Cowes Week

Cowes Week
FrequencyAnnually
Location(s)Cowes, Isle of Wight, England
Websitewww.cowesweek.co.uk Edit this at Wikidata
A Cowes Week race in 2003
Regatta off Cowes in 1875
Cowes Parade in Cowes Week 2007

Cowes Week (/kaʊz/ KOWZ)[1] is one of the longest-running regular regattas in the world. With 40 daily sailing races, around 500 boats,[2] and 2500 competitors ranging from Olympic and world-class professionals to weekend sailors, it is the largest sailing regatta of its kind in the world. Having started in 1826,[3] 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.[4]

  1. ^ "Pronounce Cowes Week". Cambridge Dictionary. 13 February 2017.
  2. ^ Limited, Cowes Week. "Cowes Week - The Regatta Archive". www.cowesweek.co.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2023. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ "Lendy – The crowdfunding marketplace for loans secured on UK property". Lendy. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Go racing at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week". Cowes Week Limited. Retrieved 8 May 2013.