#vdlr2013 – As all Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta competitors know only too well, the centre of this high pressure is bang over the top of Dublin Bay today, but fortunately it looks like it will slowly slide off to the south west over the weekend allowing for slightly stronger thermal breezes to develop. That's according to top UK forecaster Mike Broughton this lunch time.

Overall, the good news is that the front that looked like it was going to impinge on our lovely summer in Dublin in the early part of next week now looks like it won't ever make it and the high looks set to move east again giving us yet more sunshine.

According to Broughton, who runs the specialist sailing forecast website winningwind.com, a strong inversion has been partly responsible for the lack of sea breezes, but hopefully we should see 7-12 knot south east winds today and tomorrow.

#vdlr2013 – Dun Laoghaire regatta organisers will take a fresh look at the coastal course today in view of this morning's light wind forecast and the fact yesterday's finishers in this new 16-boat division did not get back to harbour until well after 7.30pm, an hour or more after the rest of the 393-boat fleet. 'Even the race office had gone home!', joked one competitor last night.

The coastal series accommodate those offshore sailors and larger cruisers who prefer to take part in races where the distances between marks are greater.

Last night, all times taken were declarations recorded by the competitors themselves at the last mark on the course, a feature of some offshore courses such as the ISORA series.

The first course: Muglins, Killiney, the Volvo Regatta mark, XC60, and the 40 foot mark, off Sandycove point was modest enough but proved a leg too far.

Due to the light conditions the fleet, with a handicap rating span of 15 minutes in the hour, all ended up rafted together, waiting for the time limit to arrive so that times rounding Killiney mark would apply. 

This morning, there are moves afoot to have the regatta's Sailing Instructions changed so any boat retiring would be recorded to their last mark.

The new division is designed to facilitate a large number of standard cruiser designs not suited to prevailing tight inshore courses and who cannot compete on handicap with some of the out and out racing machines but yesterday the longer course just ran out of wind.

#vdlr2013 – Inshore and offshore campaigner John Maybury's J109, Joker II, continues her winning form this season after victory in this afternoon's light and shifty opening race of the 2013 Volvo Dun Laoghaire regatta.

Nearly 3000 sailors are afloat on Dublin Bay for the four day regatta that is the biggest sailing event in the Irish Sea area. The event hit the headlines yesterday with a full page entry list of all competing boats in the Irish Times. The value of the event is estimated by organisers to be worth €600k to the local economy.

The regatta got off to a prompt start in spite of forecasts of no wind, with all 25 classes completing the first day's programme.

Local sailor Maybury, from the Royal Irish Yacht Club, who was a class winner in June's Sovereign's Cup, took the first race of the 14–boat J109 fleet by a considerable margin, making every use of multiple Olympic keelboat helmsman Mark Mansfield on board.

Second was John Collins in Jet Stream from Pwllheli Sailing Club. His club mate, the ISORA offshore champion, Sgrech, sailed by Stephen Tudor was third.

Conditions could not have been more different than the first race this time two years ago when strong southerly winds gusted to gale force in the biennial event.

Today was equally as testing but for completely different reasons as sailors struggled to keep sails filling in the gentle sea breeze and strong sunshine that prevailed. 'It was light and shifty, you really had to keep your head out of the boat' said Mansfield, a veteran of the 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics in the Star keelboat.

Racing is being staged until Sunday over eight separate courses and a combined fleet of 393 boats, with 120 visiting yachts.

An impressive line up of 12 class zero boats has made Volvo Dun Laoghaire regatta the biggest turnout this year for the 40-footers.

Ten are visiting boats, but first race honours are staying local with Howth's well campaigned Mills 36 Crazy Horse (Alan Chambers and Norbert Reilly) taking a win from the Clyde based First 40, Zephyr (Stephen Cowie). Third this afternoon was Swansea's Dark Angel, a Dubois 37 skippered by Anthony Ackland.

In Class one's 16–boat fleet the recently crowned Irish class one champion Bon Exemple, a new Xp33 design, is on top again beating Fairlie's Mat1010 in the opening round. Third was Paul O'Higgin's Rockabill from the Royal Irish Yacht Club.

Yachts are sailing different courses including trapezoid, windward–leeward, and triangular configurations. This year for the first time there is also a coastal division but no winners details are available so far, with this 16-boat division only returning to harbour last night (under engine) at 1930.

The 2011 winner of the overall Volvo trophy Ken Lawless is back in  contention again but in a different boat. 

His new vintage quarter tonner Cartoon was fifth in today's opening race in one of the regatta's biggest fleets today but taking the gun in this 24-boat division is the IRC Class three National Champion Quest, skippered by Barry Cunningham of the Royal Irish Yacht Club.

In the one design and dinghy divisions, sailing in the centre or the north west of the bay, there were plenty of familiar names at the top of the fleets.

Tim Goodbody leads the Sigma 33s, Ian Mathews the Flying fifteens, Gerry O'Connor the Squibs and Michael O'Connor in the SB20s.

Sailing in Seapoint bay with a 120 degree wind, a nine boat Fireball fleet sailed two races with winds strong enough for marginal trapezing. Both counting a 1 and a 2, the Clancy Brothers are tied with Brian Byrne and Stephen Campion for first place. More on the Fireball racing here.

Racing continues tomorrow (Friday).

Day one provisional selected results 

IRC CLASS 0 1. Crazy Horse (Chambers/ Reilly) 2. Zephyr (S Cowie) 3. Dark Angel (A Ackland)

IRC CLASS 1 1. Bon Example (X Yachts GB) 2. Now or Never 3 (N Stafford) 3. Rockabill V (P O'Higgins)

IRC CLASS 2 1. Checkmate XV (N Biggs) 2. Scenario Encore (S&J Fitton) 3. Tribal (L Burke)

J109 1. Joker II (J Maybury) 2. Jet Stream (J Collins) 3. Sgrech (S Tudor)

SIGMA 33 1. White Mischief (T Goodbody) 2. Leaky Roof 2 (A Harper/ E&K Robertson) 3. Rupert (R&P Lovegrove)

BENETEAU 31.7 1. Eauvtion (J&D Corlett) 2. Twister (Byers/ Fletcher/ Fair) 3. Prospect (C Johnston)

 

#vdlr2013 – A weather expert has allayed fears of a windless start to Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta tomorrow in spite of the current calm on Dublin Bay.

