Adam Winkelmann and Doug Smith, sailing Water Wag No. 46 Mademoiselle, clinched a late win in the beat to the finish of Wednesday evening's DBSC Water Wag Captain’s Prize Race. 

Race Officer Tadgh Donnelly set a three-round windward/leeward course, and the 24-boat fleet got off to a clear start after a brief postponement, as the line needed to be reset following a 20-degree wind shift in Dun Laoghaire Harbour.

Royal St. George's Sean and Heather Craig, sailing No.52 Puffin, led from the start but were hotly pursued by Mademoiselle.

Sean and Heather Craig, sailing No.52 Puffin in close competition with eventual winners Adam Winkelmann & Doug Smith sailing No. 46 Mademoiselle in tonight's DBSC Water Wag Captain’s Prize Race at Dun Laoghaire Harbour Photo: Brendan Briscoe

On the approach to the final gate, Mademoiselle pulled up level with Puffin and went for the port gate, so Puffin went for the starboard gate.

Mademoiselle crossed ahead of Puffin on the final short beat to get the gun in a very close finish.

Water Wag Class captain David Williams (left), winning helmsman Adam Winkelmann and Berna Williams Photo: Ann Kirwan

Results were:

1. No. 46 Mademoiselle Adam Winkelmann & Doug Smith
2. No. 52 Puffin Sean & Heather Craig
3. No. 15 Moosmie John O’Driscoll & Sarah Dwyer

Lindsay Casey's J97 Windjammer won Dublin Bay Sailing Club's (DBSC) AIB Summer Series race IRC Two division on Saturday afternoon.

The Royal St. George Yacht Club series leader finished with a corrected time of one hour, 24 minutes and 35 seconds to beat Fergus O'Sullivan's Sigma 33 Moonshine (1:36:44 corr). Third was Jim McCann's Mustang 30 Peridot (1:42:39 corr).

DBSC's IRC One division was won by Colin Byrne's Xp33 Bon Exemple, with the IRC Zero race abandoned.

Full results in all DBSC classes are below

Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) Race Officer Chris Moore was forced to cancel Wednesday night's weekly Water Wag racing due to a lack of wind on the Dun Laoghaire Harbour race course. 

Racing continues next Wednesday, with just four races left to sail in the 2023 season.

The aftermath of Storm Betty on Saturday afternoon led to a reduced racing schedule on Dublin Bay for the AIB DBSC Summer Series racing on August 19th.

The IRC cruiser fleets, Zero and Two were abandoned, with only one boat coming to the line in IRC Three.

The five-boat IRC One fleet, however, was won by Timothy Goodbody's J109 White Mischief in a corrected time of 1 hour 38 minutes and 03 seconds corrected to put the Royal Irish Yacht Club entry three points clear of clubmate Colin Byrne in the XP33 Bon Exemple at the top of the Saturday league with six Saturday races left to sail.

Second, in Saturday's 17th race was John Hall's sistership Something Else in a corrected time of 1:40:28, with another J109 third, Ben Shanahan's Ruth (1:41:26 corr)

In the one designs, Shane MacCarthy's Mr Potato Head from the National Yacht Club won a ten-boat Flying Fifteen fleet. Neil Colin's DMYC-based FFuzzy was second, with West Pier clubmate Alastair Court in FFinisterre third. 

The National Yacht Club's John Treanor won Thursday night's (August 17) DBSC Cruisers Zero IRC AIB race on Dublin Bay in his new this season J112E Valentina in a corrected time of 2:08:57

The win now puts Treanor thirteen points behind overall leader Sean Lemass in the First 40, Prima Forte from the Royal Irish Yacht Club.

Finishing second last night was Kyran McStay's X-34 D-Tox (2:13:23 corr), with Michelle Farrell's First 40.7 Tsunami third (2:14:24 corr) in the five-boat race.

In the one-design divisions, a 16-boat Flying Fifteen turnout saw class captain Robin Hilliard take the gun in 'fFastnet'. 

Results in all DBSC classes below.

Dublin Bay Sailing Club Race Officer Tadgh Donnelly set a three-round windward leeward course for the Water Wags race on Wednesday, August 16th.

Twenty-three boats competed in a 5-7kt SE breeze inside Dun Laoghaire Harbour.

Seán and Heather Craig’s Puffin from the Royal St. George Yacht Club just pipped clubmates Tim and Gillian Pearson’s Little Tern on the finish line. Little Tern had led the race from the start.

Results were:

1. No. 52 Puffin, Seán and Heather Craig
2. No. 36 Little Tern, Tim and Gillian Pearson
3. No. 47 Peggy, David & Patricia Corcoran

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.