Round The Island Race 2024: Entires for early birds, like your self, are closing quickly!
About the race
The 87th version of the Round The Island Race is 11 weeks away! Time is flying, and with the crusing season already totally underway, the Island Sailing Club (ISC) is gearing up for an additional world well-known occasion. Since the primary race across the Isle of Wight in 1931, this annual occasion has continued to develop, now with over 100 volunteers, and this 12 months is not any completely different.
Early Bird Entry
Are you a daily Round The Island Racer, or are you but to enterprise past The Needles? Either means, entries for early birds like your self at the moment are open! But this deal gained’t final for lengthy – early hen entry might be closing on Sunday thirty first March at 11:59pm. After which you should still enter the usual route (till 1st June), however why wait?
Helly Hansen with the Round The Island Race
Latest Round The Island News: The official Round The Island Race 2024 merchandise model is Helly Hansen.
They’ve integrated a few of the model’s hottest technical items with the race brand, together with the HP ½ Zip Pullover (recycled double knit polyester) and a males’s and ladies’s Club Hoodie and Tech T-shirt.
This 12 months they’re making it simple with a pay-by-link system and at home supply service. Pre-orders have simply opened, with extra particulars on the race web site.
RNLI volunteer crews
In their two hundredth 12 months, the RNLI is the Round The Island Race’s Official Race Charity. The seven RNLI volunteer crews, from Cowes, Calshot, Bembridge, Yarmouth, Lymington, Mudeford and Portsmouth, have performed a significant half within the race’s security for many years. Their coaching consists of fortnightly replications of real-life incidents and emergencies, the place they practise with race particular crusing vessels and crews in troublesome situations to hone their security response.
RNLI on the Round The Island Race: How to donate
Over £2000 has been raised to this point. If you want to donate, please go to their Just Giving page.
Membership to the Island Sailing Club
An unique membership package deal for the ISC is available for race opponents now! For extra data, contact the ISC office.
For all of the latest Round The Island Race 2024 race, organisation and competitor information, the race’s social media has all of it – @ roundtheisland and #RoundTheIsland #RaceForAll