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Week 1 Images by Eddie Mays

TP 52 - 'RAN' - Early leader in IRC1 before retiring	IRC1 front runners round the gybe mark	Close racing in IRC2 at the windward mark, Hill Head	As the wind built lots of boats found the downwind legs tricky - Mike Wallis's J-109 'JAHMALI' among them
Harry Hall helming 'THIS IS JEFF' won both Hunter 707 races	The Laser SB3s enjoyed the downwind legs in the afternoon

Week 2 Images by Eddie Mays

Shiva was the early leader of the J-109 class	- Tight racing amongst the Hunter 707 class in the first race	IRC 2 boats struggle to make headway against the tide	Exuberant leads part of IRC 2 class
Ian Atkins, boats.com, leads the J-80 class after 4 races	The crew of the Sigma 38 Persephone of London line the leeward rail

Big Boat Championship Images by Eddie Mays

Nick Lutte's Shockwave rounds the top mark ahead of the pack	The afterguard on Chernikeeff 2 had a mixed day	J/122 Jinja downwind through heavy surf	A strong tide at South Ryde Middle
Peter Rutter's Quokka leads the 'smaller' IRC 1 boats downwind	No room at the ODM - sorry!

Week 3 pictures by Robert Hill and Peter Bateson

Exuberant gains an extra crew

Warsash Club jetty

Week 4 Images by Eddie Mays

Hester Robertson helms the RYA J-80 entry to 2nd place in final race	Harry Hall in Jeff had a real tussle all day with Miles Dalby sailing Tequila in 707 class	First 40.7 Encore (Jane Curwen & Steven Anderson) leads IRC2 downwind	Nick & Suzi Jones (Astarte) just edged Russell Hodgson helming Dehler 34rs Rushlex in IRC3
Foredeck crew busy on J-35 Just Plane Sailing	Richard Loftus brought his Swan 65 Desperado of Cowes out for the first time in the series

Week 5 Images by Eddie Mays

Ian Atkins helmed his J-80 'boats.com' to victory in all four of Saturday's races	The strong weather going tide took IRC 1 over the line at the first start	IRC 1 clean away at the 2nd attempt	J-109s downwind to the Prince Consort buoy
Close finishes in the first IRC 2 race	Nothing could touch the TP52 'RAN'

Week 6 Images by Eddie Mays

The strong cross-tide at the top of the course caused some problems for the Laser SB3s	Although small in numbers the 707s enjoyed a day of close racing	Ian Atkins ended up with a comfortable overall victory in the J- 80 class	Nick & Anne Haigh's DK 46 'Dark & Steamy' was one of the few IRC 1 boats to complete the course
The IRC 3 class is taken across the start line by the tide	Andrew Webster's 'Circus' won IRC 2