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Race Report - Hamble Winter Series, Week 2 spoonsored by Ideal Collection
Hamble Winter Series 2017 The first day of the Hamble One Design Championships began with wind in the low 20s, and gusts of up to 30 knots. The HRSC race team headed out to Jonathan Jansen, and after a short AP the wind began to ease to around 16 knots, and the race team delivered a full schedule of four windward leeward races in short order. The conditions
Published 16:17 on 10 Oct 2017
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2017 Hamble Winter Series Elaine wins inaugural IRC Spinlock Autumn Championship - Race Report
2017 Hamble Winter Series Elaine wins inaugural IRC Spinlock Autumn Championship The 36th edition of the Hamble Winter Series kicked off on Saturday 30 September, and included the inaugural IRC Spinlock Autumn Championship, organised by the Hamble River Sailing Club. Five races were held for all classes competing in the IRC Spinlock Autumn Championship, and for those
Published 14:53 on 2 Oct 2017
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The Countdown Begins... Only 6 Days left!
The countdown begins... Only 6 Days left! The 36th Hamble Winter Series begins on Sunday 1st October, that's only 6 days away! The Hamble Winter Series has been running for 36 years. It is one of the best Winter Sailing Events in the Solent. With boats from up and down the country coming just to compete on our shores! Would you like to get out on the water for
Published 12:12 on 25 Sep 2017
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Inaugural Spinlock IRC Autumn Championships opens the 2017 Hamble Winter Series
The IRC Spinlock Autumn Championship starts in just 5 Days. This is the inaugural event and the first event to kick off the 2017 Hamble Winter Series. We welcome all boats that hold a valid IRC certificate with a TCC between 0.810 and 1.300. Prizes will be awarded for the IRC Spinlock Autumn Championships on Sunday 1st October, make your entry now to be in with a chance of
Published 11:57 on 25 Sep 2017
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Hamble Winter Series - Early Bird Entry Closing Soon!
Early Bird Entry Closing Soon! 2017 Hamble Winter Series for IRC 0-4 Classes, IRC Mixed Sportsboats and Fast 40+ Class Hamble One Design Championships for J/70, J/80, SB20 classes and other OD Classes with sufficient entries Hamble, UK, 1 st September 2017: Early Bird entries for the UK's premier Winter Sailing event –the Hamble Winter Series – will
Published 10:33 on 1 Sep 2017
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Hamble Winter Series 2017 - Entries Open!
Entries Open! 2017 Hamble Winter Series for IRC 0-4 Classes, IRC Mixed Sportsboats and Fast 40+ Class Hamble One Design Championships for J/70, J/80, SB20 classes and other OD Classes with sufficient entries Hamble, UK, 17 August 2017: Entries are now open for the UK's premier Winter Sailing event –the Hamble Winter Series.
Published 08:55 on 18 Aug 2017
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Inaugural Spinlock IRC Autumn Championships opens the 2017 Hamble Winter Series
Press Release Inaugural Spinlock IRC Autumn Championships opens the 2017 Hamble Winter Series Hamble, UK, 14 August 2017: The first weekend of the Hamble Winter Series, the UK's premier Winter Sailing event, will see the hosting of the first ever Spinlock IRC Autumn Championships to be run in the Solent. Racing will take place on Saturday 30 th September and
Published 15:54 on 14 Aug 2017
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35th Hamble Winter Series - Week 8
A brisk and chilly 12-20 knot breeze greeted competitors in the final race of the 2016 Hamble Winter Series, providing some great conditions for a fitting end to a close fought series in all classes. This year's series saw an increase in entrants over 2015, and for the first time in over 10 years, the Hamble Winter Series hasn't lost a single race to bad weather. PRO Stuart Childerley summed up
Published 11:57 on 5 Dec 2016
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35th Hamble Winter Series - Week 7
35th Hamble Winter Series - Week 7 Despite awaking to biblical rain and the best efforts of Storm Angus, the braver souls in the Hamble Winter Series fleet were rewarded with some champagne sailing. The race team were quietly confident that the high winds seen the night before would moderate in time, and true to form the wind had dropped to a west to northwesterly 10 knots by
Published 10:25 on 25 Nov 2016
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35th Hamble Winter Series - Week 6
35th Hamble Winter Series - Week 6 Saturday's miserable autumn rain cleared up in time for the weather gods to deliver a day of champagne sailing for Sunday's Hamble Winter Series race. A very shifty north-westerly welcomed competitors to a game of snakes and ladders, with oscillating windshifts providing plenty of opportunity for position changes in the large fleets. From a startline near
Published 13:23 on 18 Nov 2016
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35th Hamble Winter Series - Week 5
35th Hamble Winter Series - Week 5 , Sponsored by One Sails The Hamble Winter Series might have only taken a week's mid-season break, but the weather had become noticeably colder since the last race a fortnight ago. Nonetheless, a veritable army of competitors and volunteers ventured out onto icy decks for the fifth weekend of
Published 14:26 on 9 Nov 2016
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35th Hamble Winter Series - Week 4, Hamble Big Boat Championship & Hamble One Design Championships - Week 2.
Hamble Winter Series Day 4 It was a day of shifty, gusty winds and steep waves for the fourth weekend of the 2016 Hamble Winter Series, which this week played host to the Hamble Big Boat Championships and the Hamble One Design Championships. The race team saw a maximum gust of 26 knots, with an average wind speed of 17.8 knots from a wind direction
Published 11:42 on 1 Nov 2016
