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Royal Solent Yacht Club Cadets enjoy the Dinghy Simulator

Cadets from the Royal Solent Yacht Club enjoyed a training session on the Dinghy Simulator in October 2024, mastering random gusts in 18...

Visit by the Monks of Quarr Abbey

In October 2024 eight monks from Quarr Abbey visited the Gallery in East Cowes to study the importance of boat and shipbuilding to the...

ICCM Meeting

Victoria Preston, Deputy Chair, Classic Boat Centre Trust, attended the International Congress of Maritime Museums which took place in...

Come and see INEOS BRITANNIA in Cowes

The Classic Boat Museum is proud to display INEOS BRITANNIA (RB2), the British entry for the 2021 America’s Cup held in New Zealand....

Official Naming of Vigia

The official naming ceremony of the cat boat Vigia took place in July 2024 during a rare bout of wonderful weather. Donated to...

Senior Moments Visit the Gallery

The museum has made great strides with its outreach activities. A grant from the Arts Council has enabled us to offer free entry to the...

Gatten & Lake Primary School spend a day at The Museum

On the 16th May 27 pupils from Gatten and Lake Primary school visited the Classic Boat Museum for the whole day. They began in the boat...

Isorropia Foundation Boat Shed Visit

On May 28th a group of people from the IOW health & wellbeing organisation, Isorropia Foundation, visited the Boat Shed. This was...

Celebrating the Bi-centenary of the RNLI

The museum co-hosted a fantastic event in collaboration with the IOW RNLI Board and the Cowes Hammerhead Crane Trust on May 24th to...

No End to our Teams' Skills

Members of the Boat Shed team mend the door on Shed 118!