On the eve of the Beneteau 211 One Design national championships at the Royal Irish Yacht Club at Dun Laoghaire this weekend, Billy Whizz (James Conboy Fischer) was the winner of Tuesday night's DBSC race. Second was Pat Shannon's Beeswing and third was Plan B (Kieran Kingston and Vincent Mulvey).

55 boats across all DBSC fleets enjoyed light airs on a sunny Dublin Bay evening as part of the AIB Summer Series. The top three in each class are below.

Congratulations are due to Declan Traynor, long-time DBSC Patrol chief, who had a successful first outing as Race Officer on the Dinghy Course, under the watchful eye of National Race Officer, Suzanne McGarry, backed up by long-time Dinghy Course stalwarts Ros Bremner, Caroline Liddy, Liz Aylmer, Sharon Moylan & Brendan Dalton.

DBSC Results for 29/06/2021

Race 1

Cruiser 3 Tuesday Echo: 1. Starlet, 2. Maranda, 3. Papytoo

Flying 15: 1. Perfect Ten, 2. A Mere Triffle

Sportsboat: 1. Joyride, 2. Jeorge V, 3. Jay Z

Ruffian: 1. Carmen, 2. Ruff Diamond, 3. Scamp

Shipman: 1. Poppy, 2. Bluefin

B211 One Design: 1. Billy Whizz, 2. Beeswing, 3. Plan B

B211 Echo: 1. Billy Whizz, 2. Beeswing, 3. Plan B

PY Class: 1. B & C O'Neill, 2. Teddy Byrne, 3. Barry Byrne

IDRA 14: 1. Slipway, 2. Dunmoanin, 3. Doody

Fireball: 1. Louise McKenna, 2. Paul ter Horst, 3. Frank Miller

Laser Standard: 1. Chris Arrowsmith, 2. Sean Doyle

Laser Radial: 1. Jacques Murphy, 2. David Cahill, 3. Michael Norman

Race 2

PY Class: 1. Noel Butler, 2. Barry Byrne, 3. Roy Van Maanen

IDRA 14: 1. Slipway, 2. Dunmoanin, 3. Doody

Fireball: 1. Louise McKenna, 2. Frank Miller, 3. Paul ter Horst

Laser Standard: 1. Chris Arrowsmith, 2. Sean Doyle

Laser Radial: 1. Jacques Murphy, 2. Alison Pigot, 3. Michael McCormack

Royal Irish Yacht Club J109 White Mischief (Richard and Tim Goodbody) beat Jalapeno (Paul Barrington) and Dear Prudence (Jay Bourke) in a windy DBSC J109 race on Dublin Bay last night.

The sister ships were beaten overall in IRC One by rival XP34 Bon Exemple. The Goodbody's took second in IRC with Andrew Algeo's J99, Juggerknot 2, third.

Dublin Bay J109 interests are being well represented on the South Coast this week where DBSC regular Something Else (John and Brian Hall) of the National Yacht Club lying second after four races sailed at the Sovereign's Cup in Kinsale.

104 boats turned out across all DBSC classes for the breezy Thursday night race.

In the one-design divisions, the big Flying Fifteen fleet was won by Rodriguez. FFuZZy was second with Perfect Ten third.

Heading out to a DBSC Green fleet start, Flying fifteen captain Neil Colin is captured with Sail Training Vessel Brian Boru Photo: Brian Buggy/Bandit

The top three in each class are below:

