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staticImage6 = new Image();
staticImage6.src = "http://www.owenclarkedesign.com/siteassets/icons/navalarchitecture.png";

loadImage7 = new Image();
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staticImage7 = new Image();
staticImage7.src = "http://www.owenclarkedesign.com/siteassets/icons/engineering.png";

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staticImage8 = new Image();
staticImage8.src = "http://www.owenclarkedesign.com/siteassets/icons/about.png";

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loadImage9.src = "http://www.owenclarkedesign.com/siteassets/icons/brokeragehover.png";
staticImage9 = new Image();
staticImage9.src = "http://www.owenclarkedesign.com/siteassets/icons/brokerage.png";

loadImage10 = new Image();
loadImage10.src = "http://www.owenclarkedesign.com/siteassets/icons/charterhover.png";
staticImage10 = new Image();
staticImage10.src = "http://www.owenclarkedesign.com/siteassets/icons/charter.png";

loadImage11 = new Image();
loadImage11.src = "http://www.owenclarkedesign.com/siteassets/icons/linkshover.png";
staticImage11 = new Image();
staticImage11.src = "http://www.owenclarkedesign.com/siteassets/icons/links.png";

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loadImage12.src = "http://www.owenclarkedesign.com/siteassets/icons/contacthover.png";
staticImage12 = new Image();
staticImage12.src = "http://www.owenclarkedesign.com/siteassets/icons/contact.png";

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loadImage13.src = "http://www.owenclarkedesign.com/siteassets/icons/graphicdesignhover.png";
staticImage13 = new Image();
staticImage13.src = "http://www.owenclarkedesign.com/siteassets/icons/graphicdesign.png";

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loadImage14.src = "http://www.owenclarkedesign.com/siteassets/icons/superyachtshover.gif";
staticImage14 = new Image();
staticImage14.src = "http://www.owenclarkedesign.com/siteassets/icons/superyachts.gif";