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Red Funnel Cowes Keelboat Championship
Competing for Red Funnel Challenge Trophies, there are 24 races held over 6 weekends between May and September for 6 Metres, Etchells, Darings, Dragons and Sonars/Flying 15s/XoD classes. Click here for full details.
JP Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race
Supported by Red Funnel, the Round the Island race is the largest of its kind in the world with around 16,000 professional and amateur sailors aboard 1,800 yachts battling on 19 June 2010 to be first around the Isle of Wight in a westerly direction. Click here for more.
eXtreme Sailing Series
Featuring the likes of Shirley Robertson and Nick Moloney, the eXtreme 40 Sailing Series has six rounds staged across Europe with the UK's heat held in Cowes/Solent from 31 July-2 August 2010. Click here for more
Cowes Week
Supported by Red Funnel, the oldest sailing regatta in the world dates from 1826 and is a key fixture in the British sporting calendar. Over 1,000 yachts in some 40 classes race daily in the Solent between 31 July-7 August 2010. Click here for more.
Artemis Challenge
Seven IMOCA 60s with world class skippers are set to do battle in the Artemis Challenge on the 5 August as part of Cowes Week 2010. The prize in this 50 mile high speed sprint around the Isle of Wight is £10k for the charity of the winning skipper.
Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC)
Check out RORCs website for the latest racing news, reports and regulations + club events
RORC website
Solent Racing Calendar
See the SCRA website for full details of the 400 sailing events taking place in the Solent every season
SCRA website
Red Funnel are partners to BT Team Ellen, a group of dedicated sailors who are passionate about winning. They race across oceans, take on round the world epics and engage in close inshore combat. But they are also a team who care about the state of the planet they race around, and are striving to live and work in more sustainable ways, and motivate others to do the same.
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Ellen MacArthur Trust
Red Funnel are proud supporters of the Ellen MacArthur Trust which takes young people aged 8-18 sailing to help inspire them and rebuild their confidence as they recover from cancer, leukaemia and others serious illness.
Ellen MacArthur Trust