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Cowes Week 2026 celebrates 200 years of sailing in the Solent. Race or spectate in style with yacht and RIB charters for this historic bicentenary event.

A very happy and healthy 2025 from our team to yours – may it be filled with joy and laughter – and plenty of time on the water! If you would like to bring the team together or reward outstanding achievements, entertain or simply get out of the office – we can help you getContinue reading "Events on the Solent in 2025"

After Cowes being part of the successful inaugural 2019 season, the Solent is set to host the high-octane action of SailGP once again in 2025 . In July next year this thrilling sailing series, known for its fast-paced races and cutting-edge technology, will once again see elite teams from around the world battle it outContinue reading "SailGP Returns to the Solent"

The start of Cowes Week 2024 is less than a month away and we can’t wait! At 198 years young, Cowes Week is the world’s longest running regatta – what started with 7 yachts in 1826, now has evolved into a 500 boat, 7-day racing event. The mixture of ultra-modern designs with classics, one-design andContinue reading "Cowes Week 2024"

With just over 3 weeks to go, the standard entries for the iconic Round the Island Race close on the 1st June, with late entries allowed until the 12th June. One of the largest yacht races in the world, this amazing and unique one-day yacht race, anti-clockwise around the Isle of Wight, regularly attracts overContinue reading "Race for All – Round the Island Race"

Two decades of sailing events big and small – of organising and facilitating industry regattas, multi-yacht teambuilding days, luxury away days, Cowes Week race participation, and fulfilling that wish of “Racing Around the Island“. Twenty years of getting people onto yachts, out on our beautiful Solent – and we have loved every minute of itContinue reading "Twenty Years"

Whether you adhere to the meteorological definition or the astronomical one – whichever way you look at it – Spring is here. Yachts that have been out for winter maintenance are going back in the water, and the RORC Easter Challenge is around the corner – always a sure sign that sailing season on theContinue reading "Spring has sprung!"

A very happy 2024 from our team to yours. For us, the beginning of the new year means one thing – the start of the sailing season is getting closer every day! Although the hardened sailors will be out there throughout winter, most of our corporate guests prefer a slightly warmer climate. If you’re thinkingContinue reading "2024 Sailing Dates on The Solent"

We have now wrapped up our 2023 sailing season and with the days getting shorter and the weather colder, we only have a few Rib charters out. A “hot chocolate trip” to the Isle of Wight is a brilliant winter outing!   We have absolutely loved delivering every single one of our 2023 events. TeambuildingContinue reading "Season’s Greetings"

A spot of rain gets ignored during this iconic match, as there is already water on the pitch, the “crease” is at best marked through bits of seaweed, and the stumps are a tad wet. Only when the tide comes in and the waves start properly rolling across the playing area, does the annual BrambleContinue reading "When rain doesn’t stop play"

Standard entries for the iconic Round the Island Race on the 1st July 2023, close on the the 17th June. This unique one-day yacht race around the Isle of Wight, regularly attracts over 1,200 boats and around 10,000 sailors, making it one of the largest yacht races in the world and the fourth largest participationContinue reading "Round the Island Race 2023"

10th September 2023, 15 classic sailing boats, 27,000 miles – no high-tech equipment In September 1973, 17 yachts lefts Portsmouth for the Whitbread Race around the World. On its 50th anniversary, the 10th September 2023, 15 pre-1988, classic yachts will be starting from Southampton, on their version – the Ocean Globe Race. Not returning untilContinue reading "Ocean Globe Race 2023"

Is being out on the water your passion, but prefer not to be the one “in control”? Love the thrill of the start of a sailing race, but preferably from the side-lines? Can’t really own your own amazing yacht, but love admiring them? Why not come out on a skippered charter – yacht, powerboat orContinue reading "Being part of it, without taking part"

A New Year, a New Record  It’s a special year – the 50th edition of the Rolex Fastnet – and the new race entry system for the “world’s largest offshore yacht race” coped admirably.  In the first hour alone, 433 entries signed up – a promising sign that a record size fleet might be atContinue reading "50th Rolex Fastnet Race"

We love sailing – and we admit that we stress this quite a bit. However, what we love the most about our sailing, is being out on our beautiful Solent. What we love even more, is sharing that amazing Solent with you. If sailing is not your thing, more drawn to the roar of anContinue reading "Engine Power"

Cloudy Bay Wines announced as the official Presenting Sponsor for Round the Island Race 2017 Whilst this announcement was made on Monday the 27th February, we are now very excited to be able to confirm the involvement of Solent Events in this collaboration. The official name of the 2017 edition will be ‘The Round the Island RaceContinue reading "New Presenting Sponsor for Round the Island Race 2017 – Cloudy Bay"

Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 – 200 day count down The next Volvo Ocean Race is set to start in Alicante on 22nd October 2017. In a change from recent races, this edition will see three times more racing in the grueling southern ocean. Leg 9 will see teams leave Newport, Rhode Island on 20th MayContinue reading "Volvo Ocean Race 2017/18 – Stand by for a transatlantic thriller to Cardiff"

Alex Thomson crossed the finish line on Friday morning in second place in the 2016-17 Vendee Globe Round The World Race. He now has the second fastest finishing time in history. “I’ve probably slept about five hours in the past three days and I haven’t slept at all in the last 24 hours so IContinue reading "Alex Thomson finishes 2nd in the Vendee Globe"

Congratulations to our lucky winners! Thank you to all the entrants of our recent draw featured in our last newsletter and on Facebook, also for the many humorous comments on the email entries! Commiserations to those that didn’t win this time and better luck next time.   The competition was to win one of three great prizesContinue reading "Congratulations to our competition winners!"

Lloyd Thornburg the owner of MOD 70 Phaedo³ and his crew have been breaking records ever since the multihull exploded in the Caribbean racing scene back in early 2015. Starting with the Caribbean 600, their very first regatta, Thornburg and co have smashed into the record books with 10 World Record and pushing new speedContinue reading "Phaedo3’s record breaking run"

In around 200 days the world’s elite sailors will take to the waters of Weymouth and Portland in the hope of taking home a gold medal. Now if you fancy becoming an elite sailor it is going to take several years of maximum effort and dedication, and whilst hugely rewarding that may not be theContinue reading "Want to be an Olympic Sailor?"

Cowes Week may be over for another year but there is still plenty of action to look forward to on the Solent… First held in 1988 The Little Britain Challenge Cup is a sailing regatta for the construction industry. The growth and popularity of the event makes the regatta the biggest in the UK afterContinue reading "Little Britain Challenge Cup"