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15:27 Tuesday 9 Aug 2016 Sue Pelling/AAMCWWinners' quotes – IRC Class 0, Sonar, J/111

Sonar start – Paul Wyeth/AAMCW

James Bolingbroke – Class 0, Ker 46, Lady Mariposa R

“Very pleased with today’s result particularly because it is our first time here. We did however, have a bit of a poor start to the week when we ran over a mark and broke the bowsprit on day one, which was not ideal in a brand-new boat 

“Because it was so shifty up to 60 degrees, succeeding today it was all about keeping your head out the boat and leaving decision making to the last possible moment. In the gusts it was up to 14kts but it did drop off to about 6kts during the race.

“It is great to be up against a lot of the same type of boats. We are learning a lot about the boat’s performance abilities and, as we proved today, gradually improving.”

Martin Dent – J/111, Jelvis

“We have been enjoying really close nip and tuck racing all week, finishing within seconds of each other. It really has been fantastic one-design racing. I’d say today we just got lucky basically.

“We were lying second until about the fourth leg but we seemed to be playing the shifts well and managed to pick up a lucky shift and snatch the lead from Tony Mack’s team on McFly. Once ahead we pulled out a decent lead and finished over four minutes ahead.”

 Hannah Stodel – Sonar, Mandeville BSST

“We were guilty of being OCS so had to return across the line, which was a bit annoying. However, we did have a really good first beat and rounded the first mark in second place behind Bertie. We were neck and neck heading towards Hamble Yacht Services but we both missed it! Thankfully Adam [Greaves] was first to spot the correct mark so we took the advantage and found ourselves in the lead. We had to work at maintaining it but  managed to hold it to the end.”