The Cowes Regatta is one of the oldest and most respected regattas in the world.
This is my favourite sailing event in UK – the most prestigious sport and sailing event with amazing vibes.
I provide official event information in regards to Cowes Week official press realise only.
Cowes is a seven-day sailing regatta taking place on the stunning Solent area on the south coast. It’s the highlight of the British sailing season, as are the Wimbledon and Henley regattas for tennis and rowing!
Why not to visit Cowes this summer and feel the atmosphere of most famous Isle of Weight event.
“A sailor is an artist whose medium is the wind.” – Webb Chiles
Why Join Cowes Regattas?
I encourage you warmly to one of the most spectacular sailing spectacles in UK, which took place for the first time in 1826. The event offers a great mix of competitive sailing and social activities. The 8,000 competitors range from Olympic and world class professionals to weekend sailors. Up to 100,000 spectators will come to watch the sailing, enjoy the parties and live entertainment, also to experience the unique atmosphere. This truly unique event will offers you opportunity to enjoy different program includes Red Arrows – The Red Arrows typically fly on the Thursday and the RAF Typhoon display followed by the famous Cowes Fireworks organisers confirms that there will no fireworks, nor a Red Arrows show at the end of Cowes Week this year.
The event is for everyone, offers a great mix of competitive sailing and social activities. It is genuinely a one-of-a-kind event. At that time, sailing gradually ceased to be reserved for the rich and became an integration sport. Now the biggest sailing event in the UK, around 800 boats and 8,500 competitors take part in the Cowes Week race each year, which is based on the Isle of Weight.
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This unique event sees boats of all types competing for some of the world’s most prestigious sailing silverware over a week’s worth of races either from the famous Royal Yacht Squadron start line with its cannons, or from a committee vessel elsewhere in the Solent, but every class will have a variety of starts or finishes on the RYS line.
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• Women's Day at Cowes Week
Women’s Day at Cowes Week which celebrates the contribution and achievement of women in sailing. With women accounting for some 40% of competitors racing in Cowes Week, let`s celebrate that growing participation, and continue to encourage women of all ages to enjoy our fabulous sport – be they sailing, organising, or managing a racecourse.
Cowes Week features many mixed crews, as well as female-only crews, and while there are many women out racing, it is less common for women to take the helm, so on Women’s Day, they especially encourage female helms.
The youngest female helm in 2022 was just 11 years old! Trophies for the leading female helm and also the leading all-female crew will be presented at the daily prize giving on Tuesday evening.
The Women’s Day Trophy was introduced for the first time in 2006 to champion the role of women in sailing and the sheer number of female competitors racing at Cowes Week, where more than one-third of competitors are female. Trophies for the leading female helm and also the leading all-female crew were also presented at the Women’s Day reception.
