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Cowes Week tactics: use our local knowledge to get the best out of racing in the western Solent

  • May 15, 2015

Knowing how to play the rocky Island shore and the shallow mainland coastline of the…

Z is for the Victory class, named after Nelson’s flagship and a stalwart at Cowes Week

  • April 18, 2015

One of the most prolific designers of the first third of the 20th Century was…

Passions in the X One Design – one of the most fiercely contested classes at Cowes

  • March 15, 2015

If ever there is a Midsomer Murders episode that involves sailing it ought to star…

Solent Sunbeam: a pretty dayboat that has been a stalwart of Cowes Week for nearly 90 years

  • March 8, 2015

Given the ‘local boat’ flavour enjoyed by many of the one-design yachts and dayboats found…

The Swallow class has enjoyed a class start at Cowes Week every year since 1948

  • January 8, 2015

Like the Fairey Firefly, which also basked in the light of the Olympic flame at…

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Cowes Week: Our essential guide

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