The East Coast SB3 fleet is based at the Colne Yacht Club, Brightlingsea, Essex. Inspired by the recent promotion of the Clyde SB3 fleet we were prompted to do the same for those interested in joining us on the East Coast in Essex. Read the rest of this entry »

In 2012, the Laser SB3 fleet in the UK will be taking part in the Vice Admirals Cup, hosted by the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club in Cowes, Isle of Wight. This is the first time that the class have been invited to take part in the event, “we’re looking forward to some tight racing in the central Solent, it’ll be fun being part of this lager event,” explained UK Class Chairman, Chris Darling. Read the rest of this entry »

Congratulations to Mark Stokes, Craig ‘Spike’ Watson and James Eastbury winners of the 2011 Laser SB3 Solent Series in the UK. The crew of Eau No! won all three of the Laser SB3 Solent Series events in 2011, the first time that any crew has ever achieved this success. Read the rest of this entry »

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 SB3 Class Representative Doug Paton. Read the rest of this entry »

For those of you that don’t already know, there has been a great deal of effort put into developing the Laser SB3 class on the west coast of Scotland. There a number of boats and crew committed to racing on the upper clyde for evening and weekend racing. The class has previously failed to become established in Scotland possibly as a result of high boat prices in the past. However, with the availability of great value second hand boats, and the affordability of racing them, it looks set to be a success.

For the 2012 Laser SB3 Scottish Championships, the class are going to Loch Fyne to take part in the Scottish Series event. Here the class will benefit from their own one design class start and nine windward-leeward Races over 3 days organised by the Clyde Cruising Club. There will be free craning on 2nd & 4th June provided by Macleod Construction. The class will also benefit from free berthing at the new Portavadie Marina, PA21 2DA (www.portavadiemarina.com). We have provisionally booked out the bunkhouse accommodation block in the very nice new development at the marina exclusively to the class. We intend to have class socials held between tarbert an portavadie with the added help of the water taxi service.

For further information contact Scottish SB3 Rep Doug Paton: douglas_paton@hotmail.com

Scottish Champs Flyer

A new fleet of Laser SB3’s is developing on the River Clyde in Scotland. A social evening has been arranged on Thursday 27th October at the Lansdowne Bar, West End, Glasgow from 6.30pm. Anyone interested in the class is welcome to attend. Read the rest of this entry »

The 2011 Laser SB3 Scottish Championships was held over the weekend of 17th/18th September at GSS North Clyde Regatta. This event was run by the Clyde Cruising Club out of Rhu.

The weekend kicked off with the arrival of the travelling competitors, rigging and launching before retiring to the free bar in the Royal Northern & Clyde Yacht Club. This provided by the sponsor, GSS Plant.

Two teams to note made the journey up from Sunderland to be at the event. A special thanks to Dave Atkinson (Kit Off) and John Outhwaite (Baloo) for making the effort. The new Scottish SB3 owners, Allan Lennox and team (GBR3038) showed up having never hoisted the kite and were instantly on the pace.

Saturday morning started light with the wind building and settling at around 10 knots for the first race. Superfly took the first race with Baloo and The Young Pretender close behind. The breeze further increased for the second race and Baloo took the win with Superfly second and Kit Off in third. The third race started in good breeze, but immediately dropped and became patchy. With some boats completely becalmed and others in good pressure. Baloo came off best in the end with their second win of the day with The Young Pretender finishing second.

There was another social event at the RNCYC including a BBQ and live band.

Sunday morning started off with more settled weather. There was a bit of a wait for the breeze to fill in and for some Navy traffic through the race area. Due to the unsettled breeze, only one race was run. This was won by Superfly with Prostate Cancer Charity second and The Young Pretender third.

Overall Results
1. Superfly  GBR 3074 7 pts
2. Baloo   GBR 3057 11 pts
3. The Young Pretender GBR 3202 14 pts
4. Prostate Cancer Charity GBR 3081 17 pts
5. No Name   GBR 3038 17 pts
6. Kit Off   GBR 3044 19 pts

Overall, a great fun regatta was had by all. Thanks once again to GSS plant for sponsoring the event, Royal Northern & Clyde Yacht Club for hosting the social events and Clyde Cruising Club for running the races. Read the rest of this entry »

Thanks to Doug Paton, Scottish Representative on the UK Laser SB3 Committee for pulling this document together. If you’re interested in getting into the class in Scotland, please take a look here and contact Doug!

SB3 Clyde Doc 2011

Some of you may have already noticed, but the format for the Hamble River Sailing Club Winter Series has changed. There will no longer be a Winter Series as such for the sportsboat classes and the Autumn Championships will provide a double weekend of racing in October for the Laser SB3 class. Read the rest of this entry »

Congratulations to Joe Llwellyn, Nigel Wakefield and Ben Vines on Henri Lloyd – Forelle Estates, winners of the 2011 ZHIK UK Laser SB3 National Championships which concluded on Tuesday at the Royal Southern Yacht Club, Hamble. Read the rest of this entry »

The Royal Hollywood Ball will be held at the Club on Saturday 10th September.  This is the last Crew ball of the year coinciding with the September Regatta. This is a great social event to finish of the Sailing Season, following on from the successful May Royal Bollywood Crew Ball, this time the club will have a Hollywood theme. Read the rest of this entry »

