowledge gleaned from Peter Bruce’s study of tides and Ian Lallow’s practical...
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Cowes Week: Everything you need to know about this historic regatta
Take a look at our essential guide to find out what you really need to know about Cowes WeekWhat is Cowes Week? Cowes Week is one of the best know sailing regattas in the world. It is certainly one of...
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Cowes Week sea breeze – getting to know your typical Solent summer winds
Using expert meteorologist David Houghton’s original data, we summarise six of the most popular Solent scenarios for the development of a sea breeze during Cowes WeekPhoto: Getty ImagesClear skies at...
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The 10 most common Cowes Week mistakes – and how to avoid them
Cowes-based professional navigator and tactician Graham Sunderland explains the most common mistakes made at the regatta and tells you how to turn them to your advantagewww.bluegreenpictures.com 10....
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How to win at Cowes Week: some people seem to ‘get lucky’ every year! How do...
With all its complications Cowes Week sometimes feels like a lottery, but it’s revealing that some boats just seem to get lucky year after year! Matthew Sheahan and Jonty Sherwill ferret out tips from...
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Challenging opening day at this year’s Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week 2015
As the breeze refused to play to the forecast, there was plenty of confusion afloat and ashore for the opening day of this year’s Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes week. While a two hour postponement was...
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Video: A wet ride – racing the X One Design, the oldest (and biggest) class...
The Solent is a much bigger and wetter place when viewed from the cockpit of an X One Design but that doesn’t put crews off from joining what is yet again the biggest one design fleet at Aberdeen Asset...
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Video: an introduction to the week’s racing at Aberdeen Asset Management...
Yachting World's racing and technical editor, Matthew Sheahan, gives a short introduction to the racing gathering pace at Cowes Week 2015This year sees the 180th annual Cowes Week regatta and, with...
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Sailing aboard the 72ft mini maxi Bella Mente, one of the fastest yachts at...
The Solent can look relatively small from the deck of a 72ft grand prix racing yacht, as I found at during a practise race at Cowes Week 2015. A sail aboard Bella Mente proved the ideal opportunity to...
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Video: why helming Sir Keith Mills’ new 40 footer Invictus is an intoxicating...
Sometimes you don’t need to race to be hooked on a new high performance boat as I found out when I was handed the helm of a brand new grand prix 40 footer in our tune up for day three of Aberdeen Asset...
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Team SCA navigator Libby Greenhalgh wins Ladies Day Trophy at Cowes Week 2015
Top navigator, racing sailor and weather forecaster Libby Greenhalgh is given prestigious annual award Libby Greenhalgh was awarded the Ladies Day Trophy at Cowes Week 2015Leading weather forecaster...
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Video: we sail with UK solo sailor Alan Roberts at Cowes Week 2015
Shorthanded racing is on the up. There are over 50 double-handed entries in this year’s Fastnet Race, after French father and son Pascal and Alexis Loison won the 2013 edition. But if you are used to...
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10 top tips for shorthanded sailing – from leading British Figaro sailor Alan...
We sailed with UK solo sailor Alan Roberts at Cowes Week 2015, where we were able to glean some valuable advice for the growing fleet of sailors that are taking to shorthanded sailing Solo sailor Alan...
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Video: close racing aboard the Farr 280 at Cowes Week, but is it time to talk...
The power of the Farr 280 makes her like handling a Great Dane chasing a rabbit. But as part of a diverse class, is rating an issue?Today I felt like I had been dragged around the race course on the...
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Cowes Week on the hunt for new sponsor as Aberdeen Asset Management prepares...
Cowes Week faces another chapter of change as the investment company’s five-year sponsorship term comes to an endAfter some of the most diverse racing in its 180-year history, Aberdeen Asset Management...
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Teenage kitesurfer eyes up round the Isle of Wight speed record
Which is faster round the Isle of Wight, a multihull or a kiteboard? After an express lap this week, 15-year-old Guy Bridges is eyeing up the record Ben Ainslie set in a foiling catI’m not wishing to...
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Video: On board with Bella Mente, a grand prix 72ft Mini Maxi, at Cowes Week
What is it like to sail aboard a 72ft stripped-out racing yacht at Cowes Week? Why is this class becoming ever more popular and what does it take to race one. We join Bella Mente for a sail and...
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Video story: sailing a Bembridge Redwing at Cowes Week 2015 – a family class...
The unusual, distinctive look of the Redwing fleet always makes for a talking point at Cowes Week. Their low, classic hull lines combine with a very high aspect mainsail to create a hybrid look ¬– the...
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Video: Comanche – Matthew Sheahan gets aboard the world’s fastest monohull
It’s rare that yachts look bigger on board than from off the boat, but I was bowled over by Comanche, admits Matt Setting the start line ends in your chart plotter two days before the race may seem a...
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Common Cowes Week mistakes – and how to avoid them
These are some of the most common mistakes made at the regatta and how to turn them to your advantage COWES, ENGLAND - AUGUST 08: (EDITORS NOTE: This image was processed using digital filters) Racing...
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The Swallow class has enjoyed a class start at Cowes Week every year since 1948
Designed by Tom Thornycroft, the Swallow class has good looks and the ability to plane in strong breezes and even briefly became an Olympic class, writes David Houghton Photo: Hamo ThornycroftLike the...
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Solent Sunbeam: a pretty dayboat that has been a stalwart of Cowes Week for...
From the board of Alfred Westmacott, the Solent Sunbeam is a pretty dayboat that still offers excellent racing in two main centres on the UK’s South Coast, as David Henshall explainsPhoto: Jonathon...
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Passions in the X One Design – one of the most fiercely contested classes at...
The X One Design may have had its centenary a few years ago, but it is still one of the mostly hotly contested and the biggest of the keelboat classes at Cowes. Elaine Bunting looks at its historyIf...
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Z is for the Victory class, named after Nelson’s flagship and a stalwart at...
By the designer of the Solent Sunbeam and X One Design, the Victory Class celebrated its 80th birthday last year and so keen are the fleets – amateur and Royal Navy – that David Henshall predicts...
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Cowes Week tactics: use our local knowledge to get the best out of racing in...
With the help of Peter Bruce’s encyclopaedic knowledge of the Solent and Ian Lallow’s expert practical tips, Matthew Sheahan outlines the areas of concern in the western Solent.Knowing how to play the...
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