22 Hadron H2's, representing 18 different clubs from the length and breadth of England, arrived at a glassy smooth Queen Mary reservoir for Round 2 of the H2 Travellers Trophy.
By briefing time, cat's paws were in evidence and PRO Neil O'Leary headed his committee boat for the far end of the water, where some solid puffs of 5kts were to be found and laid a short trapezoid course.
Despite the H2's amazing weight carrying ability, this was not going to be a day for the heavyweights!
In Race 1, normal service was resumed as Josh Hamer was chased home by current National Champion Robin Parsons with rapid class newcomer, Steve Hendon in third.
Race 2 was a repeat performance at the sharp end, but "class legend" (and 100kg) Richard Leftley made the podium.
In Race 3 Michael Alexander, sailing his shiny new 2024 RYA Dinghy Show exhibit, hooked into his own private patch of breeze and shot off up the first beat like a robber's dog. Robin and Josh were soon in hot pursuit and Robin managed to pip him at the post.
Race 4 saw Richard Leftley and Andrew McGaw get away in their own random pressure at the start, leaving the rest of the fleet to a driftathon with many place changes right up to the line. Robin just managed to pop out of the log jam into third leaving him tied with Josh on 5 points after discard with Josh taking the title on countback.
Following a splendid group curry supper at Shahin in Sunbury, the H2 throng re-convened on Sunday morning when Richard Leftley, assisted by Selden's Richard Le Mare gave a masterclass on setting up the H2 rig for various helm weights and wind strengths. The class is going from strength to strength and attracting new owners from many other classes, so this proved to be an enlightening hour well spent.
The fleet then launched (there was more wind!) and spent a very pleasant couple of hours doing boat handling drills and practice starts under the watchful instruction (and video camera) of Richard Leftley and H2 designer, Keith Callaghan. Participants will await the edited show-reel and debrief with some nervousness...
Huge thanks to the team at Queen Mary SC for their friendly and efficient event organisation on and off the water.
Overall Results:
Pos Sail No Helm Club R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts
1st 159 Josh Hamer Leigh & Lowton Sailing Club 1 1 3 ‑5 5
2nd 135 Robin Parsons Deben Yacht Club 2 2 1 ‑3 5
3rd 145 Richard Leftley Bowmoor Sailing Club 8 3 ‑10 1 12
4th 184 Michael Alexander Rutland Sailing Club 5 5 2 ‑12 12
5th 152 Ian Dawson Warsash Sailing Club 4 ‑9 4 6 14
6th 166 Steven Hendon Blithfield Sailing Club 3 8 ‑12 4 15
7th 146 Andrew McGaw Grafham Water Sailing Club ‑18 10 7 2 19
8th 142 Barry Wolfenden Bough Beech Sailing Club 7 4 8 ‑14 19
9th 148 Dave Barker Draycote Water Sailing Club ‑10 6 6 8 20
10th 154 Adrian Williams Warsash Sailing Club 11 ‑12 5 11 27
11th 102 Ian Little Thorpe Bay Yacht Club ‑16 13 11 9 33
12th 127 Chris Brown Mill Creek Sailing Club ‑15 11 9 13 33
13th 150 Stephen Oliver Warsash Sailing Club 13 ‑20 15 7 35
14th 188 Robert Coyle Royal Corinthian Yacht Club 6 ‑17 16 16 38
15th 172 Michael Greenland Isle of Sheppey Sailing Club 14 7 20 (DNC) 41
16th 105 Domonic Jacobs RYA 17 15 ‑18 10 42
17th 129 Tim Hardy Queen Mary Sailing Club 12 ‑18 14 17 43
18th 156 Richard LeMare Warsash Sailing Club 9 14 (DNF) DNC 47
19th 163 James Haydon Bowmoor Sailing Club ‑20 16 17 15 48
20th 113 Neil Smythe Paignton Sailing Club ‑19 19 13 19 51
21st 158 Robert Tate Queen Mary Sailing Club ‑21 21 19 18 58
22nd 153 Neal Lillywhite Burghfield Sailing Club (DNC) DNC DNC DNC 72
22nd 120 David Gates Silver Wing Sailing Club (DNC) DNC DNC DNC 72
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