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Light and shifty conditions for the Inlands at Queen Mary SC.

For a full report, see this article in Yachts and Yachting:

Hadron H2 Inland Championships 2023 at Queen Mary Sailing Club (yachtsandyachting.com

Two H2s were exhibited at the RYA Dinghy Show, which took place on 25-26 February. The minimalist HH2CA stand (due to misplacing the stand displays) featured an H2 in ‘Gulf Oil’ colours – much admired by many, including a representative of the oil company!

The second H2, owned by Richard Le Mare (current inland champion) was displayed on the Selden Masts stand, sporting the first Selden spars made for the H2.

TOO HEAVY? TOO LIGHT? TOO OLD?

On Saturday at the RYA Dinghy Show three people came up to me with different questions:
Question #1: I weigh 73kg – am I too light for an H2?”
Answer: “I will refer you to Ian Dawson’s performance at last year’s H2 nationals: he won the lightweights trophy, the Grand Master’s trophy, the Ulysses trophy (for the oldest competitor) and was second over all (to Nick Craig). Ian weighed 75kg in his sailing gear.”
Question #2: “I weigh 110kg – am I too heavy for an H2?”
Answer: “I will refer you to Richard le Mare. Richard was second in the 2021 H2 Nationals (to Nick Craig) and is the current H2 Inland Champion. He is heavier than you.”
Question #3: “I am 70 years old – am I too old for an H2?”
Answer: “Please refer to answer #1. Ian Dawson celebrated his 70th birthday a week after the 2022 Nationals.”

Farnborough International, 25-26 February 2023

The Hadron H2 Class Association will be exhibiting one of the latest H2s on stand C20

Come and chat to the owners and hear their first hand experience of this great singlehander dinghy.

Corrections: Chichester Harbour Race Week is from 14 to 18 August.
Inland Chamionships are now a one day event (1 April).

Richard Le Mare was the convincing winner of the 2022 Inland Championships, hosted by Notts County SC on October 1st. 
See the Yachts and Yachting report

Royal Torbay YC, 9-11 September

20 competitors competed for the sixth H2 nationals. Due to the death of Her Majesty the Queen, the first day’s racing was cancelled. The remaining two days were sailed in light winds.

Here is a video summary of the weekend’s events.

RESULTS:

Our sixth National Championships will be hosted by the Royal Torbay Yacht Club from 9th to 11th September. For full details see HERE

Warsash SC, May 21-22, 2022

Sunshine and a decent breeze welcomed the competitors to this event. Super sailing and a welcoming club made for a great weekend.

A full report for DAY 1, including a video, is available on Yachts and Yachting Online

Richard Le Mare organised a super event on a cold and windy weekend – but what do you expect in March! A great team building event from which everyone learned a lot.

26-27 February 2022

A great show with much interest on the H2 Class Association stand.