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Events in Isle of Wight

Round the Island Yacht Race

An event in June in Isle of Wight
Event begins: 30th November -0001
Round the Island Yacht Race ends on 30th November -0001
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Around 1700 yachts and 16,000 sailors compete in Island Sailing Club's Round the Island Yacht Race, one of the world's biggest yachting competitions. The billowing sails travel a 50-nautical mile circuit anticlockwise around the Isle of Wight, starting at Cowes.

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