Cowes Week adventures...
13 August 2016
The Cowes Week adventures so far…
Day 1 & 2 – Figaro, first-timers, fast mast drops and First 40s
I talk with my Dad, Rob Douglass on his first sail on the Solent, Sam Laidlaw who dropped a rig during a race and was still leading the Quarter Tonners at the…
Back in Magenta
17 August 2015
Fantastic to see Team SCA back in action at Cowes Week, and now in the Fastnet Race which kicked off (slowly) yesterday!
To check out a video I did for the team below…
I will be there to meet all the teams on the dock in Plymouth,so stand by for lots ofon…
Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week - Day 3!
11 August 2015
Guy Bridge – Foiling Kite Boarder
Guy Bridge is a 15 year old who today set a record for kite surfing around the Isle of Wight. He has some pretty big ambitions, and all of us at Adventures of a Sailor Girl love it! Enjoy!
Paul Wilcox – Tonnerre IV
After an…
VX One Class at Cowes Week
Roger Phillips sailed a VX One for the first time today and absolutely sent it with his crew Tom Compton, and Nathan Batchelor from Ovington Boats. Love this class, I was very jealous of the action in the sports boat class today!
J70 Class –…
UKSA is the official charity of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week… and wow, amazing to chat with UKSA Ambassador Sarah Ayton, a multiple Olympic medallist, OBE and mum about this brilliant organisation while on the ground here in Cowes!
Enjoy, Sailor Girl x
A chat…
Day 1 of Cowes Week, and I somehow ended up on the water! A big thanks to one of our fellow adventurers for offering me the ride. Ended up sailing with the Oceanara team on one of the 25 Sunsail Beneteau First 40’s in the fleet here at Cowes. This interview is with…
While the boats have been postponed on the dock for at least two hours in Cowes, was great to catch up with regular adventurer David “Chappo” Chapman on his adventures over the past few months. He will be sailing in the quarter tonner class for Cowes Week! More…