FD CHAMPIONS

The International Flying Dutchman Class holds World and European Championships.

The British FD Class holds three championships each year at which the following trophies have been presented:

National Championships (at various venues)

            British National Champions (Sir Malcolm Cambell Trophy)        National Champions & Venues

            British Open Champion - helm (Alfred Dunhill Shield)

     British Open Champion - crew (Paul Davies Memorial Trophy)

     British Open 1st or 7th race winner (Sunday Telegraph Cup)

     British Open 4th race winner (Endeavour Trophy)

     British Open 5th race winner (Royal Lymington Shield)

     British National Championship - winner of the last race (The Beverley Wilson & Co Champagne Cup)

     Old Boat prize (Slotty Dawes Trophy) - (currently best placed wooden hull)

            Westwood Trophy - for first boat overall from Lee-on-the-Solent

Midland Area Championships (normally on Rutland Water in October)

            Midland Area Champions (Crystal Decanter presented by Hyde Sails in 1984)

Southern Area Championships (normally at Lee-on-the-Solent during the summer)

           Southern Area Champions (Shield with a carved half model of FD K323)

In addition there is a Travellers Trophy

The Morgan Cup was for the Thorpe Bay regatta prior to Olympics, World Championships or European Championships. The class has not raced at Thorpe Bay for many years and the Morgan Cup has been used as the Travellers Trophy since 1983 or earlier.

The Oxford Tankards are presented to the winners of the event held at the Oxford Sailing Club.

There was a challenge match each year between the 505s and FDs at Eastbourne.

British FD sailors have also had successes at European, World & Olympic levels:

We are compiling a list of past winners of the various British trophies and would like to locate the trophies that were presented at the National Championships during the 1970s. During this time the FD National Championships were often held during Weymouth Olympic Week.

If you have any information regarding these matters, including photos of the trophies, names of winners or if you have recently seen the trophies or if you have ever had possession of any of the trophies or know of any other trophies that have been presented, please contact Richard Phillips as we would like to complete the list and recover the trophies for the 50th Anniversary in 2002. (We have full information for the following trophies: Southern Area Championships, Midland Area Championships and Oxford Tankards but we need assistance with names of winners prior to the time when these trophies were first presented)