Annual Round The Island Race To Take Place This Weekend — The Best Viewpoints

Tuesday, 14 May 2024 09:52

By Dominic Kureen @WriteOnDom

(c) Malc Attrill, Anthony Hadaway, Mike Powell, Snap Photography.

The annual 'Round the Island' Offshore Powerboat will take place this coming weekend.

Saturday (May 18) will see teams competing for the opening round of the 2024 UKOPRA Offshore Championship.

Twenty teams from across the UK and Sweden will compete for Classes 1/1L/2/ 3 titles around the 60-mile Isle of Wight coastline.

With the Start line and Muster area off East Lepe Bouy (opposite Gurnard), the teams will take the green flag at around 12:30pm.

Timetable for Spectators

Friday (17 May)

12.00 – 18.00: Scrutineering - Shamrock Quay, Southampton.

Saturday (18 May)

11:15 – Boats leave Shamrock Quay for the Muster Area, Solent.

12:30 – Race start (East Lepe Bouy)

18:00 – Podium presentations The Bistro Shamrock Quay, Southampton.

Best Race Viewing Vantage Points

Yarmouth Pier, Fort Victoria(or Hurst Castle), The Needles, St Catherine's Lighthouse, Ryde Pier and Egypt Point.

All Spectator boats in the vicinity of the rolling start, are advised to keep NORTH in an imaginary line from East Lepe to West Lepe Bouy. This is advisable for your own safety and a nice clean start for the racers.

All the race details including teams competing can be found at the UKOPRA Official Race Website or on our Facebook page 'World Powerboat Events UK'.

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