Dublin Bay Sailing Club results from Saturday, May 27th.

B21S - 1. BILLY WHIZZ (P SHANNON), 2. VENTUNO (R FOGARTY)

B21S - 1. BILLY WHIZZ (P SHANNON), 2. VENTUNO (R FOGARTY)

BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Avalon (R.Conan/J.Fox), 2. Crazy Horse (F Heath & I Schuster), 3. Camira (P Beamish)

BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Crazy Horse (F Heath & I Schuster), 2. Prospect (Chris Johnston), 3. Camira (P Beamish)

CRUISERS 1 - 1. Jalapeno (P Barrington et al), 2. Raptor (D.Hewitt et al), 3. White Mischief (Tim Goodbody)

CRUISERS 1 - 1. White Mischief (Tim Goodbody), 2. Juggerknot (A Algeo et al), 3. Jalapeno (P Barrington et al)

CRUISERS 1 - 1. White Mischief (Tim Goodbody), 2. Juggerknot (A Algeo et al), 3. Jalapeno (P Barrington et al)

CRUISERS 2 - 1. Helter Skelter (A & A Jermyn), 2. LEEUWIN (H LEONARD & B KERR), 3. Windjammer (L Casey & D Power)

CRUISERS 2 - 1. LEEUWIN (H LEONARD & B KERR), 2. Peridot (Jim McCann et al), 3. Windjammer (L Casey & D Power)

CRUISERS 3 - 1. Cartoon (McCormack/Brady/Lawless), 2. Dubious (P Richardson), 3. Marlena (Grzegorz Kalinecki)

CRUISERS 3 - 1. Dubious (P Richardson), 2. Cartoon (McCormack/Brady/Lawless), 3. Marlena (Grzegorz Kalinecki)

GLEN - 1. Glenluce (R & D O'Connor), 2. Glenshesk (Walker\Reid\Faulkner), 3. Glenroan (T O'Sullivan)

IDRA 14 FOOT - 1. Diane (B Murphy), 2. Dunmoanin (Frank Hamilton), 3. Sapphire (Lorcan O'Sullivan)

IDRA 14 FOOT - 1. Dunmoanin (Frank Hamilton), 2. Diane (B Murphy), 3. Sapphire (Lorcan O'Sullivan)

RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Alias (D.Meeke/M.McCarthy), 2. Bandit (Kirwan/Cullen/Brown), 3. RUFFLES (M CUTLIFFE)

SHIPMAN - 1. Barrosa (Geraghty/Trotter), 2. Curraglas (John Masterson), 3. Jo Slim (J.Clarke et al)

SHIPMAN - 1. Curraglas (John Masterson), 2. Barrosa (Geraghty/Trotter), 3. Jo Slim (J.Clarke et al)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS - 1. Cevantes (P Conway), 2. The Great Escape (P Rigney), 3. Act Two (M O'Leary)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS - 1. Cevantes (P Conway), 2. Act Two (M O'Leary)

After two consecutive Thursday night cancellations, tonight's Dublin Bay Sailing Club race was sailed in a warm breeze off Dun Laoghaire. Top three results for Thursday, 25 May in each class are below. 

B21S - 1. CAPILANO (S STORAN), 2. VENTUNO (R FOGARTY), 3. SMALL WONDER (H KELLY & J MCSTAY)

B21S - 1. SMALL WONDER (H KELLY & J MCSTAY), 2. VENTUNO (R FOGARTY), 3. MARISSA XIV (FRANK ELMES)

BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. After You Too (M Blaney), 2. Prospect (Chris Johnston), 3. Bluefin Two (M & B Bryson)

BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Bluefin Two (M & B Bryson), 2. Levante (M.Leahy/J.Power)

CRUISERS 0 - 1. Lively Lady (Derek Martin), 2. Wow (George Sisk), 3. ROCKABILL VI (PAUL O'HIGGINS)

CRUISERS 0 - 1. Wow (George Sisk), 2. Lively Lady (Derek Martin), 3. ROCKABILL VI (PAUL O'HIGGINS)

CRUISERS 1 - 1. Boomerang (Paul Kirwan), 2. Ruth (L Shanahan), 3. Prima Luce (O'Flynn, Burke, Lemass)

CRUISERS 1 - 1. Ruth (L Shanahan), 2. Juggerknot (A Algeo et al), 3. Boomerang (Paul Kirwan)

