Hobie 405 Open & National Youth and Junior Championship
by Bob Tuckwood 20 Aug 2003 15:26 BST
August 11th to 15th
The competitors and prizewinners at the 405 Nationals at Arun Yacht Club © Mike Hollis
Dylan Fletcher & Nick Hollis won the Hobie 405 Open & National Youth and Junior Championship with a comfortable margin after scoring 8 firsts in the 15 race championship.
The superb Nationals week was held at Arun Yacht Club, Littlehampton, where the club members worked extremely hard to ensure that the event was a brilliant success both on and off the water.
The weather was hot and sunny all week with a spread of winds ranging from force 1 to a force 4. The racing was very close behind Dylan and Nick, and any one of 7 boats could have clinched 2nd spot on the final day.
One of the 4 Danish entries, Maja Stendal & Annie Hansen took the 2nd Open position with Holly and Sophie Tuckwood following in 3rd (2nd GBR boat) on discard from Huw Humphries & Max Todd in 4th.
The British youth and junior sailors competed very well against the top Danish teams, emphasising the quality within the 405 squads.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Boat Type | Sail No | Helm | Crew | Club | Pts |
|---|
| 1st | Hobie 405 | 348 | Dylan Fletcher | Nick Hollis | Northampton/Rutland | 21 |
| 2nd | | DK340 | Maja Stendal | Alexander Andersen | | 38 |
| 3rd | | 353 | Holly Tuckwood | Sophie Tuckwood | Notts County | 50 |
| 4th | | 351 | Huw Humphries | Max Todd | Hollyhead | 50 |
| 5th | | 349 | Sophie White | Peter Gray | Burghfield/Staunton Harold | 58 |
| 6th | | 360 | William Twemlow | Andrew Bath | Notts County | 60 |