Competitors in this weekend's first race of the DBSC Turkey Shoot Winter Sailing Series on Dublin Bay are being warned to stay away from rocks at the North end of Dalkey Island with Sunday's first race starting two hours after low water. While it may appear obvious for sailors to steer around all rocks this particular outcrop has 'given some trouble' this season, say organisers, who have issued a useful reminder of the submerged hazard. Known locally as 'Leac Buidhe', the rocks in Muglins Sound are at the following approximate GPS co-ordinates: 53 16.64 N 06 05.13 W 

A note published in this year's DBSC yearbook also refers to the rock:  When approaching Muglins Sound from Scotsman's Bay, boats are advised to keep to the port-hand side of the Sound, avoiding the Leac Buidhe rock on their starboard side at 53 16.616N, 06 05.149W

ISORA sailor Peter Ryan has been in touch (scroll down) to warn of other rocks to the south–west of the Muglins.

Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) will again include an incentive to get people sailing this winter, especially newcomers, in its seven race Turkey Shoot 2015 series. Racing starts on Sunday, November 1. Racing is under modified ECHO (aka FECHO).

Cruisers, cruising boats, one-designs and boats that do not normally race are welcome to participate.

Any competitor boat that takes out a non–sailor (new to sailing) as a crew member will get a 2% discount on it’s FECHO handicap that day. The non-sailor will qualify as such for three races if taken. DBSC accepts that there may be overlaps with

non-sailors so rules will again evolve in the spirit it is meant. Names will be registered before sailing each day.

Entry fee €70.00 – includes temporary membership of Dublin Bay S.C. and the Royal Irish Y.C.

Entry forms are downloadable below.

Sailing instructions will be available on Sunday 1st November and will be emailed to entrants beforehand.

After sailing, food will be available to competitors in the Royal Irish Y.C.

Entries to: Donal P. O’Sullivan, 72 Clonkeen Drive, Foxrock, D.18 before Friday 30th October. 

It’s for days like this that we sail Flying Fifteens on Dublin Bay, a sunny warm afternoon with a nice force 3/4 from the SE on excellent courses set by Suzanne McGarry and her team on Freebird. There were two races, the first won by Ian Mathews & Keith Poole in Gruffalo and the second won by Chris Doorly & Alan Green in Frequent Flyer.

It was the last Saturday of the DBSC summer series and the thirteen boats that turned out enjoyed great conditions and close racing. Coughlin & Marshal were in great form sailing particularly well having two thirds.

In Race 1 Mathews was out of the blocks quickly and led all the way, Doorly & Green were second close behind and chased Mathews all the way, these two extended their lead, behind it was a closer affair but Coughlin & Marshal managed to pull ahead of the Cahills to take third place. It was not a very shifty day so places tended to stay as they were over the four laps.

In Race 2 the line was square, most boats headed in to the right, Green helming this race, went more left out to sea hoping for more wind, it was close at the weather mark but Mathews coming from the right got the lead, Green was second followed closely by Coughlin and the Meaghers. Green and Mathews pulled ahead and Green got close on the second beat tacked inside Mathews to take advantage of one of the few shifts of the day to close the gap. On the last beat Mathews outhaul came undone, he managed to half fix it but Green took advantage and just nipped it on the line. Behind Coughlin and the Meaghers were having a great ding dong sail but Coughlin got into third.

It was great to see so many boats out racing, the turn outs this season has been fantastic. Thanks must go to Ronan Beirne and his committee for encouraging people to get out even it is isn’t with their usual crew or helm. Next week the NYC Frostbite Series starts and will continue into November.

The class travels to Lough Derg in October for the Western Championships. While other classes fold up their sails the flying fifteen class have two more events!

Results of the final DBSC 2015 race are here

BENETEAU 31.7 ECHO - 1. Prospect (Chris Johnston), 2. Fiddly Bits

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

BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Prospect (Chris Johnston), 2. Crazy Horse (F Heath
& I Schuster), 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. Wow (George Sisk), 2. Tsunami (Vincent Farrell), 3.
Lively Lady (Derek Martin)

CRUISERS 1 ECHO - 1. Adrenalin (J McDonald & J Balfe), 2. Powder
Monkey (C Moore), 3. Gringo (Tony Fox)

CRUISERS 1 - 1. Gringo (Tony Fox), 2. Raptor (D.Hewitt et al), 3. Bon
Exemple (C Byrne)

CRUISERS 2 ECHO - 1. Peridot (Jim McCann et al), 2. Bendemeer (L Casey
& D Power), 3. Black Sheep (E Healy)

CRUISERS 2 - 1. Peridot (Jim McCann et al), 2. Bendemeer (L Casey & D
Power), 3. Black Sheep (E Healy)

CRUISERS 3 ECHO - 1. Pamafe (M Costello), 2. Cartoon
(McCormack/Brady/Lawless), 3. Supernova
(McStay/Timbs/Monaghan/Costello)

