#SB3 - As the Dublin Bay Sailing Club SB3 class debates the merits of Saturday versus Sunday club racing with a contracted fleet size next season there has been a call from the North for Irish crews to head to Scotland for a new championships on Loch Fyne next year.

There has been a great deal of effort put into developing the Laser SB3 class on the west coast of Scotland, not all of its has been successful to date.

But there a number of boats and crew committed to racing on the upper clyde for evening and weekend racing.

The class has previously failed to become established in Scotland, possibly as a result of high boat prices in the past according to local sources. However, with the availability of great value second hand boats, and the affordability of racing them, it looks set now to be a success, according to class exponent Doug Paton.

For the 2012 Laser SB3 Scottish Championships, the class are going to Loch Fyne to take part in the Scottish Series event. Here, says Doug, the class will benefit from their own one design class start and nine windward-leeward Races over 3 days organised by the Clyde Cruising Club.

Perhaps there is advice Irish crews can give to Scottish counterparts on the initial set up of the fleet. In 2007 the boat exploded on to the scene creating a national fleet of over 100 boats to instantly become the biggest noe design class in the country.

There will be free craning on 2nd & 4th June provided by Macleod Construction. The class will also benefit from free berthing at the new Portavadie Marina. The class has provisionally booked out the bunkhouse accommodation block in the very nice new development at the marina exclusively to the class. As a further draw intend to have class socials held between tarbert an portavadie with the added help of the water taxi service.

For further information contact Scottish SB3 Rep Doug Paton: [email protected]

David O'Brien reports in this morning's Irish Times Sailing Column on the success of the Dublin Bay Quarter tonner Supernova. The win is among 40 trophies announced by Dublin Bay Sailing Club. The full 2011 Overall results and prizewinners list is below. Results are provisional as some protests are pending.

TROPHY	CLASS	Yacht	NAME	SERIES
Centenary Trophy	Cruisers 0	Tsunami	Farrell	Saturday Echo overall
Knox-Gore Cup	Cruisers 0	WOW	Sisk	Saturday IRC overall
Osterberg Cup	Cruisers 1	Gringo	Fox	Saturday Echo overall
Weir Cup	Cruisers 1	Xtravagance	Byrne	Saturday IRC overall
T.P. Early Cup	Cruisers 2	Peridot	others	Saturday Echo overall
Silver Salver	Cruisers 2	Jawesome II	B. Darcy	Saturday IRC overall
Mercia Cup	Cruisers 3	Pamafe	Costello	Saturday Echo overall
Jack Kennedy Memorial Cup	Cruisers 3	Asterix	M. Bushell	Saturday IRC overall
White Sail Class Trophy	Cruisers 5	Act II		Saturday IRC overall
Anna Livia Trophy	Cruisers 5	Arwen	O'Dwyer	Saturday Echo overall
Bective Lights Crystal Trophy	Sigmas 33	White Mischief	Goodbody	Saturday overall
Arandora Trophy	31.7s	Prospect	Johnston	Saturday Overall-One Design
Long John Silver Cup	31.7s	Attitude	M.Branigan	Saturday Overall- Echo
RIYC Cup	Dragons	Phantom	P.Bowring	Saturdays Overall
Harry Maguire Memorial Cup	Glens	Glenshesk	others	Saturday overall
British Airways Trophy	Ruffians	Diaane II	Alan Claffey	Saturday Overall
The Malindi Cup	Shipmans	Whiterock	Robinson	Saturdays overall
Brian S.Ryan Trophy	Flying 15's	Snow White	burgess	Saturday overall
Iolar Cup	Mermaids	Jill	Pat Mangan	Saturday overall
Shannon Cup	Squibs	Kookabaurra	Dee	Saturday Overall
The Saturday Cup	Fireballs	Licence to Thrill	Smyth	Saturday Overall
The Kennedy Cup	IDRA 14's	Dunmoainin'	Hamilton	Saturday overall
Knox-Gore Bowl	Cruisers 0	Lively Lady	Martin	Thursday Echo overall
Martin Cup	Cruisers 0	WOW	Sisk	Thursday IRC overall
Tiamat Trophy	Cruisers 1	Xtravagance	Byrne	Thursday Echo overall
West Pier Officers cup	Cruisers 1	Xtravagance	Byrne	Thursday IRC overall
Lady Shamrock Trophy	Cruisers 2	Jawesome II	B. Darcy	Thursday IRC overall
Centenary Cup	Cruisers 2	Jester	Curtin Declan	Thursday ECHO overall
Viking Clock Trophy	Cruisers 3	Supernova	P.Shannon	Thursday Echo overall
Smalldridge Cup	Cruisers 3	Supernova	P.Shannon	Thursday IRC overall
Burford Trophy	Cruisers 5	Calypso	Knott	Thursday IRC overall
Gerry Henry Salver	Cruisers 5	Eden Park	Farmer	Thursday Echo overall
Fireseal Sigma 33 Trophy	Sigmas 33	White Mischief	Goodbody	Thursdays overall
Horrigan Cup	31.7s	Attitude	M Branigan	Thursday Overall -Echo
Feanor Trophy	31.7s	Prospect	Johnston	Thursday overall One-Design
Oxford & Cambridge Cup	Dragons	Phantom	& P.Bowring	Thursday overall
Pterodactyl Cup	Glens	Glendun	& Brian Denham	Thursday overall
Huet Trophy	Ruffians	Ruff N Ready	Cullen/Brown/Kirwan	Thursday overall
The Midweek Trophy	Shipmans	Curraglas	Masterson	Thursdays overall
Crichton Trophy	SB3	Flutter	Haughton	Thursday overall
Flying Fifteen Gun	Flying 15's	Mellifluence	T. Leonard	Thursday overall
Minx Trophy	Squibs	Glassilaun	O'Neill	Thursday Overall

