British International 420 Class

British International 420 Class The British 420 Class Association supports the 420 class in the UK 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.

It's gonna be a big one😎Entries are still open for our annual GP at in a few weeks' time - what're you waiting for🤨Spac...
14/09/2026

It's gonna be a big one😎

Entries are still open for our annual GP at in a few weeks' time - what're you waiting for🤨

Spaces are limited for the black tie dinner, so get your name down ASAP⏰

Register your interest for our Development Training📈Whether you've never stepped foot in a 420 before, or you're a regul...
13/09/2026

Register your interest for our Development Training📈

Whether you've never stepped foot in a 420 before, or you're a regular in the class and want to develop your skills, this is a great chance to improve your boat speed, sharpen your tactics and keep the momentum going through the colder months. ❄️

Please fill in the expression of interest 420 Development training form so we can co-ordinate numbers and coaches - the first weekend is 19/20 Sept at Itchenor Sailing Club - more details on the website under 'training' - Link in bio🔗

🏆🥇Overall - Neil Marsden & David Bromilow🏆🥇U19, 🥇Mixed & 🥈Overall - Joe Jones & Hennie Burlton🥈U19, 🥈Male & 🥉Overall - H...
07/09/2026

🏆🥇Overall - Neil Marsden & David Bromilow

🏆🥇U19, 🥇Mixed & 🥈Overall - Joe Jones & Hennie Burlton

🥈U19, 🥈Male & 🥉Overall - Hugo Fletcher & Alex Flint

🥉U19 & 🥉Male - Will Fletcher & Lucas McLaughlin

🥇Female - India Eastwood & Isla Fletcher

🥈Female & 🥈U17 - Pippa Shepherd & Lauren Mecklenburgh

🥉Female - Tabitha Davies & Sofia Sfaxi

🥈Mixed - Laragh Epstein & Charlie Howard

🥉Mixed - Arthur Greaves & Nia Mecklenburgh

🏆🥇U17 - Hector Davies & Sebby Bailey

🏅Endeavour Prize - Darcey ODonnell & Tom Pringuer

🏅Endeavour Prize - Harry Coole & Billy Mallin

🏆Winning Buddy Group - X Marks It

Heading into the new season looking for a new partner🤔We get it. Finding someone to sail with can be tough, whether you'...
04/09/2026

Heading into the new season looking for a new partner🤔

We get it. Finding someone to sail with can be tough, whether you're totally new to the class or just looking to mix things up. With a brilliant team of class coaches working hard to deliver our training programme, we've put together a system to help pair up helms and crews at all levels.📈

There are plenty of events and training opportunities coming up in the next few weeks, so get your request in ASAP to make the most of it! DM us for any questions, or check out the link in our bio🧑‍💻

420 British National Championships 2026🔥The ULTIMATE combination of sailing and social⛵️🕺After 3 tight days of racing in...
01/09/2026

420 British National Championships 2026🔥

The ULTIMATE combination of sailing and social⛵️🕺

After 3 tight days of racing in the waters of Torbay, last night drew an end to our epic event, hosted by 🚀

With wet and wild weather on almost all the races, sailors and boats have been well and truly battered and tested, bringing some of the best quality racing of the year💪

Congratulations to our event winners - Neil & David🏆

Full results coming in the next post👊

As always, a HUGE thank you to ALL of our sponsors for helping make some of the best racing in the UK possible, in particular Gill and Xtremity Sports for your continued support throughout the whole season🙏🙌

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This event concludes the 420 circuit for 2025-26, and what a season it’s been. From the Itchenor GP last September, through so many brilliant venues over the winter, to HISC for the Youth Nationals, and on to Biscarrosse and Nida for team GBR, it’s been a big one👊

For many of our sailors, this will also mark the end of their 420 sailing journeys - we hope you’ve had as much of a blast as we have🚀 The 420 class is well and truly the place to be for youth sailing in the UK, and you guys are the reason why🫡 As with everything in the world of sailing, we know this isn’t goodbye forever, and we can’t wait to see what everyone gets up to next🤙

For those that are sticking around and those just about to join us, the 2026-27 season will kick off with our first event in Itchenor SC at the end of this month, so we’ll see you all there😎

📸Abbie Self

End of an era for these sailors 🥹Goodbye and Good Luck on your next sailing adventures! 😎⛵️
01/09/2026

End of an era for these sailors 🥹

Goodbye and Good Luck on your next sailing adventures! 😎⛵️

Day 1️⃣ of the Gill 420 British National Championships in was 🔥🔥🔥With a building breeze from 10 to 30kts through 3 inte...
29/08/2026

Day 1️⃣ of the Gill 420 British National Championships in was 🔥🔥🔥

With a building breeze from 10 to 30kts through 3 intense, edge-of-your-seat races, the fleet certainly settled into their groove for the first day of racing😎

50 420s battled it out on the waters of Torbay, with spectacular capsizes all round, even from some of our veterans, leaving a mixed but tight leaderboard heading into the next few days🚀

Thanks to all our race management, safety & volunteer teams for keeping it going💪

Day 2️⃣ is set to take it up a notch…are you ready😜

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3️⃣ days to go now - this time tomorrow the floodgates will open with over 50 420s entering the boat park🚀Pre-event trai...
23/08/2026

3️⃣ days to go now - this time tomorrow the floodgates will open with over 50 420s entering the boat park🚀

Pre-event training starts on Tuesday⏰

Only 4️⃣ days to go now...📆420 British National Championships 2026 British Sailing Pathway
22/08/2026

Only 4️⃣ days to go now...

📆420 British National Championships 2026

British Sailing Pathway

Just 5️⃣ days to go until the 420 British Nationals 2026 kick off in 😮With over 50 entries and a cracking social progra...
22/08/2026

Just 5️⃣ days to go until the 420 British Nationals 2026 kick off in 😮

With over 50 entries and a cracking social programme lined up, it's looking like it's gonna be a good one💥

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