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#dbsc – BENETEAU 31.7 Echo- 1. Prospect (Chris Johnston), 2. Levana (Jean Mitton), 3. Levante (M.Leahy/J.Power)

BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Prospect (Chris Johnston), 2. Levana (Jean Mitton), 3. Levante (M.Leahy/J.Power)

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

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

CRUISERS 1 Echo - 1. Gringo (Tony Fox), 2. Raptor (D.Hewitt et al), 3. Ruth (L Shanahan)

CRUISERS 1 - 1. Gringo (Tony Fox), 2. Just Jay (Oliver Sheehy), 3. Raptor (D.Hewitt et al)

CRUISERS 2 Echo - 1. Red Rhum (J Nicholson & C Nicholson), 2. Graduate (D O'Keeffe), 3. Peridot (Jim McCann et al)

CRUISERS 2 - 1. Red Rhum (J Nicholson & C Nicholson), 2. Graduate (D O'Keeffe), 3. Dick Dastardly (B.Cusack et al)

CRUISERS 3 A Echo - 1. Cartoon (McCormack/Brady/Lawless), 2. Gossip (D Meredith/P Barron/M Rowley), 3. Quest (Jonathan Skerritt)

CRUISERS 3 A - 1. Gossip (D Meredith/P Barron/M Rowley), 2. Quest (Jonathan Skerritt), 3. Cartoon (McCormack/Brady/Lawless)

CRUISERS 3 B - 1. Asterix (Counihan/Meredith/Bushell), 2. Gung Ho (G & S O'Shea), 3. Chouskikou (R Sheehan/R Hickey)

CRUISERS 3 B Echo - 1. Gung Ho (G & S O'Shea), 2. Asterix (Counihan/Meredith/Bushell), 3. Maranda (Myles Kelly)

FLYING FIFTEEN - 1. Deranged (A Green/C Doorly), 2. The Gruffalo (Keith Poole), 3. Perfect Ten (A Balfe)

GLEN - 1. Glenmarissa (F.Elmes/W.Higgins), 2. Glencoe (Rose Mary Craig et al), 3. Glenshane (P Hogan)

RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Bandit (Kirwan/Cullen/Brown), 2. Alias (D.Meeke/M.McCarthy), 3. Shannagh (S.Gill/P.MacDiarmada)

SB3s - 1. Bad (J.Dowling), 2. Venuesworld.com (Ger Dempsey), 3. BMW (G Reilly)

SHIPMAN - 1. Viking (Brian Glynn et al), 2. Jo Slim (J.Clarke et al), 3. Gusto (C Heath)

SIGMA 33 - 1. Leeuwin (H&C Leonard & B Kerr), 2. Miss Behavin' (A Bell et al), 3. Moonshine (R.Moloney)

SQUIB - 1. Kookaburra (P & M Dee), 2. Why Not (Derek & Jean Jago), 3. Nimble (Brian O'Hare)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS Echo - 1. More Mischief (Eamonn Doyle), 2. Teal (Ian French), 3. Xerxes (Dan O'Neill)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS - 1. Xerxes (Dan O'Neill), 2. Persistence (C. Broadhead et al)

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#dbsc – BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Extreme Reality (P.McSwiney/E.O'Rafferty), 2. Fiddly Bits (Timmins/Quigley/Murray/Breen)

BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Fiddly Bits (Timmins/Quigley/Murray/Breen), 2. Extreme Reality (P.McSwiney/E.O'Rafferty)

CRUISERS 2 - 1. Cor Baby (Keith Kiernan et al), 2. Bendemeer (L Casey & D Power), 3. Graduate (D O'Keeffe)

CRUISERS 3 Tuesday - 1. Supernova (McStay/Timbs/Monaghan/Costello), 2. Chouskikou (R Sheehan/R Hickey), 3. Wynward (W McCormack)

FIREBALL - 1. Goodness Gracious (Louise McKenna), 2. No Name (S Oram), 3. No Name (B McGuire)

FLYING FIFTEEN - 1. Out of the Blue (F.Mitchell/G Grier), 2. A Mere Triffle (P Sherry)

