Dublin Bay Sailing Club's (DBSC) 'Island' racing mark is back on station, having drifted into nearby Scotsman's Bay during July's northeasterly gale on Dublin Bay.

The workboat Puffin picked up the mark and repositioned it for the club's weekly fixtures on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. 

Meanwhile, DBSC's Omega mark will be upgraded to a new special purpose mark.

This new buoy will be YELLOW in colour and will provide weather and environmental information to researchers in UCD.

The club will also benefit from receiving live wind information directly from the centre of its Red Course.

Dublin Bay Sailing Club's racing racing mark chart

Flat seas and strong offshore southwesterly winds on Dublin Bay presented great sailing conditions for Saturday's AIB DBSC Summer Series racing on August 16th.

In a two-boat Cruisers Zero division race, the Royal Irish First 40 Prima Forte, skippered by Sean Lemass, beat Michelle Farrell's 44.7 Tsunami from the National Yacht Club.

In a Royal Irish Yacht Club battle, Colin Byrne's XP 33 Bon Exemple beat Timothy Goodbody's J109 White Mischief to win the five-boat IRC One race, which puts Byrne at the IRC One Saturday table. 

Lindsay Casey's Royal St. George J97 Windjammer beat Jim McCann's Peridot from the Royal Irish Yacht Club in a two-boat IRC Two race.

In the one design divisions, Joe Smyth's Yikes in the Beneteau 211 (scratch racing) won from Pat Shannon in Beeswing. Third was Rowan Fogarty's Ventuno.

In a five-boat Beneteau 31.7 race, overall leader Chris Johnston's Prospect from the National Yacht Club won from clubmate John Power's Levante. Third was Michael Bryson's Bluefin Two, also from NYC.

The National Yacht Club's David Gorman continues to lead overall after two more races in a ten-boat Flying Fifteen turnout.

It's all to play for in the final seven Saturdays that will close the 2023 DBSC Summer Series.

See results in all classes below.

Neil Colin's FFuzzy topped a 13-boat turnout in the Flying Fifteen class for Thursday night's AIB-sponsored DBSC Summer Series on Dublin Bay.

The DMYC boat beat the National Yacht Club's Ken Dumpleton in Rodriguez, with Adrian Cooper's Rockafella taking third.

With three Thursday races left to sail in 2023, Colin leads overall on 33 points from Shane MacCarthy's Mr Potato Head of the NYC on 40, with clubmate David Mulvin sailing Ignis Caput duo on 44.

Meanwhile, a Dublin Bay FF contingent completed a trip to West Cork for a race off Schull Harbour as Afloat reports here. 

Full results in all DBSC classes below.

Royal St. George's Tim and Gillian Pearson sailing Little Tern took the gun out of 18 starters in a nice 6 to 8 breeze in Wednesday night's DBSC Water Wag race staged inside Dun Laoghaire Harbour. 

Overall, Puffin, sailed by Sean and Heather Craig, lead the DBSC Water Wag Summer Series on 30 points from Guy Kilroy on 44 in Swift. John O'Driscoll's Moosmie on 57.

Fifteen to 20-knot northwesterly winds and big seas on Dublin Bay presented some testing conditions for Saturday's AIB DBSC Summer Series racing. 

Cruisers Zero division racing was abandoned, and in a race between two boats in IRC One, Tim Goodbody's White Mischief beat J109 sistership, Jump the Gun, skippered by Michael Monaghan. 

Ed Melvin's Ceol na Mara got the advantage over Myles Kelly's Maranda in another two-boat race in the IRC Cruisers IRC Three division.

In the one designs, Jimmy Fischer's Billy Whizz won from Joe Smyth's Yikes in the Beneteau 211 (scratch racing). Third was Jacqueline McStay's Small Wonder.

In a six-boat Beneteau 31.7 race, Chris Johnston's Prospect from the National Yacht Club won from clubmate John Power's Levante. Third was Michael Bryson's Bluefin Two.

The National Yacht Club's David Gorman won from Neil Colin in a nine-boat Flying Fifteen turnout.

A 2,1 scored in Wednesday night's DBSC Water Wag races in Dun Laoghaire Harbour has put Royal St. George's Sean and Heather Craig in Puffin 14 points clear at the top of the Summer Series. 

Second overall is Guy Kilroy's Swift on 44 points, with John O'Driscoll's Moosmie third on 57.

The results for Wednesday's races are below:

Race 18 2 Aug 2023

1 Number 42 William Prentice
2 Number 52 Puffin Sean Craig 
3 Number 45 Mariposa Cathy Mac Aleavey

Race 19 2 Aug 2023

1 Number 52 Puffin Sean Craig 
2 Number 45 Mariposa Cathy Mac Aleave
3 Number 3 Pansy Vincent Delany

Royal Irish's Tim Goodbody sailing the J109 White Mischief, won Thursday night's DBSC Cruisers IRC One race on Dublin Bay in a corrected time of 51 minutes and 41 seconds

The win puts the RIYC crew three points clear in Thursday's overall series, with just four races left to sail in the 2023 AIB Series.

Second last night in the eight-boat fleet and second overall is Goodbody's clubmate Colin Byrne in the XP33 Bon Exemple (0:52:53)

Third in the August 3rd race in a time of 0:53:17 was a third RIYC boat, the J109 National Champion John Maybury.

Full results in all classes below.

Jimmy Fischer's Billy Whizz leads Dublin Bay Sailing Club's (DBSC) Beneteau 211 class in the Scratch, Saturday Overall AIB Summer Series.

The Royal St. George Yacht Club entry holds a three-point lead despite a dismasting at this month's Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta.

Fischer took second place yesterday afternoon with a new mast fitted for the four-boat race in strong westerly winds, which was won by Joe Smyth's Yikes of the Royal Irish. 

Overall, Smyth lies second on 19 points, with clubmate Pat Shannon on Beeswing lying third on 42 points. 

As Afloat reported previously, the race was the first successful Saturday fixture in July, with an unusually high number of weather cancellations.

Results for all DBSC classes are below

Brendan Foley's 'Allig8r' from the Royal St. George Yacht Club, was the winner of Thursday night's AIB-sponsored Dublin Bay Sailing Club IRC Two race on Dublin Bay. 

Foley beat clubmate and overall series leader Lindsay Casey's J97, Windjammer. Third was Dave Gould's three-quarter tonner, Scenario Encore.

As Afloat reported previously, renamed 'Allig8r', the First Class 8 is under the new ownership of a Dublin Bay syndicate of six friends Paddy Ryan, Mark Hennessy, Peter Levins, Colm O'Buachalla, Conor Twomey and Foley. Regular Afloat readers will recall her as the black-hulled 2018 Cork Week champion, skippered by Rory Fekkes from Carrickfergus Sailing Club.

Casey continues to lead Cruisers 2 IRC Thursday overall but is now on the same 16 points as Foley. The recent ISORA coastal race winner, Leslie Parnell's First 34.7 Black Velvet, lies third on 30 points.

There was a good turnout in all classes for last night's race in medium-westerly winds.

Results from all DBSC classes are below.

DBSC AIB Summer Series racing on Dubin Bay was cancelled today (July 22) due to a lack of wind. 

It has been a disappointing July for Saturday Series racers so far in the capital's waters, with July 1st cancelled by a strong northwesterly; July 8 starred due to the biennial Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta; July 15 cancelled again by strong westerlies and today's racing scrubbed by no wind. Hopefully, next week's last Saturday in July (29th) will see a change of fortune. 

Happily, last Thursday night provided suitable winds for a strong DBSC turnout, as Afloat reported here.