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Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) Turkey Shoot Racing and Results
Great Adventure as DBSC's Successful Turkey Shoot Series Ends
#dbsc – Using five year old cut down Dacron sails and using trawler antifouling on its hull, a sailing school 1720 has finished runner-up in DBSC's Successful Turkey Shoot series yesterday. Full overall results for the 2012 series and yesterday's…
DBSC Turkey Shoot Start Times & Handicaps 2 December 2012
In the four weeks to date, Dun Laoghaire's DBSC Turkey Shoot sailing series has had nearly 60 different non-sailors taking part. Boats that have taken non-sailors racing have benefitted with a handicap discount, a new DBSC initiative. The start times…
DBSC Turkey Shoot Results 25th November 2012
#dbsc -  Rebellion, a Nicholson 58, was the winner of last  Sunday's light air Turkey Shoot race, the fourth in the series on Dublin Bay. In a tie for second place was the Grand Soleil 40 Orna with Rubicon, a…
DBSC Turkey Shoot Results: 18th November 2012
#dbsc –In a tricky third outing for Dublin Bay Sailing Club's (DBSC) Turkey Shoot series last Sunday the latest results (downloadable below as word file) show the overall lead is held by the A35 yacht Another Adventure with J109 Joker…
DBSC Turkey Shoot Handicaps & Starts for Sunday, November 18
#dbsc – In the two weeks of the DBSC Turkey Shoot sponsored by Viking Marine 28 non-sailors have participated as crew on some of the 70 competing boats. The initiative to get new people involved in the sport counts towards…
DBSC Turkey Shoot Results 11th November 2012
#dbsc – The J109 yacht Joker II skippered by John Maybury from the Royal Irish Yacht Club leads the 70-boat fleet after two races of the Bay's Turkey shoot series. Full results for last Sunday's race of the DBSC event…
J109 Design Takes Top Spot in DBSC 'Turkey Shoot' Opener
#dbsc – The new J109 Ruth has won the first race of Dublin Bay Sailing Club's (DBSC) popular Turkey Shoot series. The first race of the Viking Marine sponsored series was sailed last Sunday in a mix of conditions on…
Weekend of Success for Dublin Bay's 'Cri-Cri'
#DBSC–The winner of one of Dublin Bay Sailing Club's (DBSC) Premier Awards last Friday was also the winner of last Sunday's Turkey Shoot race. In a weekend of wins for the club's only Jezequel 116 marque, Cri-Cri skippered by Paul…
National Yacht Club's Jalapeno Wins First Turkey Shoot Race
# DBSC TURKEY SHOOT – Two J109s shared the top slots in the first race of last Sunday's Dublin Bay Sailing Club Turkey Shoot, sponsored this year by Boatshed.com. National Yacht Club Commodore Paul Barrington's Jalapeno beat John Maybury's Joker…
Dublin Bay Sailing Club Gets Ready for Turkey Shoot Series
Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) has issued the notice of race for November's Tukey Shoot event. A series of seven races to be held on Sunday mornings under modified ECHO handicap. Cruisers, cruising boats, one-designs and boats that do not…
Turkey Shoot, Dec 12th Results
Last Sunday's (Dec 12th 2010) Turkey Shoot results are available for download below.
Interesting Results in Dublin Bay's Turkey Shoot
Results are getting interesting with discards kicking in at Dublin Bay Sailing Club's Turkey Shoot. The large turnouts continue to defy the skeptics with up to 65 boats racing in some great conditions. The final two races are this weekend…
Turkey Shoot Attracts 65 Entries on Dublin Bay
With 65 boats on the line last Sunday for the opening race of the Viking Marine Turkey Shoot there's little doubt about the appeal of year round sailing on Dublin Bay. In spite of this week's high winds last Sunday's…
'Non-Racers' Sought for Bay's Turkey Shoot Series
Cruisers, cruising boats, one-designs and boats that do not normally race are invited to participate into Dublin Bay Sailing Club's annual Turkey Shoot series of seven races held on Sunday mornings from November 7th. The popular format is under modified…
Afloat.ie: Another Adventure Leads the Handicap Fleet
95 boats are gearing up the final race of the Viking Marine Sponsored Turkey Shoot on Dublin Bay this Sunday. Another Adventure leads the handicap fleet but because handicaps are changed weekly and protests actively discouraged – there is no…
Turkey Shoot Fleet to Reach 80
A fleet of 40 boats already entered is expected to double in the next few days for Dublin Bay Sailing Club's Turkey Shoot. There has been a last call for enrtries for the Viking Marine sponsored seven race series which…

Dublin Bay Sailing Club Turkey Shoot Winter Series

Dublin Bay Sailing Club's Turkey Shoot Series reached its 20th year in 2020.

The popular yacht series racing provides winter-racing for all the sailing clubs on the southside of Dublin Bay in the run-up to Christmas.

It regularly attracts a fleet of up to 70 boats of different shapes and sizes from all four yachts clubs at Dun Laoghaire: The National Yacht Club, The Royal St. George Yacht Club, The Royal Irish Yacht Club and the Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club as well as other clubs such as Sailing in Dublin. Typically the event is hosted by each club in rotation.

The series has a short, sharp format for racing that starts at approximately 10 am and concludes around noon. The event was the brainchild of former DBSC Commodore Fintan Cairns to give the club year-round racing on the Bay thanks to the arrival of the marina at Dun Laoghaire in 2001. Cairns, an IRC racer himself, continues to run the series each winter.

Typically, racing features separate starts for different cruiser-racers but in fact, any type of boat is allowed to participate, even those yachts that do not normally race are encouraged to do so.

Turkey Shoot results are calculated under a modified ECHO handicap system and there can be a fun aspect to some of the scoring in keeping with the Christmas spirit of the occasion.

As a result, the Turkey Shoot often receives entries from boats as large as Beneteau 50 footers and one designs as small as 20-foot flying Fifteens, all competing over the same course.

It also has legendary weekly prizegivings in the host waterfront yacht clubs immediately after racing. There are fun prizes and overall prizes based on series results.

Regular updates and DBSC Turkey Shoot Results are published on Afloat each week as the series progresses.

FAQs

Cruisers, cruising boats, one-designs and boats that do not normally race are very welcome. Boats range in size from ocean-going cruisers at 60 and 60 feet right down to small one-design keelboats such as 20-foot Flying Fifteens. A listing of boats for different starts is announced on Channel 74 before racing each week.

Each winter from the first Sunday in November until the last week before Christmas.

Usually no more than two hours. The racecourse time limit is 12.30 hours.

Between six and eight with one or two discards applied.

Racing is organised by Dublin Bay Sailing Club and the Series is rotated across different waterfront yacht clubs for the popular after race party and prizegiving. The waterfront clubs are National Yacht Club (NYC), Royal Irish Yacht Club (RIYC), Royal St George Yacht Club (RSGYC) and Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club (DMYC).

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