GLEN - 1. Pterodactyl (R & D McCaffrey), 2. Glencoe (Rose Mary Craig et al), 3. Glendun (B.Denham et al)

IDRA 14 FOOT - 1. Sapphire (Lorcan O'Sullivan), 2. Slipstream (Julie Ascoop), 3. Dart (Pierre Long)

MERMAID - 1. Aideen (B.Martin/D.Brennan), 2. Jill (P.Smith/P.Mangan), 3. Tijuana (David Stedmond)

PY CLASS - 1. Hugh Sheehy (OK Dinghy), 2. N O'Toole (Laser), 3. Tom Murphy (K1)

PY CLASS - 1. N O'Toole (Laser), 2. P Keane (Laser 1), 3. G Walsh (Laser)

RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Alias (D.Meeke/M.McCarthy), 2. Paramour (Larry Power et al), 3. Riff Raff (R Godley et al)

SQUIB - 1. Tais (Michael O'Connell), 2. Anemos (Pete & Ann Evans), 3. Periguin (N Colcough)

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

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

CRUISERS 1 Echo - 1. Something Else (J.Hall et al), 2. Jump The Gun (M.Monaghan/J.Kelly), 3. Ruth (L Shanahan)

CRUISERS 1 - 1. Something Else (J.Hall et al), 2. Ruth (L Shanahan), 3. Gringo (Tony Fox)

CRUISERS 2 Echo - 1. Jester (Declan Curtin), 2. Bendemeer (L Casey & D Power), 3. Jawesome 111 (M Dyke & B Darcy)

CRUISERS 2 - 1. Jester (Declan Curtin), 2. Bendemeer (L Casey & D Power), 3. Red Rhum (J Nicholson & C Nicholson)

CRUISERS 3 Echo - 1. Cartoon (McCormack/Brady/Lawless), 2. Gossip (Meredith/Barron/Rowley/Kerins), 3. Maranda (M Kelly)

CRUISERS 3 - 1. Cartoon (McCormack/Brady/Lawless), 2. Gossip (Meredith/Barron/Rowley/Kerins), 3. Asterix (Boushel/Meredith/Counihan)

FIREBALL Race 1- 1. Licence to Thrill (Louis Smyth), 2. No Name (B McGuire)

FIREBALL Race 2- 1. Licence to Thrill (Louis Smyth), 2. No Name (B McGuire)

FLYING FIFTEEN Race 1- 1. Deranged (A Green/C Doorly), 2. Kooigjug (K Dumpleton), 3. Frequent Flyer (D Mulvin)

FLYING FIFTEEN Race 2- 1. Deranged (A Green/C Doorly), 2. Perfect Ten (A Balfe), 3. Gulfstream (A Cooper)

GLEN - 1. Glenluce (D & R O'Connor), 2. Pterodactyl (R & D McCaffrey), 3. Glenroan (Terence Moran)

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

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

PY CLASS Race 1- 1. Hugh Sheehy (OK Dinghy), 2. P Keane (Laser 1), 3. David Dwyer (Laser)

PY CLASS Race 2- 1. P Keane (Laser 1), 2. Tom Murphy (K1), 3. Hugh Sheehy (OK Dinghy)

RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Ruffles (Michael Cutliffe), 2. Ruff Nuff (D & C Mitchell), 3. Ripples (Frank Bradley)

SHIPMAN - 1. Whiterock (Henry Robinson), 2. Invader (Gerard Glynn), 3. Jo Slim (J.Clarke et al)

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

SQUIB Race 1- 1. Kookaburra (P & M Dee), 2. Nimble (Brian O'Hare), 3. Tais (Michael O'Connell)

SQUIB Race 2- 1. Kookaburra (P & M Dee), 2. Perfection (Jill Fleming), 3. Why Not (Derek & Jean Jago)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS Echo - 1. Coumeenole (Bill Kavanagh), 2. Warrior (D Shanahan), 3. Spirit (Colin O'Brien et al)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS - 1. Persistence (C. Broadhead et al), 2. Coumeenole (Bill Kavanagh), 3. Warrior (D Shanahan)

