The Family Festival of Sail, run in conjunction with the Argo Gold Cup, will this year give both adults and children their first taste of the sport.

Three J 105 yachts will be provided to take local residents on 30-minute sails around Hamilton Harbour.

During the sail, skippers of the yachts will explain the significance of the Gold Cup which attracts many of the world’s top match-racing sailors.

Other activities planned during the October 19 festival include free boat rides in a rigid inflatable boat.

The event, at Barr’s Bay Park, will feature a Bermuda Ocean Explorers display, a Bermuda Underwater Exploration station, Bermuda Rowing Association simulators, Model Boat Association races, a Fife and Drum presentation, Calico Jack’s tours, an African Diaspora Heritage Trail feature about the Enterprise sculpture and site, a Chewstick station and an Optimist Exhibition Youth Race in the Harbour, starting at 1pm.