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#flyingfifteen – On a beautiful summers day the Flying Fifteen fleet turned out in good numbers again with 19 boats competing in the first DBSC Saturday series. Race Officer Suzanne McGarry and her team on Freebird got two races in a flooding tide and a building southerly breeze. Frequent Flyer helmed by Ben Mulligan with Alan Green had a great day winning the two races followed closely by Gorman & Doorly with two second places.
Race 1: Ben and Alan got a great start and led the way for the whole race, behind there was a battle for the minor places, Dooley & Hickey were in great form and in lap two got into second place, it was nip and tuck between them and Gorman but on the last beat Gorman got ahead to win by a whisker. Niall Meagher sailing with Mary Jane Mulligan were a comfortable fourth followed by Maguire and Poole who had a great battle to the finish line.
Race 2: had a general recall, this was no surprise as the start line was way too short for the number of boats. Again the committee boat end had a slight bias, on the restart Colman went out to sea as Mulligan, Gorman and Poole went inshore mainly because of poor starts! Approaching the weather mark Colman was looking good coming in from the left but Mulligan got around followed by Colman and Murphy with Gorman back in the pack. It was only two laps so there was not much time to catch up, Mulligan held on but there was a lot of traffic at the final leeward mark and a large group of Fifteens arrived at the mark together with the squibs. Most tacked off to the left including Murphy and Poole to clear their air, Mulligan went in on port as did Gorman who was in the middle of the group, Gorman tacked on a good line, with the wind increasing and veering to the right it was a sprint up to the finish, Gorman was now within a boat length of Mulligan, Murphy was just behind in third, this is how it finished.
This Thursday the DBSC series continues. Results for Saturday's race here.

Published in Flying Fifteen

#dbsc – Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) Results for Saturday, 23 May 2015

BENETEAU 31.7 ECHO - 1. Attitude (T Milner J Sugars M Branigan), 2.

Prospect (Chris Johnston), 3. Fiddly Bits
(Timmins/Quigley/Murray/Breen)

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

CRUISERS 1 ECHO - 1. Boomerang (Paul Kirwan), 2. Jigamaree (R Harris),
3. Powder Monkey (C Moore)

CRUISERS 1 - 1. Raptor (D.Hewitt et al), 2. Jigamaree (R Harris), 3.
Rockabill V (Paul O'Higgins)

CRUISERS 2 ECHO - 1. Peridot (Jim McCann et al), 2. Kamikaze
(P.Nash/B.McIntyre), 3. Bendemeer (L Casey & D Power)

CRUISERS 2 - 1. Peridot (Jim McCann et al), 2. Jawesome 111 (M Dyke &
B Darcy), 3. Graduate (D O'Keeffe)

CRUISERS 3 - 1. Quest (J Skerritt), 2. Asterix
(Boushel/Meredith/Counihan), 3. Supernova
(McStay/Timbs/Monaghan/Costello)

CRUISERS 3 ECHO - 1. Syzrgy (R Fogarty), 2. Quest (J Skerritt), 3.
Papytoo (M Walsh/F Guilfoyle)

Combined Classes - 1. Boomerang (Paul Kirwan), 2. Jigamaree (R
Harris), 3. Powder Monkey (C Moore)

Combined Classes - 1. Raptor (D.Hewitt et al), 2. Jigamaree (R
Harris), 3. Rockabill V (Paul O'Higgins)

Combined Classes ECHO - 1. White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody), 2. Popje
(Ted McCourt), 3. Leeuwin (H&C Leonard & B Kerr)

Combined Classes - 1. White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody), 2. Leeuwin
(H&C Leonard & B Kerr), 3. Gwili Two (D.Clarke/P.Maguire)

FLYING FIFTEEN Race 1 - 1. Frequent Flyer (C Doorley/A Green), 2.
Betty (D & S Gorman), 3. Fflogger (Alan Dooley)

FLYING FIFTEEN Race 2 - 1. Frequent Flyer (C Doorley/A Green), 2.
Betty (D & S Gorman), 3. Rollercoaster (Tom Murphy)

GLEN - 1. Glenluce (D & R O'Connor), 2. Glendun (B.Denham et al), 3.
Glenshesk (Walker\Reid\Henderson)

