Skippers have until midnight on Saturday 5 March to qualify for the reduced entry fee to this year’s Round the Island Race. 

This year’s race, the 80th anniversary race, takes place on the 25th June, and is expected to attractaround 1,700 boats. 584 boats have already entered, and organisers expect a flurry of entries to qualify for the early entry discount – which costs £71 as opposed to £76.

Meanwhile, The “Round the Island in 80 Years‘
Exhibition was officially launched from J.P. Morgan’s Great Hall in
London earlier this week at a preview event co-hosted by
the Race organisers the Island Sailing Club and title sponsor J.P.
Morgan Asset Management.  Over 100 guests were treated to a feast of
imagery, anecdotes and characters representing the last eight decades of
the Race.

 You can enter online at the JP Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race website.