There was a split in the fleet with some of the larger vessels such as Nadie and Freya who opted for more breeze offshore, while the majority were positioned about ten miles off the coast. The wind did as promised and clapped out to just a few small pockets. For a while the offshore boats appeared to be making large gains but the lottery of such a snakes and ladders race saw the inshore fleet making more headway.

First to round the Fastnet was Blondie 3 closely followed by White Tiger and Corby 29, Esperianto who played a blinder by hugging the shore and seemed to have speed while all others parked.

Morale on several boats dwindled with the prospects of a turning tide and little wind for the night ahead. Several boats retired and decided it would be just plain rude not to visit Bushes Bar in Balitmore - it been so close, while others heard of a 1720 party in Crookhaven...

The race continued and several yachts were forced to kedge once the tide turned. Under the fall of darkness boats began to loose contact with each other. The wind eventually filled in and the race was back on. The wind stayed constant for the remainder with Blondie 3 first home across the line at Charles Fort. She finished just under twenty four hours after the start. White Tiger was next and Martin Reilly's Espiranto romped home to take the first at that time on the leader board.

However as others appeared on the horizon, it was Sea Hawk who took a well deserved first and Ian Travers aboard Bandit took second after completing the race two handed.

Anglo Irish Bank Fastnet All-In IRCProvisional Results

Series Place	Sail No	Boat	Owner	Handicap	Series Points	Anglo Irish Bank Fastnet Race
1	4506	Sea Hawk	Clem & Wendy McElligott	0.915	0.75	0.75
2	2611	Bandit	Ian Travers	0.869	2	2
3	29029	Espiranto	Martin Reilly	0.987	3	3
4	3008	Blondie III	Eamonn Rohan	1.086	4	4
5	2067	Justus	Dan Buckley	1.031	5	5
6	2992	Silver Shadow	Eddie Nicholson	0.966	6	6
7	1988	Black Jack	Darren Nicholson	0.953	7	7
8	4470	White Tiger	Tony O'Brien	1.115	8	8
9	3910	Sonas	Dave Ross	1.020	9	9
10	152	Chameleon	Padraig O'Donovan	0.896	20	20
10	1109	Blue Belle	John & Dave O'Connell	1.156	20	20
10	2805	Indulgence	Aidan Heffernan	1.029	20	20
10	4076	Isobar	Tom Roche	1.069	20	20
10	4475	Godot	John Godkin	1.109	20	20
10	4477	Freya	Conor Doyle	1.105	20	20
10	4600	Nadie	Stephen McCarthy	1.160	20	20
10	9388	The Jolly Joker	D Gibbons & M Broderick	0.987	20	20
10	9550	Nadia	Norman Allen	0.890	20	20
10	9570	Impulsive	Anthony Keating	0.890	20	20