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Hamble Winter Series - Race Week 5
Hamble Winter Series Race Week 5 Now, it's not often I get a message from a competitor the night before racing, hoping that the forecast will get worse, so that they can enjoy their breakfast at the Master Builders in Beaulieu on Sunday morning. As it turned out Robbie and Lis Robinson, Hot Rats, had to forgo the hot New Forest Sausages to make it to the start line. At this time of
Published 15:41 on 8 Nov 2022
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Hamble Winter Series Race Week 4
Hamble Winter Series Race Week 4 By the time racing started on Sunday, it was a dry and largely sunny day with an east to south east breeze of 5-10 knots. The day did not start like that. As the Race Team arrived at HRSC it was pitch black with instances of whiteout lightning. The only description for the rain was "stair rods." Indeed, so inhospitable did it look that one competitor
Published 14:38 on 26 Oct 2022
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Hamble Winter Series Race Week 3
Hamble Winter Series Race Week 3 "A challenging weekend for race management and competitors" said Barney Smith, Impala 28, Imptish. He was not wrong. Saturday's forecast looked a little tasty and it did not disappoint. Winds were forecast to be north of 20 knots, with "pulses," I think the modern description is, somewhat higher. RO Ian Bullock, determined to try and get the three scheduled races
Published 10:20 on 20 Oct 2022
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Hamble Winter Series Race Week 2
Hamble Winter Series Race Week 2 The second weekend of this year's Hamble Winter Series, was a two day affair, to incorporate the Hamble IRC Autumn Championship. Forty six teams had entered for the five races which, were programmed over the two days, with a mix of windward /leeward and round the cans. The three races planned for Saturday looked very ambitious with a forecast of lovely sunshine and 2-4 knots
Published 09:38 on 12 Oct 2022
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Hamble Winter Series Race Week 1
Hamble Winter Series Race Week 1 Although the first Saturday of the 2022 Hamble Winter Series was a lovely sunny day with a good breeze, there is always some last minute preparation to attend to on the Friday before. This year it required a large orange buoy and a small green one, being placed in the middle of the river on Friday afternoon. With the predicted 40 knot gusts coming in
Published 15:31 on 4 Oct 2022
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Hamble Winter Series 2022 Starts this Saturday
Hamble Winter Series 2022 Starts this Saturday The 2022 Hamble Winter Series kicks off this Saturday, 1 st October, with racing for the J70 and SB20 sports boats in the Hamble One Design Championships. This is the first weekend of two for the one designs, who will be joined by the Impala 28 Class, on October 15 th & 16 th, for the second weekend. For the
Published 11:16 on 28 Sep 2022
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Cape 31 Class at Hamble Winter Series
Cape 31 Class at Hamble Winter Series. The rapidly expanding and very quick and exciting Cape 31 Class are joining in the fun at the 2022 Hamble Winter Series. Although this is the first time the class has come to the HWS, en masse, the boat itself is not a stranger to the series. Back in 2020, the first Cape 31 brought into the UK, Tokoloshe 3, was campaigned by the
Published 10:58 on 26 Sep 2022
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Hamble Winter Series 2022 Entries are now open!
Hamble Winter Series 2022 Entries are now open! Entries are now open for the 41 st Hamble Winter Series. The series and its associated events, organised by the Hamble River Sailing Club, will run from Saturday 1 st October through to Sunday 29 th November 2022. The main series will take place on eight Sundays with a lay weekend on 5 th November, so everyone
Published 13:59 on 19 Aug 2022
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HYS Hamble Winter Series - Race Report Week 8
HYS Hamble Winter Series Race Week 8 As the Race Management Team made their way to the HRSC clubhouse at 07.30 on Sunday morning, thermometers were showing -1C. This led to a quick perusal of all HYS Hamble Winter Series paperwork, to see if there was any mention of a minimum temperature for racing. Unfortunately, for the Race Team, there wasn't. They did however decide to eat their bacon butties
Published 16:06 on 2 Dec 2021
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HYS Hamble Winter Series - Race Report Week 7
HYS Hamble Winter Series Race Week 7 It is always interesting after racing in the HRSC clubhouse, or any clubhouse for that matter, listening to the "reasons" why things didn't go exactly to plan on the racecourse. The recurring theme last Sunday, turned out to be that annual affliction post JOG Dinneritis! Perhaps there should be a jab for it? On the face of it, for those who
Published 10:45 on 25 Nov 2021
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HYS Hamble Winter Series 2021 - Week 6 Race Report
HYS Hamble Winter Series Race Week 6 Now it turns out that there is a big lump of sand in the middle of the Solent called the Bramble Bank. Almost all racing yachters know it's there and almost all racing yachters have run in, or on to it, at one time or another. This Sunday's HYS Hamble Winter Series race coincided with low water and a shifty, northerly air
Published 13:47 on 16 Nov 2021
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HYS Hamble Winter Series 2021 - Week 5 Race Report
HYS Hamble Winter Series - Race Week 5 With the clocks having gone back an hour and the weather becoming more winterish, the final four weekends of the HYS Hamble Winter Series, are one race a day affairs. The Bateson/Smalley led race team anchored the CV Wetwheels, a quarter of a mile NE of John Fisher (4Q). The forecast was for 13-15 knots from a WNW direction and sunny intervals. The courses
Published 12:14 on 11 Nov 2021