CRUISERS 1 - 1. Ruth (L Shanahan), 2. Juggerknot (A Algeo et al), 3. Jigamaree (R Harris)

CRUISERS 2 - 1. LEEUWIN (H LEONARD & B KERR), 2. Lady Rowena (D Bolger), 3. SPRINGER (I BOWRING)

CRUISERS 2 - 1. LEEUWIN (H LEONARD & B KERR), 2. Lady Rowena (D Bolger), 3. SPRINGER (I BOWRING)

CRUISERS 2 - 1. LEEUWIN (H LEONARD & B KERR), 2. SPRINGER (I BOWRING)

CRUISERS 3 A - 1. Cartoon (McCormack & Lawless), 2. Running Wild (B & S Foley), 3. Enigma (J Monaghan)

CRUISERS 3 A - 1. Enigma (J Monaghan), 2. Running Wild (B & S Foley), 3. Cartoon (McCormack & Lawless)

CRUISERS 5A - 1. Persistence (C. Broadhead et al), 2. White Lotus (Paul Tully), 3. Katie Nua (Tom Dunne et al)

CRUISERS 5A - 1. White Lotus (Paul Tully), 2. Persistence (C. Broadhead et al), 3. Katie Nua (Tom Dunne et al)

CRUISERS 5B - 1. Cevantes (P Conway), 2. Menapia (J Sweeney), 3. Vertigo (M Muldoon)

CRUISERS 5B - 1. Cevantes (P Conway), 2. Menapia (J Sweeney), 3. Vespucci (Sean O'Regan)

DRAGON - 1. Phantom (D.Williams & P.Bowring), 2. DCision (J.Mason/G.Purcell/C.Fleming)

FLYING FIFTEEN - 1. Betty (D & S Gorman), 2. Deranged (N Colin), 3. FITZ (B O'NEILL)

GLEN - 1. Glenshesk (Walker\Reid\Faulkner), 2. Glenmiller (P Cusack), 3. Glenshane (P Hogan)

RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Bandit (Kirwan/Cullen/Brown), 2. Icicle (C Murray), 3. RUFFLES (M CUTLIFFE)

SB20 - 1. Venuesworld.com (Ger Dempsey), 2. Sin Bin (Michael O'Connor), 3. Sacrebleu (R Hayes & C Galavan)

SHIPMAN - 1. Curraglas (John Masterson), 2. Ruadh (J.O'Callaghan), 3. Malindi (B.Smith/A.Gray)

SHIPMAN - 1. Curraglas (John Masterson), 2. Jo Slim (J.Clarke et al), 3. Malindi (B.Smith/A.Gray)

SQUIB - 1. Perfection (Jill Fleming), 2. Little Demon (Sheila Power), 3. Fox (M Moran & M Shiel)

Sportsboat - 1. Jheetah (A Sarratt), 2. Jester (D Curtain), 3. Big Bad Wolfe (David Ryan)

With only three knots of wind from the south the prospect of any DBSC racing on Dublin Bay tonight always looked slim.

Even so, DBSC Committee boats and a selection of entries from the 22 classes in the 200–boat fleet ventured out of the harbour at Dun Laoghaire on to the Dublin Bay race track, unfortunately to no avail. 

It is the second consecutive DBSC Thursday cancellation due to lack of wind.

Breezy south-westerly winds swept the Colin Byrne skippered XP33 Bon Exemple from the Royal Irish Yacht Club to victory in today's DBSC Class One IRC race. Two RIYC J109 club mates, Chimaera (Andrew Craig) and White Mischief (Tim Goodbody) were second and third respectively. 

In the one designs, Keith Poole's The Gruffalo beat Niall Coleman's Flyer in the Flying Fifteens. Results in all classes are downloadable below as PDF files.

DBSC Laser dinghy fleet began their month of May training over the weekend in both extreme conditions. Friday evening saw the fleet of Lasers leave the harbour in a solid 26–knot breeze and large swell practicing upwind technique, followed by some fun fast reaching and wave surfing hitting speeds of nearly 30km! The session built confidence while giving all sailors a good workout under coach Troy McNamara.

Sunday’s 3 hour session followed with little wind in the harbour – boat handling techniques was the focus for the fleet of all levels and abilities with new comers to the Laser fleet gaining invaluable knowledge and experience.

