Free entry to this Fine Art exhibition hosted at Cowes Yacht Haven
- Friday 1/4 – open 3:00 pm to 4:30pm
- Saturday 2/4 & Sunday 3/4 – open 10.00am to 4.30pm
- Monday 4/4 – open 10.00am to 4.00pm
In aid of the Daisy Ring Bus, The Andrew Cassell Foundation, and Mountbatten Isle of Wight
Fairwinds Art Exhibition
‘Fairwinds’, a the third edition of sustainable art exhibition for the Isle of Wight. Bringing together thirteen acclaimed artists from the Island to raise funds for sailors with physical and sensory disabilities.
Hosted at Cowes Yacht Haven
Supporting local artists
The Fairwinds Art Exhibition supports Isle of Wight artists. We are grateful for the support participating artists offer the Foundation, which enables us to help more disabled people race with and against able bodied sailors on equal terms.
Meet the artists
John Garlick
Inspiration to many
John was an art enthusiast and supporter of Island artists. His main love in life, after his family, was sailing, from dinghies to racing yachts. John competed and was successful in many offshore races including winning the RORC De Guingand Bowl and the Deauville Race, completing multiple Fastnet and built up huge mileage including sailing the Atlantic.
John had a passion to pass on knowledge and enthusiasm for learning and was a great mentor to many people in a variety of subjects. During his last few months battling with Multiple Myeloma he began to plan the Fairwinds Fine Art Exhibition. We, his family, Peter Allen and the Andrew Cassell Foundation family, are proud to have taken the baton from him to host the first annual Fairwinds Fine Art Exhibition.
Andrew Cassell
Paralympic gold medalist
Andy was born without legs and deformed hips but this did not stop him becoming a top racing sailor with a career that has spanned 50 years. From a sadly abandoned campaign for Olympic selection in 1964 to becoming a renowned sailmaker and latterly Director of Ratsey’s in Cowes, and sailing in many classes especially the Daring in Cowes he spent most of his career without ever thinking of himself as a disabled sailor.
As the tide turned towards making disability more acceptable, the Paralympic sailing movement grew and Andy was asked to compete in the 1994 Worlds and 1995 European Disabled Championships with the outcome that he was selected for the 1996 Paralympics in Atlanta and came home with the Gold Medal.
Andrew Cassell Foundation
Racing for the disabled. Transforming lives. Helping disabled people become independent sailors.
The 2026 Exhibition
Fairwinds Art Exhibition is the third edition of a sustainable art exhibition celebrating the Island and Island art while supporting local charities.
The Exhibition is in memory of John Garlick who loved sailing the Isle of Wight and its artists. His family and ACF are proud to be fulfilling this mission and raising money to help more disabled sailors reach independence on the water, as well as supporting the Daisy Ring Bus and Mountbatten Isle of Wight.
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