Championship stakes

Gerald New assesses the dinghy classes which are growing in the UK and those which are not

Class rankings for those with 50 or more boats taking part in their National Championship this year

98	99	00	01	02	Class	2002	2001	Move
1	12	3	1	1	Topper	218	187	UP
6	6	8	5	2	Optimist (Jr)	122	93	UP
4	4	5	2	3	Cadet	120	119	UP
2	2	1	4	4	Optimist (Snr)	114	104	UP
10	3	11	10	5	Laser Radial	110	72	UP
5	7	9	8	6	Laser Standard	91	80	UP
2	1	4	3	7	RS400	86	105	DOWN
NA	13	6	22	8	Squib	85	56	UP
18	8	10	6	9	RS200	80	86	DOWN
23	19	28	15	10	Solo	76	63	UP
26	36	2	19	11	Mirror	72	58	UP
NA	16	15	24	11	420	72	53	UP
14	15	18	28	13	Firefly	71	49	UP
NA	32	27	31	13	Flying 15	71	46	UP
7	9	20	12	15	Dart 18	70	71	DOWN
14	22	23	26	16	Fireball	68	50	UP
NA	23	39	32	17	Dart 15	66	42	UP
18	25	19	17	18	Scorpion	62	61	UP
NA	59	29	14	18	RS800	62	65	DOWN
18	5	7	7	20	Enterprise	61	85	DOWN
27	21	12	11	21	Merlin Rocket	54	72	DOWN
NA	46	35	25	22	Phantom	53	51	UP
NA	64	50	33	23	Laser 2000	52	41	UP
NA	10	22	13	24	Laser 4000	51	68	DOWN
23	29	21	29	25	Contender	50	48	UP
NA	33	NA	46	25	Hurricane 5.9	50	30	UP