Aug. 10-17th: Cowes Week from Lepe
On each day during Cowes Week I was on watch at NCI Stone Point. This post introduces photo albums depicting the racing on days when the weather allowed.
Category: Cowes Week 2019
August 11th: Cowes Week Photos – SailGP
Photos of the SailGP racing on Sunday 11th August taken from Lepe Country Park using a telephoto lens.
August 12th: Cowes Week Photos – Solent Rescue
Photos from Monday 12th August when Solent Rescue took part in an exercise with one of the Coastguard helicopters, Rescue 175.
August 13th: Cowes Week Photos – Spinnakers
A multitude of spinnakers passing Lepe Country Park on Tuesday 13th August – perhaps the best weather of the week.
August 15th: Cowes Week Photos – Windy
After wind and rain on Wednesday, Thursday was still windy for the racing.
August 16th: Cowes Week Photos – Windy Again!
Friday, 16th August was another windy day with bad weather forecast for the afternoon. Most races were held on short courses and there was a lot of action close to the south cardinal mark buoy which marks the end of Lepe Spit.
August 17th: Cowes Week Photos – Windsurfers
Saturday 17th August was meant to be the last day of Cowes Week but, with the bad weather of Friday afternoon and the Friday fireworks, it seemed something of an anticlimax. At Lepe the water was claimed by windsurfers…