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RTIR All Set To Go
In just a few hours’ time the 1,779 boats entered into the The JPMorgan Asset Management Round the Island Race, organised by the Island Sailing Club, will race westward round the Isle of Wight providing an amazing spectacle for those watching from the shore…
RTI Race Boat Challenge
Students from Cowes High School have been putting their boat designing skills to the test in the JPMorgan Round the Island Boat Building Challenge. On the eve of the RTIR, Commodore of the Island Sailing Club Bill Pimlott was refereeing a somewhat different race round the island…
Round The Island Race: A Fantastic Challenge
Cowes will be buzzing this weekend, as total entry of 1,779 boats with eager crew and spectators descend on the Isle of Wight for the JPMorgan Asset Management Round the Island Race. Organised by the Island Sailing Club, the event extends a welcome to everyone and there are lots of activities planned for spectators and competitors alike centered around Cowes…
RTIR: Star-Studded Extreme 40
In Saturday’s Round the Island Race, JPMorgan Asset Management/TEAMORIGIN, triple Olympic gold medallist and TEAMORIGIN America’s Cup sailor Ben Ainslie takes the helm of an Extreme 40. Ben Ainslie said: “I’m really looking forward to racing around the Island this year in an Extreme 40 – as the name suggests it should be a wild ride…
Round The Island Race:Fourth Highest Entry In 2009
Entries closed at noon on Saturday 13th June and this year’s total is 1,779, the fourth highest in the 78-year history of the Round the Island Race. Late entries include Extreme 40 catamarans, whose sailors read like a “who’s who” of yacht racing. On JPMorgan Asset Management/TEAMORIGIN Ben Ainslie will helm with Mike Sanderson calling the tactics, George Skudos on pit and bowman Matt Cornwell…
RAF & Royal Engineers To Sail Round The Island
Some Round the Island Race competitors in 2009, will have just got off the plane after serving in the Middle East. The RAF Offshore Sailing Team will be pitting the skills of rookie and veteran servicemen in the J/109 Red Arrow which will be flying a newly branded spinnaker to mark the 90th anniversary of the RAF Benevolent Fund…
Round The Island Race 2009 Entries Encouraging
As the JPMorgan Asset Management Round the Island Race entries closed despite an economic climate of doom and gloom, the Island Sailing Club was delighted to announce that entry numbers were very encouraging. Bill Pimlott, Commodore of the Island Sailing Club said:
Round The Island Race 2009 Entries From Near & Far
Many boats competing in the JPMorgan Asset Management Round the Island Race are Solent-based but some too come from much further afield. David Armstrong lives in Driffield, Yorkshire and keeps his Contessa 26 in Bridlington. Contessina was bought as a virtual wreck three years ago and has been substantially refitted by her owner, whose hobbies include boat restoration…
