At the 2003 AGM, the Vice Chairman announced the winner of the first Chris Dicks Award. The award has been created to recognise good model yacht design at all levels of the sport, together with successful design related model yachting projects.

This year it was decided to award the trophy to Barry Chisam as he has in recent years managed to produce a new design of One Metre each year culminating in the production of the “Isis” which proved capable of winning the World Championships in Vancouver.