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BENETEAU 31.7 Echo- 1. Bluefin Two (M & B Bryson), 2. Legally Blonde (C.Drohan/P.Egan), 3. Kernach (Eoin O'Driscoll)

BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Prospect (Chris Johnston), 2. Levana (Jean Mitton), 3. Bluefin Two (M & B Bryson)

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

CRUISERS 1 - 1. Adrenalin (Joe McDonald), 2. Something Else (J.Hall et al), 3. Jalapeno (Dermod Baker et al)

CRUISERS 1 Echo - 1. Something Else (J.Hall et al), 2. Jalapeno (Dermod Baker et al), 3. Gringo (Tony Fox)

CRUISERS 2 Echo - 1. Graduate (D O'Keeffe), 2. Antix (D Ryan), 3. Cor Baby (Keith Kiernan et al)

CRUISERS 2 - 1. Graduate (D O'Keeffe), 2. Dick Dastardly (B.Cusack et al), 3. Peridot (Jim McCann et al)

CRUISERS 3 A - 1. Gossip (D Meredith/P Barron/M Rowley), 2. Quest (Jonathan Skerritt), 3. Cries of Passion (B Maguire/ A O'Connor)

CRUISERS 3 A Echo - 1. Papytoo (M.Walsh/F.Guilfoyle), 2. Huggy Bear (Doyle & Byrne), 3. Lady Rowena (David Bolger)

CRUISERS 3 B - 1. Gung Ho (G & S O'Shea), 2. Chouskikou (R Sheehan/R Hickey), 3. Asterix (Counihan/Meredith/Bushell)

CRUISERS 3 B Echo - 1. Syzrgy (R Fogarty), 2. Gung Ho (G & S O'Shea), 3. Maranda (Myles Kelly)

FLYING FIFTEEN - 1. Flyer (Niall Coleman), 2. Mellifluence (T Leonard & B Mulligan), 3. Frequent Flyer (D Mulvin)

GLEN - 1. Glencree (J.Bligh/H.Roche), 2. Glenmarissa (F.Elmes/W.Higgins), 3. Glenshane (P Hogan)

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

SB3s - 1. Bom Chickawahwah (John O'Driscoll), 2. Venuesworld.com (Ger Dempsey), 3. Sacrebleu (D Smith/R Hayes)

SHIPMAN - 1. Bluefin (B.Finucane et al), 2. Gusto (C Heath), 3. Curraglas (John Masterson)

SIGMA 33 - 1. White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody), 2. Leeuwin (H&C Leonard & B Kerr), 3. Miss Behavin' (A Bell et al)

SQUIB - 1. Why Not (Derek & Jean Jago), 2. Little Demon (Sheila Power), 3. Nimble (Brian O'Hare)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS Echo - 1. Katie (Tom Dunne et al), 2. More Mischief (Eamonn Doyle), 3. Windshift (R O'Flynn et al)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS - 1. White Lotus (Paul Tully), 2. Vespucci (S & K O'Regan), 3. Calypso (Howard Knott)

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#dbsc – CRUISERS 2 - 1. Graduate (D O'Keeffe), 2. Cor Baby (Keith Kiernan et al), 3. Bendemeer (L Casey & D Power)

CRUISERS 3 Tuesday - 1. Chouskikou (R Sheehan/R Hickey), 2. Solidarity (Whelan/McCabe/Cary/Cramer), 3. Pamafe (M Costello)

GLEN - 1. Glendun (B.Denham et al), 2. Glenmiller (P Cusack), 3. Glencorel (B.Waldock/K.Malcolm)

RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Cresendo (L Balfe), 2. Alias (D.Meeke/M.McCarthy), 3. Paramour (Larry Power et al)

SQUIB - 1. Anemos (Pete & Ann Evans), 2. Fox (R.Browne/M.Moran)

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#dbsc – BENETEAU 31.7 Echo- 1. Magic (D.O'Sullivan/D.Espey), 2. Bluefin Two (M & B Bryson), 3. Levante (M.Leahy/J.Power)

BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Magic (D.O'Sullivan/D.Espey), 2. Bluefin Two (M & B Bryson), 3. Levante (M.Leahy/J.Power)

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

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

CRUISERS 1 Echo - 1. Jump The Gun (M.Monaghan/J.Kelly)

CRUISERS 1 - 1. Jump The Gun (M.Monaghan/J.Kelly)

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

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

CRUISERS 3 Echo - 1. Papytoo (M Walsh/F Guilfoyle), 2. Saki (McCormack/Ryan/Ryan), 3. Chouskikou (R Sheehan/R Hickey)

CRUISERS 3 - 1. Quest (J Skerritt), 2. Papytoo (M Walsh/F Guilfoyle), 3. Chouskikou (R Sheehan/R Hickey)

FLYING FIFTEEN - 1. Fflogger (Alan Dooley), 2. Frequent Flyer (D Mulvin), 3. The Last Resort (John O'Sullivan)

GLEN - 1. Glenshesk (L.Faulkner et al), 2. Glenluce (D & R O'Connor), 3. Pterodactyl (R & D McCaffrey)

RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Ruffles (Michael Cutliffe), 2. Alias (D.Meeke/M.McCarthy), 3. Cresendo (L Balfe)

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

SIGMA 33 - 1. White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody), 2. Gwili Two (D.Clarke/P.Maguire), 3. Springer (I.Bowring)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS Echo - 1. Calypso (Howard Knott), 2. Sweet Martini (Bruce Carswell), 3. Fortitudine (D & A Clarke)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS - 1. Calypso (Howard Knott), 2. Vespucci (S & K O'Regan)

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BENETEAU 31.7 Echo- 1. Kernach (Eoin O'Driscoll), 2. Extreme Reality (P.McSwiney/E.O'Rafferty), 3. Levante (M.Leahy/J.Power)

BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Prospect (Chris Johnston), 2. Levante (M.Leahy/J.Power), 3. Magic (D.O'Sullivan/D.Espey)

CRUISERS 0 Echo - 1. Lively Lady (Derek Martin), 2. Tsunami (Vincent Farrell), 3. Loose Change (P Redden & M Mitton)

CRUISERS 0 - 1. Loose Change (P Redden & M Mitton), 2. Lively Lady (Derek Martin), 3. Wow (George Sisk)

CRUISERS 1 Echo - 1. Joker 11 (John Maybury), 2. Something Else (J.Hall et al), 3. Ruth (L Shanahan)

CRUISERS 1 - 1. Joker 11 (John Maybury), 2. Something Else (J.Hall et al), 3. Ruth (L Shanahan)

CRUISERS 2 - 1. Graduate (D O'Keeffe), 2. Dick Dastardly (B.Cusack et al), 3. Red Rhum (J Nicholson & C Nicholson)

CRUISERS 2 Echo - 1. Kamikaze (P.Nash/B.McIntyre), 2. Graduate (D O'Keeffe), 3. Antix (D Ryan)

CRUISERS 3 A Echo - 1. Lady Rowena (David Bolger), 2. Hyflyer (J Barnard), 3. Cartoon (McCormack/Brady/Lawless)

CRUISERS 3 A - 1. Quest (Jonathan Skerritt), 2. Cartoon (McCormack/Brady/Lawless), 3. Cries of Passion (B Maguire/ A O'Connor)

CRUISERS 3 B - 1. Chouskikou (R Sheehan/R Hickey), 2. Gung Ho (G & S O'Shea), 3. Taiscealai (B Richardson)

CRUISERS 3 B Echo - 1. Jiminy Cricket (M Tyndall), 2. Chouskikou (R Sheehan/R Hickey), 3. Gung Ho (G & S O'Shea)

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

FLYING FIFTEEN - 1. Frequent Flyer (D Mulvin), 2. Deranged (A Green/C Doorly), 3. Thingamabob (T Galvin)

GLEN - 1. Glenshesk (L.Faulkner et al), 2. Glenroan (Terence Moran), 3. Glencoe (Rose Mary Craig et al)

RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Diane ll (Andrew Claffey), 2. Ruff Nuff (D & C Mitchell), 3. Ruffles (Michael Cutliffe)

