#dbsc  – A 1720 sportsboat named Deja Vu was the winner of the opening race of DBSC's Spring Chicken Series, second was the A35 Another Adventure and third was the Beneteau 34.7 Adelie. Full results are downloadable below.  The six weeek series got off to a perfect start last weekend and the hope is a similar weather window might present itself again in the next 48–hours for the National Yacht Club hosted event. Attached are results from last Sunday and also Starts & Handicaps for this weekend. 

#DBSC – The Beneteau First 50, Mermaid V leads the overall rankings after four races of the 70–boat DBSC Turkey Shoot sponsored by Rathfarnham Ford. The series discard has been applied and this has tightened results. Full results downloadable below. Second overall is The Cartoonist and third is the new J70, J boats Ireland. 

#DBSC - Here are the latest results from the Dublin Bay Sailing Club for Saturday 28 September, the last race of the Summer 2013 season.

BENETEAU 317 Echo - 1 Attitude (T Milner/J Sugars/M Branigan); 2 Extreme Reality (P McSwiney/E O’Rafferty); 3 Prospect (Chris Johnston)

BENETEAU 317 - 1 Prospect (Chris Johnston); 2 Attitude (T Milner/J Sugars/M Branigan); 3 Levante (M Leahy/J Power)

CRUISERS 0 Echo - 1 Loose Change (P Redden/M Mitton); 2 Lively Lady (Derek Martin); 3 Wow (George Sisk)

CRUISERS 0 - 1 Loose Change (P Redden & M Mitton); 2 Wow (George Sisk); 3 Lively Lady (Derek Martin)

CRUISERS 1 Echo - 1 Gringo (Tony Fox); 2 Powder Monkey (C Moore); 3 Boomerang (Paul Kirwan)

CRUISERS 1 - 1 Gringo (Tony Fox); 2 Ruth (L Shanahan); 3 Boomerang (Paul Kirwan)

CRUISERS 2 Echo - 1 Red Rhum (J Nicholson/C Nicholson); 2 Kamikaze (P Nash/B McIntyre); 3 Graduate (D O’Keeffe)

CRUISERS 2 - 1 Red Rhum (J Nicholson/C Nicholson); 2 Graduate (D O’Keeffe); 3 Jawesome 111 (M Dyke/B Darcy)

CRUISERS 3 - 1 Cartoon (McCormack/Brady/Lawless); 2 Quest (J Skerritt); 3 Jaws SeachangeNow (B Foley/J Bergon)

CRUISERS 3 Echo - 1 Jaws SeachangeNow (B Foley/J Bergon); 2 Cartoon (McCormack/Brady/Lawless); 3 Quest (J Skerritt)

FLYING FIFTEEN - 1 Flyer (Niall Coleman); 2 Thingamabob (T Galvin); 3 Kooigjug (K Dumpleton)

IDRA 14 FOOT - 1 Slipstream (Julie Ascoop); 2 Dart (Pierre Long); 3 Dunmoanin (Frank Hamilton)

MERMAID - 1 Tiller Girl (J O’Rourke); 2 Jill (P Smith/P Mangan); 3 Aideen (B Martin/D Brennan)

PY CLASS - 1 P Keane (Laser 1); 2 Alan McNab (Laser); 3 N O’Toole (Laser)

SIGMA 33 - 1 White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody); 2 Pastiche (T O’Neill et al); 3 Moonshine (R Moloney)

SQUIB - 1 Kookaburra (P & M Dee); 2 Femme Fatale (V Delaney); 3 Periguin (N Colcough)

#DBSC - Here are the latest results from the Dublin Bay Sailing Club for Saturday 7 September:

BENETEAU 31.7 ECHO - 1 Extreme Reality (P McSwiney/E O’Rafferty); 2 Attitude (T Milner/J Sugars/M Branigan); 3 Magic (D O’Sullivan/D Espey)

BENETEAU 31.7 - 1 Magic (D O’Sullivan/D Espey); 2 Prospect (Chris Johnston); 3 Extreme Reality (P McSwiney/E O’Rafferty)

