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Championships

11 June 2012 By Ted Laverty

Congratulations to Peter Kennedy, Dave Cheyne and Steve Kane, Northerns Champions at Carrickfergus. Belfast Lough proved a formidable tactical challenge again for the SB20 Northern Championships held over the weekend of June 9/10. Ben Duncan’s stranglehold on this event (3 time consecutive winner) came to a halt over the weekend as 15 boats lined up […]

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Sharkbait take the Easterns at NYC

14 May 2012 By Ted Laverty

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 […]

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Kennedy makes it a Hat Trick on Lough Ree

23 October 2011 By Ted Laverty

Peter Kennedy sailing Ridgefence won the 2011 SB20 Midland Championships held at Lough Ree Yacht Club on the 15th & 16th of October. This was Peters third Midlands victory in a row and his crew were Bob Espey and from RNIYC. Six races were sailed over two days with everything from light airs and blue […]

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Midlands 2010 results

1 November 2010 By Ted Laverty

Another light wind weekend, but a great time was had by all, thanks to Lough Derg Yacht Club. Complete race-by-race results are here. Place Sail No. Name Crew Club 1 3500 Ridgefence Kennedy Cheyne Essey SLYC 2 3287 Sharkbait Duncan Morris Carlin HYC 3 3570 Yeti Craig Boyle Murphy RStGYC 4 3279 Monkey O’Connell Elmes […]

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Investwise National Championship 2010

8 September 2010 By Ted Laverty

The Royal Ulster YC crew of Gareth Flannigan/Brian Spence/Jeremy Tomalin on ‘McCreadys Gill Team’ were the emphatic winners of the Investwise SB20 National Championship at Howth with a remarkable 17.5 points margin over runner-up ‘Yeti’ (Sean Craig/Stephen Boyle/Alan Green) of the Royal St.George YC, with early pacemaker ‘Sharkbait’ (Ben Duncan/Brian Moran/Ric Morris) of HYC a […]

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Great Galway — Sharkbait wins

24 August 2010 By Ted Laverty

The 2010 Westerns at Galway were epic! Galway Bay Sailing Club hosted the SB20 Ireland Western Championships, over the weekend. The legacy of the city being host to the 2008 Volvo stopover means that, with the addition of a few further basic amenities, Galway is now a first class championship venue. The fleet were hosted […]

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Gareth Flannigan is Afloat’s Sailor of the Month

4 May 2010 By Ted Laverty

Gareth Flannigan of Ballyholme is the Afloat.ie/Irish Independent “Sailor of the Month” for April after rising through the 43-strong fleet at last weekend’s busy East Coast SB20 Championship in Dublin Bay. Mobility was the core concept for the 20ft SB20 as Laser International and designer Tony Castro brainstormed their way in 2002 towards a lifting-keel […]

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Flannigan and Co Retain Easterns Title

26 April 2010 By Ted Laverty

So the winter has been hideously cold, and the recession is biting hard, and one could be forgiven for expecting a lacklustre season opener for any sailing class given the current climate. But not for the Laser SB20 Class in Ireland! Out of the sheds and gardens they came in their droves, with great cheer […]

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McCready Sailboats gybe away with Easterns trophy

7 July 2009 By Ted Laverty

In the end, any one of three teams could have taken the SB20 Ireland Eastern Championships (hosted by the Royal Irish Yacht Club on the 4th and 5th July) and all three have a story to tell. Big wind rock stars Gareth Flanegan and the lads on McCready Sailboats took day one by the scruff […]

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Sharkbait’s sun soaked Southerns

4 June 2009 By Ted Laverty

Champagne sailing conditions for SB20 Southern Championship. Sunshine and fresh breeze was the order of the day for the JG Property Management SB20 Southern Championship. Saturday started with 10 to 15 knot breeze and with racing in the harbour the sixteen boats had four races with PRO David O’Brien making full use of the harbour […]