SB20 Ireland

Dun Laoghaire

6 May 2010 By Ted Laverty

The Royal Alfred Yacht Club will provide a full weekend of racing in Dublin Bay on May 15 – 16, run from the National Yacht Club. Three races on Saturday and two on Sunday will see the SB20 fleet sharing the windward-leeward course with the Dragons. First gun at 1100 hours. Download the Notice of […]

Race Results

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 […]

Championships

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 […]

Class Administration

2010 Rule changes

19 April 2010 By Ted Laverty

A number of International Class Rule changes have become effective on 16 April 2010. Among the changes: –we can now carry and use a hand held GPS unit and mobile telephones –if you don’t have an outboard engine (and of course you therefore have 21 kg of lead correctors) you no longer need to carry […]

Championships

Royal Alfred’s Niobe Trophy

10 April 2010 By Ted Laverty

The Royal Alfred’s NIOBE Trophy Regatta will be held at Howth Yacht Club on Saturday 1 May and we are invited! Two races, first gun at 10.25 and we will be accompanied by the Etchells and Puppeteer fleets, each with their own start. NOR and Entry Details here. The Royal Alfred Yacht club is much […]

Championships

Four weeks away!

8 March 2010 By Ted Laverty

Hear ye! Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Only a month to go to the start of the SB20 season! Howth Yacht Club’s Spring Warmer Series is offering two races on Saturday 10 April and two more on Saturday 17 April for the bargain price of €100 including cranage. First gun is set for 10.55 each Saturday […]

Championships

International Activity

12 February 2010 By Ted Laverty

The SB20 has seen extraordinary growth since its launch in the UK in 2002. Recently the SB20 World Council have reviewed a number of event bids from some outstanding venues and are delighted to announce that the Calendar of World and European Championships Events for the next three years has now been agreed. The 2010 […]

Championships

2010 Events

1 December 2009 By Ted Laverty

April 10, 17 — Spring Warmer at Howth Yacht Club 24-25 — Mitsubishi Motors Eastern Championship – Royal St George Yacht Club Sailing Instructions here! 29 — First DBSC Thursday May 2 — First DBSC Sunday 15 – 16 — Baily Bowl 28- 31 — Le Grand Prix de l’Ecole Navale — Morgat, France — […]

Dun Laoghaire

End of season SB20 report at the George

28 November 2009 By Ted Laverty

The Royal St George Laser SB20 fleet of 18 boats has enjoyed a hectic season on Dublin Bay. We had 33 boats entered for DBSC racing and a great variety of events to augment the weekly stuff. This was the second season of Sunday racing under the burgee of DBSC (after the George provided the […]

Championships

Waiting for breeze in Lough Derg

17 October 2009 By Ted Laverty

It’s 1400 and zilch for wind at the Midlands in Dromineer.