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Squib fleet Boosts the Numbers At Royal Alfred Baily Bowl Weekend
#BAILYBOWL – Dragons, Squibs and RS Elites lined up for the Royal Alfred Baily Bowl one design series at the Royal St. George at the…
Welsh Yacht Takes Howth's Corby Cup
#CORBYCUP – Richard Fildes Pwhelli based Corby 37 Impetuous was the winner of Howth Yacht Club's Corby Cup today. Originally built by Corby Yachts for…
Butler and Oram Set the Pace at Killaloe's Fireball Munsters
#FIREBALL – On the opening day of the Irish Fireball season, Noel Butler & Stephen Oram set the pace, bagging three race wins from four…
Eclipse is Top Puppeteer in Howth Yacht Club Race
#HOWTH YACHT CLUB – The Hegarty's Eclipse was the winner of the Puppeteer Howth Yacht Club race today with Schiggy (G. Kennedy) second. In the…
Red Rhum Romps Home in DBSC Cruisers 2 Race
#DBSC – Jonathan and Chris Nicholson's Red Rhum made the most of the easterly winds and big seas for today's Dublin Bay Sailing Club race…

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Sunday, 13 May 2012 21:23

Sharkbait Wins National Yacht Club's SB20 Eastern Champs

#SB20 – Howth Yacht Club's Sharkbait Ben Duncan (3287) sailing with Brian Moran and Paul Adamson won the first of the 2012 SB20 sportsboat 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…

Tuesday, 08 May 2012 06:32

New Name, New format as 'SB20s' Kick off 2012 DBSC Season

#SB20 – Andrew Algeo's Flutter took overall honours but only by one point in the first outing of the reformatted DBSC SB20 Sunday races with second and third being determined by countback between three boats. 19 boats turned out for the three windward leeward races. SinBin (Barry O'Neill) took second…

Wednesday, 02 May 2012 11:31

SB3 Sportsboat to Become 'SB20' as New Promoters Announced

#SB3– Ireland's most successful ever sportsboat design the SB3 that produced over 100 boats racing in five different sailing centres is to undergo a world wide restructuring that will include a name change for the popular three man design and the loss of the Laser trademark. The boat which will…

Wednesday, 25 April 2012 11:15

SB3 One Design Class Adapts to Change on Dublin Bay

#SB3 – How sailing classes cope with recession has been a talking point over the winter months in yacht clubs across Ireland. Little spare time and sailors under financial pressure means all classes are re-evaluating what they are offering. It means many classes are seeking to re-engineer fixtures and events…

Friday, 04 November 2011 10:36

Clyde SB3 Class Continues to Grow

#SB3 – Following the distribution of the 'Clyde SB3 Class Proposal' in September an information and social evening was held on 27th October at The Lansdowne Bar & Kicthen in Glasgow's West End. Despite some last minute cancellations 25 people made it to the event which was hosted by Scottish…

Wednesday, 02 November 2011 07:10

Call for Irish SB3s to Head for Scotland in 2012

#SB3 - As the Dublin Bay Sailing Club SB3 class debates the merits of Saturday versus Sunday club racing with a contracted fleet size next season there has been a call from the North for Irish crews to head to Scotland for a new championships on Loch Fyne next year.…

Wednesday, 19 October 2011 15:10

SB3 Sailors Sailing for $30,000 Black Sea Bounty

Howth SB3 Sailors Ben Duncan, Brian Moran and Joe Turner areamong the teams competing for the Rodion Luka Friendship regatta in Odessa on the Black Sea this Saturday. Event Sponsor Transbunker has offered $30,000 prize money for the event to be sailed in SB3's in Rodion's Academy from21-23rd October and…