English 
Date: February 2010
The SB³ has seen extraordinary growth
since its launch in the UK in 2002. Recently the SB³ World Council
have reviewed a number of event bids from some outstanding venues and
are delighted to announce that the Calendar of World Championships Events
for the next three years has now been agreed.
The 2010 World Championship will be
hosted by Circolo Vela Torbole, Lake Garda, Italy from 19 - 23 July
2010. The class is returns to Lake Garda following the enormously successful
European Championships in June 2005. Entries are expected to reach the
limit of 120 long before the close of entries at the end of March 2010.
The team at Circolo Vela Torbole are working hard to finalise plans
for their event, which is guaranteed to be first class both on and off
the water. The Notice of Race is available at www.laserSB3.com
The Royal Torbay Yacht Club, UK has
been awarded the 2011 SB³ World Championships which they will host in
May. Torbay offers excellent sailing conditions and a race area that
can more than cope with a multi-fleet championships. The Royal Torbay
Yacht Club will provide a magnificent host club with outstanding race
management and the use of fantastic harbour side facilities. William
Butcher and Adrian Peach will lead the organisation in Torquay. Both
William and Adrian have a wealth of experience to draw on to ensure
an outstanding event is delivered in the birth nation of the SB³.
With this in mind competition is bound to be fierce and entry numbers
high.
In 2012, the World Championships will
be hosted for the fist time in a venue outside of Europe. Following
a bid that boasts significantly subsidised shipping for forty, 40ft
containers from a number of international ports, Geelong, Australia
have secured the SB³ Worlds for January 2012. The event will be run
alongside Audi Victoria Race Week, using separate race courses but ensuring
the big event atmosphere for the visiting crews from across Asia, Europe
and North America. Geelong has a huge amount to offer the SB³ World
Championships, both on and off the water. Geelong has hosted an annual
sailing regatta since 1854 and has a well established network of regatta
logistics and facilities services and will provide a happy change to
the northern hemisphere winter!
The SB³ Class proudly claims to be
one of the most tightly restricted one design keelboat classes in the
world with little variation from the builder’s final product permitted.
With minimal maintenance, easy to trail and low campaign cost, the class
thrives on its philosophy of providing inclusive, high intensity, great
fun and easily attainable high quality racing for it’s members. With
the World Championships calendar set for the next three events, the
SB³ is the boat to be sailing.
Further news and developments can be
followed at the new SB³ International Website www.laserSB3.com
ENDS
For further information contact:
Katie Ashworth,
Executive Secretary, Laser SB³ World Council
Mobile: +44 (0)7919 915641
E-mail: katieSB3@hotmail.co.uk
Notes to the Editor
The Laser SB³ was designed by Tony
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. 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 car.
For more information visit www.laserSB3.com
and www.laserperformance.com
