RACING PORTAL

DATE: Friday 12th July 
COURSE: Cowes – Casquets – Les Hanois - St Malo
DISTANCE (nm): 151

One of the oldest races in the RORC calendar, the Cowes-Dinard-St Malo has its origins in a pre World War I race from Cowes to St Malo bay and the winner still receives, the original trophy – the magnificent King Edward VII Cup, which dates from 1906.

DATE: Saturday 27th July
COURSE: Cowes – Solent finish, around marks
DISTANCE (nm): 24-36 hours

Often forgotten is that the Channel Race is one of the Club’s oldest events, designed by the Ocean Racing Club (as it was then) in 1928 to be the second ‘ocean race’ after the Fastnet.

DATE: Friday 6th September 
COURSE: Cowes – Cherbourg
DISTANCE (nm): 80

The Cherbourg Race is the last of the UK-based races of the RORC Season’s Points Championship and is very often the decider for the class winners. The race can be won and lost in the escape from the Solent, in the strong tides on the approach to Cherbourg and finally on the last mile along the inside of the breakwater of the Grande Rade.