Cowes, UK, 28 April 2018. Awindy and overcast day in Cowes on the Isle of Wight causes a sailing yacht to go aground and require rescuing by the RNLI inshore lifeboat. Sailors getting it wrong and going aground with their yacht on the foreshore in shallow water off of the esplanade in Cowes, the home of world sailing, Isle of Wight, UK. Credit: Steve Hawkins Photography/Alamy Live News


some yachtsmen or weekend sailors aground and high and dry off of cowes on the isle of wight in big tides.


Size: 4338px × 6500px
Location: Isle of Wight, Cowes, UK
Photo credit: © Steve Hawkins Photography / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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