Dublin Bay Sailing Club race officers will be monitoring this afternoon's weather forecast before tonight's first Thursday race on the capital's waters. The country's biggest yacht racing league is scheduled to get underway from 6pm with up to 300 boats in 22 classes competing but 25–mph westerly winds are expected to gust to over 30–mph at start time which may yet threaten proceedings.
Sherry FitzGerald estate agents have come on board for a three-year-deal as title sponsor of the Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) ahead of the summer season that got underway this week. Unfortuntaely, the first race on Tuesday for dinghy classes was cancelled due to strong winds.
DBSC’s 132nd season will now have room for three keelboat fleets over previous years’ two.
The popular Thursday programme remains more or less as it has been except that the White Sails, (now re-named Cruisers 5) given their numbers and wide range of handicaps, have now been divided into two divisions, with separate results for each division.