The host club's Aoife English won the 1720 European Championship crown sailed as part of the Sportsboat Cup at Howth Yacht Club over the weekend.
Raced over nine races with a single discard, English, skipper of Atara, had three individual race wins in the 15–boat fleet to put her two points clear of Robert O'Leary's Dutch Gold from Baltimore Sailing Club.
Third overall was the series day one leader, Royal Irish Yacht Club entry Optique, skippered by Colin Byrne.
Provisional 1720 Euro results issued by the north Dublin club as follows:
1st 1720 2000 Atara A English HYC 1.000 1.0 4.0 6.0 2.0 1.0 4.0 5.0 1.0 (7.0) 31.0 24.0
2nd 1720 184 Dutch Gold R O'Leary BaltimoreSC 1.000 3.0 2.0 3.0 8.0 (9.0) 1.0 6.0 2.0 1.0 35.0 26.0
3rd 1720 1725 Optique C Byrne RIYC 1.000 4.0 1.0 2.0 9.0 (14.0) 9.0 1.0 3.0 4.0 47.0 33.0
4th 1720 1843 Antix A O'Leary RCYC 1.000 5.0 3.0 1.0 5.0 7.0 5.0 2.0 6.0 (10.0) 44.0 34.0
5th 1720 1790 T Bone O'Shea/Durcan RCYC 1.000 7.0 8.0 4.0 1.0 3.0 8.0 (15.0 DNF) 4.0 6.0 56.0 41.0
6th 1720 1722 Smile'n Wave B Cooke RSGYC/BSC 1.000 11.0 6.0 (12.0) 3.0 8.0 2.0 3.0 10.0 3.0 58.0 46.0
7th 1720 1724 efolioaccounts.com T N & P Hegarty BaltimoreSC 1.000 6.0 5.0 (11.0) 4.0 6.0 11.0 10.0 11.0 5.0 69.0 58.0
8th 1720 2888 Elder Lemon R Dix BaltimoreSC 1.000 2.0 10.0 10.0 (11.0) 10.0 7.0 4.0 8.0 11.0 73.0 62.0
9th 1720 179 Dark Side B Twomey RCYC 1.000 8.0 (15.0 DNF) 5.0 14.0 4.0 6.0 11.0 5.0 9.0 77.0 62.0
10th 1720 1770 Luvly Jubbly Brook/Griffith SCYC/PSC 1.000 12.0 12.0 9.0 (13.0) 2.0 3.0 12.0 12.0 2.0 77.0 64.0
11th 1720 2853 Mini-Apple D Love RCYC 1.000 9.0 7.0 14.0 DNF 6.0 5.0 10.0 7.0 13.0 OCS (17.0 DNC) 88.0 71.0
12th 1720 1772 Heroes & Villains G Rhodes HYC 1.000 10.0 9.0 7.0 10.0 13.0 (14.0) 13.0 9.0 12.0 97.0 83.0
13th 1720 1818 Merlin I Cummins RStGYC 1.000 13.0 13.0 (17.0 DNC) 12.0 11.0 12.0 8.0 7.0 8.0 101.0 84.0
14th 1720 1797 After Midnight Baynes Fitzgerald Others GBSC/ICC 1.000 14.0 11.0 8.0 7.0 12.0 13.0 9.0 (17.0 DNC) 17.0 DNC 108.0 91.0
15th 1720 1760 RCYC 1 Royal Cork under -25 team RCYC 1.000 (17.0 DNC) 17.0 DNC 17.0 DNC 17.0 DNC 17.0 DNC 17.0 DNC 17.0 DNC 17.0 DNC 17.0 DNC 153.0 136.0
15th 1720 1793 Big Bad Wolf David RIYC 1.000 (17.0 DNC) 17.0 DNC 17.0 DNC 17.0 DNC 17.0 DNC 17.0 DNC 17.0 DNC 17.0 DNC 17.0 DNC 153.0 136.0