While the sailing at Cowes Week draws to a close, a different breed has sights set on the same venue with the 50th running of the world famous Cowes-Torquay-Cowes offshore powerboat race.
It takes place over the August Bank Holiday weekend following a week of various national events for the smaller classes.
The main race, which launched modern offshore powerboat sport outside the United States in 1961, has attracted one of the largest fleets in recent years with a true international line-up seeing competitors from Italy, Austria and the United States.
The main difference to the current UIM world championship is that all craft taking part in the main event at Cowes will be monohulls. Catamarans are not accepted.
Known as the Marathon Class, these boats are an important departure from multihulls and have done much to encourage a revival in genuine offshore racing.
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