SB20 Australia

Check out these pics from the Rovika SB20 Open UK Nationals.

Great start for our Aussie sailors in the Rovika SB20 UK Open Nationals. David Chapman is back onboard Xcellent with John Pollard and Henry Wetherell, with the team leading the regatta. Australian Class President Paul McCartney, with Will Sargent and Sam Tiedemann, has Porco Rosso sitting in third place, while Ares, skippered by Eirini Marios, and sailing with Aussie’s Paige Caldecoat and Ed Snowball and the UK’s Fay Chatterton, is currently in tenth place. Let’s bring it home Australia! 🇦🇺🦘⛵️
SB20 Class
Derwent Sailing Squadron
Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania
Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron
Devoti Sailing

🟡 BACK IN YELLOW: TEAM XCELLENT TOP OVERNIGHT LEADERBOARD 🌞🌊 Day 2 of the Rovika SB20 Open UK Nationals delivered classic Solent conditions in full force! Will Sargent, tactician on Porco Rosso summed it up: "Classic Solent day with plenty of tide, plenty of chop and plenty of wind! Great racing with a lot of boats in the mix!"

👏 Setting the benchmark at the top of both the Open and National leaderboards is the reigning 2025 World Champion John Pollard on XCELLENT reunited with his 2025 Worlds winning crew of Henry Wetherell and David Chapman.

Sitting close behind in the Open fleet are 🇸🇬 Nils Razmilovic’s Glasgow Kiss in 2nd and 🇦🇺 Paul McCartney’s Porco Rosso in 3rd while 🇬🇧 Mark Gillett (PBtwenty II) and young gun Ollie Hill (Ethel) take 2nd and 3rd on the UK Nationals board after a brilliant opening performance.

🎤 Here is the full Day 1 debrief from Nils Razmilovic:

"The day opened with a North-Westerly breeze shifting through 50 degrees, prompting the Race Officer to go straight into an AP to let the breeze settle. After about a 30-minute wait, the Royal London Yacht Club RO got a race underway in 10 to 12 knots, with big shifts and significant pressure changes setting the tone - when it was left, it was left, and when it was right, it was right!

💨 The customary Solent sea breeze then kicked in, delivering classic champagne sailing with clear blue skies, sunshine, and superb conditions!

Pollard was constantly pushed and challenged by the fleet, but managed to prevail and take the overnight lead by 3 points after some excellent sailing. The fun continued off the water in the club bar, where numerous dubious protests and pints of Peroni made an excellent foundation for some classic post-sailing 'karate yachting'!

⛵️ The fleet is looking forward to another super day of sailing tomorrow with up to four races on the schedule, although the forecast is for much lighter winds. As expected after Day 1, reigning World Champion John Pollard put on a class act to top the leaderboard."

📊 Results after 4 races: https://bit.ly/UKNationalsDay1
Official Notice Board: https://sailevent.net/noticeboard/1d1

📷 Matteo Garrone | SB20 Worlds 2025

Royal Thames Yacht Club SB20 Class SB20 Australia Vakaros

Wishing our Aussie sailors the very best in this weekends UK Nationals!! 🇦🇺🦘⛵️

SB20 Class Derwent Sailing Squadron Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania Australian Sailing - Tasmania

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The Friends' School wins the SB20 Tasmanian Schools Championship at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania in shifting and at times testing conditions [Photo (c) Eirini Marios] https://www.sail-world.com/news/295972/?source=facebook

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The Friends’ School wins first SB20 Tasmanian Schools Championship

Hobart’s River Derwent provided shifting and at times testing conditions for the fleet in the 2026 SB20 Tasmanian Schools Championship.
Sixty sailors and 15 boats were on the water for the inaugural championship which was won by The Friends’ School (Red) on Mind Games.
Isaac Archer was on the helm, with his crew of George Shugg, Cameron Underwood and Rohan Langford (coach) winning on four points, following a discard after five races.
Warwick Dean from The Hutchins School was second overall with Alex Ashbolt (helm), Archie McQuillen, William James and Sam King (coach) finishing on ten points.
Charlie Birch from The Hutchins School skippered Ae**us to third overall with Harry Pilkington, William Corkhill and Xabi Carbo, finishing on 18 points.
The first female team and fourth overall was Porco Rosso from The Friends School (White) skippered by current Australian International Cadet Champion Olive Hooper, with Gracie Scarr, Reuben Tochner and coach Luke Watkins on 20 points.
Sydney’s Scots College team of Toby Yuen, Kai Lawson, Connor Hood and Andrew Alt-Graham, sailing Ares, finished in seventh overall on 22 points.
Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania Commodore and Race Officer, Nick Hutton, was impressed with the sailing of the school students and felt that the event was a positive move for the SB20 Class in Australia.
“There were challenging conditions on the water with the wind shifting from NW to SW and ranging from 0 to 25 knots during the event.
“We saw very competitive racing with tight finishes in most races, and in addition, we saw outstanding sailing from The Friends’ School (Red) team, skippered by Isaac Archer, with a 1,1,1,2,1 scoreline to win the event overall.
“I would like to acknowledge the great work of all of the volunteers who were kept busy setting and resetting courses during the day to suit the changing conditions on what was yet another great day on the River Derwent.
“Kudos to Paul McCartney [President] and the SB20 Association of Australia for conceiving the event and to the owners for generously lending their boats,” said Hutton.
McCartney was delighted with the event’s success and believes that the championship will evolve into the annual Australian SB20 Schools Championship from 2027, with several teams already indicating that they will be back, and interest growing from around Tasmania and interstate.
“We have been overwhelmed with the positive way this regatta has been received and the enthusiasm of the sailors that were on the water.
“Racing was very close all day, the sailors were tested in varying conditions, and the racing was conducted with great spirit and sportsmanship.
“We are very focused as a Class here in Australia on growing our fleet, increasing participation, diversity and boat ownership, and in building the racing experience of our younger sailors as we draw closer to the SB20 World Championship that we are hosting in Hobart in January 2029.
“We have received very positive feedback from the schools, so much so that we are currently considering whether we run a two-day event next year, and potentially a youth championship as well.
“As I said to the sailors yesterday, a Tasmanian team won the Open and Youth SB20 World Championship in 2023 – our 2029 Youth Champions could well have been competing in this event,” said McCartney.

For regatta results, go to: https://ryct.org.au/2026-sb20-tasmanian-schools-championship/
SB20 Class
Hutchins Sailing
The Hutchins School
Fahan School Hobart Australia
The Friends' School
The Scots College
Kingston High School Tasmania
Hobart College
St Virgil's College Sailing
Devoti Sailing
Peter Johnston Ship Chandlers
Australian Sailing - Tasmania
Tamar Yacht Club
Port Dalrymple Yacht Club
Words: Jane Austin/SB20Aus
Images: Eirini Marios / Asimina McCartney