DBSC Results for 24/06/2021

Cruiser 1 IRC: 1. Bon Exemple, 2. White Mischief, 3. Juggerknot 2

Cruiser 1 Echo: 1. Bon Exemple, 2. White Mischief, 3. Juggerknot 2

Cruiser 1 J109: 1. White Mischief, 2. Jalapeno, 3. Dear Prudence

31.7 One Design: 1. Levante, 2. After You Too, 3. Bluefin Two

31.7 Echo: 1. Levante, 2. Bluefin Two, 3. Fiddly Bits

Cruiser 2 IRC: 1. Leeuwin, 2. Windjammer, 3. Ruthless

Cruiser 2 Echo: 1. Boojum, 2. Leeuwin, 3. Springer

Cruiser 2 Sigma 33: 1. Leeuwin, 2. Boojum, 3. Springer

Cruiser 3 IRC: 1. Starlet, 2. Maranda, 3. Eleint

Cruiser 3 Echo: 1. Cartoon, 2. Saki, 3. Starlet

Cruiser 4 NS-IRC: 1. RunAway

Cruiser 4 Echo: 1. Antix, 2. RunAway

Cruiser 5A NS-IRC: 1. Act Two, 2. Playtime, 3. The Great Escape

Cruiser 5A Echo: 1. Act Two, 2. The Great Escape, 3. Playtime

Cruiser 5B Echo: 1. Setanta

SB20: 1. Ted, 2. Bad/Kilcullen, 3. venuesworld.com

Flying 15: 1. Rodriguez, 2. FFuZZy, 3. Perfect Ten

Sportsboat VPRS: 1. Jester, 2. Jheetah

Sportsboat: 1. Jester, 2. George 2, 3. RIYC 1

Dragon: 1. Sir Ossis o'the River, 2. Phantom, 3. ZinZan

Ruffian: 1. Shannagh, 2. Bandit, 3. Carmen

Shipman: 1. Jo Slim 5, 2. Twocan, 3. Invader

B211 One Design: 1. Chinook, 2. Small Wonder, 3. Beeswing

B211 Echo: 1. Small Wonder, 2. Beeswing, 3. Chinook

Glen: 1. GlenDun, 2. Glenluce, 3. Glenroan

Royal St. George's Theo Lyttle won Dublin Bay Sailing Club's (DBSC) Tuesday night Laser standard race at Dun Laoghaire from club mate Ross O'Leary. Damian Moloney was third.

The Fireball class was won by Royal St. George's Louise McKenna with DMYC's Frank Miller second. 

Top three in all competing DBSC classes are below

DBSC Results for 22/06/2021

Cruiser 3 Tuesday Echo: 1. Grasshopper 2, 2. Pamafe, 3. Papytoo

Flying 15: 1. A Mere Triffle, 2. Perfect Ten

Ruffian: 1. Ruff Diamond, 2. Bandit, 3. Scamp

Shipman: 1. Bluefin, 2. Poppy

B211 One Design: 1. Billy Whizz, 2. Isolde, 3. Plan B

B211 Echo: 1. Isolde, 2. Billy Whizz, 3. Plan B

PY Class: 1. Noel Butler, 2. Brendan Foley, 3. Brian Sweeney

IDRA 14: 1. Dart, 2. Chaos, 3. Dunmoanin

Fireball: 1. Louise McKenna, 2. Frank Miller, 3. Paul ter Horst

Laser Standard: 1. Theo Lyttle, 2. Ross O'Leary, 3. Damian Maloney

Laser Radial: 1. Hugh O'Connor, 2. Sean Craig, 3. Brenda Maguire

The Royal Irish J109 White Mischief (Richard and Tim Goodbody) was the Cruiser 1 IRC winner in Saturday's DBSC race on Dublin Bay.

There was a 125 boat turnout across all classes for the AIB Summer Series, the country's biggest sailing series.

Second, in IRC 1, was the Royal Irish's XP33 Bon Exemple. The National Yacht Club J109 Jalapeno (Paul Barrington) was third.

Saturday's race marked the final DBSC on the water tribute to esteemed member, the late Carmel Winkelmann who passed away last week. Afloat tribute here. 

In the one-design classes, Ken Dumpleton was the Flying Fifteen class winner in Hera. 