An area of high pressure hangs over Ireland on the eve of the event and with little wind on Dublin Bay all week, the question on the lips of over 3,000 sailors in 390 boats gathered in Dun Laoghaire for Ireland's biggest sailing event is; 'will there be wind?'

After two years of planning, organisers fears of a repeat of the inaugural 2005 event, when the event was becalmed for four days, are, it appears unfounded.

UK Met guru Dr. Simon Keeling says, 'hang in there, the winds are coming!'

Last Saturday for DBSC racing, the bay produced a sparkling 15-20 knot sea breeze in bright sunshine (photos and results here) but since then there's been nothing, but glassy calm, heavy, humid air plus a lot of local theories as to why the sea breeze has disappeared.

The good news, according to Keeling of Weatherweb.net, who supplies regular weekly forecasts to Dun Laoghaire marina berth holders, is that conditions look more favourable for a sea breeze tomorrow, although only light.

By Friday, the UK based Keeling says 'winds will turn to the NW around F3 or F4 as high pressure retreats leaving a residual ridge behind'.

We'll keep our fingers crossed.

#VDLR2013 – Scroll down this page for the full entry of 390 boats in 25 classes equalling the inaugural 2005 regatta.

 

Class	Boat Name	Owner	Club
IRC 0	Jezebel	Guy Cowper	Royal Dee YC
	Eos	Rod Stuart	Clyde CC
	Impetuous	Richard Fildes	South Caernarvonshire YC
	Dark Angel	Anthony Ackland	Swansea Yacht & Sub Aqua Club
	Roxstar	Findlay and Anderson	Clyde CC
	Grand Cru II	Jamie McGarry	Clyde CC
	Mighty Max 2	Neil Thomas	Liverpool YC
	Loose Change	Morris Mitton/Peter Redden	Royal Irish YC
	Zephyr	Steven Cowie	Clyde Cruising Club
	Jacob	John Stamp	Port Edgar
	Elf too	Christine Murray	Clyde CC
	Crazy Horse	Chambers/Reilly	Howth YC
IRC 1	Injenious	MG SAILING [Crompton/Hallworth]	South Caernarvonshire YC
	Carmen II	Alan Jeffrey and Paul Scutt	Helensburgh SC
	Boomerang	Kirwan Family	Royal St George YC
	Black Velvet	Parnell Family	Royal Irish YC
	What's the Rush 2	Ernie Kelly	Ballyhenry Boat club
	Animal	Debbie Aitken	Clyde CC
	Bada Bing	Andy Napper, Andy and Annie Farrell	Liverpool YC
	Now or Never 3	Neill Sandford	Fairlie YC
	Axiom	Michael J ONeill	Royal Irish YC
	Megalopolis	Peter Allman	Royal St George YC
	Rockabill V	Paul OHiggins	Royal Irish YC
	Adrenalin	Balfe/McDonald/OMalley	National YC
	Flashback	Paddy Gregory, Don Breen	Howth YC
	Raptor	Denis Hewitt & Ors	Royal Irish YC
	Gringo	Tony Fox	National Yacht Club
	Bon Exemple	X Yachts GB	Royal Irish YC
	Eazi Tiger	Connolly/Kyffin/Oliver	Liverpool YC
IRC 2	King One	David Cullen	Howth YC
	Kamikaze	Peter Nash	Royal St George YC
	Movistar Bleu	Raymond Killops	Killyleagh YC
	Jester	Declan Curtin	National YC
	Cor Baby	Ryan, Lattimore and Kiernan	Royal Irish YC
	Viking	Kevin Darmody/Mark Patterson	Howth YC
	Dux	Anthony Gore-Grimes	Howth YC
	Graduate	Barron, Dunne, Merrigan O Keeffe	Royal Irish YC
	Checkmate XV	Nigel Biggs	Royal St George YC/Visiting Cowes
	Witzend 2	Peter Conlon	Royal St George YC
	Bendemeer	Lindsay J Casey and Denis Power	Royal St George YC
	Tribal	Liam Burke	Galway Bay SC
	MiniMumm	Ronan Cobbe and Niamh McDonald	Howth YC
	Scenario Encore	Stuart/Julie Fitton	Blackpool and Fleetwood YC
	The Big Picture	R and M Evans and B Heffernan	Howth YC
	Maximus	Paddy Kyne	Howth YC
	Cherubino	Yves Letertre	Carlingford SC
	Fifty shades	Stuart cranston	Strangford lough yc
	Dick Dastardly	Brian Cusack and Others	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC
	Peridot	Yannick Charrier / Jim McCann / Paul Cadden / Hugh O'Donnell	Royal Irish YC
	Impetuous	Fergal Noonan/Robert Chambers	Howth YC
	Helter Skelter	Adrienne and Averil Jermyn	Royal St George YC
	Significant	Ian Macdonald	Clyde CC
	Karukera	Gerry Harvey	Royal St George YC
	Sunburn	Ian Byrne	Howth YC
	Red Rhum	Jonathan/Christopher Nicholson	Royal St George YC
IRC 3	Tango	Andy Dunn	Douglas Bay YC IOM
	NYAH	Stefan Hyde	Royal Cork YC
	Wynward	Wyn McCormack	Royal Irish YC
	Chouskikou	Declan Ward	DL Marina
	Supernova	Timbs/Costello/McStay/Monaghan	Royal Irish YC
	Cacciatore	Mairead Ni Cheallachain	National YC
	Alliance II	Vincent Gaffney	Howth YC
	Hard on Port	Flor ODriscoll	Howth YC
	Pamafe	Michael Costello	Royal Irish YC
	Cri-Cri	Paul Colton	Royal Irish YC
	Asterix	Boushell/Counihan/Meredith	DL Marina
	Jaws	Jaime Bergin, Brendan Foley, Others	Dublin Bay SC
	Grasshopper 2	Kevin and John Glynn	National YC
	Challenger	Paul Rossiter	Howth YC
	Goyave	Russell Camier	Malahide YC
	Gossip	Meredith, Kerins, Barron, Rowley	Royal Irish YC
	Carrabeg	D.L.Martin	Royal St George YC
	Flash	Graeme Noonan / Brian Flahive	Wicklow SC
	HyFlyer	John Barnard	Poolbeg Yacht and Boat Club
	Apache	Jonathan Gifford	Quoile YC
	Saki	Ryan and McCormack	Royal Irish YC
	Don Giovanni	Cillian Macken	Howth YC
