Peter Ogden's straight-out-of-the-box Swan 601 Spirit of Jethou had a close shave with a buoy today, but all appears to be well.

1720 owner Andrew McIrvine took a turn at Darings today - and proved to be something of a stalking horse.

Great sailing was the hallmark of the day, with something to enjoy for all classes, even though the day brought its challenges.

Andrea Bonezzi from Italy wins Contender world championship in Garda

A decent south-easterly breeze and a wash-down are both on the menu for today's sailing here at Skandia Cowes Week.

Multihulls are racing as a fleet during Skandia Cowes Week for the first time.

Brett Lewis managed to hole and sink Murphy & Nye and Ian Atkins found the rock off the Squadron on boats.com before either boat had taken the Cowes Week gun.

Relaxation and frustration. Humour and drama. Some slightly strange racing and some very competitive duelling. And that in a breeze barely worth its name.

Saxton and Lees victorious at the Volvo Musto Optimist National Championship 2004

Following an experimental period a firm decision has been made to run a separate IRM fleet at Skandia Cowes Week and to award top trophies, such as the Britannia Cup…

To mark the class' 80th birthday the West Solent One-Designs are lining up at Skandia Cowes Week for their own class start

The Scorpion Regional Challenge and youth event meeting took place at Northampton SC last weekend

Steve Walker and Barry Rawlins were the overall winners of the Scorpion open meeting last weekend