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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"

Obviously, we love water – but we do prefer being on it rather than it falling on us. Although Spring is fast approaching, we are not quite there yet, and the weather keeps bringing water of the “wrong” kind! Yes, we have the right gear to go out regardless, but it is no secret thatContinue reading "Water Winter “Ops”"

We are just over a month into 2022 and despite a cautious start to the year, it is clear that people are feeling optimistic about the summer to come – enquiries about spending quality time on the water, with colleagues, clients and friends, are coming in thick and fast. Obviously, we couldn’t be happier thanContinue reading "Solent Dates for your Diary 2022"

It’s that time of year where a lot of us look, or at least try to look, long and hard at our lifestyle and any potential excesses that might not be so good for us, and decide that “things need to change”. Never starting on the 1st of January though – that would just beContinue reading "New Year, New You?"

At Solent Events, we’ve been hearing great things about the restoration of seagrass in our local area and felt compelled to highlight this important work. Seagrass plays an important part in the fragile marine ecosystem as it provides breeding grounds for many of our fish stocks as well as rare marine life such as seahorsesContinue reading "Seagrass Restoration in The Solent"

The 2022/23 SailGP season has been announced and it couldn’t be more exciting. Kicking off in Bermuda in May, it will return to Plymouth for the second year running, for the 3rd Sail Grand Prix Event of the series. After an incredibly successful event this year, with an estimated 27,500 spectators enjoying the thrilling raceContinue reading "SailGP Season 3 – Coming back to Plymouth in 2022!"

World renown sailor Alex Thomson has announced he is stepping down as skipper of his Open 60, Hugo Boss for the time being. With nearly 20 years of offshore sailing behind him, 47 year old Alex has given a fair chunk of his life pursuing the holy grail of round the world single handed sailing,Continue reading "Alex Thomson hangs up his sailing boots… for now!"

Whilst the end of the summer season in the UK sees our Sailing and Powerboat events drawing to a close, we don’t just hibernate for the winter! Our River Thames Clay Shoot is very popular for groups of between 15-40 guests and can run between 4 hours to a full day. With this event, ourContinue reading "Autumn and winter water based fun!"

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!"

Last month saw the start of the Great Pacific Race, a gruelling contest which sees its competitors’ row 2700 miles from San Francisco to Hawaii. Primarily due to the treacherous conditions of the Pacific Ocean, rowing this route is deemed to be one of the toughest tests of endurance on the planet. Taking part thisContinue reading "The Ocean Sheroes are Halfway to Hawaii!"

Back in March, we featured the amazing challenge to be taken on by The Ocean Sheroes who will be rowing the Pacific any day now. These inspiring women have taken on the 2700 mile row from San Francisco to Hawaii with a ‘3 P’s’ philosophy. The campaign sets out to be more that ‘just’ rowingContinue reading "The 270 Challenge!"

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’?"

At time of publishing, the 8th of November will kick off the 2020/ 2021 Vendée Globe, the world’s toughest sailing race. This year, there will be 33 skippers setting sail from Les Sables d’Olenne in western France. The best solo sailors will line up in this single handed non-stop sprint around the planet with virtuallyContinue reading "World class yacht race to go ahead!"

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"