Maritime Cowes

AMERICA'S CUP JUBILEE 2001

A part of this celebration yachts from all over the world came to create an incredible spectacle in August 2001.

ELLEN MACARTHUR

Dame Ellen MacArthur was born in Derbyshire but has made Cowes her home. This picture was taken on Cowes Parade following sailing her catarmaran Kingfisher II from Falmouth February 2005. Having just made history as the youngest & first woman to sail single handed non-stop round the world. She has set up the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust in cowes.

A 1908 POSTCARD

Who ever sent this lived in Cowes describing it as “Paradise”.

COWES WEEK 1908

A Cowes Week crowd on the Parade 1908.

ROYAL YACHT BRITANNIA ONCE A REGULAR COWES WEEK VISITOR

Sadly it was decided for economic reasons to retire Britannia; she is now a museum ship docked in Leith, Edinburgh.

SAILING CLOSE TO SHORE DURING COWES WEEK 2011

COWES WEEK 2011 CLOSE TO EGYPT POINT

SIR MAX AITKEN DSO DFC AT THE HELM OF LUMBERJACK.

Sir Max Aitken 1910-1985 Sir Max has been acknowledged by his achievements as the newspaper magnate, a fighter pilot in WWII, a Conservative MP, a racing yachtsman, a powerboat pioneer and the London Boat Show founder. His Cowes home The Prospect is now the Max Aitken Museum.

HMY BRITANNIA

HMY Britannia Launched 1893 scuttled 1936. H M George V’s much loved yacht was a regular visitor to Cowes.

RATSEY, SAILMAKERS STAFF.

Cowes world reputation for sail making was due in no small measure to Ratsey & Lapthorns.