Isle of Wight What's On Guide: 2024 Events OnTheWight

Round the Island 2020

Saturday 30 5.15amMay
2020

Sport & Fitness

Island-wide

Across the Island from Cowes to Ventnor, Bembridge to the West Wight. Oh, and even around the Island if we talking about sailing, swimming, surfing or jet skiing.

This event has now finished

Round the Island 2020 Cancelled

Source http://www.roundtheisland.org.uk

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Postponed due to Coronavirus - it will take place on 26 September 2020

The annual Round the Island Race, organised by the Island Sailing Club, is a one-day yacht race around the Isle of Wight, an island situated off the south coast of England. The race regularly attracts over 1,400 boats and around 15,000 sailors, making it one of the largests yacht races in the world and the fourth largest participation sporting event in the UK after the London Marathon and the Great North and South Runs.

Spectators can find many vantage points, both on the mainland and Isle of Wight, to watch the race progress. The first start in Cowes for the 2020 race is at 5.20am, and you can find more information about where the boats typically are at different times during the day by clicking here. Those who cannot get to watch in person can always keep an eye on the race's progress on the website, via our live text commentary and our boat tracking facility.

Competitors come from all over the UK, other parts of Europe and as far away as the USA to follow the 50 nautical mile course round the Isle of Wight. Starting on the famous Royal Yacht Squadron line in Cowes, the fleet races westabout, to The Needles, round St Catherine's Point and Bembridge Ledge buoy, and back into the Solent to the finish line at Cowes.