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Tim and Richard Goodbody's J109 White Mischief was the winner of a fine turnout of ten boats in Dublin Bay Sailing Club's IRC One Thursday night AIB Summer Series.

Light southerly winds with occasional bursts of fresh energy from numerous rain clouds over Dublin Bay permitted a full programme of races for the club. 

Finishing one minute behind White Mischief on corrected time in the strong fleet was Fintan Cairns's Mills 31 Raptor. Third was Colin Byrne's XP33 Bon Exemple.

As the top DBSC performer in IRC One at this month's Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta, Goodbody's top form continues as last night's result puts the Royal Irish Yacht Club boat top of the overall Thursday series. 

Full results in all DBSC classes are below.

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Dublin Bay Sailing Club's (DBSC) Saturday racing was cancelled today due to a high wind forecast.

Despite the flat sea state, westerly winds were gusting to over 35 mph at Dun Laoghaire

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Olympian Annalise Murphy and her crew were the winners of a breezy Water Wag race at Dun Laoghaire Harbour this evening.

Dublin Bay Sailing Club race officer Tadhg Donnelly set a three-round windward/leeward course for the Water Wags in a westerly 14-22 knot breeze.

Due to the squally conditions, the Wags all carried one reef. 

The race officer abandoned the first race after the first lap when the majority of boats rounded the leeward to starboard instead of to port.

The race was restarted 20 minutes later, and all bar 2 of the 20 boats had a clear start.

There was an individual recall, but the two OCS boats failed to return.

Wag Class Captain David Williams, sailing Dipper no. 48, capsized at the windward mark on the final round. (See photo sequence of the righting of Dipper below by Brendan Briscoe)

Water Wag Class Captain David Williams, sailing Dipper no. 48, capsized at the windward mark

Water Wag Class Captain David Williams, sailing Dipper no. 48, capsized at the windward mark

Water Wag Class Captain David Williams, sailing Dipper no. 48, capsized at the windward mark

Water Wag Class Captain David Williams, sailing Dipper no. 48, capsized at the windward mark

Results: 
1. No. 41 Mollie, Annalise Murphy 
2. No. 38 Swift, Guy & Jackie Kilroy
3. No. 52 Puffin, Seán & Heather Craig

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The strong northwesterly winds that caused the cancellation of both the 2.4mR and the 29er National Championships at Dun Laoghaire this morning have also led to the scrubbing of racing in all classes of this afternoon's Dublin Bay Sailing Club programme. 

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John Treanor's new J112e "ValenTina" from the National Yacht Club debuted on the Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) race track last night and won her Cruisers Zero IRC division.

Four boats raced in the light air Thursday night fixture – the last before next week's 375-boat Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta – with Sean Lemass's First 40 Prima Forte second and Michelle Farrell's First 40.7, Tsunami third.

The DBSC victory adds to an auspicious start to the 2023 season for Treanor and his new 36-footer, that has already seen a win in Key Yachting’s J Cup at Hamble in the UK and a second at last week's Sovereign's Cup in Kinsale. Valentia will compete in an exciting 11-boat VDLR Cruisers Zero class in next Thursday's regatta, where five of the fleet will be visitors to the Bay.

All DBSC results are below

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Tim Pearson's Little Tern was Wednesday evening's Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) Water Wag race winner at Dun Laoghaire Harbour.

The fixture was a handicap race with seven staggered starts run by Race Officer Brian Mathews. 

The wind was variable, with an average of force two.

The results were

1. No. 36, Little Tern, Tim Pearson
2. No. 19, Shindilla, Judy O’Beirne
3. No. 15, Moosmie, John O’Driscoll

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Royal St. George's Jimmy Fischer's Billy Whizz was the winner of Saturday's scratch Race 17 in the Beneteau 211 class of the AIB DBSC Summer Series on Dublin Bay.

Joe Smyth's Yikes from the Royal Irish took second, with Pat Shannon's Beeswing in third place in medium southerly winds on the Bay. 

Overall, Fischer continues to lead the ten-boat DBSC fleet on 12 points from Smyth, with Andrew Bradley's Chinook, also from the RIYC, in third place.

Results from all DBSC classes are below.

 

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Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) yacht racing was cancelled on the Bay this evening despite decent sailing breeze.

A heavy sea mist brought visibility down to less than 100 metres this afternoon, forcing DBSC Race officers to fly 'N over A' as visibility became very poor at Dun Laoghaire Harbour and across the Bay.

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DBSC Water Wag Race Officer Harry Gallagher set a windward/leeward course of three rounds in a WNW wind, initially gusting 16 knots, then dropping to an average of eight knots.

