PERFECT PITCH
The young girl who enjoyed sailing her Mirror from a beach hut at Calshot in the school holidays, watching in delight as Cowes Week thundered past every August, never imagined that one day she’d have a key role in running the regatta herself.
Kate Johnson’s job as Cowes Week’s Commercial and Marketing Director doesn’t allow her much time to look across the water and remember those early days afloat, but having known and loved the regatta all of her life certainly does no harm as she pitches to potential sponsors of Cowes Weeks to come.
“As children we spent many happy summers messing around in boats on the Solent,” she says, “and since then I have done Cowes Week many times. I remember winning our class a couple of times. It was during the Skandia days and we were given a huge race winner’s