CRUISERS 1 ECHO - 1 Gringo (Tony Fox); 2 Jump The Gun (M Monaghan/J Kelly); 3 Axiom (M O’Neill)

CRUISERS 1 - 1 Gringo (Tony Fox); 2 Something Else (J Hall et al); 3 Jump The Gun (M Monaghan/J Kelly)

CRUISERS 2 ECHO - 1 Graduate (D O’Keeffe); 2 Peridot (Jim McCann et al); 3 Bendemeer (L Casey & D Power)

CRUISERS 2 - 1 Graduate (D O’Keeffe); 2 Red Rhum (J Nicholson & C Nicholson); 3 Peridot (Jim McCann et al)

CRUISERS 3 ECHO - 1 Quest (J Skerritt); 2 Cartoon (McCormack/Brady/Lawless); 3 Supernova (McStay/Timbs/Monaghan/Costello)

CRUISERS 3 - 1 Quest (J Skerritt); 2 Cartoon (McCormack/Brady/Lawless); 3 Asterix (Boushel/Meredith/Counihan)

FLYING FIFTEEN RACE 2 - 1 Deranged (A Green/C Doorly); 2 Fflogger (Alan Dooley); 3 Rollercoaster (Tom Murphy)

FLYING FIFTEEN RACE 1 - 1 The Gruffalo (Keith Poole); 2 Deranged (A Green/C Doorly); 3 Rollercoaster (Tom Murphy)

GLEN - 1 Glenluce (D & R O’Connor); 2 Glenshesk (L Faulkner et al); 3 Glenroan (Terence Moran)

RUFFIAN 23 - 1 Ruffles (Michael Cutliffe); 2 Bandit (Kirwan/Cullen/Brown); 3 Alias (D Meeke/M McCarthy)

SIGMA 33 - 1 White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody); 2 Rupert (R & P Lovegrove); 3 September Song (Barry Colleary)

SQUIB RACE 1 - 1 Nimble (Brian O’Hare); 2 Perfection (Jill Fleming); 3 Why Not (Derek & Jean Jago)

SQUIB RACE 2 - 1 Nimble (Brian O’Hare); 2 Perfection (Jill Fleming); 3 Tais (Michael O’Connell)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS ECHO - 1 Act Two (Michael O’Leary et al); 2 The Great Escape (P & D Rigney); 3 Persistence (C Broadhead et al)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS - 1 Act Two (Michael O’Leary et al); 2 Persistence (C Broadhead et al); 3 Calypso (Howard Knott) 

#DBSC - Here are the latest results from the Dublin Bay Sailing Club for Saturday 31 August:

BENETEAU 31.7 ECHO - 1 Extreme Reality (P McSwiney/E O'Rafferty); 2 Bluefin Two (M & B Bryson); 3 Levante (M Leahy/J Power)

BENETEAU 31.7 - 1 Prospect (Chris Johnston); 2 Levante (M Leahy/J Power); 3 Bluefin Two (M & B Bryson)

CRUISERS 0 ECHO - 1 Wow (George Sisk); 2 Lively Lady (Derek Martin)

CRUISERS 0 - 1 Wow (George Sisk); 2 Lively Lady (Derek Martin)

CRUISERS 1 ECHO - 1 Indecision (Declan Hayes et al); 2 Powder Monkey (C Moore); 3 Gringo (Tony Fox)

CRUISERS 1 - 1 Something Else (J Hall et al); 2 Gringo (Tony Fox); 3 Raptor (D Hewitt et al)

CRUISERS 2 - 1 Graduate (D O'Keeffe); 2 Red Rhum (J Nicholson & C Nicholson); 3 Peridot (Jim McCann et al)

CRUISERS 2 ECHO - 1 Kamikaze (P Nash/B McIntyre); 2 Graduate (D O'Keeffe); 3 Peridot (Jim McCann et al)

CRUISERS 3 ECHO - 1 Chouskikou (R Sheehan/R Hickey); 2 Carrabeg (D Martin/ R Deasy); 3 Papytoo (M Walsh/F Guilfoyle)

