Fastnet fleet underway

The Fastnet race started today with a 10 knot north-easterly breeze and the IMOCA Open 60 fleet the first class to cross the start line just off the Royal Yacht

Weather issues

Another guessing game in the sun for Skandia Cowes Week sailors

It was business as usual for the competitors and committee on the last day of Skandia Cowes Week 2003; in other words, waiting for the wind...

With just over 12 hours until the start of the 2003 Rolex Fastnet Race, Cowes is filling with entrants from across the globe

Hunter 707 fleet celebrate invite to Oz

Proving to be one of the most competitive and exciting fleets on the water, a Hunter 707 has been announced as the boat to represent Skanida Cowes Week at Geelong

Chris Law has arrived in Cowes Week fresh from his win in the prestigious Swedish Match Cup in Maistrand, Sweden and, as ever, is forthright about the current sailing scene

Another slow day of racing at Skandia Cowes Week - the highlights including watching Coulthard being forced to retire and Chris Law running aground

Blame it on the Weather Man

Chris Tibbs, official weather forecaster for Skandia Cowes Week, can lay claim to being the man with the most grey hairs

A colourful sail with the girls

Yachting World's Editorial Assistant Christina Sampson reports on a day with the Girls for Sail crew on their Sigma 38

For the second time this week committee officers running the racing at Skandia Cowes Week had to consider the use of the new Amendment 2 to the Race Instructions.

Skandia Cowes Week served up another day of blazing sunshine, but with a frustrating mid-afternoon wind shift that sent race officers running for their shortened course routines.

Hannah Mills gives Britain it's best ever result at the Optimist World Championships