	Taiscealai	Brian Richardson	Royal Irish YC
	Triple Seven	D.Fitzgerald/S.Gardiner	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC
	Gung-Ho	Grainne and Sean OShea	Royal Irish YC
	Cartoon	Joe Brady/Sybil McCormack/Ken Lawless	Royal Irish YC
	Jamais Encore	JP McCaldin	Lough Erne Yacht Club
	Jelignite	Finbarr Ryan	Lough Ree YC
	Triple Seven	D.Fitzgerald/S.Gardiner	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC
	Quest	Barry Cunningham and Johnny Skerritt	Royal Irish YC
	J Guevara	Hasson Family	Lough Swilly YC
	Euro Car Parks Kilcullen	Howth YC K25 Team	Howth YC
	Starlet	Bourke, Maher, McGirr	Howth YC
	Borraine	Ean Pugh	Royal Irish YC
Beneteau 31.7	Extreme Reality	P McSwiney/ E ORafferty	Royal Irish YC
	Prima Nocte	Deirdre Kennedy/Patrick Burke	Royal Irish YC
	Levante	Michael Leahy/John POwer	National YC
	Levana	Jean Mitton	Royal St George YC
	Prospect	Chris Johnston	National YC
	After You Too	Michael Blaney	Royal St George YC
	Dies Irae	Patrick D Rowan	Royal Irish YC
	Kernach	Eoin ODriscoll	National YC
	Bluefin Two	Michael/Bernie Bryson	National YC
	Fiddly Bits	PJ Timmins/B.Quigley/G.Murray/ D.Breen	Royal St George YC
	Avalon	Conan/Fox	Royal St George YC
	Magic	Donal O'Sullivan, David Espey	Royal Irish YC
	30 Something	Brian Kavanagh	Royal St George YC
	Eauvation	Jason and Debbie Corlett	Douglas Bay YC
	Twister	Byers/Fletcher/Fair	Royal Ulster YC
	Attitude	Sugars/Milner	Royal Irish YC/Royal St George YC
	Legally blonde	C.Drohan/P.Egan	Royal St George YC
J109	Indecision	Declan Hayes	Royal Irish YC
	Ruth	Liam Shanahan	National YC
	Joker 2	John Maybury	Royal Irish YC
	Powder Monkey	Chris Moore, Mark Byrne,Others	National YC
	Something Else	John and Brian Hall, Sue McDonnell	National YC
	Jump The Gun	Michael Monaghan/John Kelly	Royal Irish YC
	Sleeper	Alasdair Davidson	Liverpool YC
	Mojito	Peter Dunlop/Vicky Cox	Pwllheli SC
	Jeepster	David Lean	South Caernarvonshire YC
	Storm	Pat Kelly	Rush SC
	Sgrech	Stephen Tudor	Pwllheli SC
	Jalapeno	Barrington/Burke/Phillips	National YC
	Jedi	Sarratt and Austin and McGuiness	Royal Irish YC
	Jetstream	John Collins	Pwllheli SC
Non Spinnaker	Vespucci	Sean & Kristina ORegan	Royal St George YC/Royal Irish YC
	Eden Park	Liam Farmer	Royal Irish YC
	Bite the Bullet	Colm Bermingham	Howth YC
	Humdinger	Michael Mc Cabe	Carlingford SC
	The Great Escape	Patrick & Denise Rigney	Royal Irish YC
	Syledis in Blue	John & Brenda Hayes	Bray SC
	Gannet	Brian McCann	Carlingford Lough YC
	Chase Me	John Raughter	Bray SC
	More Mischief	Eamonn Doyle	DL Marina
	White Lotus	Paul Tully	DL Marina
	Demelza	Stephanie Ennis	Howth YC
	Jokers Wild	Gordon Knaggs	Howth YC
	Persistance	Charles Broadhead, Ian Stuart, Jerry Collins	Royal Irish YC
	Spirit	Colin OBrien et al	Royal St George YC
	Excalibur	Bart Connolly	Bray SC
	Sea Safari	Jacqueline Smith	Royal Irish YC
	Calypso	Howard Knott	Royal St George YC
	Afternoon Delight	M.Bennett, M Brennan, JP Mackay, G Begley	Royal Irish YC
	Brazen Hussy	Barry/Stirling	Howth YC
	Katie	T.Dunne/F.Fahy/CMcGuinness/D.Grace	Royal St George YC
	Orna	Philip Dilworth	National YC
	Nirvana	Bernard Neeson	Royal St George YC
	To Infinity and Beyond	Kieran Crowley	Royal St George YC
	Dragonfly	Alo McGoldrick	Poolbeg Yacht and Boat Club
	Act Two	M Oleary/T Roche/D Andrews	Royal Irish YC
	Aurora	Ray Conway	National YC
	Emir Herr	Liam Shanahan	National YC
	Nauti-Gal	John and Jason Crawford	Royal St George YC
	Setanta	Gavin Denn	National YC
	Zephyr	Ross Cahill-OBrien	National YC
	Just Jasmin	Philip Smith	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC
	Xerxes	Dan ONeill	Royal Irish YC
	Big Deal	Derek Dillon	Foynes YC
	Effex II	Frank Friel	Royal Irish YC
	Moonshine	Team Foynes Partners	Foynes YC
	Roaring Water	Jack Coffey	Royal Irish YC
	Eblana	Roger Aplin
	Pure Magic	Steve Hayes	Bray SC
	Windermere	Joe Taylor	Greystones SC
IRC Coastal	Lula Belle	Liam Coyne	National YC
	Ulula III	Nick Ogden	Liverpool YC
	Lively Lady	Derek Martin	Royal Irish YC
	Adelie	Peter Hall	National YC
	Lady Rowena	David Bolger	Royal St George YC
	Aquelina	Sheila Tyrrell/James Tyrrell	Arklow SC
	Wow	George Sisk	Royal Irish YC
	African Challenge	Dirk van Breda	National YC
	Tsunami	Vincent Farrell	National YC
	Soufriere	Stephen OFlaherty	Royal Irish YC
	Mermaid IV	Seamus Fitzpatrick	Royal Irish YC
	Windshift	Brian Gillen	DL Marina
	Coirin	Finn Lyden	Royal St George YC
	Polished Manx	Kuba Szymanski	Douglas Bay YC IOM
	Rebellion	Hughes/Hanlon/O'Mahony	National YC
	Miss Behavin	Alan Bell and Others	National YC
Sigma 33	Popje	Ted mcCourt	National YC
	Enchantress	Larkin/Bonner/Nichol	National YC
	Marauder	Dr P Milner/Dr T Saunders	South Caernarvonshire YC
	Leaky Roof 2	A.Harper/EandK Robertson	Cove SC
	Gwili Two	Dermot Clarke/Paddy Maguire	Royal St George YC
	Saphoenix	Ken Roberts	Liverpool YC
