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Show news RSYC Contessa Regatta 2024
Blustery conditions welcomed 27 Contessa yachts of all classes in Yarmouth
Posted on 4 Jun
RSYC Contessa Regatta 2024 open for entries
Discounted early bird entry available until midnight Friday 8th April
Posted on 6 Mar
All-Contessa Regatta
Royal Solent YC sees winners receiving a Magnum/Jeroboam of champagne
Posted on 13 Jun 2023
All Contessa Regatta preview
Incorporating Contessa 26 and 28 Nationals, and Contessa 32 Point Series
Posted on 19 May 2023
All-Contessa Regatta to be held at Yarmouth
Starts for Contessa 32s, Contessa 26s, and Contessa 28s
Posted on 26 Apr 2023
Jeremy Rogers MBE: 1937 - 2022
One of Britain's most successful yachtsmen passes away
Posted on 18 Oct 2022
Contessa 26 Nationals at Lymington
Some excellent racing in predominantly light winds
Posted on 17 Sep 2019
Cowes Classics Week overall
Patience and perserverance at the final day
Posted on 27 Jul 2018
Cowes Classics Week day 4
A cracking Solent breeze
Posted on 26 Jul 2018
Cowes Classics Week day 3
Fickle wind and no wind
Posted on 25 Jul 2018
Cowes Classics Week day 2
Light conditions give way to great sailing
Posted on 25 Jul 2018
Cowes Classics Week day 1
Stunning conditions open the racing
Posted on 23 Jul 2018
High Potential wins the Gold Roman Bowl
Top honours in the 2018 Round the Island Race
Posted on 7 Jul 2018
Royal Southern YC September Regatta
Including the Contessa 26 Nationals
Posted on 11 Sep 2017
IRC Double Handed Nationals
Chris Charlesworth and Rob Gullan win in a Contessa 26
Posted on 20 Sep 2016
Contessa 26 50th Anniversary Rally
Owners gather in Lymington
Posted on 8 Aug 2016
40 boats signed up for 50th Anniversary Rally
Can the Contessa 26 class get 50 boats to Lymington?
Posted on 10 Jul 2016
Record entry numbers expected
At 2016 Taittinger Royal Solent YC Regatta
Posted on 21 May 2016
Entries open and NoR published
For Hamble Classics at the Southern Regatta
Posted on 20 Apr 2016
20 boats already signed
Up for 50th Anniversary Contessa 26 Rally
Posted on 21 Feb 2016
Booking open for 50th Anniversary Rally
Hoping for fifty Contessa 26s in Lymington
Posted on 11 Jan 2016
Contessa 26 book available now
Subtitled "The first 50 years"
Posted on 21 Nov 2015
Contessa 26: The first 50 years
New book celebrating the class
Posted on 17 Oct 2015
Romantic gesture at the Contessa 26 Nationals
Plus news of the 50th Anniversary Meet next year
Posted on 13 Sep 2015
Contessa 26 Nationals at Cowes
A very successful hosted by the Island SC
Posted on 9 Sep 2015
Three generations of Rogers set sights
On Round the Island Gold Roman Bowl
Posted on 23 Jun 2015
New classes celebrate their 50th anniversary
Now joining Charles Stanley Cowes Classics Week
Posted on 9 Jan 2015
Revival classes grow in popularity
At Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week
Posted on 10 Jun 2014
Contessa 26 Nationals at Cowes
Fleet growing numbers and competitiveness
Posted on 10 Sep 2013
Royal Yorkshire YC Regatta overall
156 years and still going strong!
Posted on 13 Aug 2013
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High Potential, CO2, Contessa 26, during the 2023 Round the Island Race
© David Harding / www.sailingscenes.com
The inaugural All-Contessa Regatta at Royal Solent Yacht Club
© Christian Beasley
The inaugural All-Contessa Regatta at Royal Solent Yacht Club
© Christian Beasley
Chris Charlesworth and crew of Meow win the CO26 Nationals, held during the inaugural All-Contessa Regatta at Royal Solent Yacht Club
© RSYC
Concours d'elegance winners Grayling, owned by Bob and Judy McConnell, during the inaugural All-Contessa Regatta at Royal Solent Yacht Club
© RSYC
Yachtsman, boatbuilder and 1977 Yachtsman of of the Year award winner Jeremy Rogers from Lymington, at the helm of his Contessa 26 production yacht Grayling during the Contessa 26 class National championships held at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight
© Barry Pickthall / PPL
Yachtsman, boatbuilder and 1977 Yachtsman of of the Year award winner Jeremy Rogers from Lymington, sitting at the chart table of his Contessa 26 production yacht Grayling
© Barry Pickthall / PPL
Contessa of Mell, one of the first Contessa 26 production cruising yachts built by Jeremy Rogers in Lymington for designer David Sadler
© Eileen Ramsay / PPL
Yachtsman, boatbuilder and 1977 Yachtsman of of the Year award winner Jeremy Rogers from Lymington, aboard his Contessa 26 production yacht Grayling
© Barry Pickthall / PPL
Circa 1964 One of the first Contessa 26 yachts outside the original JC Rogers factory in Gosport Street, Lymington
© Rogers Archive / PPL
Contessa of Mell, one of the first Contessa 26 production cruising yachts built by Jeremy Rogers in Lymington for designer David Sadler at the helm, racing under spinnaker in the Solent
© Eileen Ramsay / PPL
Trinco, Peter Hooper's Contessa 26 - Burnham Week 2022 day 4
© Alan Hanna
Cowes Week day 2
© Ingrid Abery / www.ingridabery.com
Round the Island Race 2019
© www.Sportography.tv
LTSC Cruiser Racing Series Race 3
© Clare Sleigh
Contessa 26s and Folkboats coax the wind on the first leg of day 5 of Cowes Classics Week
© Tim Jeffreys Photography
The teenage team on Brizo gives the Contessa 26s a run for their money on day 1 of Cowes Classics Week
© Tim Jeffreys Photography
High Potential wins the 2018 Round the Island Race
© David Harding / www.sailingscenes.com
High Potential wins the 2018 Round the Island Race
© Paul Wyeth / www.pwpictures.com
Chris Charlesworth's Meow, 2017 Contessa 26 National Champion at the Royal Southern Yacht Club September Regatta
© RSrnYC / Louay Habib
Chris Charlesworth, skipper of Meow, is presented with the Contessa 26 National Championship Trophy by Royal Southern Yacht Club Commodore, Karen Henderson-Williams at the Royal Southern Yacht Club September Regatta
© RSrnYC / Louay Habib
Contessa 26 50th Anniversary Rally in Lymington
© David Harding / www.sailingscenes.com
Contessa 26 50th Anniversary Rally in Lymington
© David Harding / www.sailingscenes.com
Contessa 26 50th Anniversary Rally in Lymington
© David Harding / www.sailingscenes.com
Contessa 26 50th Anniversary Rally in Lymington
© David Harding / www.sailingscenes.com
Contessa 26 50th Anniversary Rally in Lymington
© David Harding / www.sailingscenes.com
J.P.Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race
© Sam Kurtul / www.worldofthelens.co.uk
Applejack during Hamble River Wednesday Night Series - Early Bird Series race 4
© Bertrand Malas
Contessa 26: The first 50 years
© Contessa 26
A romantic gesture at the Contessa 26 National Championships
© Paul Wells