Royal St. George Sigma Gwili Two skippered by Paddy Maguire took the gun in Dublin Bay Sailing Club's penultimate race of the summer season on Saturday. Second was Pippa lV (G.Kinsman/K.Blake/M.O'Brien) and third the Irish Champion Sigma White Mischief from the Royal Irish Yacht Club. The full DBSC Saturday results are below:

BENETEAU 31.7 Echo - 1. Kernach (Eoin O'Driscoll), 2. Fiddly Bits (Kevin Byrne et al), 3. Magic (D.O'Sullivan/D.Espey)

BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Prospect (Chris Johnston), 2. Bluefin Two (M & B Bryson), 3. Magic (D.O'Sullivan/D.Espey)

CRUISERS 0 - 1. Lively Lady (Derek Martin), 2. Tsunami (Vincent Farrell)

CRUISERS 0 Echo - 1. Tsunami (Vincent Farrell), 2. Lively Lady (Derek Martin)

CRUISERS 1 Echo - 1. Something Else (J.Hall et al), 2. Adrenalin (Joe McDonald), 3. Xtravagance (Colin Byrne)

CRUISERS 1 - 1. Something Else (J.Hall et al), 2. Jalapeno (Dermod Baker et al), 3. Indecision (Declan Hayes et al)

CRUISERS 2 - 1. Jawesome 11 (V.Kennedy/M.Dyke), 2. Peridot (Jim McCann et al), 3. Bendemeer (L Casey & D Power)

CRUISERS 2 Echo - 1. Peridot (Jim McCann et al), 2. Frolix (Noreen Tighe), 3. Graduate (D O'Keeffe)

CRUISERS 3 Echo - 1. Saki (Paget McCormack et al), 2. Cri-Cri (P Colton), 3. Pamafe (Michael Costello)

CRUISERS 3 - 1. Supernova (K.Lawless et al), 2. Cri-Cri (P Colton), 3. Asterix (Counihan/Meredith/Bushell)

DRAGON - 1. Phantom (D.Williams/P.Bowring), 2. Susele (Michael Halpenny), 3. Scorcher (G Purcell)

FLYING FIFTEEN Race 1- 1. Rollercoaster (Tom Murphy), 2. The Gruffalo (Keith Poole), 3. Fflogger (Alan Dooley)

FLYING FIFTEEN Race 2- 1. The Gruffalo (Keith Poole), 2. Rollercoaster (Tom Murphy), 3. Snow White (Frank Burgess)

