Irish SB20 Sailing Class News & Regatta Results
Revised Race Schedule as First Day of SB20 Worlds Cancelled Due to Strong Winds at Dun Laoghaire
5th September 2022 SB20
Strong winds on Dublin Bay cancelled today's much anticipated first races of the SB20 sportsboat World Championships at the Royal Irish Yacht Club at Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin. Three races were due to be held today, but were cancelled due…
Dubai SB20 Makes a Splash on Dublin Bay Before World Championships Begin (Video)
4th September 2022 SB20
The 'Kidzink' United Arab Emirates SB20 entry from the Dubai Offshore Sailing Club (DOSC) was making waves on the Dublin Bay race track on Sunday ahead of the first race of the class World Championships at the Royal Irish Yacht…
SB20s Will Come Of Age At World Championship With Royal Irish YC in Dun Laoghaire
3rd September 2022 W M Nixon
In 2002, the ingenious Laser SB3 was unleashed on an unsuspecting world by Performance Sailcraft as one of several innovative craft that enabled the leading Laser builders to offer loyal Laser sailors – already in their several thousands with the…
Royal Irish Hosted SB20 World Champs Gets Underway on Monday With Ireland Fielding 17 Boats
1st September 2022 SB20
The Royal Irish Yacht Club, in Dun Laoghaire Harbour is welcoming participants from as far as Australia, Singapore, Dubai and especially from Ukraine for what class pundits say may be the most open SB20 World Championship for many teams to…
With under a week to go to the 2022 SB20 World Championships at the Royal Irish Yacht Club on Dublin Bay, Dun Laoghaire's Michael O'Connor has scored a significant win at a spiced-up edition of the Irish Eastern Championships populated…
Royal Irish Yacht Club Announce Sponsor for SB20 World Championships as 60 Boat Fleet is Confirmed
3rd August 2022 Royal Irish Yacht Club
Provident CRM has been announced as the title sponsor of September's Royal Irish Yacht Club hosted SB20 World Championships 2022 at Dun Laoghaire Harbour. The RIYC will host the event on Dublin Bay from the 5th to the 9th of…
A visiting French SB20 sportsboat trio won Sunday's six-race sprint series on Dublin Bay. Edward Russo, Gilles Favennec and Jonathan Lobert took three wins and three second places on the short course windward-leeward courses to take the sprint title. Six…
The SB20 National Championships that were scheduled to take place as part of next week's Volvo Cork Week 2022 Regatta have been axed. Running from Friday 8th July to Sunday 10th July in Cork Harbour, it is understood the decision to…
Royal Irish Yacht Club Prepare to Stage May's Dun Laoghaire Cup for Sportsboats
23rd February 2022 Royal Irish Yacht Club
The Royal Irish Yacht Club will host a four-class Dun Laoghaire Cup for sportsboats in May with racing for 1720, SB20, J80 and Beneteau First 21 classes. The 1720 East Coast Championship, the J80 East Coast Championship and First 21 National…
The fourth Cascais SB20 Winter Series had its debut postponed. The 22 boats of the popular class were forced to stay ashore on the opening day due to the strong wind that blew in Cascais on Saturday. On the second…
Irish eyes will be studying the form at the Cascais Winter Series of the SB20 Class where some top crews are already preparing for the World Championships in Ireland this year. As Afloat reported in December, there are already at…
Lough Derg Yacht Club Serves Up Full Set of Results For Four Keelboat Classes
21st October 2021 Inland Waterways
The annual October Freshwater Keelboat Regatta at Dromineer, (hosted by Lough Derg Yacht Club and staged last weekend) has been no stranger to hyper-strong winds in times past. But in 2021's unusually gentle Autumn, it provided two to three days…
SB20s, Flying Fifteens, Dragons & Squibs Expected for October's Lough Derg Yacht Club Keelboat Regatta
6th October 2021 Inland Waterways
Lough Derg Yacht Club in County Tipperary will welcome one design visitors back to Dromineer for the Keelboat regatta on the weekend of 15th to 17th of October. Four fleets are expected to the lake, with the biggest likely to…
On sea and lake alike, the wonderful weekend's summery weather may sometimes have produced frustrating wind conditions. But at most centres and through multiple events, the breeze obliged at various stages to bring superb sailing and a glimpse of what…
Jerry Dowling's SB20 from the Royal Irish Yacht Club continued his overnight lead in the nine-boat class Southern Championships to win overall at Royal Cork Yacht Club from the National Yacht Club's Philip Doran. Aidan McSweeney's Gold Digger from the host club was third. Four of the…
Jerry Dowling's SB20 from the Royal Irish Yacht Club leads a nine-boat class Southern Championships at Royal Cork Yacht Club from Aidan McSweeney's host club entry, Gold Digger. Four of the sportsboats have travelled from Dun Laoghaire Harbour (the venue for…
