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
See a full report on Yachts & Yachting HERE.
On the day after the Inland Championships, Richard Leftley and Richard Le Mare gave a masterclass on rigging and racing the H2. The event is now on YouTube HERE.
Queen Mary SC, 18 May 2024
There was an excellent turnout for this event. On a day of light and shifting winds, last year’s runner-up, Josh Hamer, became the new Inland Champion after a close tussle with current National Champion Robin Parsons. Two of the lighter H2 helms therefore currently hold the two major H2 titles.
See a full report on Yachts & Yachting HERE.
The Hadron H2 Class Association (stand C36) will be displaying one of the latest H2s.
Harken will have Josh Hamer’s H2 as the centrepiece of their stand (G10).
Marlow Ropes have Richard Le Mare’s sparkly purple H2 on their stand (K40).