	Leeuwin	Robert Kerr/H and C Leonard	Royal Irish YC
	Springer	Ian Bowring	Royal St George YC
	Pippa IV	M.O'Brien/G.Kinsman/E.McMahon	DL Marina
	Pastiche	Thomas J O Neill	Royal Irish YC
	Rupert	Richard V Lovegrove/Philip R Lovegrove	Royal St George YC
	Moonshine	Ronnie Moloney	Royal St George YC
	September Song	Barry Colleary	Royal Irish YC
	White Mischief	Timothy Goodbody	Royal Irish YC
Beneteau First 21	Capilano	Séamus Storan	Royal Irish YC
	eeZee Tiger	Paraic Bourke	National YC
	Small Wonder	Hugh Kelly	Royal Irish YC
	Isolde	Peter Carroll	Royal Irish YC
	Yikes!	Joe Conway	Royal Irish YC
	Syzrgy	Rowan Fogarty	Royal St George YC
	Mon Reve	Brian Stewart	Malahide YC
	Wild Thing	Louis Byrne/Declan Costello	Tralee Bay SC
	Chinook	Andrew Bradley and Paul Morgan	Royal Irish YC
	Carna	Stuart Spence	Scotland
	Backchat	Karen Smith	DL Marina
	Plan B	Kieran Kingston/Vincent Mulvey	Royal St George YC
	Double Dutch	John Bickerstaff	England
	Frutti di Mare	Niallo Carroll	DL Marina
Shipman	Whiterock	Henry M. Robinson	Royal Irish YC
	Bluefin	B Finucane	National YC
	Curaglas	John Masterson	National YC
	The Den	George Miller/Aisling Costello	Royal St George YC
	Poppy	Peter Beamish and others	Royal St George YC
	Malindi	Andrew Gray/Bernard Smith	National YC
	Invader	Gerard Glynn	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC
	Jo Slim	J.Clarke,BJ and G Maher	Royal St George YC
	Viking	Mason,McCrohan,McWeeney Glynn	Royal St George YC
	Twocan	David Freeman	Royal St George YC
	Juniper	Nick Jones/Harry Byrne	Royal St George YC
	Euphanzel 3	John Simington/Graham Crisp/Colm Duggan	Royal St George YC
	Brent Goose	Tony Vincent	Royal St George YC
	Just Good Friends	Gerry O'Neill	National YC
	Gusto	Christine Heath/Graham Miles	Royal St George YC
	Euphanzel	John Simington & Others	Royal St George YC
Ruffian 23	Paramour	Larry Power	National YC
	Ruff Diamond	Regina Regan/Wyn Hughes/ Peter McIntyre	Sailing in Dublin Club
	Carmen	Brendan Duffy/Mike Hinkson	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC
	Ruf Nuff	derek mitchell	Royal St George YC
	Different Drummer	Declan Tonge	National YC
	Icicle	Colm Murray	National YC
	Diane 2	Alan Claffey/Chris Helme	Royal St George YC
	Riff Raff	Hilary Murphy-Fagan	National YC
	Ripples	Frank Bradley	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC
	Bandit	Kirwan/Cullen/Brown	National YC
	Ruff Rider	Ronan Lee	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC
	Ruff Justice	Pat ODowd,Jane Holland,Bryan Dobson	Royal Irish YC
	Alias	Jonathan Ryan, Jim Woods, Fred Barry	National YC
SB20	Venuesworld.com	Ger Dempsey	Royal Irish YC
	Sunday Brunch	David Dwyer/Richard Tate	Royal St George YC
	Smoke on the Water	Bob Hobby	Royal St George YC
	Should Be…	Michael O Connor	Royal St George YC
	Sin Bin	Emmet Ryan	Royal St George YC
	Bad-Kilcullen	Jerry Dowling	Royal Irish YC
	Sin a Bhuifl	Gillian Guinness	Howth YC
	Shockwave	Kevin Collins	Sligo YC
	Ruby Blue	Pete Smyth/Aidan OConnell	Royal St George YC
	Odin	James Gorman	National YC
	TBC	Dorgan/Collins	Cove SC
	Lia	Dave Barry	Royal St George YC
	Alert Packaging	Justin Burke	National YC
	ShamBolic	Allen/Kennedy/Ramsay	Royal St George YC
	SacreBleu	Doug Smith	Royal Irish YC
	Timber	Alan McNab	Royal Irish YC
	Probably	Ian Simington	Royal St George YC
	Rubadubdub	Nick Doherty,Rob Gavin	National YC
	Seriously Bonkers 3	Martin Cuppage/Peter Lee	Royal St George YC
	BomChickaWahWah	John O'Driscoll	Royal St George YC
Dragon	Phantom	Peter Bowring/David Williams	Royal St George YC
	Jaguar	Martin Byrne	Royal St George YC
	ZinZan	Dan OConnor	Royal Irish YC
	Diva	Rick Johnson/Richard Goodbody/Rob Johnson	Royal Irish YC
	Cloud	Clare Hogan	Royal St George YC
	Scorcher	Greag Purcell	Royal Irish YC
	Sir Ossis of the River	Denis Bergin	Royal Irish YC
	Mstere	James Peters/Dave Cummings	South Caernarvonshire YC
Glen	Glencoe	RM Craig/P&F Sheehan/J Murphy/ B Cotter	Royal St George YC
	Glendun	Brian Denham	Royal St George YC
	Glen Miller	Paul Cusack/Conor Ohanlon/Niamh Strathern	Royal St George YC
	Glencree	John Bligh/Henry Roche	Royal St George YC
	Glenmarissa	Frank Elmes/Wilf Higgins	Royal St George YC
	Glengesh	Gearld Sands/Barry O Connor	Royal Irish YC
	Glenshesk	Gena Walker/Liz Faulkner/Adrian Henderson/Mike Reid	Royal St George YC
	Glenshane	Pete Hogan	Royal St George YC
	Glenariff	Adrian Lee	Royal St George YC
	Glenluce	Richard/Donal OConnor	Royal St George YC
	Pterodactyl	Roderick & David McCaffrey	Royal St George YC
Howth 17	Oona	Peter Courtney	Howth YC
	Isobel	Brian and Conor Turvey	Howth YC
	Sheila	Mary Faherty	Howth YC
	Pauline	Shane O'Doherty/Eoghan Ryan	Howth YC
RS Elite	Storm	John Gunning/Stephen Polly/ David Kelso	Royal Ulster YC
	Fullmarks	Mark Brien,Mark Ennis/Mark Mcneill	Royal North of Ireland YC
