The excitement is building for the world-famous Round the Island Race on Saturday 15th June. It's both a prestigious and a challenging race, and regularly attracts a diverse range of sailors from Olympians and professional race teams, keen amateurs and groups of families ready to enjoy a cracking day out on the water.
The Island Sailing Club, based on the Isle of Wight, is proud to have organised this globally renowned race for over 90 years. All fleets follow the same 50 nautical miles course which circumnavigates the Isle of Wight in an anti-clockwise direction. Starting on the Royal Yacht Squadron line in Cowes at 6am, the fleet race westabout to The Needles, pass St Catherine's Point, round Bembridge Ledge buoy, and back into the Solent to the finish line at Cowes.
To follow the race online, visit www.roundtheisland.org.uk and watch the easy-to-use Race Viewer. As well as seeing the full race unfold live and following the text commentary, specific boats can be highlighted and tracked as they progress around the course.
It's a spectacular sight watching the hundreds of boats sailing around the stunning Isle of Wight coastline. There are many excellent vantage points on the Island shoreline including the start in Cowes, The Needles, Chilton Chine, St Catherine's Point, Ventnor and Ryde Pier. On the mainland shore - Hurst Point and Gilkicker Point are great spots. A Spectator Guide on www.roundtheisland.org.uk provides details of all the shoreside activities and a handy map, with a table of times at which the boats will pass different points during the race.
There's still time to enter as Late Entry will be available until 12:00 on Wednesday 12th June, see :- www.roundtheisland.org.uk
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