SB3s - 1. Should be... (Michael O'Connor), 2. Seriously Bonkers (P Lee/M Cuppage), 3. Bad (J.Dowling)

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

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

SQUIB - 1. Perfection (Jill Fleming), 2. Periguin (N Colcough), 3. Kookaburra (P & M Dee)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS Echo - 1. Afternoon Delight (Michael Bennett et al), 2. Aurora (Ray Conway), 3. Windshift (R O'Flynn et al)

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

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#fireball – The majority of the eight-boat Fireball fleet in the second round race of DBSC Series 3 will have come off the water having had an entertaining evening writes Cormac Bradley.  I say the majority, for in the blustery conditions there were a number of costly capsizes, one of which resulted in a DNF and another that saw a 4th with a possibility of a 3rd become a 5th.

A westerly breeze was blowing with some quite hard squalls at the start of the evening but the viciousness of the squalls eased off as the evening wore on! An amendment to the sailing instructions saw the Fireballs promoted to the first start and a check of the ebbing tide before the race did confirm that it was pushing us away from the line. The Flying Fifteen fleet was on Race Committee duty tonight and they set an excellent Olympic course of three laps.

Messrs Butler & Oram (15061) went hard left on the first beat and worked the inshore side of the course. Neil Colin & Margaret Casey (14775) did the same, from the pin end of the line. Just up from the pin, Smyth & Bradley (15007) could be found, sailing a parallel course to 14775, with Louise McKenna & Hermine O'Keefe (14691) also going left, but astern and marginally to leeward of Smyth. Nicholson & Besslar (14781) went right into the ebbing tide as did Miller & Donnelly (14713) and Power & Barry (14854). Miller & Donnelly broke away from the offshore side of the beat to mix it up with Colin & Casey, while Nicholson & Besslar left that manoeuvre to a little later and crossed ahead of Smyth & Bradley. Later, up the same beat these two would cross each other again with Smyth, on starboard very close to Nicholson's transom!

At the weather mark Butler & Oram were gone again! A cluster of boats rounded together, Colin & Miller having worked the port lay line were ahead of Smyth who rounded just ahead of Nicholson and McKenna. Applying the Adam Bower's mantra of WUMPETA, Smyth stole a modest march on both Miller & Nicholson to get out from under the lee of the one and over the top of the other to allow him to chase Colin & Casey.

The first reach was tightish, but the second one broadened out as the fleet went offshore. McKenna & O'Keeffe's night came to an early finish when Hermine appeared to come off the wire and the resultant capsize, with spinnaker, left them too far behind the pack. Smyth closed on and overtook Colin & Casey to round the leeward mark in 2nd place. However, Colin & Casey stayed offshore for the early part of the second beat while Smyth & Bradley went in and within a couple of hundred metres, the situation was reversed with Colin sitting in 2nd spot. The first four boats gybed at the weather mark to stay out in the ebbing tide and this allowed them to slide towards the leeward mark. Butler & Oram were doing another horizon job! Colin & Casey were in a comfortable 2nd while Miller & Donnelly had closed on Smyth & Bradley to challenge for 3rd. At the 2nd leeward mark the order was Butler, Colin, Smyth & Miller.

The third beat saw the lead boats stay out in the tide initially before crossing the course to work the inside track of the beat. There didn't seem to be any sense of boats closing on the boat ahead of them but Miller stuck close to Smyth. Around the third and final weather mark, Smyth was able to launch his spinnaker before a squall came across the water to stay high. Miller, on the other hand, rounded in the squall and was forced off to leeward trying to get the spinnaker up. This left him fighting to get up to the gybe mark and he ultimately paid the price with a capsize, under spinnaker before he got to that particular "holy grail". The finishing order seemed to be set!