	Toucan	Gavin and Mike Vaughan	Royal North of Ireland YC
	Momentary Laps...	John Patterson	Royal Ulster YC
Sailfleet J80	Northside 1	Noel Davidson	Howth YC
	Northside 2	TBA	Howth YC
	Northside 3	TBA	Howth YC
	Northside 4	TBA	Howth YC
	Southside 1	Mary O'Loughlin	Dun Laoghaire
	Southside 2	Kenny Rumball	Dun Laoghaire
	Southside 3	TBA	Dun Laoghaire
	Southside 4	TBA	Dun Laoghaire
Flying Fifteen	The Gruffalo	Ian Mathews	National YC
	Deranged	Alan Green	National YC
	A Mere Triffle	Peter Sherry/Karl Ruddy	National YC
	Flyer	Niall Coleman	National YC
	Ash	Joe Coughlan	National YC
	Out of the Blue	Fraser Mitchell	National YC
	The Big Bow Wow	Niall Meagher/Nicki Matthews	National YC
	Fflogger	Alan Dooley	National YC
	Kooigjug	K Dumpleton	National YC
	Snow White	Francis J Burgess	National YC
	Perfect ten	Alan Balfe	National YC
	HiFibre	Peter Murphy	National YC
	Fflapjack	Robin Hilliard	National YC
	Rollercoaster	Tom Murphy	National YC
	UFO	Valerie Mulvin	National YC
	Hard Currency	Charlie Boland
	Melliffluence	Ben Mulligan	National YC
	As Good as it Gets	Ross Doyle	National YC
Fireball	Elevation	Neil Colin/Margaret Casey	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC
	License to Thrill	Louis Smyth	Coal Harbour DL
	Tipsey McStagger	Conor and James Clancy	Royal St George YC
	Blue Eyes	Henry Rice	Coal Harbour DL
	TBA	McGuire/Chambers	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC
	Sparkly Arkley	Ed Hyland	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC
	Blind Squirrel	Frank Miller	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC
	Let's Get Messy	Bryan Byrne	Royal Irish YC
	Goodness Gracious	Louise McKenna/Francis Rowan	Royal St George YC
	Funk Phenomena	Gavin Doyle/Dave Sweeney	National YC
Mermaid	The Message	Ross Galbraith	Skerries SC
	Gentoo	Brian Mc Nally	Skerries SC
	Tiller Girl	Jonathan ORourke	National YC
	Jill	Paul Smith, Pat Mangan	Royal Irish YC
	Lively Lady	Geraldine ONeill and Mick Hanney	National YC
	Bean Adhmaid	Martin OToole	Skerries SC
	Dolphin	Seamus OToole	Skerries SC
	Azeezy	Sam Shiels	Skerries SC
	Aideen	Brendan Martin/Dan Brennan	National YC
	Endeavour	Roger Bannon	National YC
	Helen	Therese Rooney	Skerries SC
	Argo	Darragh McCormack	Foynes YC
	Mayhem	Enda Weldon	Rush SC
Squib	Perfection	Jill Fleming	Royal St George YC
	Anemos	Pete and Anne Evans	Royal St George YC
	Pintail	M.Muldoon/B.Stevens	National YC
	Why Not	Derek Jago	Royal St George YC
	Periquin	Noel Colclough	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC
	Chatterbox	Jeff Kay	Howth YC
	Contender	Denis Todd	Royal North of Ireland YC
	lola	Frank Whelan	Royal St George YC
	Little Demon	Sheila Power	Royal St George YC
	Kookaburra	Peter/Marie Dee	Royal St George YC
	Toy for the Boys	Peter Wallace	Royal North of Ireland YC
	BuzzLite	Gerry OConnor	Royal St George YC
	Nimble	Brian OHare, and Alain Deladiennee	Royal St George YC
	Black Amour	Sean OReilly	Howth YC
	Kerfuffle	Jonathan and Hazel Craig	Howth YC
	Hawkeye	Simon Hutchinson	Killyleagh YC
	Fox	Michael Moran/Michael Shiel	Royal St George YC
IDRA 14	Shearwater	Ciaran Browne	Clontarf Yacht and Boat Club
	Chimaera	Killian Sargent/Yvonne Murray	Clontarf Yacht and Boat Club
	Doody	John Fitzgerald/Jennifer Byrne	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC
	Diane	Fergal OFlaherty/Brian Murphy	Coal Harbour DL
	Slipstream	Julie Ascoop/Heather Keenan	Clontarf Yacht and Boat Club
	Dart	Pierre Long/Hazel Rea	Coal Harbour DL
	Dunmoanin	Frank Hamilton	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC
	Delos ii	Patrick ONeill	Clontarf Yacht and Boat Club
	Sapphire	Lorcan OSullivan	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC
Water Wag	Little Tern	John Ross-Murphy	Royal St George YC
	Mollie	Cathy Mac Aleavey	National YC
	Good Hope	Hal Sisk	Royal Irish YC
	Swift	Guy Kilroy	Royal Irish YC
	Marie Louise	John J Magnet	Royal Irish YC
	Eros	Gail Varian	Royal St George YC
	Chloe	Kate OLeary	Royal Irish YC
	Pansy	Vincent Delany	The Water Wag Club
	Coquette	Seymour Cresswell	Sailing in Dublin
	Sprite	Adrian Masterson	Royal Irish YC
	Freddie	David corcoran/ bairbre Stewart	Royal Irish YC
	Marcia	Jim Foley and Yvonne Ryan	Royal St George YC
PY	Sky Bird	Paul McDermott	National YC
	The Return of the Milky Bar Kid	Hugh Sheehy	Royal St George YC
	Laser Vago	Grace Lumsden	Sailing in Dublin
	Laser Vago	Federico CardonaPons	Sailing in Dublin
	Laser Vago	Stuart McBride	Sailing in Dublin
	Mach 2	John Chambers	Coal Harbour DL
	Mach 2	Annalise Murphy	National YC
	Rihanna	Rory Fitzpatrick	None
	Sailplan	Paul Keane	Royal Irish YC
	888	Anthony Clendinning	Coleraine Yacht Club
	Fossatoo	Will Nesbitt	Royal Irish YC
	Phooey	Richard Harding	National YC
	The Pearse Allen	Sean Flanagan	Royal St George YC
	Roubaix	Francis Barry	Royal St George YC
	West Sails	Yannick Lemonnier	Galway Bay SC

