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When 199 years ago seven small cutters came together to race, creating the very first Cowes Week, coordination probably wasn’t top of their priorities. But the event that they started has turned into a true festival of sailing.

HRH The Princess Royal fired the historic Royal Yacht Squadron cannon today to start racing at North Sails Cowes Week, as the regatta celebrated 200 years of racing on the Solent.

The Chelmarsh S.C. Craftinsure Supernova event took place at its picturesque 110 acre reservoir in a sometimes fickle 10 knot or often less NorthWest breeze and in bright sunshine.

As the Nacra 15 fleet reached their final day, everyone anxiously looked out to sea to see how truthful the weather forecast was. Miraculously, a short hold ashore of the fleet enabled RO David Rollinson to set up a course inside Plymouth Sound

The 2026 ILCA 4 Youth Worlds are officially under way at the Aarhus International Sailing Centre, where approximately 450 sailors representing 51 nations have begun arriving for one of the most prestigious youth events on the sailing calendar.

After a delay to let the sea breeze fill in the 60 strong X boat fleet got away first time from the Royal Yacht Squadron line. On a beat to Saltmead early leaders were, Lone Star, Mayfly and Astralita from the middle of the start line.

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Morgan Pinckney (USA, Newport Harbor YC) won his first Governor’s Cup after four previous tries, and in dominant fashion, defeating Siena Nichols (USA) from host Balboa YC, 3-0.

The phrase ‘a classic Solent day’ has been over-used probably for the 199 preceding years but race day one of Cowes Week’s 200th anniversary regatta delivered true definitive classic Solent conditions.

47 teams and their support crews travelled to one of the premier sailing venues in the North for three days of racing to find the winner of the 2026 Mirror National Championship.