Sailing Logic Blog
Monday, 8 October 2007
Hamble Winter Series Weekend 1
On Saturday morning 4 teams arrived at Shamrock Quay raring to go training for the start of the Hamble Winter Series, a series of 8 Sunday races from October to December.Our 4 professional Skippers, Tim, Jasper, Peter and Ras, put the teams through their paces, getting them familiar with the yachts (our matched fleet of Reflex 38's) and putting crew into positions ready for the racing yesterday. Saturday evening was spent in the various hostelries of Hamble, celebrating the infamous Rubgy victory of the afternoon over the Aussies. Sunday started very promisingly with a nice 10 knot breeze from the East, but as the yachts departed the Hamble for the race start area off the Isle of Wight the wind died, leaving the Solent very flat, calm and still. The Race committee headed by Race Officer Jamie Wilkinson decided to cancel racing at midday after the tide turned and still no wind blew.
All the yachts returned back to Shamrock Quay, where crew went their separate way, vowing to dance the wind dance all week in readiness for Weekend 2. Posted by Philippe Falle at 11:11 AM Leave Comment