Here are some of the statistics for the Southampton Boat Show. Average visitor numbers over 120,000 over 10 days, 47,000 square meters of exhibition space, 400+ boats on the 2km of pontoons, and over £1000 average spend per head (excluding the spend on Boats) – that’s a lot of rope!
Strictly speaking, the Americas Cup is a sailing trophy. It is the oldest active trophy in international sport, and is awarded to the winner of a match race between only two yachts. It now also refers to the race itself.
The Rolex Fastnet Race will be starting from Cowes on Sunday 8th August 2021. Here’s what you need to know about the race.
Cowes Week (Isle of Wight, UK) Dates for 2013: 3rd – 10th August 2013. Here are some statistics to give you some idea of the event.
460 lucky sailors from 66 nations will have the chance to test the waters around Weymouth and Portland ahead of the 2012 Olympics. There will be over 170 races over the 12 day event period across the 5 race courses that make up the sailing field of play.
I’m fairly new to sailing as you will know, and keep seeing tweets and references to the Extreme Sailing Series at the moment. I’m not sure what this is so thought what better way to learn than to write a blog about it.
Yesterday I was lucky enough to sail in the Polypipe Regatta. This is a sailing day for novice and experienced sailors to have a fun day racing around Port Solent.
This year celebrated 80 years of the Round the Island Race (RTI) hosted by the Island Sailing Club. The island in question is, of course, The Isle of Wight.
Followers of the Lovesail Twitter profile and Facebook page will know that for the past 3 months I have been annoying everyone with my posts about my training for the London 2 Brighton Bike Ride (54 miles) to raise funds for The British Heart Foundation. Well the ride took place last Sunday and I have recovered sufficiently now to bore you with the days events!
Old Gaffers Festival! Old Gaffers Festival. Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight is the setting for the 3-day Festival running from 31st May – 2 June 2013 Gaffers are sailing boats with a gaff rig, a sailing rig (configuration of sails) in which the sail is four-cornered. So-called after the gaff, or spar pole that … Read more
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