#dragon – The Irish Dragon class has been unable to commit to 'more than a handful of boats' travelling to Bangor in County Down for the 2013 Irish National Championships in August.

As a result, the class has been forced in to a change of venue and the championships will now take place at the Royal Irish Yacht Club on Dublin Bay from August 8-11. The class has an entry of nine for this week's Volvo Dun Laoghaire regatta.

#vdlr – Irish sailing tourism is buoyant in the capital with 250 boats from all over the world visiting Dublin Bay over the last four months and this week 120 boats from outside the Bay area are expected for Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta (VDLR).

The attraction of visiting Dublin City remains strong for visitors who arrive under their own sail into Dun Laoghaire Marina from all over the world including from the USA, Australia, Norway, Germany, France, Switzerland, Finland, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, UK, Spain, Italy. Dun Laoghaire Marina, the largest marina in Ireland, reports that 250 boats from overseas have visited its marina for varying periods of time since 1st April 2013.

These figures are being released in advance of the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta, the biggest sailing event in the country which will take place from Thursday 11th – Sunday 14th July. In addition to the 260 local boats that will compete in the Regatta, 120 will arrive to compete from other yachts clubs outside Dublin Bay, Northern Ireland and right across the British Isles.

Speaking about the influx of boats into Dun Laoghaire Marina, Paal Janson, General Manager said "the main reason we see such a flow of visitors into the Marina is because of the attraction of the capital city and the novelty of being able to visit a European city and stay in your own accommodation which is a relatively unusual offering. Dun Laoghaire Marina is also a safe and large marina with capacity for 820 boats, 24/7 access, full facilities and direct transport links."

Dun Laoghaire's 820 berth town marina has welcomed sailors from all over the world this season. Photo: Afloat.ie

The marina will also welcome all of the visiting boats from outside Dublin Bay for the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta (VDLR.) The VDLR is the biggest sailing event in the country. 380 boats and 2,500 sailors will compete across 25 different classes of boats and the competitors will race across eight different courses over the four days of the Regatta.

Speaking in advance of the VDLR, Adam Winkelmann, VDLR Chairman said, 'We have been running this regatta every two years since 2005 and over that period of time have only seen a 7.5% decrease in entries which is not that dramatic considering the state of the economy. The regatta also brings a significant amount to the local economy. Using the Irish tourism multiplier the average expenditure per competitor will be €60 per day which for 2,500 competitors will be €150,000 per day and €600,000 for the four day event."

#vdlr – The waterfront in Dun Laoghaire wears its history lightly. In observing it, you're immediately aware of the elegant pavilions which are the classically-designed premises of the three senior yacht clubs, places which are redolent of a long history. But because there is so much in the way of boats and sailing sharing the space with them, and bringing the harbour waters so brightly to life, these are not brooding edifices setting a sombre mood on all about them.

On the contrary, they're fun places, brimming with vitality. They speak of living in the present, even as they acknowledge their interesting past. And as their history has been intertwined with the history of Ireland for almost two centuries, perhaps it would be useful for the rest of the country to realise just how skillfully Dun Laoghaire's yacht clubs have steered themselves through times good and bad. For they've come through national changes which, you might think, would have swept away the clubs and much of what they represented. Yet now they are happily accepted as an integral part of the community, playing a key role in the life of one of Ireland's most vibrant regions, and functioning at a sporting level which gives them national and international significance.

With all four clubs combining in the four day Volvo Dun Laoghaire which starts next Thursday with summer settling in nicely in time on Dublin Bay, the importance of their shared role comes centre stage. But this past week, we highlighted the achievement of one club in particular, when the Mitsubishi Motors/ISA Sailing Club of the Year trophy was formally presented to the Royal St George Yacht Club on Wednesday evening.

Though its title is Club of the Year 2013, it's awarded for success in 2012, and it was first announced in March. However, clubs have their private side and their public side, and the presentation of the ship's wheel trophy (which has been part of the sailing scene since 1979) in the club's own premises makes the award complete, as it's an opportunity to celebrate the contribution made by all members to a club's success.

In fact, in the case of the George, it was people from all over Ireland who contributed to the success, as they volunteered to help with the main feature of the 2012 season, which was the Royal St George YC's position as the lead club in organizing the ISAF Youth Worlds in Dun Laoghaire in July. It was a massive effort, happily crowned with success and international praise. It was led by a formidable team in which Brian Craig managed to be a hands-on Chairman yet with a formidable talent for skillful delegation, so much so that on Wednesday night it was suggested he should write the definitive Delegation Manual. He shouldn't find the actual writing too onerous, as he could delegate that too.

But we could be sure he would do it in precisely the right way, for the thing that really impressed the adjudicators was the thoughtful way in which the George's ISAF team went out of their way afterwards to thank their many voluntary helpers, and to make sure they knew their efforts were truly appreciated. The club set a benchmark in organisational good manners which could be usefully emulated in every walk of Irish life.

However, there's much more to running a successful club than simply hosting events. The adjudicators look to sailing success by members as well, and in 2012 for the Royal St George it was Commodore Martin Byrne who set the pace – in his first year he had won the Edinburgh Cup in the International Dragons (first won by a George member with Jimmy Mooney in 1953), and in 2012 he was top skipper in the entire Irish Dragon class.

As for encouraging youthful talent, the George is almost notorious for its skill in recruiting the new sailors who come to Dublin from all parts of the country. The club goes out of its way to encourage university racing, and when UCD won the Irish title in March, and with it the right to represent Ireland in the Student Yachting Worlds in France in October, it was members of the George who pulled out all the stops to ensure that the UCDSC squad had the necessary boats and facilities to train for this major international event in which they were runaway winners.

And yet all this was happening under the umbrella of a club which can trace its history back to 1838. When the 900 delegates arrived in Dun Laoghaire for the International Sailing Federation's Annual Conference in November, those who had heard of the success of the ISAF Youth Worlds, but hadn't previously been to the venue, were surprised to find that at the heart of it is a stately clubhouse and an organisation going back 174 years.

