(Hamble, England)- Garmin (UK) will be supporting the Hamble Winter
Series as title sponsor for the eighth time when the 2013 series gets
under way on the weekend of the 5th October. The series organized by the
Hamble River Sailing Club and now in its 32nd year, will retain the
same successful format as last year. The main series will run for 8
Sundays with a break on 3rd November to avoid the start of the oyster
dredging season in the Solent. It will cater for IRC Classes as well as
J/111 and J/109 one-design classes.In addition to the Garmin sponsored main series, HRSC will be running the Hamble Big Boat Championships again on the first and third weekends of the series, the 5th & 6th and the 19th & 20th October. The Big Boats will be sponsored by MDL Marinas again this year. IRC class plus the J/111 one-design class will be sailing.
The series will also contain the Hamble One Design Championships for J/109, J/80 and the J/70 class. The one-designs race on weeks 2 and 4 of the Garmin Hamble Winter Series, the 12th & 13th and the 26th & 27th October.
J/111 one-designs have an excellent turnout of competitive teams, including BIELA-MUNKENBECK, BRITISH SOLDIER, ICARUS, J-DREAM and JITTERBUG. Sailing photo credits- Paul Wyeth- http://www.pwpictures.com. For more Garmin Hamble Winter Series sailing information
