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What’s on in Cowes?
Find out at COWES.co.uk/events
Located on the seafront in East Cowes is the light and airy premises of
the Classic Boat Museum, which proudly displays notable boats such
as Prince Philip’s Flying Fifteen Coweslip as well as a superbly restored
example of Uffa Fox’s Mk 1 Airborne Lifeboat and Shirley Robertson’s
‘Europe’ dinghy, in which she won her first Olympic gold medal in 2000, in
Sydney. However, few visitors appreciate beforehand the sheer diversity
of the 50 or so other boats on display.

Classic Boat Museum

A hundred yards across the road is the Classic Boat Museum Gallery
which houses a wide and fascinating mix of exhibits including sections
dedicated to Sir Francis Chichester, Dame Ellen MacArthur, and Uffa Fox,
as well as the Jo Carstairs collection, at one time the fastest woman on
water. With all manner of models, plans, photographs, pictures and flags,
as well as regularly changing exhibitions on subjects of both local and
national interest, those who take the time to visit are in for a real treat.

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