CLASHING with the coronation day of King Charles III it was no surprise only three Isle of Wight One-Designs raced on Saturday afternoon — unusually starting ahead of the Redwings race. 

No.10, helmed by Robin Joy, was first to round Tara in the wet and windy conditions — and finished at Tara the end of the third leg, ahead of Simon Allocca (No.1) and Roy Burrows (No.2). 

Meanwhile, the four Redwings made slightly better progress through the easterly 'slop'. 

Mike Toogood, in his boat, Tara, initially led the way, but was overtaken by Rory Morrison — only for him to head off towards the wrong buoy, which handed Toogood victory.

On Sunday morning, only two Redwings and a single One-Design rigged up to race. 
Subsequently, Alexander Ross (No.10) raced against the Redwings. 

After a good start, in form Colin Samuelson, in Toucan, led, without ever looking like being overtaken. 

With Peter Harvey helming Toucan, it was a similar story in the second race.

Monday afternoon was supposed to be the All Classes Coronation Race, with a joint start, using a fixed double line course, east of Pepe. 

However, the keelboats had an offshore course and the dinghies, inshore.

Samuelson (Toucan) found himself well clear of the keelboat fleet after only two buoys and never looked back. 

The One-Designs race saw the lead change numerous times, with five boats in the running towards the end, Ross (No.8) won after a late surge from fourth.

The three Lasers (two radials and a full) had a good race on the inshore dinghy course — Henry Landon finishing two minutes ahead of his brother, Jeremy. 

The three Scows had a great race, with the lead changing regularly between Penny Stanley and Serena Gosling. 

And then on the final beat, Tim Cottrell suddenly benefitted from a subtle change in wind direction put him in front, to finish 40 seconds clear.