IDRA 14 FOOT Race 1 - 1. Dunmoanin (Frank Hamilton), 2. Dart (Pierre
Long), 3. Sapphire (Lorcan O'Sullivan)

IDRA 14 FOOT Race 2 - 1. Dunmoanin (Frank Hamilton), 2. Dart (Pierre
Long), 3. Doody (J.Fitzgerald/J.Byrne)

RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Bandit (Kirwan/Cullen/Brown), 2. Ruffles (Michael
Cutliffe), 3. Cresendo (L Balfe)

SHIPMAN - 1. Jo Slim (J.Clarke et al), 2. Gusto (Heath, Miles, Crisp,
Duggan), 3. Malindi (B.Smith/A.Gray)

SIGMA 33 ECHO - 1. White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody), 2. Popje (Ted
McCourt), 3. Leeuwin (H&C Leonard & B Kerr)

SIGMA 33 - 1. White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody), 2. Leeuwin (H&C
Leonard & B Kerr), 3. Gwili Two (D.Clarke/P.Maguire)

SIGMA 33 - 1. White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody), 2. Popje (Ted
McCourt), 3. Leeuwin (H&C Leonard & B Kerr)

SQUIB Race 1 - 1. Femme Fatale (V Delaney), 2. Anemos (Pete & Ann
Evans), 3. Perfection (Jill Fleming)

SQUIB Race 2 - 1. Femme Fatale (V Delaney), 2. Anemos (Pete & Ann
Evans), 3. Pintail (T McAllister)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS - , 3. Cevantes (Paul Conway)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS ECHO - 1. Cevantes (Paul Conway), 2. Fortitudine
(D & A Clarke), 3. Act Two (Michael O'Leary et al)

Published in DBSC

#dbsc – Dublin Bay Sailing Club Results for 21 MAY 2015

BENETEAU 31.7 Echo- 1. Prospect (Chris Johnston), 2. Attitude (T
Milner J Sugars M Branigan), 3. Thirty Something
(Kavanagh\Gaffney\Jones)

BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Prospect (Chris Johnston), 2. Levana (Jean Mitton),
3. After You Too (Michael Blaney)

CRUISERS 0 Echo - 1. Tsunami (Vincent Farrell), 2. Wow (George Sisk),
3. Lively Lady (Derek Martin)

CRUISERS 0 - 1. Wow (George Sisk), 2. Tsunami (Vincent Farrell)

CRUISERS 1 Echo - 1. Boomerang (Paul Kirwan), 2. Joker 11 (John
Maybury), 3. Jigamaree (R Harris)

CRUISERS 1 - 1. Joker 11 (John Maybury), 2. Bon Exemple (C Byrne), 3.
Rockabill V (Paul O'Higgins)

CRUISERS 1 - 1. Joker 11 (John Maybury), 2. Jigamaree (R Harris), 3.
Jalapeno (P Barrington et al)

CRUISERS 2 Echo - 1. Albireo (D Simpson), 2. Peridot (Jim McCann et
al), 3. Bendemeer (L Casey & D Power)

CRUISERS 2 - 1. Peridot (Jim McCann et al), 2. Red Rhum (J Nicholson &
C Nicholson), 3. Bendemeer (L Casey & D Power)

CRUISERS 3 A - 1. Quest (B Cunningham), 2. Supernova
(McStay/Timbs/Monaghan/Costello), 3. Hard on Port (F O'Driscoll)

CRUISERS 3 A Echo - 1. Supernova (McStay/Timbs/Monaghan/Costello), 2.
Huggy Bear (Doyle & Byrne), 3. Papytoo (M.Walsh/F.Guilfoyle)

CRUISERS 3 B - 1. Asterix (Counihan/Meredith/Bushell), 2. Gung Ho (G &
S O'Shea), 3. Cacciatore (M Ni Cheallachain)

CRUISERS 3 B Echo - 1. Chinook (A Bradley/P Morgan), 2. Syzrgy (R
Fogarty), 3. Small Wonder (H Kelly)

Combined Classes Echo - 1. White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody), 2. Popje
(Ted McCourt), 3. Rupert (R & P Lovegrove)

Combined Classes - 1. White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody), 2. Peridot
(Jim McCann et al), 3. Rupert (R & P Lovegrove)

