Howth Yacht Club’s Sharkbait Ben Duncan (3287) sailing with Brian Moran and Paul Adamson won the first of the 2012SB20 championships with three wins in a series cut short by strong winds at the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire today.

Second in the 28-boat fleet was Aidan O’Connell (3072) Graham Elmes and Brian Reilly and third Rob Howe (3338) with Paul McDonland and Ross McDonald, the latter two fighting it out for second but O’Connell winning out on countback.

Saturday saw four races sailed in very shifty conditions in the southern part of Dublin Bay.  On Sunday, the breeze freshened to 25 knots and one race was sailed off Seapoint.  Ridgefence came a cropper when snagging the windward mark, but boats behind were delighted to see the race course shortened a small bit.  Race Officer Larry Power reported at prizegiving: “It took ye 17 minutes to get to the windward mark and five minutes to get down to the gate!”

Full results are here:   Eastern-Championships-2012