Cowes Week Comeback - A Spectacular 200th Anniversary

It’s no secret that the world’s most famous regatta has been having a tough time in recent years, many other events around the world have been too. But not many other events were thinking about how to make their 200th regatta one to remember. Fortunately, among the many thousands of competitors who have at some point or repeatedly felt the draw to the Solent for a week of racing in the middle of the UK summer, a large number had already put the date in their diary. And for once, the weather showed up as well to help create a spectacular event. In fact, so good that there were more stories than we had time to tell straight away. So, in the first of a number of features, here’s our opening thoughts, and more importantly those of a wide range of competitors, on some of the things that made the 200th edition of Cowes Week so special.