{"id":248505,"date":"2026-04-01T17:44:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/?p=248505"},"modified":"2026-04-01T17:46:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:46:39","slug":"beken-of-cowes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/beken-of-cowes\/","title":{"rendered":"Beken of Cowes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are books that simply decorate a space, and there are books that tell an entire world. \u201cBeken of Cowes: The Art of Sailing (2nd Edition)\u201d by Assouline undoubtedly belongs to the latter.<\/p>\n<p>Through the iconic photography of the Beken family, this volume transports the reader to the heart of sailing history, where the sea, the wind, and the elegance of yachts become one. From the legendary Cowes Week to the most thrilling moments of competitive sailing, every page captures the power and poetry of the ocean.<\/p>\n<p>This is a collectible coffee table book that goes beyond publishing &#8211; it is a tribute to the aesthetics of sailing, timeless British refinement, and the art of photography that freezes motion as if time itself stood still.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-248497 img-responsive img-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_1775052053804-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_1775052053804-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_1775052053804-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_1775052053804-768x576.jpg 768w, 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https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_1775052035082.jpg 1946w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-248493 img-responsive img-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_1775052017398-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_1775052017398-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_1775052017398-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_1775052017398-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_1775052017398-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_1775052017398.jpg 1946w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-248491 img-responsive img-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_1775051998928-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_1775051998928-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_1775051998928-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_1775051998928-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_1775051998928-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_1775051998928.jpg 1946w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-248489 img-responsive img-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_1775051979801-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_1775051979801-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_1775051979801-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_1775051979801-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_1775051979801-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_1775051979801.jpg 1946w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-248487 img-responsive img-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_1775051924947-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_1775051924947-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_1775051924947-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_1775051924947-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_1775051924947-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image_1775051924947.jpg 1946w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Photos Courtesy of Assouline<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are books that simply decorate a space, and there are books that tell an entire world. \u201cBeken of Cowes: The Art of Sailing (2nd Edition)\u201d by Assouline undoubtedly belongs to the latter. Through the iconic photography of the Beken family, this volume transports the reader to the heart of sailing history, where the sea, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":248499,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18542,18563],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248505"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248505"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248509,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248505\/revisions\/248509"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}