FLYING FIFTEEN - 1. Betty (D & S Gorman), 2. Flyer (Niall Coleman), 3.
Fflogger (Alan Dooley)

GLEN - 1. Glendun (B.Denham et al), 2. Glenshesk
(Walker\Reid\Henderson), 3. Glencree (J.Bligh/H.Roche)

RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Ruffles (Michael Cutliffe), 2. Diane ll (A Claffey/C
Helme), 3. Cresendo (L Balfe)

SB20 - 1. Sin Bin (Michael O'Connor), 2. Venuesworld.com (Ger
Dempsey), 3. AlertPackaging.com (J Burke & D Burke)

SHIPMAN - 1. Poppy (P Beamish), 2. Gusto (Heath, Miles, Crisp,
Duggan), 3. The Den (A. Costello/G.Millar)

SIGMA 33 - 1. White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody), 2. Popje (Ted
McCourt), 3. Rupert (R & P Lovegrove)

SIGMA 33 - 1. White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody), 2. Rupert (R & P
Lovegrove), 3. Gwili Two (D.Clarke/P.Maguire)

SIGMA 33 - 1. White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody), 2. Popje (Ted
McCourt), 3. Rupert (R & P Lovegrove)

SQUIB - 1. Sidewinder (R&R Westrup), 2. Femme Fatale (V Delaney), 3.
Perfection (Jill Fleming)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS Echo - 1. More Mischief (Eamonn Doyle), 2. Setanta
(G Denn), 3. Cevantes (Paul Conway)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS - 1. Vespucci (S & K O'Regan), 2. Act Two (Michael
O'Leary et al), 3. Cevantes (Paul Conway)

Published in DBSC

#dbsc – BENETEAU 31.7 ECHO - 1. Attitude (T Milner J Sugars M Branigan), 2. Extreme Reality (P.McSwiney/E.O'Rafferty), 3. Levante (M.Leahy/J.Power)

BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Bluefin Two (M & B Bryson), 2. Levante
(M.Leahy/J.Power), 3. Kernach (Eoin O'Driscoll)

CRUISERS 0 ECHO - 1. Lively Lady (Derek Martin), 2. Tsunami (Vincent
Farrell), 3. Wow (George Sisk)

CRUISERS 0 - 1. Wow (George Sisk), 2. Tsunami (Vincent Farrell)

CRUISERS 1 ECHO - 1. Fox in Sox (A Jones), 2. Something Else (J.Hall
et al), 3. Indecision (Declan Hayes et al)

CRUISERS 1 - 1. Something Else (J.Hall et al), 2. Bon Exemple (C
Byrne), 3. Fox in Sox (A Jones)

CRUISERS 2 - 1. Bendemeer (L Casey & D Power), 2. Jambiya (Ryan &
Lattimore), 3. Peridot (Jim McCann et al)

CRUISERS 2 - 1. Peridot (Jim McCann et al), 2. Bendemeer (L Casey & D
Power), 3. Graduate (D O'Keeffe)

CRUISERS 3 ECHO - 1. Hard on Port (Flor O'Driscoll), 2. Pamafe (M
Costello), 3. Taiscealai (B Richardson)

CRUISERS 3 - 1. Hard on Port (Flor O'Driscoll), 2. Asterix
(Boushel/Meredith/Counihan), 3. Supernova
(McStay/Timbs/Monaghan/Costello)

Combined Classes v- 1. Leeuwin (H&C Leonard & B Kerr), 2. White
Mischief (Timothy Goodbody), 3. Rupert (R & P Lovegrove)

Combined Classes - 1. Leeuwin (H&C Leonard & B Kerr), 2. White
Mischief (Timothy Goodbody), 3. Rupert (R & P Lovegrove)

FLYING FIFTEEN Race 1 - 1. Ash (Joseph Coughlan), 2. As Good As
It Gets (Ross Doyle), 3. Out of the Blue (F.Mitchell/G Grier)

FLYING FIFTEEN Race 2 - 1. Fflogger (Alan Dooley), 2. Hi Fibre
(Michael McCambridge), 3. As Good As It Gets (Ross Doyle)

