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IOCA Training
Hamble River Sailing Club is pleased to welcome IOCA training back to the club. The Optimist (South) class association will be holding two days of Oppie coaching on the 16th and 17 th April. The sessions will be run by IOCA coaches, and aimed at aspiring Oppie Gods and Goddesses to improve their skills. To book on to these sessions please click here or call the club on 023 80
Published 10:55 on 16 Mar 2020
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Adventures in South Georgia
Thursday 27 th February 2020 19.00 at Hamble River Sailing Club Presentation by Steph Merry and Ann Wilkinson 2016 was the centenary of the famous Shackleton voyage from Elephant Island to South Georgia, after his expedition ship the Endurance had sunk in pack ice on the Weddell Sea. 4 members of HRSC (Steph, Wendy Laynton, Ann and Jamie Wilkinson), joined
Published 10:37 on 4 Feb 2020
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Quiz Night
Come and join Hamble River Sailing Club for Quiz night next Thursday (6th Feb) @ 7pm. The bar will be open. Come along with a team or by yourself for a night or brain teasers, general knowledge, a food tasting challenge and much more! £2pp.
Published 16:54 on 30 Jan 2020
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Patrick Pym Obituary
Patrick Pym 6th September 1936- 4 th December 2019 In an extremely long list of HRSC alumni Pat certainly holds a place right at the very top of the pile, from his achievements in National 12's, through his Olympic campaigns and then to offshore racing. When I first joined HRSC, Patrick had just won the National 12's overall with Spike ( Derek Sinden ) having
Published 17:04 on 16 Jan 2020
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HYS Hamble Winter Series Race Week 8 - Final race report
HYS Hamble Winter Series Week 8 With wind from the North East, and a fair bit of it, the CV went to East Knoll (4H) to run the final day of the 2019 HYS Hamble Winter Series. IRC Classes 1&2 were despatched upwind to William (4L) with the smaller boats, IRC Classes 3&4, to the slightly closer
Published 09:33 on 10 Jan 2020
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HYS Hamble Winter Series week 7 - Race Report
HYS Hamble Winter Series week 7 There are four basic requirements for yacht racing; boats, a race team, water and wind. The first three were no problem on week 7 of the HYS Hamble Winter Series, but number four stubbornly refused to materialise. The Committee Vessel went to John Fisher (4Q) to find about two knots of breeze from the South West. AP was hoisted
Published 09:31 on 10 Jan 2020
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Junior Warming Pan 2020
One of the biggest junior racing events at the HRSC Local sailing clubs will compete for the Junior Warming Pan Trophy (sponsored by River Hamble Combined Clubs) Under 18s from local sailing clubs will race in this junior inter-club competition, taking part on Saturday 28 March. This is the first and largest
Published 14:28 on 19 Dec 2019
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HYS Hamble Winter Series Week 6
HYS Hamble Winter Series Week 6 Week 6 of the HYS Hamble Winter Series dawned with lovely winter sunshine bathing the Solent. As is now becoming the norm, the wind was forecast and indeed was from a northerly direction. The CV Condor made its way to East Knoll. With over half the spring flood completed and a NNE air flow there would be plenty of
Published 12:23 on 21 Nov 2019
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HYS Hamble Winter Series - Race Report Week 5
HYS Hamble Winter Series Week 5 Once again after a mixed week of weather, the sun shone for Week 5 of the HYS Hamble Winter Series. The Solent's prevailing winds, however, did not prevail and the Race Team and Competitors were met by a North Westerly air stream as they headed out to the start. The CV set up shop at QXI International (4N), and waited. The course on Sunday was
Published 12:13 on 21 Nov 2019
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HYS Hamble Winter Series 2019 Mid Series Review
HYS Hamble Winter Series 2019 Mid Series Review With the hectic schedule of the first four weeks of the 2019 HYS Hamble Winter Series now over, the winners of the Hamble IRC Autumn Championship, The Hamble Big Boat Championship and the Hamble One Design Championship have all been decided. From now on, there will be just one race each Sunday to determine the overall series winners. The battle in IRC Class 1
Published 11:59 on 7 Nov 2019