Twenty-three boats started, and Seán Craig, the weekend winner of the GP Munster Championships on Tralee Bay, maintained his current form and led from the start, tacking on to port on the gun and clearing the fleet.

Results were:
1. No. 52 Puffin, Seán & Heather Craig
2. No. 38 Swift, Guy & Jackie Kilroy
3. No. 15 Moosmie, John O’Driscoll & Shirley Gilmore

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Leslie Parnell's First 34.7, Black Velvet was the winner of Thursday night's (June 15th) Class Two IRC AIB DBSC Summer Series racing on Dublin Bay.

The Royal Irish yacht finished 4 seconds ahead on corrected time over Brendan Foley's First 8, Allig8r from the Royal St. George.

Third in the eight-boat race was Foely's clubmate Dick Lovegrove's Sigma 33, Rupert.

After eight races sailed in the series, 1 Lindsay Casey's J97 Windjammer leads but on the same eight points as Allig8r, with Black Velvet third on 11.

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Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI) in Ireland Information

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is a charity to save lives at sea in the waters of UK and Ireland. Funded principally by legacies and donations, the RNLI operates a fleet of lifeboats, crewed by volunteers, based at a range of coastal and inland waters stations. Working closely with UK and Ireland Coastguards, RNLI crews are available to launch at short notice to assist people and vessels in difficulties.

RNLI was founded in 1824 and is based in Poole, Dorset. The organisation raised €210m in funds in 2019, spending €200m on lifesaving activities and water safety education. RNLI also provides a beach lifeguard service in the UK and has recently developed an International drowning prevention strategy, partnering with other organisations and governments to make drowning prevention a global priority.

Irish Lifeboat Stations

There are 46 lifeboat stations on the island of Ireland, with an operational base in Swords, Co Dublin. Irish RNLI crews are tasked through a paging system instigated by the Irish Coast Guard which can task a range of rescue resources depending on the nature of the emergency.

Famous Irish Lifeboat Rescues

Irish Lifeboats have participated in many rescues, perhaps the most famous of which was the rescue of the crew of the Daunt Rock lightship off Cork Harbour by the Ballycotton lifeboat in 1936. Spending almost 50 hours at sea, the lifeboat stood by the drifting lightship until the proximity to the Daunt Rock forced the coxswain to get alongside and successfully rescue the lightship's crew.

32 Irish lifeboat crew have been lost in rescue missions, including the 15 crew of the Kingstown (now Dun Laoghaire) lifeboat which capsized while attempting to rescue the crew of the SS Palme on Christmas Eve 1895.

FAQs

While the number of callouts to lifeboat stations varies from year to year, Howth Lifeboat station has aggregated more 'shouts' in recent years than other stations, averaging just over 60 a year.

Stations with an offshore lifeboat have a full-time mechanic, while some have a full-time coxswain. However, most lifeboat crews are volunteers.

There are 46 lifeboat stations on the island of Ireland

32 Irish lifeboat crew have been lost in rescue missions, including the 15 crew of the Kingstown (now Dun Laoghaire) lifeboat which capsized while attempting to rescue the crew of the SS Palme on Christmas Eve 1895

In 2019, 8,941 lifeboat launches saved 342 lives across the RNLI fleet.

The Irish fleet is a mixture of inshore and all-weather (offshore) craft. The offshore lifeboats, which range from 17m to 12m in length are either moored afloat, launched down a slipway or are towed into the sea on a trailer and launched. The inshore boats are either rigid or non-rigid inflatables.

The Irish Coast Guard in the Republic of Ireland or the UK Coastguard in Northern Ireland task lifeboats when an emergency call is received, through any of the recognised systems. These include 999/112 phone calls, Mayday/PanPan calls on VHF, a signal from an emergency position indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) or distress signals.

The Irish Coast Guard is the government agency responsible for the response to, and co-ordination of, maritime accidents which require search and rescue operations. To carry out their task the Coast Guard calls on their own resources – Coast Guard units manned by volunteers and contracted helicopters, as well as "declared resources" - RNLI lifeboats and crews. While lifeboats conduct the operation, the coordination is provided by the Coast Guard.

A lifeboat coxswain (pronounced cox'n) is the skipper or master of the lifeboat.

RNLI Lifeboat crews are required to follow a particular development plan that covers a pre-agreed range of skills necessary to complete particular tasks. These skills and tasks form part of the competence-based training that is delivered both locally and at the RNLI's Lifeboat College in Poole, Dorset

 

While the RNLI is dependent on donations and legacies for funding, they also need volunteer crew and fund-raisers.

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