GLEN - 1. Glenluce (D & R O'Connor), 2. Glencree (J.Bligh/H.Roche)

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

SHIPMAN - 1. Gusto (Heath, Miles, Crisp, Duggan), 2. Malindi
(B.Smith/A.Gray), 3. Invader (Gerard Glynn)

SIGMA 33 - 1. Leeuwin (H&C Leonard & B Kerr), 2. White Mischief
(Timothy Goodbody), 3. Rupert (R & P Lovegrove)

SQUIB Race 1 - 1. Femme Fatale (V Delaney), 2. Perfection (Jill
Fleming), 3. Pintail (T McAllister)

SQUIB Race 2- 1. Femme Fatale (V Delaney), 2. Pintail (T McAllister),
3. Sidewinder (R&R Westrup)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS ECHO - 1. Cevantes (Paul Conway), 2. Act Two
(Michael O'Leary et al), 3. The Great Escape (P & D Rigney)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS - 1. Act Two (Michael O'Leary et al), 2. Cevantes
(Paul Conway), 3. Calypso (Howard Knott)

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#flyingfifteen – Guest helm Sean Craig sailing with Alan Green won DBSC's Thursday's Flying Fifteen race from Dave Gorman & Chris Doorly with Dave Mulvin & Ronan Beirne in third, Again there was a great turn out of 17 boats on a tricky evening with a strong in coming tide and a light easterly breeze. There was a clean start with most boats below the line with the strong tide, the committee boat end seemed to pay but there wasn't a lot in it as there was more wind at the pin end, soon the boats got into their stride and those who went tight gained,

Colman & Quinn were going well as was Craig and Doyle. Gorman tacked more left and rounded the first mark side by side with Colman, Downwind to Bay mark was a drift but Colman led from Craig with Gorman and Mulvin close behind going into the beat out to East mark. This was to be the critical leg-most boats kept going on port but after a while Gorman went out left searching for wind, and was followed by Craig and Mulvin. Craig led with Mulvin moving up to second, Gorman third and Colman back in fourth,
Boats were worried about the time limit, it would be a shame to go to the effort of sailing and not get a finish, there was little or no wind now but on the fleet drifted towards the finish line. Craig stayed clear but there was a final twist behind, Colman seemed to be moving and catching up by coming down the middle, Mulvin gybed over to cover him but this allowed Gorman who was over on the right to drift into second place. Mulvin finished third with Colman fourth and Dooley fifth. On arriving ashore the crews were delighted to see that the BBQ was still going strong..

Well done to the PRO Jack Roy and his team on Freebird for perservering in difficult conditions. This Saturday the DBSC series continues but many of the fleet will be heading to Whitehead for the East Coast Championships being hosted by County Antrim Sailing Club.

Click for DBSC Thursday results

Published in Flying Fifteen
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#dbsc – CRUISERS 0 Echo - 1. Tsunami (Vincent Farrell), 2. Wow (George Sisk), 3. Lively Lady (Derek Martin)

CRUISERS 0 - 1. Wow (George Sisk), 2. Tsunami (Vincent Farrell), 3.
Aurelia (Chris Power Smith)

CRUISERS 1 - 1. Bon Exemple (C Byrne), 2. Jalapeno (P Barrington et
al), 3. Dear Prudence (B Lyons & J Given)

CRUISERS 1 Echo - 1. Jalapeno (P Barrington et al), 2. Bon Exemple (C
Byrne), 3. Dear Prudence (B Lyons & J Given)

CRUISERS 3 A Echo- 1. Cries of Passion (B Maguire), 2. Huggy Bear
(Doyle & Byrne), 3. Quest (B Cunningham)

CRUISERS 3 A - 1. Quest (B Cunningham), 2. Cries of Passion (B
Maguire), 3. Supernova (McStay/Timbs/Monaghan/Costello)

CRUISERS 3 B - 1. Asterix (Counihan/Meredith/Bushell)

CRUISERS 3 B Echo - 1. Small Wonder (H Kelly), 2. Asterix
(Counihan/Meredith/Bushell), 3. Yikes (J Conway)

FLYING FIFTEEN - 1. Frequent Flyer (C Doorley/A Green), 2. Betty (D &
S Gorman), 3. Ignis Caput (David Mulvey)

