Corporate Sailing News

Well, if you had told us a year ago how this season would have gone, we would have said you were crackers!  With extended lockdowns early in the season, legislation allowed us to continue to run certain events, mainly teambuilding and conferences for small groups. When the restrictions lifted, the flood gates seemed to openContinue reading "WOW….. what a season!"

With Cowes Week just a couple of weeks away, the Solent Events team are gearing up for a busy week! This famous regatta founded in 1826 is held annually on the Solent to fit into the social calendar after Glorious Goodwood and before the Glorious Twelfth (the first day of the grouse shooting season). TheContinue reading "Cowes Week is just around the corner… don’t delay!"

The Little Britain Challenge Cup sailing regatta will follow a different social event schedule this coming year when it runs on 10th & 11th September 2021. The first racing day will take place on Friday 10th but will see a new evening BBQ at the Royal Ocean Racing Club for hungry sailors eager to networkContinue reading "Changes to the Little Britain Challenge Cup for 2021"

At Solent Events we get people onto the water that may never have been afloat before and always hope that this may be the start of something for an otherwise landlubber!  Our sailing event days require no previous experience and we estimate that 70% of the guests that sail with us have never sailed before.Continue reading "Sailing…. where it all starts"

With our Marine based events season starting shortly, you might be wondering why we mainly use the Solent for our events. The answer is simple in that the area of water between the Isle of Wight and the South Coast of the UK, known as ‘The Solent’ enjoys sheltered waters for most of the yearContinue reading "Why The Solent?"

The 25th of May 2021 will see the start of the Great Pacific Ocean Race, a gruelling rowing race which begins in San Francisco and ends in Hawaii. Taking to their row boats, competitors will begin the challenge under the Golden Gate Bridge and make their way across the Pacific Ocean. Arriving at the WaikikiContinue reading "The Ocean Sheroes"

We are looking forward to what we hope will be a more normal time when Cowes Week plans to return on Saturday 31st July 2021 having taken a year out. The regatta will differ slightly and go back to times past when racing finished on the Friday, rather than sailing an 8th day on theContinue reading "Changes for Cowes Week 2021 – Connected Cowes!"

Following the government announcements last night there are very encouraging signs that the events industry will be able to start to get back to work soon. At Solent Events, our season is relatively short so with 17th May being sited as a potential date that small groups can again get together, we’ll be ready andContinue reading "Events Update – 23rd Feb 2021"

We’re not sure what Phileas Fogg would have made of the being alone on a 60 foot foiling racing yacht in the Southern Ocean, but French sailor Yannick Bestaven has just achieved his very own Around the World in 80 days to become the winner of the 9th edition of the Vendee Globe, the toughestContinue reading "Around the World in Eighty Days!"

The Vendée Globe single handed round the world yacht race takes skippers into barren and unfrequented areas of the planet. Often, the IMOCA 60 foot yachts travel through areas of the ocean which are largely unexplored and outside the common trade routes. Therefore, in the 2020-21 Vendée Globe, 13 of the 33 skippers chose toContinue reading "Drifting Bouys & Argo Floats!"

As we all look back at a challenging year, 2021 stands just a few days away and we at Solent Events are optimistic that some kind of normality will prevail and life will start to get back on track for most in the year to come. We thank our loyal and trusting clients who deferredContinue reading "Looking Forward to 2021"

Here at Solent Events we think that you’ll all agree that 2020 has been a challenging year for most people and a devastating one for others. Whilst marine based events are obviously trivial when compared to the development of vaccines and caring for those in need, we hope to play a very small part inContinue reading "How can we all get ‘back to normal’?"

As the current government guidelines state that groups of no more than 6 people congregate, we can clarify that this does not include our professional crew. Most of our events would have a professional skipper and a first mate or host onboard and this can still go ahead with 6 guests onboard for private groups.Continue reading "Rule of 6 – Covid update"

So what is the ‘New Normal’ when it comes to marine based events in the UK? Well, we have obviously seen a massive decline in larger group events due to lockdown and the subsequent restrictions but family groups and small teams are slowly returning. With the understandable fears associated with foreign travel at this timeContinue reading "The ‘New Normal’.. for the time being anyway!"

Whilst we are unable to get our clients out on the water we have been looking into ways of making our events safe when the social distancing restrictions are eased. As face coverings become the ‘new normal’, hand sanitising is also going to continue to be a priority for some time to come.  When stocksContinue reading "Hand Sanitiser & Small Batch Gin!"

Some people are back out there – enjoying their boats, embracing the elements, and benefiting from the sense of freedom and the mind-clearing properties a good day out on the water gives you. “Leisure boating” is now allowed; as of mid-May ”all forms of water sports practiced on open waterways…are allowed”, however the same rulesContinue reading "The New (Boating) Normal"

Here at Solent Events we talk about sailing – a lot. We talk about exciting global race events coming to the Solent, about the fantastic sailing days you can enjoy with your colleagues, your guests, your clients. Sailing is fun, sailing is being at one with the elements, working as team, getting the best outContinue reading "The Power of Sailing"

  Recent years have seen a marked increase in the number of team events that we have provided here at Solent Events. Companies are recognising the benefit in getting their valued employees out of the office and onto the water to effectively meet specific objectives. Putting a group out of their comfort zone can beContinue reading "It’s all about the Team!"

Solent Events are immensely proud to be able to announce that we will be official suppliers to the America’s Cup World Series, presented by Emirates Team New Zealand in Portsmouth this year.   We’ll be providing exclusive Yacht and Power Boat Charters to view this event from an exclusive VIP area on the water thatContinue reading "Solent Events announced as America’s Cup World Series official supplier!"

If you have ever wondered what an event company actually does, we have written this short article to give you a bit of an insight into what event management means to a marine events company like Solent Events.  Several yacht and powerboat charter companies will provide a boat for a day or period of timeContinue reading "What does an Event Management Company actually do?"

Let us start by wishing all a very Happy New Year as we look forward to what we hope will be a season filled with sunshine and fair winds! We feel very fortunate to already have a large number of clients booked up for repeat events in 2020 and are putting out proposals at anContinue reading "We love a nice yachtie calendar!"

2020 is set to be a bumper year for super-fast sailing on The Solent. Earlier this month SailGP announced that they were bringing their 50′ foiling catamarans back to Cowes Week and now the America’s Cup World Series (ACWS) is returning to Portsmouth between 4th-7th June. The ACWS is the precursor to the 36th America’sContinue reading "America’s Cup World Series Dates Announced for 2020"