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Cowes Week Hospitality Packages Are Yacht Lovers Favourite
With the summer fast approaching, it is a great time for all boat lovers to take to the open water. There are a number of great places for the marine minded to indulge their passion, from hiring a punt on Thorpness Mere to entering a high profile yacht races such as Cowes Week. This guide takes you through the options available for treating the fanatic in your family to a great day out on the waves.
Thorpness Mere offers a taste of the quaint with a mix of Lewis Carroll imagination. The Suffolk based boating lake offers a lot more to the boating enthusiast than first meets the eye. There is a choice of punts, canoes and traditional rowing boats that can seat anything from a single person right up to a group of 12. There Mere itself is a lot bigger than it first looks. Whole networks of channels weave in and around small islands that have hidden worlds of castles, forts, dinosaurs and crocodiles.
There are plenty of mooring spaces on each island, so everyone can get out and explore. Hire times are in increments of half an hour, but it is highly recommended that you book at least a couple of hours and allow plenty of time to get back. As the waters are regulated by tidal movements of the nearby Suffolk coast, there is often quite a pull on the way back, which can induce a slight panic if you are up against the clock.
For something a little more exciting, Cowes Week offers some great hospitality packages for the yachting enthusiast. Renowned for being the most prestigious yachting event in the sporting calendar Cowes Week, based at Cowes on the Isle of Wight, attracts people from all around the world to watch races and to take part too. The hospitality packages offer a unique opportunity to join in the fun by including a place for up to 8 people on a chartered racing yacht.
Not only do the lucky passengers get to experience Cowes Week full throttle, they will also be treated to VIP treatment throughout the regatta, including champagne and canape reception and first class accommodation on land. Although the package is suited to experienced mariners, the crew are fully qualified and experienced on the Solent, so the less able seamen are also welcome to attend.
Although these packages are wildly different, they offer a great opportunity to experience a wonderful day out on the water, and as both accommodate large group, they are popular with families. For the true thrill seeker though, we recommend taking the wilder way for an extra special treat, as messing about on the Mere is available all year round.
About the Author Dom Donaldson is a sporting expert. Find out more about Cowes Week Hospitality Packages and what you can expect by attending the world's most famous week of yacht races.
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