GLEN - 1. Glendun (B.Denham et al), 2. Glencoe (Rose Mary Craig et
al), 3. Glenmarissa (F.Elmes)

SB20 - 1. AlertPackaging.com (J Burke & D Burke), 2. Venuesworld.com
(Ger Dempsey), 3. Sacrebleu (B Fusco/R Hayes)

SQUIB - 1. Anemos (Pete & Ann Evans), 2. Tears in Heaven (M Halpenny &
G Ferguson), 3. Perfection (Jill Fleming)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS Echo - 1. Xerxes (Dan O'Neill), 2. White Lotus
(Paul Tully), 3. Just Jasmin (Philip Smith)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS - 1. White Lotus (Paul Tully), 2. Act Two (Michael
O'Leary et al), 3. Persistence (C. Broadhead et al)

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#dbsc – Ensign - 1. INSS 2 (K Rumball), 2. INSS (R Jones)

GLEN - 1. Glenshane (P Hogan), 2. Glendun (B.Denham et al)

RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Alias (D.Meeke/M.McCarthy), 2. Cresendo (L Balfe), 3.
Ruff Diamond (D.Byrne et al)

Published in DBSC
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Tonight's Fireball dinghy racing in Dublin Bay, under the burgee of DBSC was cancelled due to a combination of factors - natural and man-made writes Cormac Bradley

The advent of the cruise liner season saw another mega-sized vessel anchored in the race course area of Scotsman's Bay. The inability of such vessels to enter Dun Laoghaire's harbour means that passengers are ferried ashore and "back to base" by a combbination of smaller boats and the cruise liner's own lifeboats. This heightened traffic meant that racing inside the harbour was not a possibility. Hence the man-made intervention!

Mother Nature "pitched in" with a stiff westerly that generated whitecaps for most of the day on Dublin Bay and while there was evidence of this dropping in strength as boats were being rigged, a decision to "blow" the evening was taken.

This forthcoming weekend sees the first of our summer regattas, The Open Championships, being sailed out of Skerries, further up the East Coast from Dublin Bay. Breeze, as usual for this location, is forecast. Numbers are a little low with 4 days to go. Thus far it looks like it will be a substantially DL fleet contesting the event. So to the readership of this column (of which there seen to be many), if you have a Fireball, we'd love to see you on the water!

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#flyingfifteen – Frank Burgess and Brian Maguire  sailing Flying Fifteen 3747 lead all three Mitsubishi Flying Fifteen DBSC races on Saturday. In a startling contrasting day, launching in a 5 to zero knot breeze, 17 Flying Fifteens ventured out on to Seapoint bay for the day's racing , to be totally becalmed at one stage.
Then at about 2.20 a radio message came up from Scotsman bay that the forecasted wind from the south was on its way .
Race 1. Our esteemed DBSC OOD Jonathan O'Rourke, set Course X3, a windward / Leeward Course and a clean start at first attempt and off the 17 FF's went up the beat. Burgess/Maguire FF 3747 were pushed out to sea and the still flooding tide by Mulvin/ Beirne FF 4028 , while the majority of the fleet went in shore to get out of the tide. But due to a lifting wind and good pressure Burgess/ Maguire FF 3747 got round the windward mark in first place.
Burgess/ Maguire FF3747 lead for 3 rounds but like all good sailors did not read the course card and were coming to the finishing line, downwind, and saw no blue flag . Course X3 has 4 rounds. So a really tactically race ensued, with Mathews/ Poole FF 3864, commencing a tacking duel (as Poole indicated afterwards, to see if they could break Burgess). And lone behold they did and down the run Mathews/ Poole FF 3864 overtook Burgess/ Maguire FF 3747 and got the gun . A real race for 2nd then ensued between Galvin / Galvin FF 3757 and Burgess/Maguire FF 3747, which the latter won by a nose.
Race 2 Quickly followed , Course T2, was set by the OOD Mr J O'Rourke. This being an Olympic Course we later learnt. Off the fine fleet of Flying Fifteen went up the beat in 12/15 knots of breeze. As the tide had turned Burgess/Maguire FF 3747 did not mind been pushed again out to sea by FF 3970 Mulligan/ Green and again rounded the weather mark in first place , and hoisted the spinnaker very efficiently and set a course for Howth and the gybe mark. They were quickly followed by the rest of the fleet , but could not find the gybe mark.
Out to sea we all went, it was a beautiful sight to see the FF fleet in full flight with spinnakers flying and no where to go . So Burgess made a prat of himself and for all of Dublin Bay to hear, radioed the "FreeBird". and requested "where was the Gybe Mark "
To be informed that, "It was an Olympic Course and read your fleet card" . As the fleet were now racing towards about 30 cruisers , the race was abandoned.
Our OOD Jonathan O'Rourke later informed us , there was no Gybe mark set and he truly thought he had set W2, a windward / Leeward Course. ( He should have gone to SpecSavers). He forgot to put on his glasses. We can all make mistakes.
Race 3  followed within a few minutes and all was forgiven , as we had an excellent race in a shifting southerly breeze , lead all the way by Burgess/ Maguire FF 3747, who to the delighted of our excellent OOD Mr J O'Rourke and his fantastic support race team, gave the leading boat FF 3747 Burgess/Maguire the gun and a rapturous applause which was returned with gusto .
The real race was down the fleet where , FF 3757, Galvin/Galvin, FF 3970, Mulligan/Green fought it out for 2nd and 3 rd place.
As Burgess/Maguire FF 3747 had a 2nd and 1st and FF 3684 Mathews/Poole had unfortunate gear failure, Burgess/Maguire FF 3747 were delighted after some excellent race management and great competition from a super fleet of Mitsubishi sponsored Flying Fifteen's, won the day.

