Leader Dinghy

A warm welcome to the website for the Leader Class Owners' Association (LCOA) 2010!

Here you will find all sorts of useful information about the Leader dinghy, its class association, latest news and event information, plus details of pre-loved Leaders (second-hand boats).

Just click on the links at the left hand side of this page to access the web page of your choice. There are also links at the bottom of most web pages, or just click on the 'Back' button of your web browser to return to your previously viewed page!

Meanwhile, we would like to wish all our LCOA Members a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

08.11.09 - Pre-loved Leader pages have been updated; several NEW advertisements have appeared! Take a look!

23.11.09 - A brief report from Roger Morse regarding the Leader National Championships, held at Milton Keynes in October:

Beautiful weather and good wind conditions welcomed the Leaders to Milton Keynes for the Nationals.

With three races planned for Saturday and three for Sunday and four races to count for the trophies, it promised to be a good weekend.

The event was marked by the appearance of Richard Crook's beautifully restored wooden Leader. The boat helmed by Richard and crewed by Margo, both from Redditch Sailing Club, proved to be very useful in the conditions and won two races on the Saturday.

Sunday, with slightly stronger winds, meant that boats with slightly heavier crews were to do better as proved the case with Chris Wharmby and Paul Dickenson winning all three races and with it the Nationals Trophy. Richard and Margo came second overall and Roger and Sybil Morse came third.

Thanks again to all entrants and to Milton Keynes Sailing Club for their hospitality.

The Triple B at Buckenham last weekend was again well attended by Leaders. The race took place in light airs but by taking advantage of the tide going down river and again on the return leg meant that all competitors finished within the time limit.

So well done all Leaders. This leaves us with the last event of the season and our Nationals at Milton Keynes Sailing Club on the 10th and 11th of October 2009. The LCOA AGM will follow the sailing on Saturday 10th October.

21.09.09 - Thanks to all the Leaders which turned up and sailed at the DQSC Leader Open last weekend. The winners were Mike & Val Sherwen, with Chris & Jane Wharmby second. Full results to follow shortly.

17.09.08 - The 2008 AGM Minutes have been added to the website and are accessible from this page. As reported in these minutes, the 2008 Chairman, John Parker, has stood down from his position of Chairman, and the Committee would like to reiterate their thanks to John for all his contributions to the LCOA over the years - thanks John!

Also added is the latest addition of the Leader News, a news sheet which contains the latest stories and gossip surrounding the Leaders!

The next Leader Open meeting will be this weekend (19/20 September) at Dell Quay on the south coast - hope to see you there!

25.06.09 - Report from the Leader Open meeting at Hickling Broad, kindly supplied by Tricia Hudson

The Leader fleet at Hickling Broad Sailing Club is growing. For the first time in many years club boats out number the visitors for the annual picnic race down to Potter Heigham on Saturday and racing on the broad on Sunday. The journey down to Potter was taxing with several tacking duels going on and many changes of places. The race was eventually won by Chris Wharmby from Milton Keynes Sailing Club crewed by Ann Hobson a club member. Several motor cruisers and day launches were treated to the colourful sight of nine Leaders many with spinnakers flying running up the Thurne heading back towards the Broad in the afternoon. Light winds in Candle Dyke caught some boats out but enabled Tricia Hudson and Sarah Cole to pull ahead to finish with a comfortable lead. Several other club boats accompanied the leaders on the picnic race to and from Potter Heigham and the overall winner of that fleet was Jim Windley in his Wayfarer.
The predicted light winds on Sunday never materialised. Instead racers where treated to a good blast across the Broad with the brisk wind claiming three victims who capsized in the second race of the morning.

Overall results for the Weekend
1^st Chris Wharmby and Anne Hobson Milton Keynes S.C/HBSC

04.06.09 - Pre-loved Leader pages have been updated; several NEW advertisements have appeared! Take a look!

There is also a new link on the "Useful Links" page; if you require accommodation near a sailing event, please try out the www.sailingaccommodation.co.uk website!

10.04.09 - The 2009 Calendar of Events has now been finalised :-) Follow the link for details!

Pre-loved Leader pages have also been updated where possible. If you find any adverts to be out of date, please email the Webmaster using the link to the left of this page.