There are many faces to a typical day at Cowes Week. Wet and windy. Wet and windless. Sunny and windless. Sunny and a perfect breeze. The organisers of North Sails Cowes Week 2026 must have had a direct line to somebody with a lot of influence because the bright sunny conditions of Friday delivered a reasonably early seabreeze and every class got some fantastic racing in to end the regatta. Cowes Week is a highlight of many people’s racing year, and the enthusiasm and passion of everybody in the room comes to the fore. The organisers started races for 43 different classes, all of whom had a chance of getting onto the podium, and in total 153 trophies were awarded including for a number of special categories. So seven days of racing drew to a close. Some of the smaller boats lost out on a day’s racing on Wednesday due to strong winds but the 200th Cowes Week regatta was a fantastic week both on the water and ashore for the more than 5000 sailors taking part. Congratulations to Martin Dent’s team Jelvis, winners of the J/70 short series and to Marshall King & Doug Struth’s team DSP, winners of the J/70 Overall. For event details, visit https://www.cowesweek.co.uk/web/code/php/main_c.php?map=cw-res&ui=cw-res&style=std&override=§ion=regatta&page=home.