As showers moved across the race area winds from every point of the compass were experienced at some point during the day, while wind speed varied from less than 5 knots to up to 15. He was back on winning form today, but Jeremy Preston's Defender was assured of an overall win if he sailed a cautious race.
This site and its contents are Copyright © 2020 Sail-World Sail-World USA and/or the original author, photographer etc. As an Official Feature Event of Lendy Cowes Week, Cowes SailGP will bring an added level of excitement to the event. Between 800 and 1,000 keelboats take part, ranging from high-tech racing machines to classic day boats, and are split into up to 40 classes which race on each of the eight days. Despite her relatively poor result in this race Swallow continues to lead the series, with a total of 17 points. The Oceanis 37 Prem Paper Par Excellence took first place today in Cruiser Division C, ahead of Simon and Julia Bowes' Sun Fast 37 Chatterbox. Pete Newlands' First 40.7 Anticipation stamped his authority on Cruiser Division B, winning every race. Record-breaking SailGP returns to Cowes, Isle of Wight, on August 14-15 for the first European event of Season 2. Fees have been held at last year's levels. On shore spectators were treated to the classic Cowes Week spectacle of yachts running deep downwind to the finish in a difficult wind against tide chop. "We had a fabulous day - the broad reach to the finish against BLT was fantastic," says Metherell.

which has now won her class five times in the past 25 years. Tom and Matthew Richardson's Arctic Skua notched up her first victory of the week on corrected time, ahead of Leon Clifton and Stuart Greenfield's Sheba. A win in today's race for John Tremlett's Lass, ahead of Roger Yeoman's Xcitation and Cordelia Ellis's Myrtle, sealed Tremlett's second place overall. The final day of Lendy Cowes Week saw a return to gentle conditions, with starts taking place in a light southerly breeze that gradually built to an unsteady 8-12 knots in the early afternoon. The team at Lendy Cowes Week are delighted to announce that entries are now open for the 2019 regatta. By now there were bigger gusts on the start line than for the earlier classes, and much of the action was at the inshore end of the line. Because of the excessive demand for fireworks at night time, the council advises folks to purchase their tickets to journey aboard the ship prematurely. Media stars and expert commentators will deliver interviews and commentary throughout Cowes Classics Week. Photographs are copyright by law. You have entered an incorrect email address! Fridays's racing in an increasing south-southwesterly breeze determined the overall class winners at Cowes Week, as well as those for Black and White groups and the whole regatta. "We're looking forward to it all," says David Franks, who is racing his J/112E Leon this year and has notched up five overall wins in IRC classes 4 and 5 in the past seven years. While it's not unusual to have an impromptu lay day during Cowes Week, due to either calm weather or too much wind, missing the opening day is exceptional. The one exception is Sunday, August 11th, when service begins at 6:30 am on the Cowes aspect and 6:40 pm on the East Cowes aspect. Winds of up to 50 knots meant the Solent was almost eerily empty today, devoid of the nearly 700 raceboats entered in Cowes Week, the plethora of cruising yachts normally found on an August weekend, and even the Red Jet fast ferries. This site and its contents are Copyright © 2020 Sail-World Sail-World USA and/or the original author, photographer etc. With Victor Migraine's Ohlala! The Double-Handed class was hotly contested this year, with Natalie Jobling's J/105 Mostly Harmless taking first overall two points ahead of Colin Walker's J/109 Jura. An upset yesterday in the Daring class saw the overall leaderboard shuffled. Gavia Wilkinson-Cox’s Jerboa, helmed by Gavia who is a huge advocate for encouraging women sailors to join the Dragons, included two female crew Emma Hattersley and Ellie Hutchings along with regular team member Mark Hart. The Solent continued to produce a wide range of weather conditions during the week. There has also been close competition in IRC Class 5, which has seen nine different winners and 16 boats score at least one podium place across the two class 5a and 5b divisions. The Quarter Ton class is renowned for thrills and spills in stronger winds. Bridges' team won the countback to take first overall, while Ronsyn Borghijs' young family crew on the Archambault 35 Tontin Pups took third overall. Around 70 seconds before the start Harry Heijst's S&S41 Winsome was off the mouth of the River Medina on port tack, looking as though he intended to tack onto starboard towards the inshore end of the line. Winds of up to 50 knots meant the Solent was almost eerily empty today, devoid of the nearly 700 raceboats entered in Cowes Week, the plethora of cruising yachts normally found on an August weekend, and even the Red Jet fast ferries. By the time the starting sequence for the Black Group yachts was completed the first White Group dayboats were already finishing on the Breakwater line, a quarter of a mile to the east. The modified schedule features a steady every day service, from 05:00 each morning at 01:50, till Sunday 17 August, within the early hours. However, the latter started prematurely today - a costly mistake given the class has not sailed enough races for a discard. A loud bang just before the cannon indicated a collision between Gerd-Jan Poortman's Ker 46 Van Uden and Ed Fishwick's Fast 40+ Redshift. Cruiser Division C was won by Will Symth's Westerly Fulmar Panda of Hamble, ahead of Andrew and Rebecca Buchanan's Mustang 30 Haggis 2 and Simon and Julia Bowes' Sun Fast 37 Chatterbox. Although the series points have now been concluded, racing concludes tomorrow with Cowes Town Regatta. Cowes Week 2020 Saturday 8th - Saturday 15th August 2020 - (Cancelled 2020 due to Covid 19) Cowes Week first took place in 1826. This is when the prestigious event takes place in 20… All Rights Reversed Peaktraveltime.com. Posted on 17 Aug 2019 Cowes Week 2019 day 6 A breezy day on the Solent, with powerful gusts to 25 knots The Quarter Ton class is renowned for thrills and spills in stronger winds. Graham Bailey’s Aimee sailed a great regatta with a near clean sweep of bullets to take overall first place. The class leader to date - and second overall in Black Group - Dutch entry, Caroline van Beelen and Rutger Krijger's Jack Rabbit - appeared buried in the second row mid-line. Today, Lena Having and Eivind Boymo-Malm's Corby 33 Mrs Freckles, Bruce Huber's J/112e Xanaboo and James Chalmers' J/112E Happy Daize were all front-row at the start, with the latter holding the windward advantage inshore. New Covid-19 ‘passports’ – the way forward for journey? The new GRP Classics class may have a small number of entries this year, but it has attracted some very experienced crews, all of whom started the regatta hoping they had boats with bandit handicaps.
Also highlighted on our Events Calendar are forthcoming cruise ship calls to Cowes.

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