Editing Cowes Week (section)

{{short description|Sailing regatta}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2013}}
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|location          = [[Cowes]], [[Isle of Wight]], England
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[[File:Cowes Week Racing.jpg|thumb|200px|A Cowes Week race in 2003]]
[[File:Yacht in a Regatta off Cowes, Isle of Wight.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Regatta off Cowes in 1875]]
[[File:Cowes Parade on Cowes Week 2007.JPG|thumb|right|200px|[[Cowes]] Parade in Cowes Week 2007]]
'''Cowes Week''' ({{IPAc-en|k|aʊ|z}} {{respell|KOWZ}})<ref>{{cite web |title= Pronounce Cowes Week |work= Cambridge Dictionary |url= http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/cowes-week |date= 13 February 2017}}</ref> is one of the longest-running regular [[regattas]] in the world.  With 40 daily sailing races, around 500 boats,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Limited |first=Cowes Week |title=Cowes Week - The Regatta Archive |url=http://www.cowesweek.co.uk/web/code/php/main_c.php?map=cw23&ui=cw4&style=std&override=&section=regatta&page=archive |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=www.cowesweek.co.uk}}</ref> and 2500 competitors ranging from Olympic and world-class professionals to weekend sailors, it is the largest sailing regatta of its kind in the world.  Having started in 1826,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lendy.co.uk/lendy-cowes-week|title=Lendy – The crowdfunding marketplace for loans secured on UK property|work=Lendy|access-date=26 September 2018}}</ref> the event is held in August each year on the [[Solent]] (the area of water between southern [[England]] and the [[Isle of Wight]] made tricky by strong double tides), and is run by Cowes Week Limited in the small town of [[Cowes]] on the Isle of Wight.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.aamcowesweek.co.uk/web/code/php/main_c.php?map=cw14&ui=cw1&style=std&override=&section=shoreside&page=racingoptions|title=Go racing at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week |publisher=Cowes Week Limited|accessdate=8 May 2013}}</ref>