You get:
–free boat storage and lift in/out each Saturday
–great racing courses
–we share the water with Classes 1 & 2, Etchells, J80′s
–superb racing
–start is 11:15
–great craic
–park your boat from Sunday 30 March, leave Sunday 21 April, FREE or STAY for the Easterns, 27 -28 April.
–wondrous racing

ONLY 30 EUROS for the HYC Spring Warmer!!!!!

Lovely pints and chin wagging on the balcony after racing.

Notice of Race and Entry Form

Be there or be square…

Easterns Info to follow soon.

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Google’s handy driving directions from Roscoff to Hyeres suggests the trip across France is 1,343 kilometers, approximately 12 – 13 hours with several toll roads.

Click the “driving directions” link to see a suggested route plus two others for tolled routes.

Click on “options”  then “No Tolls” for cheaper alternative routes, 15 – 16 hours driving.

Local accommodation list is here, plenty of possibilities within easy walking distance from the Club.  The club has at least two travel hoists for easy launching into its own marina.

More info later when available.     SB20 Class on Facebook

We are planning an event in RCYC in March.

2 Weekends either side of Patricks day. 9/10 and 23/24.

We expect at least 5 boats but are hoping for 10. Entry fee will be about 50 euro for two weekends. We have OOD and ribs organised but will be using it as training also to learn a bit more about tuning etc.

Launching will be by slip.

mel collins [mailto:melpcollins@gmail.com]

Spring Warmer Howth Yacht Club     April 6/13/20

Easterns Howth Yacht Club   27-28 April

Westerns Lough Ree Yacht Club  11-12 May

Southerns Kinsale Yacht Club   8-9 June

Dun Laoghaire Week   11-14 July

Nationals Galway    26-28 July

Northerns Royal Ulster Yacht Club  10-11 August

SB20 Worlds   Hyères, France    7-14 September

Midlands Lough Derg Yacht Club   19-20 October

The Royal Ulster Yacht Club will host our 2012 National Championship on the weekend of Friday 31 August to Sunday 2 September.

Notice of Race

Entry Form

Sailing Instructions

Crane launch and trailer parking will be at Bangor Marina.

Now that the Volvo Ocean Race has finished, Galway Bay Sailing Club will welcome us on 28-29 July for some serious sailing!

SB20 Western Championships 2012 NOR with Entry Form (pdf file)

Tralee Bay Sailing Club will be our hosts on the weekend of 30 June – 1 July for our 2012 Southerns Championship.

The Notice of Race with entry form have been issued, download your copy here (pdf file).

Regarding the SB3 weekends and storage in LRYC during the ISAF Youth Games when all SB20′s must be cleared from the NYC, RStGYC and RIYC, The idea I have is the following…

July 1st or thereafter: SB3’s arrive in LRYC for storage

July 14th & 15th: 2 days racing (5 or 6 races) on Lough Ree with a
late start on Saturday and an early finish on Sunday to allow
travelling. A barbecue will be available at the club on Saturday
evening.

July 21st & 22nd: A coaching day/weekend. 2 Ribs will be provided by
LRYC but the SB3 class must arrange a coach.

July 27th: Boats depart LRYC for Westerns in Galway.

Free camping will be available on site. Crane or slipway launching
will be included.

I am proposing a fee of €60 for storage only or €150 for the storage
and two weekend events.

A minimum of 10 to 12 boats would be needed to make this viable as we
may have to rent the field beside the club.

To book a place in the sun, email Donal.Herraghty@esb.ie
with a cc to Dun Laoghaire Class Captain Doug Smith dsmith@efc.ie

Belfast Lough proved a formidable tactical challenge again for the SB20 Northern Championships held over the weekend of June 9/10.  Ben Duncan’s stranglehold on this event (3 time consecutive winner) came to a  halt over the weekend as 15 boats lined up for racing hosted by Carrickfergus Sailing Club and sponsored by Boat-MEC.

Although starting the event with a flourish, Duncan got caught On Course Side and received a black flag penalty going into race 2.  Despite having another win in Race 3 the resident Kiwi was unable to claw back any form of podium finish for the first day as he had to carry a 14 point result from his fourth race.

Mel Collins form for the day was much more consistent in the shifting breeze with two 2nd places and 2 4th places.  Mel is showing surprising pace in the class and is tipped as a contender for the national title this coming September in Belfast Lough.  Local entry, Peter Kennedy’s Ridgefence.com however had a much more solid last race (race 5 of the series) to beat Collins by only a single point to take the title.

Aidan O’Connell’s pace onboard Ruby Blue (3072) is constantly improving and he scored evenly during the event to hold on to 3rd place overall.  The next event in the class circuit is the Southern Championships in Fenit at the end of June which the class hopes to be as well attended.   Duncan has yet been unable to turn into gold for the past 2 years having last won this event in Baltimore in 2009..  Cork Entry Collins will be one to watch out for as local experience may count for much.

Justin Burke aided by Class president Jerry Dowling finished just outside the podium on 4th with a very respectful 3rd place in the 5th and final race and having shown good performance throughout Saturday..

Many thanks to Carrickfergus Sailing Club, our RO and his team and our sponsors for a well run event.

Second was Mel Collins, Scott McKeown and Aidan Sweeny from the Royal Cork.

Third:  Aidan O’Connell, Graham  Elmes and Alan Daly from RStGYC.

Silver Prize went to Martin Cuppage, Peter Lee and Michael Galvin, also from the George.

Complete race results here

Photos from the Sunday are here

Notice of Race, Entry Form and plenty of handy information can be found here.