National Yacht Club's Jalapeno Wins First Turkey Shoot Race

Q: What is the start time for the Dublin Bay DBSC Turkey Shoot Series?

The first warning signal is at 10.10 am.

National Yacht Club's Jalapeno Wins First Turkey Shoot Race

17th November 2011

Afloat.ie Team

National Yacht Club's Jalapeno Wins First Turkey Shoot Race

# DBSC TURKEY SHOOT – Two J109s shared the top slots in the first race of last Sunday's Dublin Bay Sailing Club Turkey Shoot, sponsored this year by Boatshed.com. National Yacht Club Commodore Paul Barrington's Jalapeno beat John Maybury's Joker II by over two minutes for the gun.

There was an impressive fleet of 57 starters who sailed in breeze, a bit of a sea and sunshine! Third was the A34 Another Advenure (Daragh Cafferkey).

Organiser Fintan Cairns has issued a reminder to compeititors to give 'plenty of room and time at all times' for next Sunday's race.

First Race Results below.


1 Jalapeno
2 Joker 2
3 Another Adventure
4 Adrenalin
5 Jump the Gun
6 Indecision
7 Jetstream
8 Jura
9 Fflogger
10 African Challenge
11 Orna
12 Windshift
13= Violet Flame
13= Karukera
15 Pippa IV
16 UCD Sailing
17 Axiom
18 Asterix
19 Pink Ladies
20 Miss Behavin
21 Kamikaze
22= Lula Belle
22= Fiddly Bits
24 Peridot
25 Diamond
26 Yoke
27 Adelie
28 Calypso
29 Legally Blonde
30 Cri-Cri
31 White Knight
32 Chouskikou
33 Act Two
34 To Infinity and Beyond
35 White Lotus
36 30 Something
37 The Great Escape
38 Hyflyer
39 RIYC 1
40 Free Spirit
41 Arwen
42 Annabella
43 Syzrgy
44 Yahtzee
45 Xerxes
46 Sea Safari
47 Guillemot
48 Crookhaven
49 Eden Park
50 Just Jasmin
51 Obsession
52 Muglins
53 Emir Herr
54 Phtha
55 More Mischief
56 Lazy Bones
57 Blue Spirit
Sirocco
Nirvana
Jammie Dodger
Zephyr
Great Knots
Nauti Gal
Rubicon
Teal
Frutti Di Mare
Vespucci
Two Fried Eggs
Lara
Coumeenole
Elandra
Attitude
Jabiru
Lady Rowena
Isolde

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Dublin Bay Sailing Club Turkey Shoot Winter Series

Dublin Bay Sailing Club's Turkey Shoot Series reached its 20th year in 2020.

The popular yacht series racing provides winter-racing for all the sailing clubs on the southside of Dublin Bay in the run-up to Christmas.

It regularly attracts a fleet of up to 70 boats of different shapes and sizes from all four yachts clubs at Dun Laoghaire: The National Yacht Club, The Royal St. George Yacht Club, The Royal Irish Yacht Club and the Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club as well as other clubs such as Sailing in Dublin. Typically the event is hosted by each club in rotation.

The series has a short, sharp format for racing that starts at approximately 10 am and concludes around noon. The event was the brainchild of former DBSC Commodore Fintan Cairns to give the club year-round racing on the Bay thanks to the arrival of the marina at Dun Laoghaire in 2001. Cairns, an IRC racer himself, continues to run the series each winter.

Typically, racing features separate starts for different cruiser-racers but in fact, any type of boat is allowed to participate, even those yachts that do not normally race are encouraged to do so.

Turkey Shoot results are calculated under a modified ECHO handicap system and there can be a fun aspect to some of the scoring in keeping with the Christmas spirit of the occasion.

As a result, the Turkey Shoot often receives entries from boats as large as Beneteau 50 footers and one designs as small as 20-foot flying Fifteens, all competing over the same course.

It also has legendary weekly prizegivings in the host waterfront yacht clubs immediately after racing. There are fun prizes and overall prizes based on series results.

Regular updates and DBSC Turkey Shoot Results are published on Afloat each week as the series progresses.

FAQs

What is the start time for the Dublin Bay DBSC Turkey Shoot Series?

The first warning signal is at 10.10 am

Who can race in the Dublin Bay DBSC Turkey Shoot Series?

Cruisers, cruising boats, one-designs and boats that do not normally race are very welcome. Boats range in size from ocean-going cruisers at 60 and 60 feet right down to small one-design keelboats such as 20-foot Flying Fifteens. A listing of boats for different starts is announced on Channel 74 before racing each week.

When is the Dublin Bay DBSC Turkey Shoot Series held?

Each winter from the first Sunday in November until the last week before Christmas.

How long does a Dublin Bay DBSC Turkey Shoot Series race take?

Usually no more than two hours. The racecourse time limit is 12.30 hours.

How many races are in the Dublin Bay DBSC Turkey Shoot Series

Between six and eight with one or two discards applied.

What club hosts the Dublin Bay DBSC Turkey Shoot Series?

Racing is organised by Dublin Bay Sailing Club and the Series is rotated across different waterfront yacht clubs for the popular after race party and prizegiving. The waterfront clubs are National Yacht Club (NYC), Royal Irish Yacht Club (RIYC), Royal St George Yacht Club (RSGYC) and Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club (DMYC).