CRUISERS 3 - 1. Supernova (McStay/Timbs/Monaghan/Costello), 2. Cartoon
(McCormack/Brady/Lawless), 3. Hard on Port (Flor O'Driscoll)

Combined Classes ECHO - 1. Springer (I Bowring), 2. White Mischief
(Timothy Goodbody), 3. Leeuwin (H&C Leonard & B Kerr)

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

FLYING FIFTEEN RACE 2- 1. Frequent Flyer (C Doorley/A Green), 2. The
Gruffalo (K Poole/I Mathews), 3. Ash (Joseph Coughlan)

FLYING FIFTEEN RACE 1- 1. The Gruffalo (K Poole/I Mathews), 2.
Frequent Flyer (C Doorley/A Green), 3. Ash (Joseph Coughlan)

GLEN - 1. Pterodactyl (R & D McCaffrey), 2. Glenroan (T O'Sullivan),
3. Glencree (J.Bligh/H.Roche)

IDRA 14 FOOT RACE 1- 1. Dunmoanin (Frank Hamilton), 2. Slipstream
(Julie Ascoop), 3. Doody (J.Fitzgerald/J.Byrne)

IDRA 14 FOOT RACE 2- 1. Dunmoanin (Frank Hamilton), 2. Doody
(J.Fitzgerald/J.Byrne)

RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Ruff Nuff (D & C Mitchell), 2. Alias
(D.Meeke/M.McCarthy), 3. Cresendo (L Balfe)

SHIPMAN - 1. Gusto (Heath, Miles, Crisp, Duggan), 2. Curraglas (John
Masterson), 3. Malindi (B.Smith/A.Gray)

SIGMA 33 ECHO - 1. Springer (I Bowring), 2. White Mischief (Timothy
Goodbody), 3. Leeuwin (H&C Leonard & B Kerr)

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

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

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

SQUIB RACE 2- 1. Perfection (Jill Fleming), 2. Anemos (Pete & Ann
Evans), 3. Sidewinder (R&R Westrup)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS ECHO - 1. Xerxes (Dan O'Neill), 2. Nirvana
(Bernard Neeson), 3. Spirit (Colin O'Brien et al)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS - 1. Persistence (C. Broadhead et al), 2. Vespucci
(S & K O'Regan), 3. Xerxes (Dan O'Neill)

Dublin Bay Sailing Club Results for 19 SEPTEMBER 2015

BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Crazy Horse (F Heath & I Schuster), 2. Fiddly Bits
(Timmins/Quigley/Murray/Breen), 3. Prospect (Chris Johnston)

BENETEAU 31.7 ECHO - 1. Fiddly Bits (Timmins/Quigley/Murray/Breen), 2.
Crazy Horse (F Heath & I Schuster), 3. Attitude (T Milner J Sugars M
Branigan)

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

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

CRUISERS 1 ECHO - 1. Gringo (Tony Fox), 2. Jalapeno (P Barrington et
al), 3. Something Else (J.Hall et al)

CRUISERS 1 - 1. Gringo (Tony Fox), 2. Something Else (J.Hall et al),
3. Jalapeno (P Barrington et al)

CRUISERS 2 ECHO - 1. Jambiya (Ryan & Lattimore), 2. Peridot (Jim
McCann et al), 3. Jawesome 111 (M Dyke & B Darcy)

CRUISERS 2 - 1. Peridot (Jim McCann et al), 2. Jawesome 111 (M Dyke &
B Darcy), 3. Jester (Declan Curtin)

CRUISERS 3 - 1. Hard on Port (Flor O'Driscoll), 2. Asterix
(Boushel/Meredith/Counihan), 3. Cartoon (McCormack/Brady/Lawless)

CRUISERS 3 ECHO - 1. Pamafe (M Costello), 2. Hard on Port (Flor
O'Driscoll), 3. Papytoo (M Walsh/F Guilfoyle)

FLYING FIFTEEN RACE 2 - 1. FFantastic Mr Fox (N Meagher & N Matthews),
2. Snow White (Frank Burgess), 3. Flyer (Niall Coleman)

FLYING FIFTEEN RACE 1 - 1. Flyer (Niall Coleman), 2. Ash (Joseph
Coughlan), 3. Mellifluence (G O'Neill &M Hanney)

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

IDRA 14 FOOT RACE 1- 1. Doody (J.Fitzgerald/J.Byrne), 2. Dunmoanin
(Frank Hamilton)

SIGMA 33 ECHO - 1. Springer (I Bowring), 2. Moonshine (R.Moloney), 3.
Rupert (R & P Lovegrove)

SIGMA 33 - 1. White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody), 2. Rupert (R & P
Lovegrove), 3. Moonshine (R.Moloney)

SIGMA 33 - 1. White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody), 2. Rupert (R & P
Lovegrove), 3. Moonshine (R.Moloney)

