The first day of the Hamble One Design Championship began with wind in the low 20s, and gusts of up to 30 knots. The Hamble River Sailing Club race committee team headed out to Jonathan Jansen, and after a short AP, the wind began to ease to around 16 knots, and the race team delivered a full schedule of four windward-leeward races in short order. The conditions provided spectacular autumn racing for the sportsboat classes, with fast and thrilling downwind surfing conditions. By contrast, the second day produced light winds of about four knots, which slowly built allowing one race for competitors. However, after the first race of the day, the wind died and sadly did not rebuild. In the J/70 fleet, there was a dramatic final flourish. Doug Struth’s DSP gained the upper hand in the very last race to finish top J/70 for the regatta. Graham Clapp’s JEEPSTER was second, but only on countback from Marshall King’s THE JANITOR third. Patrick Liardet’s COSMIC scored a bullet to claim fourth on countback, ahead of David McLeman’s OFFBEAT. For more Spinlock Hamble Winter Series information, visit http://www.hamblewinterseries.com/.