Harken Hadron H2 National Championships 2025 at Weymouth & Portland Sailing Academy - Overall

by Keith Callaghan 7 Jul 09:27 BST 4-6 July 2025

The three races of day 3 of the H2 nationals was sailed in a brisk 12-16 knot south-westerly breeze and brilliant sunshine.

Richard Le Mare led the fleet for the first lap of race 6 but his two closest rivals closed him down by lap 2 and Richard Leftley passed him on the next run, to win by 3 boat lengths. Gavin Fleming was close behind in third, with Mark Tucker in fourth place.

Having never been lower than fourth in any race, Gavin Fleming finally managed a win in race 7, but, crucially, Richard Leftley finished in second place, ahead of his main rival.

In the last race, Richard Leftley confirmed his place as 2025 national champion with another win from Richard Le Mare, with Gavin Fleming in third.

Tim Garvin secured sailed consistently to finish fourth overall - a great achievement in a borrowed boat.

Thus ended a spectacular day of fast racing in perfect conditions at WPNSA.

Thanks go to Chris Brown for organising the sailing and the social events from the H2 Class Association side and thanks to the many staff and volunteers at WPNSA for providing us with great event under sometimes trying conditions. Special mention goes to the genial Richard Bowers (event coordinator) and PRO Paul Kimmens but more than 25 people were engaged supporting us on the water - thank you all, and I hope you enjoyed the spectacle of H2's racing.

And grateful thanks to our sponsors, Harken, who provided us with some excellent prizes. At the prize-giving there was a special presentation to Ian Dawson of 3 of Harken's new Zircon low friction mainsheet blocks. Ian is a light weather specialist, with 3 second places and a third at the H2 nationals in recent years. These blocks will give him even more of an edge!

Richard Leftley also won the Heavyweights Trophy. Martin Orton (8th overall) won the Lightweights Trophy. The Masters Trophy went to Gavin Fleming (3rd overall). The grand Masters Trophy was won by Steven Hendon (7th overall) and the Ulysses trophy (for the first helm over 70) was won by Ian Dawson (10th overall).

Thus another great H2 championship ends. It was so close between the two Richards - Richard Leftley finished only 3 metres ahead of Richard Le Mare in two races and the final difference was just one point.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1	145		Richard Leftley		1	1	‑3	2	‑3	1	2	1	8
2	156	Alice	Richard Le Mare		‑5	2	1	1	1	2	‑3	2	9
3	135	Cluaran	Gavin Fleming	Hunts SC	‑3	3	2	‑4	2	3	1	3	14
4	178	Tiffany	Mark Tucker	Lee‑on‑the‑Solent SC	2	4	5	(DNC)	(DNC)	4	5	4	24
5	166		Steve Hendon		6	6	4	(DNC)	(DNC)	5	4	5	30
6	129		Tim Garvin		4	5	‑7	3	(DNC)	7	6	7	32
7	142	Lone Wolf	Barry Wolfenden		‑7	‑9	6	6	5	6	7	6	36
8	168		Martin Orton		‑13	8	12	5	4	‑14	8	10	47
9	146	Smudge	Andrew McGaw		11	7	9	(DNC)	(DNC)	13	9	12	61
10	152	A Whiter Shade of Pale	Ian Dawson		8	10	14	(DNC)	(DNC)	9	15	8	64
11	177	Casino	Headband Brown		10	14	19	(DNC)	(DNC)	8	11	9	71
12	182		Adrian Peckham	Pevensey Bay SC	9	11	10	(DNC)	(DNC)	16	19	13	78
13	169	A Touch of Yellow	ALASDAIR HOOD		15	17	‑18	7	6	‑18	18	17	80
14	122	High Hopes	Ian Brooks		16	13	8	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNS	12	11	81
15	148	Raspberry Ripple	Dave Barker		12	12	15	(DNC)	(DNC)	11	10	DNC	81
16	102	TPO	Ian Little		14	15	11	(DNC)	(DNC)	15	14	14	83
17	191		Rick de Blaby		18	16	13	(DNC)	(DNC)	12	13	15	87
18	150	H2‑150	Stephen Oliver	Warsash SC	19	(RET)	16	(DNC)	DNC	10	17	18	101
19	196	Hydrotherapy	Bob Cowan		17	(RET)	17	(DNC)	DNC	17	16	16	104
20	158	Carpe Diem	Robert Tate	Queen Mary SC	20	(RET)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	125