The series kicked off with two days racing for the IRC Autumn Championship on October the 5th & 6th . As in the main series, yachts raced in four IRC classes for this championship. Teams entering the whole HYS Hamble Winter Series gain entry to the IRC Autumn Championship free of charge.
Racing in with the IRC Championships are the Performance 40 Class who, had the last event of their series over this weekend. Also racing over the two days, were the J70 fleet in the first weekend of the Hamble One Design Championship. It has been a tough summer for the J70's, with the J Cup in the Solent and their Nationals and Worlds down in Torbay recently. But, when the going gets tough…