Geoff Carveth, Emma Clarke, Sandy Ramus and Julie Wilkinson (Body Elements) continue to lead the fleet at the 2011 ZHIK Laser SB3 National Championships with a 4 point lead over Jerry Hill (3 Sad Old Blokes). 6 races have now been completed and one discard has been applied. Read the rest of this entry »

After day 1 and 3 races at the ZHIK Laser SB3 UK National Championships the fleet is lead by Geoff Carveth and crew on board Body Elements. Jerry Hill (3 Sad Old Blokes) lies second and Sarah Allan (Sailboat Deliveries) lies third. Read the rest of this entry »

The Zhik Laser SB3 UK National Championships begins on Saturday 27th August. To date there are 35 entires and comptition is going to be fierce. Read the rest of this entry »

Hi Gang
 
Hope that all is well? You’ve all been very quiet recently! So, I thought I’d give you a bit of a nudge on a couple of topics that need your attention! Read the rest of this entry »

SATURDAY 17th & SUNDAY 18th SEPTEMBER 2011

Clyde Cruising Club and sponsored by Gareloch Support Services (GSS). Read the rest of this entry »

Please find attached the Notice of Race and Entry Form for the 10th Laser SB3 UK National Championships! The Laser SB3 class has come a long way since the first ever National Championships that was held in 2002 at Warsash Sailing Club! The 2002 Nationals was won by Paul Lovejoy, Mike Budd and Robert Greenhalgh. Read the rest of this entry »

The Scottish Laser SB3 Championships take place on Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th September and will be hosted by the Clyde Cruising Club. Read the rest of this entry »

The Academy Sprint Cup  – Sunday 3rd to Tuesday 5th July 2011          

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A huge thank you to Jean Border of www.borderphotos2010.com for this great set of images from the Laser SB3 Torbay Open 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

After 2 days of racing (5 races), Roger Hudson and his team onboard RSA 3469 Spirit of Cape Town leads the Torbay Open. Read the rest of this entry »

Please find the Notice of Race and Entry Form for the Laser SB3 Solent Series 1, 2 & 4. These 3 events are all hosted by the Royal Southern Yacht Club in Hamble and offer GREAT VALUE FOR MONEY.

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Laser SB3 Inland Championship 22-24th April, Rutland Sailing Club

Held in what the winner called the “August sun “ and heat over the 3 days of Easter(!), the Inland Championship  held at Rutland Sailing Club proved highly competitive , with no clear winner until the last race.  And each race was won by a different boat. Read the rest of this entry »

The Sailing Instructions for the Laser SB3 Inland Championships are published and further event details are available. Read the rest of this entry »

Veteran match-racer Sam Pearson from Poole, Dorset, who was lying in fourth place after the Round Robin, came from behind to win the inaugural Royal Southern Academy Match Cup, racing in SB3s in challenging conditions on the Solent on 26/27 March. Read the rest of this entry »

Just 2 races at the Warsash Spring Series on Sunday 27th March. Jerry Hill and Geoff Carveth both took bullets, but Joe Lewelleyn remains at the top of the results after 8 races with a 4 point lead over Jerry Hill. Jo Lloyd (Robina) lies in 3rd place with 53 points. Read the rest of this entry »

Cowes Week 6th – 13th August 2011

On Friday 25th April, entries opened for Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week. Read the rest of this entry »

Joe Lewellyn and crew are gave Jerry Hill a run for his money today. Take a look at the results of the second weekend of the Warsash Spring Series. Read the rest of this entry »

An extract form the Warsash Spring Series Report:

The Warsash Spring Series lived up to its name on Sunday 12th March, when the first day’s racing was held. Early risers may have been greeted by the sound of foghorns and a fine if persistent drizzle but as some 1,000 sailors made their way to the sailing area, conditions steadily improved. Read the rest of this entry »

The Laser SB3 Class South West Championship will be incorporated into the Barratt Homes Plymouth Race Week 2011 and take place from 7th – 10th July. Read the rest of this entry »

The Eastern Championships/Travellers Series scheduled for Sunderland on 25 – 26th June 2011 has been cancelled. Apologies for any convenience caused.

The 2011 World Championship for the Laser SB3 class will be hosted by the Royal Torbay Yacht Club, UK from 16 – 20 May 2011. The entry list has now topped 120 boats and it appears that the event will be the largest keelboat World Championships in 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

The UK Laser SB3 Class Association would like to invite all entrants to the 2011 Laser SB3 World Championships to enter the Torbay Open Championship, Saturday 30th April – Monday 2nd May. Read the rest of this entry »

The first Class event of 2011 will be the SB3 Inland Championship to be held at Rutland Sailing Club over the Easter weekend, Friday 22 to Sunday 24th April.  This is also the first event of the 2011 Travellers’ Series for the Class.  Read the rest of this entry »

The following information has been supplied by Rod Jones. If you have any queries, please send them to the chairman of your National District who can then feed then back in one submission. Read the rest of this entry »

For those of you interested in taking part in the 2011 French Laser SB3 National Championships, take a read of the article below. Read the rest of this entry »

For 2011 the Club will be hosting both Crew Balls alongside the May and September Regattas. So the dates for your diaries are Saturday 21st May and Saturday 10th September. Read the rest of this entry »