Le Grand Fromage. The Marquis of Conyngham was the Royal St George YC's first Commodore

The club's extraordinary history, and its intertwining with the national story, was equally surprising for the visitors to grasp. After all, here was an organisation successfully reaching out to young sailors from every corner of the globe. Yet it was doing so from a clubhouse which, once upon a time, had been the almost exclusive preserve of the arrogant offspring of Cromwellian land-grabbers.

The Marquis of Conyngham's schooner Constance in the harbour, 1855.

Indeed, the membership was so extensively drawn from the wealthy land-owning classes that at one stage around the 1870s, the total tonnage of the large yachts owned by Royal St George YC membership rivalled those of the Royal Yacht Squadron itself. Yet further to complicate the story, the conference in the early 1900s which set in place the Land Commission which was to end the dominance of the Ascendancy landlord class was actually chaired by one of their own, Lord Dunraven, a member of the Royal St George YC since the mid 1880s.

The rare ould times. Royal St George YC Regatta in 1871, when the tonnage of the club's fleet of yachts was exceeded only by the fleet of the Royal Yacht Squadron.

So it's a club which knows when to move on as much as it is aware of the need to acknowledge its rich and colourful history. Certainly it has moved on from membership dominance by a certain kind of yachtsman. The first Commodore was the Marquis of Conyngham, and he was succeeded by others of similar style. But these days, with a greatly expanded clubhouse and the most modern sailing facilities, the flag officers are more likely to acknlowledge descent from remote princes of Breffni, and wild chieftains of the ancient Wicklow hills.

Sailing Club of the Year 2013. RStGYC Commodore Liam O'Rourke (left) receives the trophy from Frank Keane, Chairman of Mitsubishi Motors Ireland.

The names may have changed, but the sailing goes on more busily then ever, and the club is rightly making much of its 175th Anniversary this year. Commodore Liam O'Rourke is leading his members in a programme in which the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta will be the season's highlight, and the George's own special contribution will be hosting the finish of the first stage of the Clyde Cruising Club's Blue Water Trophy Race, which started from Troon in Scotland last night, with the leaders expected in Dun Laoghaire tonight and tomorrow.

This will be bringing a significant contingent of Scottish boats south with many of them then lining up to take part in the VDLR, where the total entry at close of the list at midnight Thursday was 377 boats, including more than 120 visiting ones. Yet any overview of the entry list for this year's Regatta from Thursday 11th July to Sunday 14th July, suggests a new maturity, a sensible coming-of-age. Organisers and participants alike are accepting the social limitations imposed by the fact that most participants will be sailing from their home port. It's one very suburban seafest. And the reality of several years of global recession, biting harder in Ireland than most other places, means that the excitement of completely new boats making their spectacular debut will be conspicuous by its absence.

In looking at the lineup and considering the spirit of the event generally, one word springs irresistibly to mind. This is an unpretentious regatta. Not in any derogatory sense, we hasten to add. It's just that times are tough, so it's simply a case of keeping the head own, and making the best of things. And once you've accepted that, then things aren't so bad after all. There are stacks of boats about, just waiting to be sailed. And though some top crews have left Ireland as economic emigrants (Australian sailing has become even noisier these past two years), there are still plenty of good sailors about. And thanks to the boom years, facilities are better than ever – so let's get out there, and use them.

The result is an entry list pushing towards 380 boats, with an interesting spread which sees the local fleets putting on their best show, while the intriguing array of visiting boats is drawn almost entirely from the Irish Sea/St George's Channel and the North Channel/Clyde areas, with some gallant supporters from the improving facilities in South Wales.

But if you're expecting significant numbers from Ireland's self-styled capital of sailing, good old Cork, well, as they'd say in Manhattan – fuggedaboudid. There's just former Helmsman's Champion of Ireland Stefan Hyde with his J/24 Nyah, and that seems to be it for the Rebel County. But thanks to the marvellous new road from Galway, they too have one representative, the appropriately-named Corby 25 Tribal (Liam Burke). Otherwise, the visitors come sailing from as far away as Coleraine and the Clyde to the north, and Swansea to the far southeast, plus virtually all ports in between.

Clyde sailors have a happy history of involvement with Dun Laoghaire regattas, and they are well-represented in the good turnouts in IRC 0 and IRC 1. It was the most telling indication that recession was upon us when the new First 40, successor to the great First 40.7, made her debut with first and second overall in the 2010 Sydney-Hobart Race. For not one has yet been seen in Irish ownership. But thanks to Clyde Cruising Club skipper Christine Murray, we'll have a chance to see her new First 40 Elf Too in action in Class 0 in Dublin Bay.

Lined up against her will be regular contender Richard Fildes from Abersoch with his Corby 37 Impetuous, and the Howth duo of Alan Chambers and Nobby Reilly with their Mills 36 Crazy Horse, while the home fleet has George Sisk's Farr 42 WOW leading the charge in a comprehensive turnout of a dozen IRC 0 boats.

With 18 boats, IRC 1 has a particularly good representation from the North Wales/Liverpool fleets. And like IRC 0, it has more visitors than locals, so Dublin Bay star Paul O'Higgins with his Corby 33 Rockabill V will be on his mettle to defend the honour of Leinster against visiting dominance.

IRC 2 will provide a sporty start with 25 entrants, 15 of them non-Dun Laoghaire boats. Top of the list is Dave Cullen's 30-footer King One from Howth, which was the Half Ton World Champion under the command of Paul Elvstrom a very long time ago. But there's life in the old King yet – last year she was top boat in Kent in Ramsgate Week, which has become a happy hunting ground for the Cullen crew. Another hot former Half Tonner is Nigel Biggs' Checkmate XV, which has strong North Wales and Cowes connections interwoven with her Dun Laoghaire/Royal St George YC links, while the Brian Cusack team from DLMYC are also into the vintage Half Ton scene with Dick Dastardly.

With 32 boats drawn from 19 different clubs, IRC 3 tops the variety stakes in every way, and includes such classics as the She 31B She Too from Abersoch and the Nich 31 Saki from Dun Laogahaire. Last season, Vincent Gaffney from Howth moved up a couple of feet by changing his successful 26ft Albin Express Alliance for Alliance II, a rare breed Laser 28 with which he has been getting in the frame, definitely a boat to watch, particularly if lighter airs dominate the regatta.

