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    strong double tides), and is run by Cowes Week Limited in the small town of Cowes on the Isle of Wight. Cowes Week is held at the beginning of August,...
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    Cowes (/kaʊz/) is an English seaport town and civil parish on the Isle of Wight. Cowes is located on the west bank of the estuary of the River Medina,...
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  • world is Cowes Week, which is held annually by the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes, England, and usually attracts over 900 sailing boats. Cowes Week is predated...
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    3rd 2022 Cowes Week Squib Class in Cowes, Isle of Wight 1st 2022 Cowes Week Under 25 Team Trophy in Cowes, Isle of Wight 1st 2022 Cowes Week Musto Young...
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    East Cowes is a town and civil parish in the north of the Isle of Wight, on the east bank of the River Medina, next to its west bank neighbour Cowes. It...
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    sourcing the materials from a local supplier. Later he sold clothing at Cowes Week on the Isle of Wight, a regatta event, and then opened a store. The first...
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    recreational area for water sports, particularly yachting, hosting the Cowes Week sailing event annually. It is sheltered by the Isle of Wight and has a...
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    amphibious Land Rover 90 used by the company as part of its sponsorship of Cowes Week from 1987 to 1990. The Special Projects Division also handled specialised...
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    miles of sandy and pebble beaches. Cowes hosts the annual Cowes Week and is an international sailing centre. East Cowes is famous for Osborne House, Norris...
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    returned to the south in August, where she was the Royal Guardship during Cowes Week where the ship hosted King George V and Queen Mary of Teck on 11 August...
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    Bengal Lancer and the son of British diplomat Montague Yeats-Brown. During Cowes Week in 1935, she was introduced to Edward Dudley Delevingne, a stockbroker...
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    was finished by June. Prince Philip sailed Bloodhound with Uffa Fox at Cowes Week in August of that year. During royal ownership Bloodhound would accompany...
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    Island Race (25 June), Panerai British Classic Week (16–23 July) and Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week (6–13 August). She was one of a number of important...
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    south coast of England. The ferry crosses the tidal river from East Cowes to Cowes. The first floating bridge between the two towns was established in...
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    @aqldotcom. Retrieved 14 September 2017. Limited, Cowes Week. "aql Announced as Communications Sponsor for Cowes Week". lendycowesweek.co.uk. Retrieved 23 August...
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    was escorted by a Royal Navy warship. The yacht was a regular sight at Cowes Week in early August and, usually, for the remainder of the month, was home...
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    down point) and the main events of Cowes for visitors. This used three spare buses – not working due to Cowes Week being in the school Summer holidays...
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    Royal Yacht Squadron (category Cowes)
    The Royal Yacht Squadron (RYS) is a British yacht club. Its clubhouse is Cowes Castle on the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom. Member yachts are given...
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  • recent years to give a tidal advantage. Cowes is a centre for sailing, hosting several racing regattas. Cowes Week is the longest-running regular regatta...
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    Race Henley Royal Regatta Guards Polo Club The Championships, Wimbledon Cowes Week Imperial Meeting Lord's Test cricket match Although several of these events...
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    an annual event on the River Thames in London. In sailing, the first Cowes Week regatta was held on the Solent in August 1826. Track and field competitions...
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  • requirements of the Hayling Island Sailing Club, the class has a start at Cowes Week and events around the United Kingdom. Fleets can be found at the Royal...
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    MV Cowes Castle was a car ferry operated by Red Funnel between Southampton and Cowes/East Cowes. Subsequently, sold to Jadrolinija in 1994 for further...
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    over him. Beginning in the 1890s, Wilhelm made visits to England for Cowes Week on the Isle of Wight and often competed against his uncle in the yacht...
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  • the British Admiral's Cup Team, but then went on to win all 7 races in Cowes Week, beating all the Admiral's Cuppers, helmed by the late Sir Peter Blake...
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    years since 1925 on a 605-nautical-mile (1,120 km; 696 mi) course from Cowes direct to the Fastnet Rock and then to Plymouth via south of the Isles of...
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    based in New Zealand. Soon after launch the boat lost it mast during Cowes Week. The boat was conceived for a mixed of crewed racing and therefore was...
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    Earl and Countess of Ellesmere's Bridgewater House, before attending the Cowes Week and then being invited by King George V to stay a few days in Balmoral...
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    schooner "Cetonia" which he bought in 1880, making frequent appearances at Cowes Week until 1914. After his death in 1927 at Grosvenor Place, London, Iveagh...
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    prestigious Newport Bermuda Race (1954 and 1978), the Annapolis Race (1955), at Cowes Week (1955) and the Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race (1955 and 1997). 1954...
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