What to Wear at Cowes Week — The PP Regatta Wardrobe
What to Wear at Cowes Week — The PP Regatta Wardrobe
What to Wear at Cowes Week — The PP Regatta Wardrobe
Cowes Week is the oldest and largest offshore sailing regatta in the world — held in the first week of August at Cowes on the Isle of Wight, with the Royal Yacht Squadron as the organising authority. The event combines over 40 classes of racing with a social programme that is the most formally observed in the sailing calendar: the Squadron dinner, the waterfront bars of Cowes, and the superyacht anchorage in the Solent.
The Royal Yacht Squadron and the dress standard. The Squadron's dinner and the most formally observed Squadron events set the standard for Cowes Week. A navy PP linen shirt with linen trousers and leather shoes as the minimum; the PP Monte Carlo Blazer in natural silk over the shirt for the Squadron dinner and the most formally observed occasions.
“Cowes Week is the oldest and largest offshore sailing regatta in the world — held in the first week of August at Cowes, Isle of Wight. The Royal Yacht Squadron dinner is the most formally observed occasion in the sailing calendar.”
— Pieter Petros, founderFor the spectator boat in the Solent. The Solent in August can be cool and often lively — a proper sea state with the Solent tides. Natural swim shorts and a white PP linen shirt for the spectator boat.
For the Cowes waterfront. The High Street and the waterfront — the most concentrated sailing social scene in the world during the week. A PP linen shirt in white or a vivid colourway with linen shorts and leather deck shoes for the daytime Cowes waterfront; navy with linen trousers for the evening.
For the evening. The yacht club dinners, the waterfront restaurants, the private superyacht entertaining. A navy PP linen shirt with linen trousers and leather shoes for all the most observed Cowes Week evening occasions.