Tuesday night racing has seen a healthy turnout of 16 lasers from an entry of 25. DBSC race management have made the right calls to stay inside the harbour in the light conditions with 4 races completed already. Light air specialist Damian ’lightweight’ Maloney leads the fleet, with the much improved Conor ‘all that coaching’ O’Leary in 2nd and the usual pair of Gary ‘frostbite champ’ O’Hare and Ross ‘OCS’ O’Leary in joint 3rd. Darach Dineen is staging a comeback with two bullets in last Tuesday night’s racing.

DBSC Laser Fleet welcomes all Laser sailors of all abilities to get out for some good quality competitive and fun racing in Dublin Bay on Tuesday evenings. Radials and full rigs... the fastest growing section is ‘Ladies who Laser!’...

Interested in joining us get on to dbsc.org and enter now or contact class captain [email protected]

There were no finishers in tonight's DBSC keelboat racing in the light easterly winds that prevailed outside Dun Laoghaire harbour but inside dinghy classes all got finishes to bring to four the number of races sailed so far this summer season.

The DMYC's Slipstream sailed by Julie Ascoop leads the IDRA 14s, Daragh Dineen leads the Lasers, Clandog Millionaire skippered by Conor Clancy of the RStGYC leads the Fireballs.

For overall results to date download the PDFs below.

Big seas and a big north easterly breeze made for a lively second DBSC Thursday night race for 22 keelboat classes this evening on Dublin Bay. 

IRC One was won by Tony Fox's Gringo from the National Yacht Club. The J109 Something Else (John Hall) from the same club was second with Tim Goodbody's J109 White Mischief third.

In IRC two, Jim McCann's Peridot was the winner with Sigma 33s Rupert (Richard Lovegrove) and Leeuwin (Henry Leonard) second and third respectively.  

Results for each class are downloadable below as PDF files.

There were light winds for Tuesday evening's Dublin Bay Sailing Club races. Provisional results are downloadable below. No dinghy results received.

Results for Combined Cruisers, Cruisers 3, Glens and Ruffian 23s below.

A low tide and north–westerly wind gusting to 15–knots greeted a strong turnout of Dublin Bay Sailing Club's 200 boat fleet in 20 classes for last night's first Thursday race of 2017. Provisional results are downloadable below.

Paul O'Higgins's Rockabill was a winner in Class Zero in both IRC and ECHO, the JPK10.80 moving up a division from last season.

In Class One, new arrival Juggerknot, Andrew Algeo's J109 continued its winning debut in a fine turnout of 16–boats. The Royal Irish entry won last Saturday's first ISORA race to Wicklow and last night was top boat in both IRC, ECHO and scratch results.

Gusty conditions for the DBSC Flying fifteen's at Bay Mark on Dublin Bay last night

In the one designs, former Fireballer Neil Colin took the gun in a great turnout of 16–Flying Fifteens. The SB20s were first up with a first race report here.

Gremlins in the results system means Afloat.ie presents provisional results class by class as PDF attachments below rather than in the usual format

2017 looks like it will be a key year for the new mixed sportboats class on Dublin Bay. First promoted on Afloat.ie in late 2015 as a means of catering for a range of boats currently based in Dun Laoghaire. The new class has fostered and encouraged new buyers to source “fun”, affordable day racers. 

After a positive start in 2016, DBSC has confirmed that the class will again be competing with the Green Fleet racing in Dublin Bay in 2017 starting this Thursday.

Class Captain Vince Lattimore says it's a 'golden opportunity to grow the class and cement its existence and appeal on the waterfront'.

Signs are extremely encouraging and a number of sportboats have been privately acquired to join in the new sportsboat scene. 'I'm getting twice the fun at half the cost of my cruiser-racer,' one owner told Afloat.ie.

New arrival, Jambiya, an RIYC–based J80 will compete in DBSC's Mixed Sportsboat class this season

15 sportsboats were entered into the pre–Christmas Turkey Shoot this year and this year's DBSC Yearbook lists ten entries from J80s to 1720s in the new class with several other new entries in the wings. 

For the first time the mixed sportsboats will have a dedicated start in the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta, provided that 10 entries are recieved.

An upbeat Lattimore says 'we are very confident that, not only will we achieve this threshold but we also firmly believe that the Mixed Sportboats Class has the potential to be the largest class on the water in July for the regatta.

Andrew Sarratt's new Jheetah, another RIYC based J80, will race in the DBSC mixed sportsboat class