The J/109 has settled in very well as one of the VDLR's premier classes. Photo: Gareth Craig

Dublin Bay is of course the home of One Design racing. When the J/109 made her debut some years ago, sage observers reckoned that here was the perfect boat for a new Dublin Bay OD class. The J/109 has been there or thereabouts as an established class in the bay for a while now, and they certainly make their mark in ISORA racing. But a solid turnout of 14 boats from both sides of the Irish Sea for VLDR 2013 is just the vote of confidence these attractive boats deserve, and this will be one of the hottest fleets with current ISORA Champion Sgrech (Stephen Tudor, Pwllheli SC) very much the boat to beat.

With 16 boats, the growing strength of the First 31.7s is evidence of continuing enthusiasm for one design racing, and recognition of good value for money. Admittedly in the early days of the class, when boats were being bought in Celtic Tiger enthusiasm, the time spreads across the fleet spoke of wildly varying levels of expertise, but things have settled down and there's genuine competition, such that the numbers involved now exceed the longer-established Sigma 33s by three boats.

The fleet of First 31.7s now outnumbers the Sigma 33s. Photo: Gareth Craig

One design classes making the most of this opportunity of four days of intensive racing will include the Squibs and the Mermaids. Photo: Gareth Craig

Older production cruiser-racers sailing as one designs continue to have their adherents, and it's a special year for the Ruffian 23s as 2013 marks their 40th Anniversary, while the Limerick-built Shipman 28s – which should see their 40th in the next couple of years – can still attract a dozen adherents.

There'll be an element of a local derby about the racing for the eight boats in its SailFleet J/80 flotilla, as four will be raced by Northside crews, and four by Southside. We hear no word of any Eastside crew, which would be the pedantic definition of a team from Howth, but doubtless they'll be involved.

Some of the longer-established one design classes are only a shadow of their former selves, but they all have an ability to make come-backs in impressive style. Perhaps the Flying Fifteens are showing us how to do it. They've a solid entry of fifteen regularly raced boats – and every one of them sails from the National YC. The boost of having a single post-race social focus seems to be the secret of success here.

With all owners and crews concentrated in one club, the Flying Fifteens have been thriving as a local one design. Photo: David O'Brien

The classic IDRA 14s make the VDLR a feature of their season Photo: Gareth Craig

We end our preview of VLDR 2013 on an interesting note. A couple of weeks ago, we were enthusing in this blog about the "new Dublin Bay 21" – in other words, the Beneteau First 21 in its several variants, which will be racing as a class in VDLR for the first time this year. At the time, we did a quick trawl of boat sales notices, and found that you could expect to get a reasonable First 21 in the UK or France for between €14,000 and €17,000, which made for an interesting proposition for convenient ready-to-go one design racing in Dublin Bay.

But since then, a 1993 First 210 in Crosshaven has come on the market, advertised on Afloat.ie for €10,500. At that price, she can't be perfect. But heaven knows there's enough boat re-fitting talent around Crosser to get her up and ready to race in Dublin Bay next Thursday, thereby doubling the number of Cork boats racing in VDLR.

It's an interesting challenge. After all, when the new South Coast One Design Class suddenly started hitting the spot down in Cowes in 1956, Max Aitken became enthusiastic and challenged that very fine boatbuilder Clare Lallow, leading builder of the new boats, to build him one within a week. Lallow and his men did it in style. If they could do that from scratch with a timber 26 footer, surely the many talents of Crosshaven could make a slightly tired 21-footer race-ready in three days?

#dlregatta – In the week preceding Ireland's biggest sailing event, Volvo Dun Laoghaire regatta, the Royal Irish Yacht Club is staging a coaching event with video de-briefings on sail trim and upwind and downwind techniques.
The day long event on July 6th will use a Beneteau 31.7 for demonstration purposes. The objective is to spend 50% of the day shore-side and 50% afloat, focusing on practical tips and 'go fast' techniques.

The programme is below, and an entry form is attached and downloadable as an MS word file below: 

Sat 8.30am: Briefing RIYC with slides and video on 1,2 & 3 above.

10.00am: Using a B31.7 (or similar) alongside, we will demonstrate practical applications onboard. Full participation and discussion is expected!

1245pm: Finish shore-side session and head on the water

2.00pm: DBSC race start, race will be observed and video recorded

4.30pm: Video de-brief in RIYC

5.30pm: Finish (perhaps later if discussions are in full flow!)

July's Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta is running a coastal series as part of the fifth edition of the combined club's event and judging by entries to date (see below) there it looks like the initiative is getting a good response.

Entry in the class this year is expected to reach approximately 15 boats with the list of entries to date below.

Some say organisers are on the right tack with the new coastal course and may have in fact underestimated demand from crews looking for a change of scene.

There are plenty of standard cruiser designs not suited to prevailing tight inshore courses and who cannot compete on handicap with some of the out and out racing machines. Instead this coastal series will accommodate those larger cruisers who prefer to take part in races where the distances between marks are greater.

Already DBSC regular Lively Lady, a Beneteau 44.7 is signed up as well as the Nicholson 58 Rebellion. Smaller boats are also involved including Lulabelle, the Beneteau 36.7.

It is hoped that this will attract the increasing number of boats that are opting to race offshore as evidenced in part by the work of Peter Ryan running a 20-boat ISORA fleet from the National Yacht Club.

The courses for the VDLR series will take place outside of the Burford Bank and in an area north of the "Bray Outfall" buoy and south of the "North" Howth Yacht Club race mark.

The courses will be set on the day of the July race and will reflect the conditions prevailing at that time, boats will race one long race per day.

Ashore the plan is those taking part in the Coastal Series will be able to enjoy the fantastic social scene around Dun Laoghaire as much as their inshore competitors as the race duration and time limits will get all boats back at the same time as the inshore fleets

Boat Name	Boat Make	Owner	Club
Polished Manx	Sigma 33 OOD	Kuba Szymanski	Douglas Bay YC IOM
Rebellion	Nicholson 58	Hughes/Hanlon/O'Mahony	National YC
Lula Belle	Beneteau First 36.7	Liam Coyne	National YC
Ulula III	Corby 36	Nick Ogden	Liverpool YC
Lively Lady	First 44.7	Derek Martin	Royal Irish YC
Adelie	Beneteau First 34.7	Peter Hall	National YC
Lady Rowena	Sadler	David Bolger	Royal St George YC
Aquelina	J122	Sheila Tyrrell/James Tyrrell	Arklow SC
Tsunami	Beneteau First 40.7	Vincent Farrell	National YC
Soufriere	Spirit Yacht	Stephen OFlaherty	Royal Irish YC