I am looking out of my window over the front garden, the sky is blue and the sun is peeking over the rooftops. It is time to clear up the leaves that are falling from the Hornbeam. November has also seen the delivery of a Lovesail dog, Milo a 10-week old Dalmatian puppy.
The Volvo Ocean Race was formally known as the Whitbread Round the World Race, and is a yacht race around the world.
Seacape artist Chris Hooper gets much of his inspiration from just outside his front door.
On first hearing about this sailboat show, I thought it was a little one and couldn’t find any figures for size and visitor numbers. Together with the Powerboat show which runs from Thursday 11th to Sunday 14th October, they will have visitors of around 100,000, not bad for a “little one”.
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.
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