GLEN - 1. Pterodactyl (R & D McCaffrey), 2. Glenroan (Terence Moran), 3. Glenshesk (L.Faulkner et al)

IDRA 14 FOOT Race 1- 1. Dunmoanin (Frank Hamilton), 2. Dart (Pierre Long), 3. Doody (J.Fitzgerald/J.Byrne)

IDRA 14 FOOT Race 2- 1. Sapphire (Lorcan O'Sullivan), 2. Dunmoanin (Frank Hamilton), 3. Dart (Pierre Long)

MERMAID Race 1- 1. Jill (P.Smith/P.Mangan), 2. Kim (D Cassidy), 3. Aideen (B.Martin/D.Brennan)

MERMAID Race 2- 1. Jill (P.Smith/P.Mangan), 2. Kim (D Cassidy)

RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Diane ll (Bruce Carswell), 2. Ruff N Ready (Ann Kirwan et al), 3. Ruffles (Michael Cutliffe)

SHIPMAN - 1. Whiterock (Henry Robinson), 2. Invader (Gerard Glynn), 3. Macro One (Joseph Murray)

SIGMA 33 - 1. Gwili Two (D.Clarke/P.Maguire), 2. Pippa lV (G.Kinsman/K.Blake/M.O'Brien), 3. White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody)

SQUIB Race 1- 1. Kookaburra (P & M Dee), 2. Little Bird (N Barnwell), 3. Why Not (Derek & Jean Jago)

SQUIB Race 2- 1. Why Not (Derek & Jean Jago), 2. Nimble (Brian O'Hare), 3. Tais (Michael O'Connell)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS Echo- 1. Coumeenole (Bill Kavanagh), 2. The Great Escape (P & D Rigney), 3. Act Two (Michael O'Leary et al)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS - 1. Act Two (Michael O'Leary et al), 2. Calypso (Howard Knott), 3. Zephyr (R Cahill-O'Brien)

Tomorrow is the penultimate race of the DBSC season, a season in which the 350-boat club tackled the long standing problem of crew shortages. Together with Dun Laoghaire's waterfront yacht clubs, DBSC introduced an 'Ensign Class' to extend the possibility of bay racing to a greater of people.

Up to 1,500 sailors race each Thursday and Saturday during the Summer but typically cruiser classes, which represent the bulk of the fleet, always run short of crew. A typical 30 foot boat can require a crew pool of 15 or more.

People with no experience are now being taken afloat in a cosseted fashion by the club and introduced to the rudiments of sailing.

The idea has proved so successful the National Yacht Club now operates a waiting list for its club 1720 sports boats, the Ensign class of choice.

The hope is that racing skippers, who rarely want complete novices onboard but who are nevertheless short of crew, will be encouraged to pick from those graduating from the Ensigns.

DBSC's Hon-Sec Donal O'Sullivan says the pilot project looks set to continue into the winter for the popular Turkey Shoot Series.

Colin Byrne's X-34 Xtravagance was the winner of a reduced Class one in breezy conditions on Dublin Bay yesterday. Racing in strong southerly winds - that Met Eireann says is the tail of Hurricance Katia - provided an exhilarating penultimate Saturday race in the Dublin Bay Sailing Club Season. It was disappointing therefore thatas winds tipped 30 knots many of the 17 classes had to be cancelled.  The Dublin Bay Sailing Club Results for 10 SEPTEMBER 2011 are:

CRUISERS 1 Echo- 1. Adrenalin (Joe McDonald), 2. Xtravagance (Colin Byrne), 3. Jump The Gun (M.Monaghan/J.Kelly)

CRUISERS 1 - 1. Xtravagance (Colin Byrne), 2. Adrenalin (Joe McDonald), 3. Jump The Gun (M.Monaghan/J.Kelly)

GLEN - 1. Glenluce (D & R O'Connor), 2. Glendun (B.Denham et al)

RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Ruff N Ready (Ann Kirwan et al), 2. Alias (D.Meeke/M.McCarthy), 3. Diane ll (Bruce Carswell)

SHIPMAN - 1. Curraglas (John Masterson), 2. Whiterock (Henry Robinson), 3. Macro One (Joseph Murray)