DBSC results here.

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#dbsc – BENETEAU 31.7 Echo- 1. Extreme Reality (P.McSwiney/E.O'Rafferty), 2.

Attitude (T Milner J Sugars M Branigan), 3. Fiddly Bits
(Timmins/Quigley/Murray/Breen

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

CRUISERS 0 Echo - 1. Tsunami (Vincent Farrell), 2. Lively Lady (Derek
Martin), 3. Wow (George Sisk)

CRUISERS 0 - 1. Tsunami (Vincent Farrell), 2. Wow (George Sisk)

CRUISERS 1 Echo - 1. Indecision (Declan Hayes et al), 2. Raptor
(D.Hewitt et al), 3. Something Else (J.Hall et al)

CRUISERS 1 - 1. Something Else (J.Hall et al), 2. Raptor (D.Hewitt et
al), 3. Gringo (Tony Fox)

CRUISERS 2 Echo - 1. Peridot (Jim McCann et al), 2. Bendemeer (L Casey
& D Power), 3. Helter Skelter (A & A Jermyn)

CRUISERS 2 - 1. Peridot (Jim McCann et al), 2. Jawesome 111 (M Dyke &
B Darcy), 3. Black Sheep (E Healy)

CRUISERS 3 Echo - 1. Papytoo (M Walsh/F Guilfoyle), 2. Wynward (W
McCormack), 3. Pamafe (M Costello)

CRUISERS 3 - 1. Quest (J Skerritt), 2. Hard on Port (Flor O'Driscoll),
3. Supernova (McStay/Timbs/Monaghan/Costello)

Combined Classes Echo - 1. White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody), 2.
Rupert (R & P Lovegrove), 3. Gwili Two (D.Clarke/P.Maguire)

Combined Classes - 1. White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody), 2. Rupert (R
& P Lovegrove), 3. Gwili Two (D.Clarke/P.Maguire)

DRAGON Race 1- 1. Dublin Bay (G Treacy), 2. Diva
(R.Johnson/R.Goodbody), 3. Phantom (D.Williams)

DRAGON Race 2- 1. Zu (M Minch/C Grimley/T Pearson), 2. Phantom
(D.Williams)

FLYING FIFTEEN Race 2- 1. Snow White (Frank Burgess), 2. Thingamabob
(T Galvin), 3. Frequent Flyer (C Doorley/A Green)

FLYING FIFTEEN Race 1- 1. The Gruffalo (K Poole/I Mathews), 2. Snow
White (Frank Burgess), 3. Thingamabob (T Galvin)

GLEN - 1. Glenluce (D & R O'Connor), 2. Glendun (B.Denham et al), 3.
Glenshesk (Walker\Reid\Henderson)