The top three results across all classes are below:

(Above and below) the DBSC green fleet tribute to the late DBSC Race Official Carmel Winkelmann

DBSC Results for 19/06/2021

Race 1

Cruiser 0 IRC: 1. Rockabill VI, 2. Tsunami, 3. Lively Lady

Cruiser 0 Echo: 1. Tsunami, 2. Rockabill VI, 3. Lively Lady

Cruiser 1 IRC: 1. White Mischief, 2. Bon Exemple, 3. Jalapeno

Cruiser 1 Echo: 1. Indecision, 2. White Mischief, 3. Raptor

Cruiser 1 J109: 1. White Mischief, 2. Jalapeno, 3. Chimaera

31.7 One Design: 1. Attitude, 2. Prospect, 3. Bluefin Two

31.7 Echo: 1. Bluefin Two, 2. Kernach, 3. Attitude

Cruiser 2 IRC: 1. Windjammer, 2. Peridot, 3. Leeuwin

Cruiser 2 Echo: 1. Springer, 2. Windjammer, 3. Leeuwin

Cruiser 2 Sigma 33: 1. Leeuwin, 2. Gwili II, 3. Springer

Cruiser 3 IRC: 1. Starlet, 2. Krypton, 3. Maranda

Cruiser 3 Echo: 1. Ceol na Mara, 2. Pamafe, 3. Starlet

Cruiser 4 NS-IRC: 1. Boomerang, 2. RunAway

Cruiser 4 Echo: 1. Boomerang, 2. RunAway

Cruiser 5 NS-IRC: 1. Playtime, 2. Gung Ho, 3. Persistance

Cruiser 5 Echo: 1. Playtime, 2. Shearwater, 3. Katienua

SB20: 1. Ted, 2. So Blue, 3. Carpe Diem

Flying 15: 1. Phoenix, 2. Hera, 3. Glass Half Full

Sportsboat VPRS: 1. Jawesome III, 2. Jitterbug, 3. Jambiya

Sportsboat: 1. Jawesome III, 2. Jitterbug, 3. George 2

Dragon: 1. ZinZan, 2. Phantom

Ruffian: 1. Bandit, 2. Ruffrider, 3. Icicle

Shipman: 1. Curraglass, 2. Jo Slim 5, 3. Poppy

B211 One Design: 1. Ventuno, 2. Beeswing, 3. Chinook

B211 Echo: 1. Ventuno, 2. Beeswing, 3. Small Wonder

Glen: 1. Glenluce, 2. Glenroan, 3. GlenDun

Squib/Mermaid: 1. Lively Lady, 2. Jill, 3. Aideen

PY Class: 1. Noel Butler, 2. Brendan Foley, 3. Brian Sweeney

Fireball: 1. Owen Sinnott, 2. Paul ter Horst

Laser Standard: 1. Gavan Murphy, 2. Robbie Walker

Laser Radial: 1. Hugh O'Connor, 2. Marc Coakley, 3. Sean Craig

Race 2

SB20: 1. Carpe Diem, 2. Ted, 3. venuesworld.com

Flying 15: 1. Hera, 2. Phoenix, 3. Ignis Caput II

Sportsboat VPRS: 1. Jawesome III, 2. Jitterbug, 3. Jambiya

Sportsboat: 1. Jawesome III, 2. Jitterbug, 3. Jambiya

Dragon: 1. Phantom, 2. ZinZan

Ruffian: 1. Ruffles, 2. Ripples, 3. Bandit

B211 One Design: 1. Yikes, 2. Small Wonder, 3. Chinook

B211 Echo: 1. Small Wonder, 2. Chinook, 3. Billy Whizz

Squib/Mermaid: 1. Lively Lady, 2. Jill, 3. Aideen

PY Class: 1. Brendan Foley, 2. Noel Butler, 3. Brian Sweeney

Fireball: 1. Owen Sinnott, 2. Paul ter Horst

Laser Standard: 1. Gavan Murphy, 2. Robbie Walker

Laser Radial: 1. Sean Craig, 2. Hugh O'Connor, 3. Sophie Kilmartin

Tony Fox's IMX 38 Gringo from the National Yacht Club beat club mates John and Brian Hall's J109 Something Else in the Cruisers One IRC division of Dublin Bay Sailing Club's Saturday racing.

