As Cowes Week charity of the year, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) will be part of the action both on and off the water during this year's regatta.

With the UK round of the Extreme Sailing Series starting on Saturday, 31 July in Cowes, OMEGA has announced it will present a Seamaster Planet Ocean Watch to the winning skipper; an added incentive to the nine teams battling it out on the Solent for the next seven days.

Sailors in Yarmouth Harbour on the Isle of Wight are showing their support for the police's efforts to prevent crime affecting the marine community.

This year Cowes Week welcomes a number of new classes and has made several improvements to ensure that 2010 is the best regatta yet.

The 22 competitors taking part in the Solo Offshore Racing Club's Channel Week, are due to set to sail from Lymington for Alderney early on Saturday, 31 July, for the first leg of the six stage race.

Following the first phase of the America's Cup media trials, a new website has been created to collate all the videos being generated during the trials and to solicit feedback from viewers.

A dedicated policing operation is underway to keep crime levels low at the Cowes Week sailing regatta, one of the world's largest sports and entertainment events.

This Friday, The H20 Show is a Navy special, to mark Navy Days 2010, and Sir Robin and Shelley Jory-Leigh will be onboard the most famous warship in the world,  HMS Victory.

As the forecast time period becomes less, the forecast dependability goes up, and we can use the standard forecasts as a pretty good guide to what's going to happen, writes Cowes Online columnist Simon Rowell.

Fireworks display - Friday, 6 August 2010, and closure of main fairway 2110 - 2150.

Eco 60s, the new class of sustainable and cost effective offshore racing yachts, now have their own dedicated website.

Amidst the multitude of competitors at Cowes Week there is always a host of interesting stories which add colour, flavour, and context to this annual event.

Having recently returned from their circumnavigation in the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race, the two British entries, Hull & Humber and Edinburgh Inspiring Capital, will be taking to the race track again in RORC's Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race.

Columnist Stokey Woodall takes us through the August night sky as seen from his "Sky-Pad" at Bonchurch on the Isle of Wight.

With the Figaro season just about to start in France, Jonny Malbon was back in town for a few days; Cowes TV spoke to him about his hopes for the season and his plans for the future.