Contenders at the Paignton Open for Single Handers (POSH)

The Contender fleet gathered on the green at Paignton together with a number of other classes to participate in the Paignton Open for Single Hander (POSH) regatta, the sun was shinning, clear blue skies and the rain had finally stopped
Posted on 16 May

Contender World Championships at St. Petersburg Yacht Club

Full results and videos from the Contender World Championships in St. Petersburg, Florida where Antonio Lambertini won in a fleet of 44 helms.
Posted on 30 Apr

British Contenders off to Florida

On Monday 26th March the container was loaded by the British contingent travelling to Florida for the World championships at the end of April.
Posted on 28 Mar

Contender Open at Oxford Sailing Club

Light winds – no racing Saturday. Sunday looked like it might be similar but a light breeze filled in which gradually increased through the day.
Posted on 28 Mar

British Contender Association at the RYA Volvo Dinghy Show

The class, originally designed 42 years ago and still going strong by keeping up with changes technology having moved to carbon masts and booms over the years and now also building in epoxy will have 2 boats on the stand
Posted on 29 Feb

Contender Northerns at Yorkshire Dales Sailing Club

In true Yorkshire fashion Saturday dawned sunny and warm, with the heather moors perfectly reflected in the smooth water of the reservoir.
Posted on 5 Oct 2011

Contender Open at Weston Sailing Club

19 Contenders competed in the Weston Open with blue skies and an idyllic westerly force 4 on Saturday. Co-sharing with the RS600 fleet the Race Officer opted for a trapezoid course.
Posted on 27 Sep 2011

Contender Travellers Series at Porthpean Sailing Club

Porthpean in Cornwall was the venue for the National Contender Travellers series. Race one got underway in a patchy 15 knot SW breeze, most of the fleet opted to head out to sea where the breeze was more settled.
Posted on 5 Sep 2011

Contender Worlds at the WPNSA - Overall

Despite going afloat on the last day the wind wouldn’t play it’s part and racing was eventually abandoned. This left Bjarke Johnsen as the new and deserving World Champion on count back from Graham Scott.
Posted on 28 Jul 2011

Contender Worlds at the WPNSA - Days 3 & 4

For day 4 the forecast was for light winds so the race officer got the fleet out early to take advantage of the gradient breeze. The first gold fleet race was won by Soren Andreasen followed by Bjarke Johnsen and Andrea Bonezzi.
Posted on 22 Jul 2011

Open Meeting for Contender
At Porthpean SC
26 May to 27 May Open Meeting for Hornet and Contender
At Stone SC
30 Jun to 1 Jul