Racing for classes in Seapoint Bay in the DBSC AIB sponsored Summer Series was subjected to variable westerlies for the opening races before a more solid breeze from 170 degrees came through for the second race.

Jim McCann's Mustang 30 Peridot from the Royal Irish Yacht Club beat two Sigma 33s for the top spot in class two IRC.

In the One Design classes,  DMYC's Enfant de Marie (Ben Mulligan) was the winner of the first race with Phoenix (John Lavery) of the National Yacht Club the second race winner.

The top three results in each DBSC class are below

DBSC Results for 12/06/2021

Race 1

Cruiser 1 IRC: 1. Gringo, 2. Something Else, 3. Chimaera

Cruiser 1 Echo: 1. Gringo, 2. Powder Monkey, 3. Raptor

Cruiser 1 J109: 1. Something Else, 2. Chimaera, 3. Powder Monkey

31.7 One Design: 1. Attitude, 2. Kalamar, 3. Kernach

31.7 Echo: 1. Kalamar, 2. Kernach, 3. Attitude

Cruiser 2 IRC: 1. Peridot, 2. Leeuwin, 3. Rupert

Cruiser 2 Echo: 1. Leeuwin, 2. Rupert, 3. Peridot

Cruiser 2 Sigma 33: 1. Leeuwin, 2. Rupert, 3. Gwili II

Cruiser 3 IRC: 1. Maranda, 2. Starlet

Cruiser 3 Echo: 1. Maranda, 2. Papytoo, 3. Wynward

Cruiser 5 NS-IRC: 1. The Great Escape, 2. Gung Ho, 3. Playtime

Cruiser 5 Echo: 1. Sweet Martini, 2. The Great Escape, 3. Playtime

SB20: 1. venuesworld.com, 2. Ted, 3. So Blue

Flying 15: 1. Enfant de Marie, 2. Flyer, 3. Phoenix

Sportsboat: 1. Jambiya, 2. Joyride, 3. Jay Z

Sportsboat VPRS: 1. Jambiya, 2. Joyride, 3. Jawesome III

Shipman: 1. Curraglass, 2. Viking, 3. Jo Slim 5

Glen: 1. Glenroan, 2. GlenDun

PY Class: 1. Brendan Foley, 2. Michael McCambridge

IDRA 14: 1. Dunmoanin, 2. Chaos

Fireball: 1. Owen Sinnott, 2. Paul ter Horst

Race 2

SB20: 1. Ted, 2. Bad/Kilcullen, 3. Rubadubdub

Flying 15: 1. Phoenix, 2. Rodriguez, 3. Fflagella

Sportsboat: 1=. George 6, 1=. Jawesome III, 3. Jambiya

Sportsboat VPRS: 1. Jawesome III, 2. Jambiya, 3. Joyride

Ruffian: 1. Bandit, 2. Ripples, 3. Ruffles

B211 One Design: 1. Yikes, 2. Chinook, 3. Beeswing

B211 Echo: 1. Beeswing, 2. Ventuno, 3. Chinook

Squib/Mermaid: 1. Lively Lady, 2. Periquin, 3. Allsorts

PY Class: 1. Brendan Foley, 2. Michael McCambridge

IDRA 14: 1. Chaos, 2. Dunmoanin

Fireball: 1. Owen Sinnott, 2. Paul ter Horst

Race 3

PY Class: 1. Brendan Foley, 2. Michael McCambridge

IDRA 14: 1. Chaos, 2. Dunmoanin

Fireball: 1. Owen Sinnott, 2. Paul ter Horst

102 yachts started on a windy evening on Dublin Bay last night for the first Thursday race proper of the 2021 DBSC summer season.

Tim and Richard Goodbody's J109, White Mischief from the Royal Irish Yacht Club were Cruiser One winners in both IRC and ECHO. Chris Johnston's National Yacht Club Prospect was the Beneteau 31.7 winner 

Royal St. George's Windjammer (​Lindsey J Casey & Denis Power) won Class Two in IRC but Conor Ronan's Corby 26, Ruthless won on ECHO. 

