The Volkswagen Touareg King of Cowes

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Friday 3 August - 27 winning skippers from Skandia Cowes Week 2006 go up against each other in Laser SB3s in a three race shoot out to decide who is The Volkswagen Touareg King of Cowes.

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The racing will also be followed online in the Traxu viewer here.
The official King of Cowes website can be found here.



Schedule:

Thursday 2nd August
1700-2100 Boat registration, scrutineering, branding and crew weigh-in at Shepards Wharf, Cowes.

Friday 3rd August
0800 – 0845 Final crew weigh-in at Cowes Yacht Haven Event Centre
0800 Breakfast and Briefings at Cowes Yacht Haven Event Centre
0930 Press registration opens.
1100 First start: minimum of three races, all to count
1630 (approx) Finish
1700 Interviews with winners and competitors
1730 Prize giving cocktail party Cowes Yacht Haven

Fleet:

	Helmsman	Class Won	Winning Boat	SB3 Owner/Crew1	Crew2	Crew3
1	Tim Spalding	Beneteau 40.7 & IRC Class 3	Amey Love Shack	Mark Richards	Chris Hamel
2	Alister Richardson	Extreme 40	Basillica	Toby Litton	Dan Johnson	Rachel Williamson
3	Ray Rouse	Contessa 32	Blanco	Benjamin Sturges	Mike Orange
4	Daniel Willett	Sonata	Camel Toe	Joe Henry	Gael Pawson	Simon Farren
5	Peter Baines	X One Design	Caprice	David Atkinson	Paul Vernon
6	Mike Wigmore	Multihull - MOCRA	Triptych	Tim Cork	Mark Tomson
7	Mike Fenwick	National Squib	Ghost Rider	Michael Wood	Emma Clarke	Penny Fenwick
8	David Apthorp	J/105	J-Dream	Geoff Carveth	Matt Adams
9	Ian Braham	Class 6 IRC	Dean & Dyball Enigma	Sandy Baillie Strong	Ben Baxter
10	Dave Dwyer	Class 2 IRC	Mariners Cove	John M Outhwaite	Martin Boatman
11	Len Jones	International Dragon	Rumours	Martin Payne (for Nick Jackson)	Mark Rushall
12	Russell Peters	Laser SB3	Selden Seen	David Wilkinson	Zeb Elliott
13	Tom White	Class 9 ISC	Pizzicato	John Powell	Jonty Sherwill
14	Luke Bradley	Hunter 707	Star Born 3	Luke Wooster	Andrew Yates
15	Michael Ewart-Smith	J/109	Zelda	Georgie Corlett	Ben Richards
16	John Tremlett	Victory	Zinnia	Tom Kiddle	Matthew Kiddle
17	Richard Griffith	Sigma 33	Cerefe	Samantha Cook	Chris Holliman	Sharon Howard
18	Graham Bailey	White Group&  Etchells	Arbitrator	Craig Burlton	Mark Greaves	Gabby Logan
19	Rupert Mander	International Flying Fifteen	Men Behaving Badly	Richard Purssell	Dave Robinson
21	Chris Savage	J/80	Savage Sailing	Matthew Glasgow	Liz Savage
22	Andrew Peters	Prima 38	Serendip	Clare Molloy	Jeraldine Peters	Jono Shelley
23	Glynn Williams	Nautor's Swan Class	Wolf in Sheeps Clothing	Venetia Wingfield	Martin Jones
24	Ben Cooper	Black Group & Class 1 IRC	Fair Do's VII	Daniel Geoghegan	Craig Mitchell
25	Robin Stevenson	J/92 & J-Sprit	Mojo	Danny Brooks	Hywel Roberts
26	Andy Budgen	Sigma 38	The Project	Alec Russell	Ian Budgen
27	Kenny McCullough	IRM	Panthera	Jerry Hill	Matt Alvarado
28	Mike Sanderson	IRC Class 0	ABN AMRO 1	Chris Darling	Glenn Bourke