Except down the two reaches, Smyth & Bradley closed on Colin & Casey to the extent that there were only boat lengths between them at the final leeward mark. Colin's rounding left him marginally to leeward of an IDRA (PY fleet) while Smyth was able to round to windward of a Laser (also PY fleet) and all four boats were within a distance of 10 – 15m. Colin tacked to go inshore, crossing ahead of the IDRA. Smyth went over the top of the IDRA and stayed out in what was a foul tide. Halfway up the final beat, with the committee boat relocated further to windward, Smyth & Bradley crossed Colin & Casey with a gap of about 30m and Smyth & Bradley ahead! The remainder of the beat saw Smyth & Bradley covering their opposition to the finish line where they were rewarded with a 2nd place that hadn't looked at all likely throughout the previous triangular lap.

Fireball DBSC Series 3, Round 2, 30th July 2013

1

Noel Butler & Stephen Oram

15061

DMYC

2

Louis Smyth & Cormac Bradley

15007

Coal Harb.

3

Neil Colin & Margaret Casey

14775

DMYC

4

Jonathan Nicholson & Vivian Besslar

14781

RStGYC

5

Frank Miller & Grattan Donnelly

14713

DMYC

DBSC Series 3 – Fireballs (after two races).

1

Noel Butler & Stephen Oram

15061

DMYC

2pts

2

Frank Miller & Grattan Donnelly

14713

DMYC

7pts

2

Louis Smyth & Cormac Bradley

15007

Coal Harb.

7pts

4

Jonathan Nicholson & Vivian Besslar

14781

RStGYC

8pts

5

Cariosa Power & Marie Barry

14854

NYC

9pts

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#dbsc – CRUISERS 1 - 1. Ruth (L Shanahan)

CRUISERS 2 - 1. Bendemeer (L Casey & D Power), 2. Cor Baby (Keith Kiernan et al)

CRUISERS 3 Tuesday - 1. Jiminy Cricket (M Tyndall), 2. Pamafe (M Costello), 3. Chouskikou (R Sheehan/R Hickey)

FIREBALL - 1. No Name (S Oram), 2. Licence to Thrill (Louis Smyth), 3. Elevation (N.Colin/M.Casey)

GLEN - 1. Pterodactyl (R & D McCaffrey), 2. Glenmiller (P Cusack), 3. Glendun (B.Denham et al)

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

MERMAID - 1. Jill (P.Smith/P.Mangan), 2. Aideen (B.Martin/D.Brennan), 3. Lively Lady (G O'Neill & M Hanney)

PY CLASS - 1. Colin Galavan (Laser), 2. D O'Connell (Laser), 3. P Keane (Laser 1)

RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Cresendo (L Balfe), 2. Alias (D.Meeke/M.McCarthy), 3. Different Drummer (D Tonge)

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#DBSC – Dublin Bay Sailing Club Results for 27 JULY 2013

BENETEAU 31.7 Echo- 1. Extreme Reality (P.McSwiney/E.O'Rafferty), 2. Legally Blonde (C.Drohan/P.Egan), 3. Fiddly Bits (Timmins/Quigley/Murray/Breen)

BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Prospect (Chris Johnston), 2. Extreme Reality (P.McSwiney/E.O'Rafferty), 3. Levante (M.Leahy/J.Power)

CRUISERS 0 Echo - 1. Wow (George Sisk), 2. Lively Lady (Derek Martin), 3. Loose Change (P Redden & M Mitton)

CRUISERS 0 - 1. Wow (George Sisk), 2. Loose Change (P Redden & M Mitton), 3. Lively Lady (Derek Martin)

CRUISERS 1 Echo - 1. Something Else (J.Hall et al), 2. Jalapeno (Dermod Baker et al), 3. Jump The Gun (M.Monaghan/J.Kelly)

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

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. Red Rhum (J Nicholson & C Nicholson), 3. Jawesome 111 (M Dyke & B Darcy)

CRUISERS 3 Echo - 1. Pamafe (M Costello), 2. Quest (J Skerritt), 3. Asterix (Boushel/Meredith/Counihan)

CRUISERS 3 - 1. Quest (J Skerritt), 2. Asterix (Boushel/Meredith/Counihan), 3. Cri-Cri (P Colton)

FLYING FIFTEEN Race 2- 1. Snow White (Frank Burgess), 2. Deranged (A Green/C Doorly), 3. The Big Bow Wow (N.Meagher/N.Matthews)