Full results below.  

DBSC Results for 10/06/2021

Cruiser 1 IRC: 1. White Mischief, 2. Something Else, 3. Jalapeno

Cruiser 1 Echo: 1. Something Else, 2. White Mischief, 3. Jalapeno

Cruiser 1 J109: 1. White Mischief, 2. Something Else, 3. Jalapeno

31.7 One Design: 1. Prospect, 2. Attitude, 3. After You Too

31.7 Echo: 1. Indigo, 2. Attitude, 3. Bluefin Two

Cruiser 2 IRC: 1. Windjammer, 2. Ruthless, 3. Rupert

Cruiser 2 Echo: 1. Ruthless, 2. Windjammer, 3. Boojum

Cruiser 2 Sigma 33: 1. Boojum, 2. Rupert

Cruiser 3 IRC: 1. Starlet, 2. Maranda, 3. Eleint

Cruiser 3 Echo: 1. Grasshopper 2, 2. Starlet, 3. Saki

Cruiser 4 NS-IRC: 1. Boomerang, 2. Playtime

Cruiser 4 Echo: 1. Boomerang, 2. Antix, 3. Playtime

Cruiser 5A NS-IRC: 1. Prima Luce, 2. Act Two, 3. Persistance, 1. Sweet

Cruiser 5A Echo: 1. Aurora, 2. Prima Luce, 3. Act Two

Cruiser 5B Echo: 1. Sweet Martini, 2. Gung Ho, 3. Fortitudine

SB20: 1. Ted, 2. So Blue, 3. venuesworld.com

Flying 15: 1. Shane MacCarthy, 2. Enfant de Marie, 3. Glass Half Full

Sportsboat: 1. Jester, 2. Jheetah, 3. Jitterbug

Sportsboat: 1. Jester, 2. Jheetah, 3. Jitterbug

Ruffian: 1. Bandit, 2. Shannagh, 3. Ruffles

Shipman: 1. Curraglass, 2. Twocan, 3. Jo Slim 5

B211 One Design: 1. Chinook, 2. Yikes, 3. Billy Whizz

B211 Echo: 1. Chinook, 2. Isolde, 3. Small Wonder

Squib/Mermaid: 1. Jill, 2=. Periquin, 2=. Aideen

Damian Moloney won both of Tuesday night's Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) in-harbour Laser dinghy races, the first of the 2021 season.

Ten-knot southerly winds greeted the DBSC fleet that resumed Dun Laoghaire competition following almost a month of training races in line with COVID-19 protocols.

Frank Miller was the winner of both Fireball races. Likewise, Brendan Foley, sailing an RS Aero, won both of the PY races.

In the Radial class, Conor Clancy and Sean Craig took a win apiece.

DBSC Results for 08/06/2021

Race 1

Cruiser 3 Tuesday Echo: 1. Maranda, 2. Papytoo, 3. Saki

Flying 15: 1. Shane MacCarthy, 2. Perfect Ten

Ruffian: 1. Ruff Diamond, 2. Carmen

Shipman: 1. Poppy, 2. Bluefin

PY Class: 1. Brendan Foley, 2. Noel Butler, 3. Barry Byrne

Fireball: 1. Frank Miller, 2. Louise McKenna, 3. Owen Sinnott

Laser Standard: 1. Damian Maloney, 2. Chris Arrowsmith, 3. Gary O'Hare

Laser Radial: 1. Conor Clancy, 2. Hugh O'Connor, 3. Shirley Gilmore

Race 2

PY Class: 1. Brendan Foley, 2. Noel Butler, 3. Barry Byrne

Fireball: 1. Frank Miller, 2. Louise McKenna, 3. Owen Sinnott

Laser Standard: 1. Damian Maloney, 2. Gary O'Hare, 3. Theo Lyttle

Laser Radial: 1. Sean Craig, 2. Hugh O'Connor, 3. David Cahill

With Dublin Bay Sailing Club's final week of Pandemic-restricted Training Races currently underway (restrictions are lifted on Monday, June 7th), the always-numerous Flying Fifteen class have been threatening to fly too high, and may need to have their wings clipped in order to stay within the Irish Sailing limits of not more than 15 boats per class in an approved training fleet.