IDRA 14 FOOT Race 1- 1. Dart (Pierre Long), 2. Dunmoanin (Frank
Hamilton)

IDRA 14 FOOT Race 2- 1. Dunmoanin (Frank Hamilton), 2. Dart (Pierre
Long)

MERMAID - 1. Jill (P.Smith/P.Mangan), 2. Tijuana (David Stedmond)

PY CLASS - 1. Hugh Sheehy (OK Dinghy), 2. W Zyszczynsk (Laser Vago)

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

SHIPMAN - 1. Gusto (Heath, Miles, Crisp, Duggan), 2. Malindi
(B.Smith/A.Gray), 3. Jo Slim (J.Clarke et al)

SIGMA 33 Echo - 1. White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody), 2. Rupert (R & P
Lovegrove), 3. Gwili Two (D.Clarke/P.Maguire)

SIGMA 33 - 1. White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody), 2. Rupert (R & P
Lovegrove), 3. Gwili Two (D.Clarke/P.Maguire)

SIGMA 33 - 1. White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody), 2. Rupert (R & P
Lovegrove), 3. Gwili Two (D.Clarke/P.Maguire)

SQUIB Race 1- 1. Femme Fatale (V Delaney), 2. Anemos (Pete & Ann
Evans), 3. Sidewinder (R&R Westrup)

SQUIB Race 2- 1. Tears in Heaven (M Halpenny & G Ferguson), 2.
Perfection (Jill Fleming), 3. Femme Fatale (V Delaney)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS Echo - 1. Sweet Martini (Bruce Carswell), 2.
Cevantes (Paul Conway), 3. Lucy O (Aonghus O hEocha)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS - 1. Cevantes (Paul Conway), 2. Calypso (Howard
Knott), 3. Persistence (C. Broadhead et al)

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The Round Britain & Ireland Race

The 2022 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race will feature a wide variety of yachts racing under the IRC rating rule as well as one design and open classes, such as IMOCA, Class40 and Multihulls. The majority of the fleet will race fully crewed, but with the popularity of the Two-Handed class in recent years, the race is expected to have a record entry.

The Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race starts on Sunday 7th August 2022 from Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK.

The 2022 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race is organised by The Royal Ocean Racing Club in association with The Royal Yacht Squadron.

It is run every four years. There have been nine editions of the Round Britain and Ireland Race which started in 1976 Sevenstar has sponsored the race four times - 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and has committed to a longterm partnership with the RORC

The 2022 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race is a fully crewed non-stop race covering 1,805 nautical miles and is open to IRC, IRC Two Handed, IMOCA 60s, Class40s, Volvo 65s and Multihulls that will race around Britain and Ireland, starting from the Royal Yacht Squadron line in Cowes on the Isle of Wight starting after Cowes Week on Sunday 7 August 2022

The last edition of the race in 2018 attracted 28 teams with crews from 18 nations. Giles Redpath's British Lombard 46 saw over victory and Phil Sharp's Class40 Imerys Clean Energy established a new world record for 40ft and under, completing the course in 8 days 4 hrs 14 mins 49 secs.

The 1,805nm course will take competitors around some of the busiest and most tactically challenging sailing waters in the world. It attracts a diverse range of yachts and crew, most of which are enticed by the challenge it offers as well as the diversity and beauty of the route around Britain and Ireland with spectacular scenery and wildlife.

Most sailors agree that this race is one of the toughest tests as it is nearly as long as an Atlantic crossing, but the changes of direction at headlands will mean constant breaks in the watch system for sail changes and sail trim

Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race Records:

  • Outright - OMA07 Musandam-Oman Sail, MOD 70, Sidney Gavignet, 2014: 3 days 03:32:36
  • Monohull - Azzam Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing, VO 65, Ian Walker, 2014: 4 days 13:10:28
  • Monohull All-Female - Team SCA, VO 65, Samantha Davies, 2014: 4 days 21:00:39
  • Monohull 60ft or less - Artemis Team Endeavour, IMOCA 60, Brian Thompson/Artemis Ocean Racing, 2014: 5 days 14:00:54
  • Monohull 40ft or less – Imerys Clean Energy, Class40, Phil Sharp, 2018: 8 days 4:14:49