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SKANDIA COWES WEEK – August 4th-11th
SKANDIA Cowes Week is recognised as the 'must do' sailing regatta on the
international sporting calendar as well as being a firm fixture in the traditional line-up
of British Summer 'Season' events.
It is the longest-running and largest sailing regatta in the World of its kind and was
first held in 1826. Skandia Cowes Week hosts almost 1,000 competing yachts and
some 8,500 competitors, pushing their yachts and day boats to new limits in 37
separate classes - this is one of the World's leading pro-am events.
This was also a Rolex Fastnet race year, which saw many of the largest and fastest
boats compete over a grueling 608 mile course. Onshore, Skandia Cowes Week has
a unique party atmosphere and over the course of the Week, 100,000 people come
to watch the racing and enjoy the festival shoreside atmosphere. Skandia, the
international long-term savings company, is celebrating its 13th year as title sponsor
of the Event, as part of the Skandia Set Sail sponsorship programme.
For those of our readers not lucky enough to have visited this year’s event, Sailing
News brings you images from the week.
Regatta pictures by OnEdition
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