The first day of this event was cancelled due to winds in excess of 40 knots. The Sunday produced some excellent conditions with fresh winds and a plenty of waves.
For a full report in Yachts and Yachting, see Hadron H2 open meeting at Shoreham Sailing Club
With just 20 minutes to spare before the Dinghy Show build-up phase ended on Friday evening, Richard turned up with a completed ‘MIDAS’. Why was he late? Because he had been inserting 132 diamonds into the H2 logo on the thwart. It was the finishing touch to a super boat. Well done Richard!
The UK racing programme for the H2 class is now released. Please see below.
Further details will be added for each event – see https://www.h2class.uk/events/
The ninth H2 championships were held at The Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) from the 4th to 6th July. Sailed in fresh to strong winds, the new National Champion is Richard Leftley.
See the following reports in Yachts and Yachting for full details.
https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/287746/Harken-Hadron-H2-Nationals-day-1
Harken Hadron H2 National Championships 2025 at Weymouth & Portland Sailing Academy – Day 2
Harken Hadron H2 National Championships 2025 at Weymouth & Portland Sailing Academy – Overall
In a very competitive event, with frequent place changes, light weather maestro Ian Dawson finished the winner, and not for the first time, in one of the most important events of the H2 calendar.
See the report in Yachts and Yachting: https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/286205/H2-Inland-Championships-at-Grafham
There was an excellent turnout of 22 H2s for this event. Local helm Martin Orton was the winner. See this report in Yachts and Yachting:
Hadron H2 Open at Chichester Yacht Club
12 entries for this event, sailed in light winds. See a full report in Yachts and Yachting
The last H2 open meeting of 2024 was hosted by Warsash SC. Two days of cracking sailing was dominated by the tussle between Richard Leftley and Richard Le Mare.
See the report of the event in Yachts and Yachting HERE
The Travellers Trophy is given to the helm achieving the best aggregate results in the Hadron H2 events. With wins in both the Inland and National Championships Josh Hamer was in a strong position going into the last qualifying event (the Solent Trophy). However, he was unable to attend the event, which left the door open for Richard Leftley. But Richard’s task was difficult – he had to win the event in order to take the lead for the Travellers Trophy.
As our previous post described, Richard was trailing Class Chairman Richard Le Mare after the first day but the slightly lighter breeze on the Sunday enabled him to win both races and claim the event and the TT.
The 3 day event was shortened to two days due to lack of wind on the final day. Our new National Champion is current Inland Champion JOSH HAMER, who sailed H2 #159 ‘Dirty Martini’.
See a full report on Yachts and Yachting HERE
