A view of numerous yachts and small craft racing in the Solent during Cowes Week taken at Cowes, Isle of Wight. The photographer is standing on a Red Funnel Line ferry looking in a south easterly direction across the River Medina towards East Cowes. The Columbine Hangar, formerly the site of the Saunders Roe aero marine engineering company, is across the river in the background. This is Slide 10 of a series of slides detailing Captain H. Bird's service as summer relief Chief Officer on board various ferries operated by Red Funnel (also known as Southampton, Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Limited) from 27th July 1973 until late August 1973. This series consists of 25 slides.