SQUIB RACE 1 - 1. Buzz Lite (G.O'Connor), 2. Sidewinder (R&R Westrup),
3. Tears in Heaven (M Halpenny & G Ferguson)

SQUIB RACE 2 - 1. Buzz Lite (G.O'Connor), 2. Perfection (Jill
Fleming), 3. Sidewinder (R&R Westrup)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS ECHO - 1. Cevantes (Paul Conway), 2. Vespucci (S &
K O'Regan), 3. Just Jasmin (Philip Smith)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS - 1. Vespucci (S & K O'Regan), 2. Persistence (C.
Broadhead et al), 3. Cevantes (Paul Conway)

BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Crazy Horse (F Heath & I Schuster), 2. Prospect

(Chris Johnston), 3. Attitude (T Milner J Sugars M Branigan)

BENETEAU 31.7 Echo- 1. Fiddly Bits (Timmins/Quigley/Murray/Breen), 2.
Crazy Horse (F Heath & I Schuster), 3. Attitude (T Milner J Sugars M
Branigan)

CRUISERS 1 Echo - 1. Gringo (Tony Fox), 2. Something Else (J.Hall et
al), 3. Jump The Gun (M.Monaghan/J.Kelly)

CRUISERS 1 - 1. Something Else (J.Hall et al), 2. Gringo (Tony Fox),
3. Bon Exemple (C Byrne)

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

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

CRUISERS 3 - 1. Asterix (Boushel/Meredith/Counihan), 2. Hard on Port
(Flor O'Driscoll), 3. Cri-Cri (P Colton)

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

GLEN - 1. Glenluce (D & R O'Connor), 2. Glencoe (Rose Mary Craig et
al), 3. Glenshesk (Walker\Reid\Henderson)

RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Ruff Nuff (D & C Mitchell), 2. Ruffles (Michael
Cutliffe), 3. Bandit (Kirwan/Cullen/Brown)

SHIPMAN - 1. Gusto (Heath, Miles, Crisp, Duggan), 2. Jo Slim (J.Clarke
et al), 3. Ruadh (J.O'Connor/J.O'Callaghan)

SIGMA 33 Echo - 1. Rupert (R & P Lovegrove), 2. Leeuwin (H&C Leonard &
B Kerr), 3. Popje (Ted McCourt)

SIGMA 33 - 1. Rupert (R & P Lovegrove), 2. Leeuwin (H&C Leonard & B
Kerr), 3. Enchantress (Larkin/Bonner/Nicholl)

SIGMA 33 - 1. Rupert (R & P Lovegrove), 2. Leeuwin (H&C Leonard & B
Kerr), 3. Popje (Ted McCourt)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS Echo - 1. Spirit (Colin O'Brien et al), 2. Act Two
(Michael O'Leary et al), 3. Persistence (C. Broadhead et al)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS - 1. Persistence (C. Broadhead et al), 2. Act Two
(Michael O'Leary et al), 3. Calypso (Howard Knott)

Download the overall results below as a pdf file

Tony Fox's Gringo leads Class one IRC after three races of the Dublin Bay Sailing Club Cruiser Challenge today.

The first day was one of mixed fortunes for many crews with plenty of retirees due to damage, a collision and strong shifty winds.

Full results after day one are downloadable below as a PDF file.

FLYING FIFTEEN - 1. The Gruffalo (K Poole/I Mathews), 2. As Good As It

Gets (Ross Doyle), 3. FFantastic Mr Fox (N Meagher & N Matthews)

GLEN - 1. Pterodactyl (R & D McCaffrey), 2. Glenluce (D & R O'Connor),
3. Glenshane (P Hogan)

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

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

SHIPMAN - 1. Jo Slim (J.Clarke et al), 2. Invader (Gerard Glynn), 3.
Gusto (Heath, Miles, Crisp, Duggan)

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

#fireball – 'I see no flags' – To paraphrase Nelson, I saw no flags last night flying from the DMYC to signify that racing in the DBSC Tuesday Series was cancelled writes Cormac Bradley. This is intended only as an observational statement not as a commentary on flag protocol.

The weather forecast for the evening wasn't that attractive – winds in the high teens with gusts of 33 knots. The seascape was grey and there was a dampness in the air, all in stark contrast to the evening we had enjoyed last week.

At 18:15, viewed from my office window, there was some activity in the DMYC dinghy park but not a great deal. There was wind but not what had been forecast!

However, there were no flags flying to suggest that at this early stage that racing was in jeopardy. I left for home slightly thereafter and when I returned neither the harbour nor Scotsman's Bay had any dinghy activity. Coming across one of the Fireball crews, I established that racing had been cancelled.

Tomorrow, Thursday, sees the biennial Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta start and eight Fireballs are entered for the event. They will enjoy racing over the Thursday afternoon, Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning.