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16th December 2010

Afloat.ie: 2006 Mariah SC23

Blue Flag Boats brings to market a versatile and fun small sports cruiser – Suitable for skiing/ wakeboarding or just cruising. 2 comfortable berths below and a spacious cockpit with ski storage and transom shower. For sale as a complete package including road trailer and Nav gear. For further information please visit the full listing here.
Published in Boat Sales
A planing day / weekend boat for cruising or fishing. 2 berths with stowage lockers and shelves. Cockpit table and cockpit seating, sprayhood, walk-around side deck to port. 140HP Johnston 4 stroke outboard engine with built in tank. For full details, visit the full listing here.
Published in Boat Sales

A 1965 built sailing catamaran originally owned by author Jim Andrews who wrote about the yacht in his book “Twelve Ships a Sailing”, is for sale on the Afloat boats for sale site. More recently “Twintail”, a Prout Ranger, has cruised the West Coast of Scotland and Irish Sea areas with both her current and previous owner. The current owner has added a wheelhouse that provides full protection for the helm position. The UK built boat is for sale at £12,500 STERLING. The broker, Blue Flag boats of Northern Ireland says it is a strongly built and well proven design. Photos and full details here.



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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