Chapple secures best Sarnian result in Wales

Monday 7th April 2008, 2:29PM BST.

James Chapple in action last year.

EIGHTEEN-year-old James Chapple has finished eighth at the Royal Yachting Association National Youth Championships – the best male youth result ever achieved by a Guernsey sailor.

The event was held at Pwllheli Sailing Club, north Wales, over a five-day period and more than 260 youths aged 18 and under competed.

The championships are used as trials and selections for inclusion in British youth squads. Chapple has been a British youth squad member for the last three years but has been competing in the Laser Standard dinghy for only the previous 12 months.