Difficult conditions for the first weekend of the HYS Hamble Winter Series.
The end result was that three races were completed for the Performance 40 Class on the Saturday, and Sunday’s racing was cancelled.
Leading the Performance 40 Class is Ed Bell with Dawn Treader on 7 points, second James Gair and Zero II with 9 points and in third place Stevie Beckett with Cobra on 13 points.
Each of the three leaders taking a race win.
Next week (10/11 Oct) will see the start of the Hamble One Design Championships for J70’s and SB20’s, who will race for two days and the three IRC Classes will hope to start sailing on the Sunday.
HYS Hamble Winter Series – Performance 40 Class after 3 races (16 entries)
1st JPK 1180 Dawn Treader – Ed Bell 4 1 2 – – 7 pts
2nd Mills 39 Zero II – James Gair 2 6 1 – – 9 pts
3rd King 40 Cobra – Stevie Beckett 1 4 8 – – 13 pts
4th J/122e Juno – Christopher Daniel 5.5 2 9 – – 16.5 pts
5th J/111 JourneyMaker II – Louise Makin & Chris Jones 11 3 4 – – 18 pts
6th J/111 Jitterbug – Cornel Riklin 8 7 3 – – 18 pts
7th J/111 Jagerbomb – Paul Griffiths 5.5 5 10 – – 20.5 pts
8th J/121 Darkwood – Michael O’Donnell 10 8 5 – – 23 pts
9th Ker 39 Rumbleflurg – David Cummins 7 10 7 – – 24 pts
10th J/111 Kestrel – Simon Bamford 3 9 13 – – 25 pts
11th MAT 12 Sailplane – Rob Bottomley 13 11 6 – – 30 pts
12th Ker 39 La Réponse – Andrew McIrvine 9 12 11 – – 32 pts
13th Corby 40 Cracklin’ Rosie – Steven Anderson 12 13 16 – – 41 pts
14th XP 44 Simples – Demian Smith 15 15 12 – – 42 pts
15th First 40 Dusty P – Richard Patrick 14 14 14 – – 42 pts
16th First 40 Rogan Josh – Richard Powell 16 16 15 – – 47 pts