CRUISERS 3 - 1 Quest (J Skerritt); 2 Cartoon (McCormack/Brady/Lawless); 3 Chouskikou (R Sheehan/R Hickey)

GLEN - 1 Glenluce (D & R O'Connor); 2 Pterodactyl (R & D McCaffrey); 3 Glenshesk (L.Faulkner et al)

RUFFIAN 23 - 1 Bandit (Kirwan/Cullen/Brown); 2 Ruffles (Michael Cutliffe); 3 Alias (D.Meeke/M.McCarthy)

SHIPMAN - 1 Jo Slim (J Clarke et al); 2 Curraglas (John Masterson); 3 Invader (Gerard Glynn)

SIGMA 33 - 1 White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody); 2 Popje (Ted McCourt); 3 Gwili Two (D Clarke/P Maguire)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS ECHO - 1 Sweet Martini (Bruce Carswell); 2 Coumeenole (Bill Kavanagh); 3 Calypso (Howard Knott)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS - 1 Persistence (C Broadhead et al); 2 Act Two (Michael O'Leary et al); 3 Calypso (Howard Knott)

#hyc – Class 2 IRC 1 1323 Fetching Quinn/O'Faherty 2 2507 Impetuous Noonan/Chambers 3 7495 Maximus P Kyne R2 - 28/08 - Class 2 HPH 1 956 C'est la Vie Flannelly/Others 2 2507 Impetuous Noonan/Chambers 3 7495 Maximus P Kyne R2 - 28/08 - Class 3 IRC 1 8188 Alliance II V Gaffney 2 6136 Starlet Bourke/Others 3 1311 Holly B MacMahon R2 - 28/08 - Class 3 HPH 1 8188 Alliance II V Gaffney 2 6136 Starlet Bourke/Others 3 6556 Challenger P Rossiter R2 - 28/08 - White Sails IRC 1 1517 Alphida of Howth H Byrne 2 657 Voyager J Carton 3 3400 Brazen Hussy Barry/Stirling R2 - 28/08 - White Sails HPH 1 1430 Mary Ellen K O'Byrne 2 1517 Alphida of Howth H Byrne 3 37050 Sandpiper of Howth A Knowles 

#fireball – Though I was unable to sail last night due to a working commitment, on returning to Dun Laoghaire at around 19:30, it was obvious that the DBSC Tuesday Night Series had concluded with a no-show as there was hardly a breath on Dublin Bay and even at 19:30 there was no sign of racing activity writes Cormac Bradley.

A quick phone call to my helm confirmed what already obvious, the last scheduled Tuesday night race of the 2013 season had not taken place, the combination of very light wind and an ebbing tide had sealed its fate.

Thus the Series 3 Fireball results are as follows;

By my reckoning this completes the full suite of DBSC Tuesday Night Series wins for Messrs Butler & Oram. They have come unstuck in one or two races, but in overall terms they have never really been threatened. Race wins have gone to a number of other combinations, Louise McKenna & Francis Rowan, Neil Colin & Margaret Casey (14775) and Frank Miller & Grattan Donnelly, but none of us have sailed consistently well enough to knock the Tuesday night “champs” off their perch.

For the Irish Fireball fleet, the racing emphasis will now be on the Saturday afternoons for those who have entered DBSC, but they will soon come to an end. On the regatta scene, the Munsters will be hosted by Lough Ree Yacht Club in Athlone on the last weekend of September, 28^th/29^th, immediately after the return of the boats from Slovenia. In mid-October we will race our re-scheduled Leinsters, postponed from last weekend. This event will be hosted by Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club and in common with recent practice will see the AGM of the Class being held on the Saturday night.

The Irish boats contesting the Fireball Europeans and Worlds in Slovenia are due to be packed up this coming Saturday (31^st) in Dun Laoghaire for road transport to the southern European venue the following week.

#dbsc – A gentle forecasted breeze of 12–knots from the west will end DBSC's 2013 Summer midweek racing season this Thursday. DBSC Dinghy racing ends tonight. Saturday racing continues for another month until September 28th.