FF Class Captain Neil Colin has circulated his members today regarding the races on June 3rd and 5th, and states: “We will run the WhatsApp Roll Call, and if we exceed the quota, I will be asking some to step back on a Random Selection Basis”.

With just over a week to go until Dubin Bay Sailing Club racing starts on June 8th, 116 boats turned out across  21 classes for race training on the bay on Saturday.

There were light easterly winds and another lovely sunny day on the water for the Dun Laoghaire Harbour fleets. 

Race Officer Barry MacNeaney on MacLir had a busy day, starting the ISORA fleet at 10 am before taking charge of DBSC's Blue/Red Fleet of 45 boats. This included Cr0 1, Cr1 9, B31.7 9, CR2 6, Cr3 5, Cr4&5 9, Shipman & Glen 6

Other fleets were:

Green fleet 47 boats: RO Barry O’Neill on Freebird: SB20 7, FF 15, Sportsboat & Dragon 5, Ruffian 7, B211 9, Squibs & Mermaids 4

Dinghies: RO Barbara Conway on the Spirit of the Irish Committee Boat - 24 boats - PY 8, Laser 16 over two starts

DBSC has also been reporting strong turnouts for training last week as follows: 

Tues dinghies: RO Suzanne McGarry on Freebird - approx 24 over 3 starts, mostly Lasers

Wed Wags: RO Harry Gallagher on MacLir 15 boats

Thurs Blue Fleet: RO Ed Totterdell on MacLir 38 boats Cr0 2, Cr1 7, B31.7 9, Cr2 3, Cr3 9, Cr4&5 8

Thurs Red Fleet: RO Brian Mathews 44 boats SB20 4, Sportsboats&Dragon 4, FF 15, Ruffian 7, Shipmans 5, B211 6, Squibs&Mermaids 3, no Glens

The second Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) Saturday race training day attracted a fine fleet of 126 boats, forty more than last Saturday as the country's biggest yacht racing club prepares to resume competition from June 7th. 

The fleets training today were:

• Blue/Red fleets combined - RO Ed Totterdell aboard MacLir - 1 training race
  Total of 50 boats:
  Cr0 - 5, Cr 1 - 10, Cr 2 - 4, B31.7 - 7, Cr4+5 11, Shipman - 5, Glen - 0
• Green fleet = RO Barry O'Neill aboard Freebird - 2 training races
  Total of 43 boats:
  SB20 - 7, FF - 15, Sportsboats+Dragons - 6, Ruffians - 5, B211 - 6, Squibs+Mermaids - 4
• Dinghies - RO Suzanne McGarry aboard Spirit of the Irish - 2 training races
  Total of 33 dinghies inside the harbour:
  PY+IDRA 14+Fireball - 8, Lasers - 25 (2 4.7s, 6 standard rig, 17 Radial rig - split over 3 starts with max 15 in any start)

Winds were generally a bit lighter and shiftier in the north western end of the bay where the cruisers course was set and as a result, only one race was sailed.

Barry O'Neill and his Green fleet race management team got two great windward/leeward training races starting in the vicinity of the East mark. The wind died after the first training race and went down to just three knots, so Barry waited for about 15 minutes for the wind to fill in and then a second training race began in about 12-15 knots. 

The past week has seen the start of the full programme of the DBSC training mini-series.

Last Tuesday DBSC dinghies had approximately 36 boats on the water. Race Officer Suzanne McGarry aboard Freebird persevered to get a course laid in very shifty conditions and got one training race in which was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

On Wednesday the Water Wags had perfect conditions for RO Harry Gallagher aboard MacLir with 15 boats taking part in the training race inside the harbour as WM Nixon reported here

Thursday keelboat racing was cancelled due to weather.