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The J. P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race - “Britain’s favourite Yacht Race”.

The J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race, taking place on the 19 June 2010, is one of the largest participation sporting events in the UK and Ireland and arguably the most famous of its type in the world, regularly attracting over 1,700 boats and 16,000 sailors. This year the tides dictate that the 50 nautical mile race starts at 0500 off the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. The organisers are delighted to confirm that Dame Ellen MacArthur, the world’s most celebrated yachtswoman, will fire the starting cannon to set the fleet on its way. The yachts then head off towards The Needles, providing that iconic image of thousands of boats, often flying their colourful spinnakers racing west from Cowes. The fleet then rounds St Catherine's Point, races around Bembridge Ledge buoy and heads back into the Solent to the Cowes finish line.