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Cowes week 2011: 13 days to go!
July 24, 2011
Since 1826 Cowes Week has been Cowes week. Back then, during the days when men were made from steel and boats from wood, racing already took part on the Solent. Nowadays, wood has faded from the scene (recently a wooden gaff cutter was forced to retire from racing) and carbon and GRP have taken its place. So […]
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Cowes Week Carnage, day 5
August 10, 2011
Yesterday evening we were invited for a BBQ at the Goslings. A great evening with great people, despite Floris falling asleep halfway the evening and into his dessert. Pier View ended the evening after Boj stayed to turn off the lights and lock up the place after everybody left. We woke up with 23 knots […]
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Cowes Week day 3
August 13, 2012
Today we had an interesting start, a close reach with the spinnaker until the first mark. The usual suspects were around us: Fever, Yes!, Mongoose in front and Brightwork riding our sternwave. After the first rounding we had a beat up to the island. In hindsight we chose the wrong side of the course, loosing […]
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