Valleywag (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
At Skandia Cowes Week on the Isle of Wight, Niklas Zennström's racing yacht Ran won five of seven races amongst the largest class of boats, and won the overall title without having to race on the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
It took just 4hr 13min 48sec to erase a year-long nightmare for Brian Thompson yesterday as he skippered the Open 60 Pindar to a convincing win in the Artemis round the Isle of Wight Race as part of Skandia Cowes Week.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Record-breaking will be on the agenda today as a clutch of Open 60s joins Skandia Cowes Week for a 50-mile dash round the Isle of Wight.
Sweet nothings (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008
Drove down to the beach this morning to take pictures of the start of Cowes week from across the solent. Love how close the Isle of Wight seems for things like this. there were lots of boats. ships. yachts. oh...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
BLACKBURN, England & COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dynamax Technologies Ltd., a global leader in digital signage solutions, today announced it has teamed with Cowes, Isle of
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 29/07/2008
Metro has teamed up with BT to offer one lucky reader and a friend the chance to enjoy a VIP day of racing on board a professionally-skippered yacht at Cowes Week on the Isle of Wight on Saturday 2nd August.
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
12th June ThursdayCowes Isle of Wight Portland HarbourCastle CoveDeparture 7.50amCloudly and misty this morning at 5.30am when I was awake. I had hoped that it would be clear when we left Cowes but it started raining instead. We had to let the Ferry ldquo Red Funnelrdquo from Southamton through first then we could leave. Sails up at 8.25am. We had all the sails up it seems ages since w
auntie joanna writes (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
...awaited us over the Solent as we crossed to the Isle of Wight for what was to prove an extraordinary weekend. A number of things had come together. Kind friends had invited us to use their cottage at Cowes for a little holiday. While on the Island, we would be able to do something I had been planning for a while - visit a prisoner who is in HM Prison there (regular readers will be aware of this...
Grantian Florilegium (Free subscription) | 30/03/2008
"Anno Domini 1630, March 29, Easter Monday. Riding at the Cowes, near the Isle of Wight, in the Arbella, a ship of three hundred and fifty tons." So begins one of the most famous journals ever written, a journal which remains a treasure mine of information for historians of New England. John Winthrop, the writer of the journal, was a well-educated upper-class Englishman. Although a
Island Sports Blog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2008
This was the newly formed Mad Cowes Under 12’s 3rd game in the Isle of Wight Junior League, and they certainly got off to a strong and confident start.GK Freya Amestoy and GD Sarah Butler gelled well together, marking the Shorwell shooters well. WD Amy Sheppard,C Ebony Davies and [...]
Arena Magazine (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
According to the italicised small-print at the bottom of my work diary, Friday 8 February is notable for one reason. “The largest hovercraft was launched at Cowes, Isle of Wight, in 1968.” This makes you wonder what the fucking hell they were smoking round at Collins HQ when it came to selecting nuggets of trivia [...]
