{"id":7550,"date":"2021-07-20T14:25:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T13:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lovesail.com\/ls-news\/?p=7550"},"modified":"2025-08-05T12:12:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T11:12:42","slug":"cowes-week-fascinating-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lovesail.com\/ls-news\/cowes-week-fascinating-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowes Week &#8211; Fascinating Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Fascinating facts about this famous regatta.<\/h2>\n<p>With Cowes Week in full swing, here are some fascinating facts you may not know about this iconic sailing regatta.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7560\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lovesail.com\/ls-news\/cowes-week-fascinating-facts\/cowesweek-023-1024x682-1\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lovesail.com\/ls-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CowesWeek-023-1024x682-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,682\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CowesWeek-023-1024&amp;#215;682 (1)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lovesail.com\/ls-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CowesWeek-023-1024x682-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7560\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lovesail.com\/ls-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CowesWeek-023-1024x682-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"starting guns\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lovesail.com\/ls-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CowesWeek-023-1024x682-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lovesail.com\/ls-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CowesWeek-023-1024x682-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lovesail.com\/ls-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CowesWeek-023-1024x682-1.jpg?resize=450%2C300&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lovesail.com\/ls-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/CowesWeek-023-1024x682-1.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Visitors<\/strong>.\u00a0 Ranking as the biggest island in the UK, the Isle of Wight has around 142,000 inhabitants.\u00a0 During Cowes Week this number swells to 240,000 to include spectators, competitors and the additional staff needed to run the various events and entertainment scheduled for the week.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oldest Regatta<\/strong>.\u00a0 Cowes Week is the oldest regatta in the world.\u00a0 The first regatta took place in 1826.\u00a0 Just 7 yachts took part from the Royal Yacht Club (later to become the Royal Yacht Squadron).\u00a0 The entry fee was \u00a32 and the prize was a gold cup worth \u00a3100.\u00a0 The weekly wage of a labourer in 1826 would have been around 10 shillings.\u00a0 With 20 shillings to a pound, the entry fee of \u00a32 was a month&#8217;s wage.\u00a0 The gold cup would have been equivalent to 2 year&#8217;s salary!\u00a0 Cowes Week has been running every year except for the first and Second World War years and 2020 due to a rather pernicious virus.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Biggest Regatta<\/strong>.\u00a0 Cowes Regatta is one of the biggest regattas in the world with approximately 90,000 spectators, 8,000 competitors and around 1,000 boats.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>.\u00a0 The racing takes place in the Solent, an area between the north of the island and the UK mainland.\u00a0 The Solent is the busiest shipping area in Europe with 1 million commercial and naval movements and 10 million leisure movements per year. Two major ports, that of Southampton and Portsmouth, open into the Solent so there is a constant stream of bulk, container and car carriers, cruise ships, ferries, naval vessels and privately owned watercraft navigating around each other and <a href=\"https:\/\/onthewight.com\/about\/bramble-bank\/\">Bramble Bank<\/a>.\u00a0 Just to add to the excitement, Southampton has a double high water so this makes for interesting sailing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Starting Cannons<\/strong>.\u00a0 The Royal Yacht Squadron has the responsibility of organising Cowes Week from their headquarters in the iconic Cowes Castle.\u00a0 Walk along The Parade in Cowes and in front of the Castle you will not fail to miss the starting cannons lined up, looking out to sea.\u00a0 The cannons were given to the Yacht Squadron from a scaled-down miniature frigate which King George IV had built in the 1820s.\u00a0 \u00a0The guns are expected to fire approximately 800 times during the week at the start and finish of each race.\u00a0 The charges are designed to make as much noise and smoke as possible but with the least amount of \u2018blast\u2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7556\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lovesail.com\/ls-news\/cowes-week-fascinating-facts\/s-l1600\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lovesail.com\/ls-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/s-l1600.jpg?fit=612%2C452&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"612,452\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"starting cannons\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lovesail.com\/ls-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/s-l1600.jpg?fit=612%2C452&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7556\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lovesail.com\/ls-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/s-l1600.jpg?resize=300%2C222&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cowes week\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lovesail.com\/ls-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/s-l1600.jpg?resize=300%2C222&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lovesail.com\/ls-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/s-l1600.jpg?resize=406%2C300&amp;ssl=1 406w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lovesail.com\/ls-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/s-l1600.jpg?w=612&amp;ssl=1 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7137\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lovesail.com\/ls-news\/fata-morgana\/logosmall-33\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lovesail.com\/ls-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/logosmall.png?fit=34%2C36&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"34,36\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"logosmall\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lovesail.com\/ls-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/logosmall.png?fit=34%2C36&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7137\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lovesail.com\/ls-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/logosmall.png?resize=34%2C36&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"boat friends\" width=\"34\" height=\"36\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Join <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lovesail.com\">Lovesail<\/a> today to meet other sailing women and men on our friendly online sailing community.\u00a0 Find like-minded singles for dating, friendships and crewing opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fascinating facts about this famous regatta. 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