Cowes Week 2021 delivered a mix of interesting and exciting racing, with up to 40 races per day across 30 classes. Giles Peckham’s Daring Dauntless won the regatta overall for a record fourth time, having notched up five race wins and one second place.

Is there a Cowes Week in 2021?

Cowes Week 2021 delivered a mix of interesting and exciting racing, with up to 40 races per day across 30 classes. Giles Peckham’s Daring Dauntless won the regatta overall for a record fourth time, having notched up five race wins and one second place.

What are the dates for Cowes Week?

Saturday 30st July – Saturday 6th August 2022 Cowes Week first took place in 1826. Sailing has moved gradually from the preserve of the wealthy to be an inclusive sport. Now around 800 boats and 8,500 competitors enter Cowes Week every year.

How many boats are in Cowes Week?

750 boats
About. Since 1826 Cowes Week has played a key part in the British sporting summer calendar and is one of the UK’s longest running and most successful sporting events. It now stages up to 40 daily races for around 750 boats and is the largest sailing regatta of its kind in the world.

What happens during Cowes Week?

Cowes Week is a seven day sailing regatta taking place on the south coast’s stunning Solent. It is the highlight of the British sailing season, as Wimbledon and Henley regatta are to tennis and rowing!

Is Cowes Week free?

Cowes Yacht Haven, the spiritual home of Cowes Week, provides a boat-crew and family-friendly offering. The main hospitality area, with free entry and open to all from 1000hrs to 2200hrs, is located to the north side of the site – providing easy access to and from Red Funnel’s Red Jet terminal and the High Street.

Are the Red Arrows at Cowes Week 2021?

Cowes Week will be without fireworks or the Red Arrows, and the usual main stage entertainment is unlikely this summer, but hopes still remain for a safe return for the historic sailing regatta.

What date is Cowes Week 2022?

30th July – 6th August 2022.

When was Cowes built?

1540
Yachts sailing past the esplanade during Cowes Week, Cowes, Isle of Wight, Eng. Cowes Castle (1540) was built for coastal defense by Henry VIII; it has been the headquarters of the Royal Yacht Squadron (founded 1815) since 1856.

Where does Cowes Week take place?

the Isle of Wight
Having started in 1826, the event is held in August each year on the Solent (the area of water between southern England and the Isle of Wight made tricky by strong double tides), and is run by Cowes Week Limited in the small town of Cowes on the Isle of Wight.

Where is the Henley Regatta held?

Henley-on-Thames
Henley Royal Regatta, annual four-day series of rowing races held the first week in July on the River Thames, at Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England.

What time are the Cowes Week fireworks?

9.30pm
This party is enormously popular and is likely to sell out before the night arrives. There’s great live music from 6pm, with our favourite party band Hot Punch entertaining you from 8pm until the fireworks start at 9.30pm.

Will there be fireworks at Cowes Week 2021?

For 2021 there will be no annual Friday night fireworks display, nor the sight and sound of the Red Arrows overhead – 2 big attractions that pull in the wider crowds.