Day 2 of the Provident CRM SB20 World Championships at the Royal Irish YC at Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin.
After several hours waiting the first warning signal was finally given at 14:15 with broaches and breakages happening even before the boats crossed the starting line. Clear on the line 53 boats rushed into the waves in a 20 knots breeze.
Overall the early leader is GBR 3814 of John Pollard with Jack and Henry Wetherell (2, 2,1) after three races on 5 pts.
Second is SGP 3750 of Nils Razmilovic (4, 3, 6) on 13 pts and third Ian Garreta (12, 4, 5) of France on 21 pts.
AUS 3819 of Will Sargent won the first race ahead of Pollard and is fourth overall on 23pts, with GBR 3758 of Charles Whelan (3, 19, 2) in fifth.
Race 2 went to Jose Paulo Ramada (5, 1, 22) of Portugal with Pollard again second, and in third place Razmilovic.
The final race of the day was a win for Pollard giving him the overall lead.
SB20 World Championships – Leaders after 3 races (57 entries)
1st GBR 3814 John Pollard Royal Torbay YC – – 2 2 1 – – 5 pts
2nd SGP 3750 Nils Razmilovic RHKYC – – 4 3 6 – – 13 pts
3rd FRA 3653 Ian Garreta SR ANTIBES – – 12 4 5 – – 21 pts
4th AUS 3819 Will Sargent Derwent Sailing Squadron – – 1 11 11 – – 23 pts
5th GBR 3758 Charles Whelan Bough Beech SC – – 3 19 2 – – 24 pts
6th POR 3801 Vasco Serpa CNCascais – – 7 9 9 – – 25 pts
7th POR 3738 Jose Paulo Ramada Club Naval de Cascais – – 5 1 22 – – 28 pts
8th AUS 3390 Philip Reid RYCT – – 8 8 14 – – 30 pts
9th GBR 3820 Mark Gillett Frensham Pond SC – – 15 13 3 – – 31 pts
10th IRL 3809 Michael O’Connor Royal St George YC – – 19 6 7 – – 32 pts
11th AUS 3745 Brett Cooper DSS/RYCT – – 9 16 8 – – 33 pts
12th FRA 3763 Edward Russo Club Nautique Valeriquais – – 23 7 4 – – 34 pts
13th FRA 3309 Tugdual Piriou Cercle Nautique Caledonien – – 16 5 17 – – 38 pts
14th IRL 3044 Mel Collins Royal Cork YC – – 11 22 10 – – 43 pts
15th NED 3042 Jeroen van der Velden Wsv de Biesbosch / RZV – – 14 12 19 – – 45 pts
16th FRA 3580 Corentin Goulon Cercle Nautique Caladonien – – 25 10 12 – – 47 pts
17th NED 3290 Bas van der Gulik RSZV – – 13 21 13 – – 47 pts
18th IRL 3433 Tadgh Donnelly NYC/RSGYC – – 6 26 18 – – 50 pts
19th IRL 3761 Colin Galavan Royal Irish YC – – 24 17 16 – – 57 pts
20th UKR 3633 Yulia Kyrpa Kyiv YC – – 29 18 21 – – 68 pts
21st BEL 3762 Bart Tytgat RNSYC – – 17 31 23 – – 71 pts
22nd IRL 3323 Chris Helme Royal St George YC – – 32 25 15 – – 72 pts
23rd IRL 3737 James Gorman National YC – – 18 30 29 – – 77 pts
24th UAE 3818 Libby Greenhalgh Dubai Offshore SC – – 33 14 32 – – 79 pts
25th GBR 3816 Phil Tilley RYA – – 20 35 24 – – 79 pts