English (UK)
International Class - sailed Worldwide
Ideal progression from any Junior Class
RYA Pathway Class
RYA Transition and Youth Class
Support One Design Racing
Strong sailor based Class Association
Full UK and International Racing Programme
Challenging to sail well but easy to learn
Nationwide Fleets
The 420 is an established performance two person trapeze and spinnaker racing dinghy. There are 56,000 worldwide. This popular dinghy is sailed at school, club, open, national and international levels. There are many second hand boats available, active clubs and excellent tuition for all levels. Built in buoyancy tanks make the boat very safe even when inverted. The 420 is a youth development boat in the UK and in 42 other countries, and despite the emergence of newer commercially driven classes and asymmetrics, the 420 is still the top youth training boat. Most of the World's top sailors started in this class and easily moved on to succeed in other classes.
Selections for Worlds and Junior Europeans Teams anticipate 40 boats (80 sailors)
Normally scheduled March through to May Day weekend. Europeans held early summer. These offer excellent hot competition as World and Euro teams are chosen on the basis of these events but are all sailable as individual events.
Both the 420 Worlds, Euros and Junior Euros are closed events so you must qualify to enter. The current process is that the top XX girl boats may enter the Women Worlds and the top XX all boy or mixed teams enter
Europeans anticipate 170 boats (340 sailors)
This is closed events. The top 7(?) boats are invited to represent GBR at the Junior Euros. This must include 2 girl boats.
