Skippers started arriving from around noon on Friday, with the measurement team starting their arduous process from 1.00pm. As usual, their were a few boats that needed a bit of "tinkering" to satisfy the measurement team, but nothing too drastic.
Most skippers took the opportunity to grab the chance for practice and tune up. The weather was fantastic with a good top of No 1 breeze and bright sunshine. Almost all skippers took the chance to shake down their smaller rigs as well given the forecast for Saturday.
There are a variety of designs on display this weekend and a visit if at all possible is recommended.
Hanneke Gillissen has agreed to provide a few of her images each day to give you a flavour of what's going on.
Here are a couple.
More can be seen here.