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Excitement Building For World Famous Round The Island Race Weekend

The excitement is building for the world-famous Round the Island Race on Saturday June 15.

The race regularly attracts a diverse range of sailors from Olympians and professional race teams, keen amateurs and groups of families ready to enjoy a day out on the water.

The Island Sailing Club has organised the event for more than 90 years.

All fleets follow the same 50 nautical miles course which circumnavigates the Isle of Wight in an anti-clockwise direction.

Starting on the Royal Yacht Squadron line in Cowes at 6am, the fleet race westabout to The Needles, pass St Catherine’s Point, round Bembridge
Ledge buoy, and back into the Solent to the finish line at Cowes.

Dave Atkinson, Race Director said:

“With the long-range forecast looking favourable for the race I’m sure there will be many of the boats planning strategies to beat their own personal records and secure one or more of the 100+ trophies.”

The course records stand at 3h 43m 50s for a monohull boat, set by Mike Slade on ICAP Leopard in 2013, and 2h 22m 23s for a multihull boat, set by Ned Collier Wakefield on Concise 10 in 2017.

To follow the race online, visit the event website and watch the easy-to-use Race Viewer.

NEW FOR 2024: OFFICIAL SHORESIDE VENUE

This year, the Race Team and the Island Sailing Club (ISC) are staging an Official Hospitality Venue on The Parade in Cowes.

It’s free to enter, everyone is welcome, and it will be open throughout the race weekend from 14:00 on Friday 14 June to Sunday 16 June evening.
This shoreside venue will be the best place to enjoy the buzz of the race, meet up with friends over a few drinks and enjoy the live music.

The new venue will feature:

  • Large Crew Bar marquee serving a wide range of drinks including draft beers and ales
  • Food Court serving delicious food and snacks – vendors include favourite local Cowes restaurant ‘The Garden’, Honey Donuts and Island Ice
  • Live music on the stage all three days including bands Blonde Bombshell (Friday night) and Cornerstone (Saturday night)
  • B&G Race Support Event Truck offering electronics set-up support to all competitors and get involved in their ‘Plinko’ prize game
  • Helly Hansen and RNLI stand – take the ‘Ready Steady Crew’ challenge and buy a race memento from the HH Official Race Collection
  • Crew Deli at Blind Tiger - Deli Boxes are available to pre-order & collect on Friday
  • Crew Suppers at Blind Tiger on Friday and Saturday
  • The Mermaid Garden at the ISC - cocktails, beers and pizza
  • ISC Members’ Bar and Terrace (all competitors welcome)
  • ISC Dining Room - lunch and dinner


LATE ENTRIES

There’s still time to enter as Late Entry will be available until 12pm on Wednesday June 12.

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