FLYING FIFTEEN Race 1- 1. The Gruffalo (Keith Poole), 2. Deranged (A Green/C Doorly), 3. Rollercoaster (Tom Murphy)

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. Dunmoanin (Frank Hamilton), 2. Dart (Pierre Long), 3. Doody (J.Fitzgerald/J.Byrne)

MERMAID Race 1- 1. Aideen (B.Martin/D.Brennan), 2. Tijuana (David Stedmond)

MERMAID Race 2- 1. Aideen (B.Martin/D.Brennan), 2. Tijuana (David Stedmond)

PY CLASS Race 2- 1. Colin Galavan (Laser), 2. P Keane (Laser 1), 3. Hugh Sheehy (OK Dinghy)

PY CLASS Race 1- 1. P Keane (Laser 1), 2. Hugh Sheehy (OK Dinghy), 3. Des Fortune (Finn)

RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Alias (D.Meeke/M.McCarthy), 2. Ruffles (Michael Cutliffe), 3. Cresendo (L Balfe)

SHIPMAN - 1. Whiterock (Henry Robinson), 2. Euphanzel lll (J Simington), 3. Curraglas (John Masterson)

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

SQUIB Race 2- 1. Perfection (Jill Fleming), 2. Why Not (Derek & Jean Jago), 3. Anemos (Pete & Ann Evans)

SQUIB Race 1- 1. Why Not (Derek & Jean Jago), 2. Anemos (Pete & Ann Evans), 3. Perfection (Jill Fleming)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS Echo - 1. Lucy O (Aonghus O hEocha), 2. Fortitudine (D & A Clarke), 3. Persistence (C. Broadhead et al)

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Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta

From the Baily lighthouse to Dalkey island, the bay accommodates six separate courses for 21 different classes racing every two years for the Dun Laoghaire Regatta.

In assembling its record-breaking armada, Volvo Dun Laoghaire regatta (VDLR) became, at its second staging, not only the country's biggest sailing event, with 3,500 sailors competing, but also one of Ireland's largest participant sporting events.

One of the reasons for this, ironically, is that competitors across Europe have become jaded by well-worn venue claims attempting to replicate Cowes and Cork Week.'Never mind the quality, feel the width' has been a criticism of modern-day regattas where organisers mistakenly focus on being the biggest to be the best. Dun Laoghaire, with its local fleet of 300 boats, never set out to be the biggest. Its priority focussed instead on quality racing even after it got off to a spectacularly wrong start when the event was becalmed for four days at its first attempt.

The idea to rekindle a combined Dublin bay event resurfaced after an absence of almost 40 years, mostly because of the persistence of a passionate race officer Brian Craig who believed that Dun Laoghaire could become the Cowes of the Irish Sea if the town and the local clubs worked together. Although fickle winds conspired against him in 2005, the support of all four Dun Laoghaire waterfront yacht clubs since then (made up of Dun Laoghaire Motor YC, National YC, Royal Irish YC and Royal St GYC), in association with the two racing clubs of Dublin Bay SC and Royal Alfred YC, gave him the momentum to carry on.

There is no doubt that sailors have also responded with their support from all four coasts. Running for four days, the regatta is (after the large mini-marathons) the single most significant participant sports event in the country, requiring the services of 280 volunteers on and off the water, as well as top international race officers and an international jury, to resolve racing disputes representing five countries. A flotilla of 25 boats regularly races from the Royal Dee near Liverpool to Dublin for the Lyver Trophy to coincide with the event. The race also doubles as a RORC qualifying race for the Fastnet.

Sailors from the Ribble, Mersey, the Menai Straits, Anglesey, Cardigan Bay and the Isle of Man have to travel three times the distance to the Solent as they do to Dublin Bay. This, claims Craig, is one of the major selling points of the Irish event and explains the range of entries from marinas as far away as Yorkshire's Whitby YC and the Isle of Wight.

