http://www.dartsailboats.com/ Go4 News Go4 Multimedia. Donovan Craig <donovan@go4.com.au> http://www.dartsailboats.com/news/newsitem.html?news_id=32 LaserPerformance has a selection of event boats available for sale at an incredible price. These boats include boats used in the 2008 Olympic games. To find out more please email: info@laserperformance.com.hk Latest News Luke Moulton <luke@go4.com.au> http://www.dartsailboats.com/news/newsitem.html?news_id=31 At the recent Australia Day celebration at Skandia Cowes Week, a Cowes local won the major prize of an SB3 charter at Skandia Geelong Week in 2009. That local was Mike Harrison, who happens to be part of a very dedicated sailing family. Mike&rsquo;s wife is the Chairperson and Secretary of the International Cadet Class Association and his son will be competing at the B14 Class World Championships in Hobart in January. Mike himself is the Commodore of Crouch Yacht Club in Essex, however is set to retire in December. The timing is perfect, with Mike hoping that his son will be able to crew the SB3 with him at Skandia Geelong Week. His son came second in the UK Nationals last year. Describing his win, Mike said &quot;I have just recently moved to Cowes and was invited by a close family friend to race on a class 1 yacht on Wednesday (Australia Day) at Cowes Week&rdquo;. &ldquo;After putting in an abysmal performance in the race I insisted on buying the crew drinks afterwards at Cowes Yacht Haven and the skipper also insisted on buying rounds of drinks. &ldquo;This round of consolation drinks turned into a winner having my ticket drawn as the recipient of the Skandia Geelong Week SB3 charter prize. I am absolutely thrilled to win this prize and looking forward to my first visit to Australia&quot; he said. Barbara, Mike&rsquo;s wife will be ending her role as Chairperson of the International Cadets, which she has held for eight years and has recently been awarded a lifetime achievement award for services to junior sailing. Mike has also been National Chairman of the International Cadets from 1990-1991 and five of the current Skandia Team GBR have come through the cadets ranks during his term as National Chairman of Cadets. He is now retiring from competitive racing after fifty years of sailing with a long and distinguished career. Mike is co-chairman of SailEast, the East Coast organization that runs a series of in-shore regattas. In 2000 he won the overall series. In 2002 he had the great pleasure to skipper a class 1 yacht that won the East Coast regional offshore series called the East Anglican Offshore Racing Association. In 2004 he was the Impala class European Champion and in 2007 he ran the SailEast series again. We look forward to welcoming Mike and crew to the event in January! Latest News Luke Moulton <luke@go4.com.au> http://www.dartsailboats.com/news/newsitem.html?news_id=30 Skandia Geelong Week 2009 - Complete Charter - delivered to site and ready to sail incl insurance and entry fee $2850.00 - charter period 20/1/09 to 26/1/09 Tow and Go Charter - ex Mooloolaba - on trailer ready to tow away, does not include entry fee $1650.00 - charter period 15/1/09 to 3/2/09 Sail Brisbane 2008 - Qld SB3 Championships Sail Brisbane Charter - Tow and Go ( ex Mooloolaba - 10 day charter ) $900.00 ( does not include entry fee ) ( charter period 20/11/08 - 1/12/08 ) SGRW and Sail Brisbane Package Tow and Go and have the boat from November 20 until Feb 2 2009 , ex Mooloolaba , does not include entry fee to either regatta Latest News Luke Moulton <luke@go4.com.au> http://www.dartsailboats.com/news/newsitem.html?news_id=29 Craig Burlton, Adam Heeley and White (GBR) won the SB3 Irish Nationals held at the Royal St George Yacht Club over the weekend of the 29 to 31 August. Burlton had been the early series leader but was overtaken on day two by the Irish team of Gareth Flangan, Tomlinson and Ferguson, and Britain's Ian Sullivan, Cunningham and Mallindi. On the final day Burlton was a model of consistency, scoring a 5, 4, 4 and after dropping a 25th finished the series with 29 points and a hefty 17 points clear of Geoff Carveth, Gilbero and Sarah Allen in second. Gareth Flangan finished third, Ian Sullivan fourth and David Quinn, Smyth and Malone (IRL) fifth. Next up for the Laser SB3 sailors is the inaugural SB3 World Championships which will take place in three weeks time at the National Yacht Club. The World Championships have attracted 150 entries and it will be one of the main events on this year&rsquo;s Irish sailing calendar. Laser SB3 Irish Nationals - Final overall positions No Sailno Name Scores 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 GBR 3042 Burlton, Heeley, White, RYA 29.0 8 1 1 6 (25) 5 4 4 2 GBR 3053 Carveth, Gilbero, Allan,, HISC 46.0 2 23 (28) 1 1 15 1 3 3 IRL 3433 Flangan, Tomlinson,Ferguson, RUYC/BHYC 51.0 1 11 3 2 6 63 24 (38) 4 GBR 3302 Sullivan, Cunningham, Mallindi, SCYC 62.0 15 5 8 4 2 10 18 (23) 5 IRL 3240 Quinn, Smyth, Malone, HYC 66.0 16 (dsq) 4 13 4 1 13 15 6 UAE 3360 Witzmann,Waimer, Waimer,, DOSC 66.0 4 8 11 17 8 (19) 12 6 7 GBR 3311 Jennings, Everest, Hughston, TBA 68.0 14 3 2 (bfd) 13 21 10 5 8 IRL 3281 CraigFitzpatrickGannonMcManus, RSGYC 73.0 3 18 (26) 10 10 12 6 14 9 GBR 3079 Jackson, Haighton, Ward, Haigh, RSYC 86.0 7 (47) 20 7 32 4 9 7 10 IRL 3501 McDonald, Turner, McDonald, HYC 93.0 6 17 21 (27) 18 18 5 8 Latest News Luke Moulton <luke@go4.com.au>