Cowes, in the Isle of Wight, hosts the largest and most prestigious annual sailing regatta in the world. This year, from 7 to 14 August, up to 1,000 boats will compete, ranging from exciting high-tech racing machines to classic day boats. It's the ideal time to lift anchor and set sail at your club with a summer boating theme.
There'll be plenty of media coverage during Cowes Week, and you can also visit the regatta's website at www.cowes.co.uk to keep track of the events and to see pictures of the racing vessels. Provide big boxes along with a host of suitable junk and scrap, and children could be inspired to build a large-scale boat of their own to play in. Perhaps they would like to create a new, futuristic design, or copy a boat they have seen - they can even use them as props in an original playground game.
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