No other regatta in the Irish Sea area can claim to have such a reach. Dublin Bay Weeks such as this petered out in the 1960s, and it has taken almost four decades for the waterfront clubs to come together to produce a spectacle on and off the water to rival Cowes."The fact that we are getting such numbers means it is inevitable that it is compared with Cowes," said Craig. However, there the comparison ends."We're doing our own thing here. Dun Laoghaire is unique, and we are making an extraordinary effort to welcome visitors from abroad," he added. The busiest shipping lane in the country – across the bay to Dublin port – closes temporarily to facilitate the regatta and the placing of six separate courses each day.

A fleet total of this size represents something of an unknown quantity on the bay as it is more than double the size of any other regatta ever held there.

Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta FAQs

Dun Laoghaire Regatta is Ireland's biggest sailing event. It is held every second Summer at Dun Laoghaire Harbour on Dublin Bay.

Dun Laoghaire Regatta is held every two years, typically in the first weekend of July.

As its name suggests, the event is based at Dun Laoghaire Harbour. Racing is held on Dublin Bay over as many as six different courses with a coastal route that extends out into the Irish Sea. Ashore, the festivities are held across the town but mostly in the four organising yacht clubs.

Dun Laoghaire Regatta is the largest sailing regatta in Ireland and on the Irish Sea and the second largest in the British Isles. It has a fleet of 500 competing boats and up to 3,000 sailors. Scotland's biggest regatta on the Clyde is less than half the size of the Dun Laoghaire event. After the Dublin city marathon, the regatta is one of the most significant single participant sporting events in the country in terms of Irish sporting events.

The modern Dublin Bay Regatta began in 2005, but it owes its roots to earlier combined Dublin Bay Regattas of the 1960s.

Up to 500 boats regularly compete.

Up to 70 different yacht clubs are represented.

The Channel Islands, Isle of Man, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland countrywide, and Dublin clubs.

Nearly half the sailors, over 1,000, travel to participate from outside of Dun Laoghaire and from overseas to race and socialise in Dun Laoghaire.

21 different classes are competing at Dun Laoghaire Regatta. As well as four IRC Divisions from 50-footers down to 20-foot day boats and White Sails, there are also extensive one-design keelboat and dinghy fleets to include all the fleets that regularly race on the Bay such as Beneteau 31.7s, Ruffian 23s, Sigma 33s as well as Flying Fifteens, Laser SB20s plus some visiting fleets such as the RS Elites from Belfast Lough to name by one.

 

Some sailing household names are regular competitors at the biennial Dun Laoghaire event including Dun Laoghaire Olympic silver medalist, Annalise Murphy. International sailing stars are competing too such as Mike McIntyre, a British Olympic Gold medalist and a raft of World and European class champions.

There are different entry fees for different size boats. A 40-foot yacht will pay up to €550, but a 14-foot dinghy such as Laser will pay €95. Full entry fee details are contained in the Regatta Notice of Race document.

Spectators can see the boats racing on six courses from any vantage point on the southern shore of Dublin Bay. As well as from the Harbour walls itself, it is also possible to see the boats from Sandycove, Dalkey and Killiney, especially when the boats compete over inshore coastal courses or have in-harbour finishes.

Very favourably. It is often compared to Cowes, Britain's biggest regatta on the Isle of Wight that has 1,000 entries. However, sailors based in the north of England have to travel three times the distance to get to Cowes as they do to Dun Laoghaire.

Dun Laoghaire Regatta is unique because of its compact site offering four different yacht clubs within the harbour and the race tracks' proximity, just a five-minute sail from shore. International sailors also speak of its international travel connections and being so close to Dublin city. The regatta also prides itself on balancing excellent competition with good fun ashore.

The Organising Authority (OA) of Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta is Dublin Bay Regattas Ltd, a not-for-profit company, beneficially owned by Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club (DMYC), National Yacht Club (NYC), Royal Irish Yacht Club (RIYC) and Royal St George Yacht Club (RSGYC).

The Irish Marine Federation launched a case study on the 2009 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta's socio-economic significance. Over four days, the study (carried out by Irish Sea Marine Leisure Knowledge Network) found the event was worth nearly €3million to the local economy over the four days of the event. Typically the Royal Marine Hotel and Haddington Hotel and other local providers are fully booked for the event.

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