SB20s Attract 18 for National Championships at Royal Irish Yacht Club

29th August 2019

Colin Galavan, Owen Laverty and PJ Cully of the RIYC and RStGYC are competing in this weekend's SB20 National Championships on Dublin Bay Credit: Afloat

18 boats - with the possibility of a couple more - have entered the 2019 Dubarry sponsored SB20 National Championships to be hosted by the Royal Irish Yacht Club this coming weekend.

After what was a fantastic Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta with 16 SB20s competing for the silverware in July, the highlight of the SB20 season, the National Championships takes place this weekend.

As Afloat previously reported, crews must weigh-in for the championships and the combined upper crew weight limit is 270 kg.

Jerry Dowling, RIYC's Rear Commodore Sailing, and fellow RIYC Members Stefan Hyde and Jimmy Dowling are in top form in the fleet and were winners of an eight–boat Northern Championships fleet in May.

This weekend, the plan is to run eight races in total and it will be up to the RO to decide how many races are held each day, depending on the forecast. The forecast is looking really good for exciting championship racing.

The SB20 national championships fleet is below:

Sail No	Boat	Helm	Crew 1	Crew	Club
3040	Provident CRM	John Malone	Emmet Sheridan	Graeme Grant	LRYC
3297	Sunday Brunch	Dave Dwyer	TBC	TBC	RSGYC
3314	Probably	Ian Simington			RSGYC
3320	Smoke on the Water	Bob Hobby	Paddy McGrath	Owen Sinnott	RSGYC
3322	Sbodikins	Cian Cahill			RSGYC
3323	Sea Biscuit	Marty Cuppage	Barry Glavin	Niall O'Riordan	RSGYC
3343	Rubadubdub	Nick Doherty	Conor O'Regan	Gareth Nolan	NYC
3426	LoFly	Philip Doran	Simon Doran	Bella Morehead	NYC
3433	Animal Origami	Chris Chapman	Richard Franke	Fiannan Alt	RSGYC
3449	Lia	Sarah byrne	Flore Dion	Hillary Mirray	RSGYC
3475	Sneaky B	Charlotte O'Kelly	Alison Piggot	Cecile Van Steenberg	NYC
3500	Team Ridgeway	Peter Kennedy	Stephen Kane	Hammy Baker	SLYC/RNIYC
3544	Ted	Michael O'Connor	Davy Taylor	Edward Cook	RSGYC
3639	venuesworld.com	Ger Dempsey	Chris Nolan	Tim Norwood	RIYC
3717	So Blue	Justin Burke	Alan Claffey	Chris Helme	NYC/RSGYC
3737	Black	James Gorman	Séamus O’Donnell	Sheena Bowers	NYC
3741	Bád Kilcullen	Stefan Hyde	Jimmy Dowling	Kieran Dorgan	RIYC
3761	CARPE DIEM	Colin Galavan	Owen Laverty	PJ Cully	RIYC/RSGYC

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SB20 (formerly Laser SB3) information

Designed by Tony Castro, the SB20 is a British-built strict one-design 6.15m keelboat conceived as a wide appeal, affordable, competitive sportsboat for teams of three or four sailors. It is also, arguably, the most successful sportsboat in the world with 800 owners competing regularly in a programme of exciting local, national and international events.

Originally known as the Laser SB3, the SB20 continues to deliver on its pioneering promise: a boat that is fun, fast and easy to sail by anyone of any age; the best value-for-money sportsboat in the market.

The Laser SB3 was designed by Castro and launched in 2002. In 2007 the Laser SB3 was awarded ISAF Recognised Status and the first World Championships were held in Ireland in 2008. In 2012, Tony Castro appointed a new builder, Sportsboat World. At this time, the Laser SB3 was renamed the SB20 and building was returned to the UK from Malaysia. The ethos of the class continues.

The boat is a strict one-design class, economic to buy and campaign, easy to sail with a simple deck layout and electric downwind performance delivered by the generous sail plan. The boat has a lifting keel, can easily be launched from a slipway and towed behind a family car.

Previous SB20 World Champions

2008 GBR: Geoff Carveth, Roger Gilbert, Roz Allen & Sarah Allan

Host National Yacht Club, Dun laoghaire, Ireland

2009 GBR: Craig Burlton, Stephen White, Adam Heeley

Host Clube Naval de Cascais, Cascais, Portugal

2010 GBR: Jerry Hill, Grant Rollerson, Joe Llewellyn

Host Circolo Vela Torbole, Lake Garda, Italy

2011 GBR: Geoff Carveth, Andy Ramus, Ian Mills & Emma Clarke

Host Royal Torbay Yacht Club, Torquay, UK

2012 GBR: Geoff Carveth, Lesley Dhonau, Roger Hudson & Asenathi Jim

Host Hamilton Island Yacht Club, Queensland, Australia

2013 GRB: Craig Burlton, Stephen White, Adam Heley Host COYCH Club, Hyeres, France