An exotic weekend in Dun Laoghaire with the start of an Olympic class keelboat event plus the arrival of a Volvo 70 into the harbour but Irish weather meant all did not go to plan. Click our links for a round up of the weekend's sailing events from around the country: Mansfield Wins 1720 Euros in Baltimore, Squall Puts Paid to First Race of Star Europeans in Dun Laoghaire, West Kirby Teams Top ISAF Worlds in Schull, Johnston's Beneteau 31.7 is Good Prospect, Killyleagh Pair Scoop Flying Fifteen East Coast Cup, Lively Lady Sails to Victory in Fickle ISORA Race to Rockabill, SB3 Team Sanya Welcome Scuppered by Strong Winds. We'll have more reports later this morning from the J24 Easterns in Howth, the National 18 season in Cork and J80 Match racing.

Chris Johnston sailed his Beneteau 31.7 Prospect sailed to success in yesterday's Dublin Bay Sailing Club Race beating Levante (B.Leyden/M.Leahy) and Gerry Jones's Thirty Something.

DBSC Results for 3 SEPTEMBER 2011

BENETEAU 31.7 Echo - 1. Levante (B.Leyden/M.Leahy), 2. Attitude (D.Owens/T.Milner), 3. Fiddly Bits (Kevin Byrne et al)

BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Prospect (Chris Johnston), 2. Levante (B.Leyden/M.Leahy), 3. Thirty Something (Gerry Jones et al)

CRUISERS 1 Echo - 1. Contango (Barry Cunningham), 2. Jalapeno (Dermod Baker et al), 3. Powder Monkey (C.Moore/M.Byrne)

CRUISERS 1 - 1. Jalapeno (Dermod Baker et al), 2. Contango (Barry Cunningham), 3. Gringo (Tony Fox)

CRUISERS 2 Echo - 1. Jawesome 11 (V.Kennedy/M.Dyke), 2. Graduate (D O'Keeffe), 3. Smile (O'Connell/Healy/O'Sullivan)

CRUISERS 2 - 1. Jawesome 11 (V.Kennedy/M.Dyke), 2. Smile (O'Connell/Healy/O'Sullivan), 3. Graduate (D O'Keeffe)

CRUISERS 3 - 1. Asterix (Counihan/Meredith/Bushell), 2. Papytoo (M.Walsh/F.Guilfoyle), 3. Cri-Cri (P Colton)

CRUISERS 3 Echo - 1. Papytoo (M.Walsh/F.Guilfoyle), 2. Pamafe (Michael Costello), 3. Cri-Cri (P Colton)

FLYING FIFTEEN Race 1 - 1. Fflogger (Alan Dooley), 2. Mellifluence (Tom Leonard), 3. The Big Bow Wow (N.Meagher/N.Matthews)

FLYING FIFTEEN Race 2 - 1. Snow White (Frank Burgess), 2. Mellifluence (Tom Leonard), 3. Fflogger (Alan Dooley)

GLEN - 1. Pterodactyl (R & D McCaffrey), 2. Glenluce (D & R O'Connor), 3. Glencree (J.Bligh/H.Roche)

IDRA 14 FOOT Race 1 - 1. Dart (Pierre Long)

IDRA 14 FOOT Race 2- 1. Dunmoanin (Frank Hamilton), 2. Dart (Pierre Long)

MERMAID Race 2 - 1. Kim (D Cassidy), 2. Lively Lady (G O'Neill & M Hanney), 3. Aideen (B.Martin/D.Brennan)

MERMAID Race 1 - 1. Lively Lady (G O'Neill & M Hanney), 2. Kim (D Cassidy), 3. Aideen (B.Martin/D.Brennan)

PY CLASS Race 1 - 1. P Keane (Laser 1), 2. R Tate (Laser), 3. Desmond McCarthy (Laser 1)

PY CLASS Race 2 - 1. P Keane (Laser 1), 2. Desmond McCarthy (Laser 1), 3. R Tate (Laser)

RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Diane ll (Bruce Carswell), 2. Ruffles (Michael Cutliffe), 3. Ruff Nuff (D & C Mitchell)

