SB20 Ireland and the Royal St George Yacht Club would like to invite you to the second Irish SB20 National Championships. We have a wonderful sailing and social programme lined up and we would especially like to encourage overseas entries given the event’s close timing to the World Championships, in an adjacent yacht club in […]

The first season for the Laser SB20 in Ireland drew to a close on the waters of Lough Ree during the 20th & 21st of October. The first batch of SB3’s only arrived in Ireland exactly a year ago but the class now has a following of over 70 boats. 31 boats made the trip […]

A fleet of 55 Laser SB3s competed in their inaugural Irish National Championships on 13th-15th September at the National YC in Dun Laoghaire. Three days of sunny 12-20 knot breezes brought the best out of these fast and feisty boats in a test of seamanship, nerve and sometimes near disaster management with high speed crossing […]

A GAME OF TWO HALVES Day 1: 35 Laser SB3’s travelled to Howth Yacht Club for the inaugural East Coast Championships from Cork, Bangor, Wicklow, and Dun Laoghaire. This was the biggest entry on the SB20 circuit so far this year and shows the continued success and growth of the class. Saturday started with a […]

21 Laser SB3’s arrived at the startline of the first race saw some light shifty airs on Belfast Lough, the OOD Robin Gray was going to have a difficult day! The 1st race eventually got underway after a general recall. The wind was north easterly, the Kraken (Ronan Collins) was out in the lead on […]

June 9th and 10th saw the Royal Cork Yacht Club in Crosshaven host the first SB20 Ireland regional championship sponsored by Helly Hansen. This exciting one design class, new to our shores, saw 29 boats from the four corners of Ireland turn up on the start line for this seven race series. Peter Crowley presided […]