Sue Pelling interviews Cowes Combined Clubs director Stuart Quarrie.
Yachting World
Slow start at Cowes offers chance to study fast movers
Avoidance of a "Mickey Mouse" start provided a chance to look at the runners and riders this morning.
IRM gets its day at Cowes
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…
Harrison steps in for Cowes
Volvo RYA Keelboat Sailors compete in Cowes Week on Peter Harrison's Farr 50 Chernikeeff
West Solents return to Cowes
To mark the class' 80th birthday the West Solent One-Designs are lining up at Skandia Cowes Week for their own class start
Scorpion Regional Challenge
The Scorpion Regional Challenge and youth event meeting took place at Northampton SC last weekend
Scorpions at Northampton
Steve Walker and Barry Rawlins were the overall winners of the Scorpion open meeting last weekend
Firebird prepares for Cowes multihull debut
The Martyn Smith-designed Firebird will be racing at Cowes for the first time
Seven-ohs prepare for big Cowes
A total of 27 Hunter 707s will be on the start line at Cowes on Saturday morning
Roaring Forty wins Petit Bateau
Michel Kleinjans Roaring Forty has won the inaugural Petit Bateau 2004 singlehanded race
Royal London Red Funnel Regatta
Competitors enjoyed superb conditions for last weekend's Royal London keelboat event on the Solent
Big Melges line-up in Sweden
Can 15-year-old Shark Kahn defend his title at this year's Melges world championship in Marstrand?
British sailor to carry Olympic torch
An 18-year-old pupil from Arrow Vale Sports College in Redditch has won the honour of carrying the Olympic torch during the opening ceremony of the Olympics
Flying Fish student at the helm
Our Yachtmaster student takes the helm on the return passage from the Channel Islands
Fair winds promised for Cowes
After the disappointments of last year's doldrum days, an advancing low looks like it might well provide Skandia Cowes Week with early days of brisk racing.
Sydney Gold Coast Race
Konica Minolta takes line honours in her first Ingles Yacht Race
OK worlds
Jim Hunt (GBR) wins the OK world championship at Parkstone YC
Fastracking it to the Channel Islands
Our Yachtmaster student experiences the perils of mixing partying with sailing during her first offshore passage.
Laser 4.7s youth worlds
The 2004 Laser 4.7 youth worlds and European championships took place in Riva Del Garda, Italy between 17-24 July
IRC class break changes
Cowes Combined Clubs has decided to reshuffle the IRC entries for Skandia Cowes Week