SIGMA 33 - 1. White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody), 2. Leeuwin (H&C Leonard & B Kerr), 3. Gwili Two (D.Clarke/P.Maguire)

SQUIB Race 1 - 1. Femme Fatale (Joe O'Byrne), 2. Little Bird (N Barnwell), 3. Kookaburra (P & M Dee)

SQUIB Race 2 - 1. Little Bird (N Barnwell), 2. Femme Fatale (Joe O'Byrne), 3. Tais (Michael O'Connell)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS Echo - 1. Zephyr (R Cahill-O'Brien), 2. Arwen (Philip O'Dwyer), 3. Act Two (Michael O'Leary et al)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS - 1. Arwen (Philip O'Dwyer), 2. Zephyr (R Cahill-O'Brien), 3. Act Two (Michael O'Leary et al)

All the weekend sailing news is wrapped up in a number of posts on Afloat.ie this morning:  Schull Welcomes World Team Racers,  Espey Wins Lasers, Local Sailor Takes Radials at Lough Derg Nationals,  Howth Juniors Win 19-Boat Greystones Feva Event, Royal Cork Celebrates 2011 with 'At Home' Regatta,  Supernova to the Fore in DBSC Cruiser Challenge Event,  McCartin and Kinsella are New Irish Fireball Champions, Kenefick Steers Chimp to Overall Win at Half Ton Classic Cup, Cork Week Changes Dates for 2012.

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It looked like Supernova (Ken Lawless) would continue her success on Dublin Bay with weekend wins in a blustery DBSC end of season fixture for the Cruisers III class until a broken boom in the penultimate race gave the event to arch rivals Hard on Port.

In what at first glance looks like a repeat of the results from July's Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta there are familiar name at the top of the leaderboard after the weekend's Dublin Bay Sailing Club Cruiser Challenge contested by 70 boats from 7 classes.

So far overall results have yet to be published and only provisional results are appearing online.

As in July, the J24 Hard on Port (Flor O'Driscoll) was second to Supernova in the 16-boat Cruisers III IRC fleet, the biggest fleet of the combined classes event until the final race of the series when disaster struck for the Dubois Starflash desgin.

Wow tackles the breeze at the Cruiser Challenge. Photo: Gareth Craig. more on the Afloat Gallery here.

In the six boat Cruisers Zero fleet, Howth visitor Crazy Horse (Norbert Reilly) counting two firsts won by a margin of 5 points from Tiamat. Third was the new J111 Wow skippered by George Sisk.

Dark clouds brought heavy rain but also great sailing conditions for Saturday's Dublin Bay Sailing Club race. The Cruiser classes were racing for Cruiser challenge honours leaving the one designs to the regular bay race.  Results below:

 FLYING FIFTEEN Race 2- 1. Deranged (C.Doorly), 2. Mellifluence (Tom Leonard), 3. Kooigjug (K Dumpleton)

FLYING FIFTEEN Race 1- 1. Fflogger (Alan Dooley), 2. Snow White (Frank Burgess), 3. Kooigjug (K Dumpleton)

GLEN - 1. Glenluce (D & R O'Connor), 2. Glenshesk (L.Faulkner et al), 3. Glencree (J.Bligh/H.Roche)

MERMAID - 1. Kim (D Cassidy), 2. Lively Lady (G O'Neill & M Hanney)

RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Ruffles (Michael Cutliffe), 2. Diane ll (Bruce Carswell), 3. Alias (D.Meeke/M.McCarthy)

SHIPMAN - 1. Gusto (C Heath), 2. Whiterock (Henry Robinson), 3. Jo Slim (J.Clarke et al)

SQUIB Race 1- 1. Little Bird (N Barnwell), 2. Anemos (Pete & Ann Evans), 3. Perfection (Jill Fleming)

SQUIB Race 2- 1. Nimble (Brian O'Hare), 2. Perfection (Jill Fleming), 3. Little Bird (N Barnwell)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS Echo- 1. Emir Herr (Liam Shanahan), 2. The Great Escape (P & D Rigney)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS - 1. Calypso (Howard Knott), 2. Emir Herr (Liam Shanahan), 3. Arwen (Philip O'Dwyer)