Cowes Port Handbook 2014-2015 April 2014 | Page 7

COWES PORT HANDBOOK 2014 - 2015 There is a busy calendar of events to look forward to in 2014. Regular highlights include the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race in June and Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week at the beginning of August. In addition, this year we are looking forward to the increasingly popular Cowes Classics Week in July, and an exciting, new International Etchells Invitational Cup which is attracting some of the world’s top racing yachtsmen from countries around the globe. Cowes Harbour Commissioners have agreed to support this new event with the provision of moorings and services as part of our stakeholder dividend policy to attract new events to Cowes. I would like to thank the team that continues to manage and run the harbour, including the nine volunteer and unremunerated Commissioners, the members of the Advisory Committee, and our dedicated and professional staff, who are the public face of the harbour. Finally, for further information on Cowes Harbour and its two towns, please do vis