9th July 2017 gallery images Brian Pollard goes for a port tack flyer with his Tasar in the foreground and, despite appearances, apparently just managed to get clear away in front of the advancing starboard tack boats in the background The fleet heads down from Middle towards a gybe at Pinky Not quite enough wind to lift the Streakers and Laser Radial onto the plane On a later lap, Paul Whybrow’s red-hulled Solo leads a group of boats heading towards the next mark at Zebra In the second race of the day, Nathan Pollard makes a great start in his Laser Radial After a slow start, Robin Spiller is moving up the fleet as he glides downwind between Roger Heasman and Penny Abbott, on his way to an eventual win on handicap Never mind the boats, look at all the bird life (with cormorant, heron and geese all in evidence in the background); the fleet leaders head for the windward mark at West White Lovely photo of close quarters competition amongst the leaders, with Nathan still holding onto a narrow advantage on the water