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18th December 2023

Colin Byrne's 1720 Crew Take the 2023 DBSC Turkey Shoot Trophy on Dublin Bay

A final race win enabled Colin Byrne's 1720 Optique to be crowned 2023 AIB DBSC Turkey Shoot Champion in Sunday's final race of the 70-boat series.

The final race of the Royal Irish Yacht Club hosted series was sailed in medium south-westerly conditions and mild December temperatures of 12 degrees Celsius on Dublin Bay.

The overall leader after five races sailed, Tim and Richard Goodbody's J109 White Mischief from the Royal Irish Yacht Club, took third place.

Lindsay Casey's J97 Windjammer of the Royal St. George Yacht Club finished as runner-up.

A gusty southwest breeze on Dublin Bay brought the seven-race AIB DBSC Turkey Shoot Series to a close on Sunday, December 17th Photo: Afloat

Results below

The DBSC Spring Chicken Series will start on the first Sunday of February 2024.

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15th December 2023

J109 White Mischief Leads DBSC Turkey Shoot After Protest

The disqualification of the overall leader of the AIB DBSC Turkey Shoot puts Tim and Richard Goodbody's J109 White Mischief from the Royal Irish Yacht Club at the top of the scoreboard going into the final race this Sunday.

Race organisers have issued 'amended results' (see below) to the earlier provisional results published on Wednesday following a 'port and starboard' protest heard this week that led to the disqualification of one-time leader Hot Cookie.

Tim and Richard Goodbody's J109 White Mischief from the Royal Irish Yacht Club is on 36 points. On 42 points, Lindsay Casey's J97 Windjammer is lying second, and the 1720 Optique is third on 46.

Racing concludes this Sunday with a prizegiving immediately after racing at the Royal Irish Yacht Club.

Strong winds are forecasted for the final of the seven-race series that has suffered only one cancellation since racing began in November.

Download amended results to date, handicaps and start times for the final Turkey Shoot race below.

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14th December 2023

O'Gorman's Sunfast 3600 'Hot Cookie'Leads into Final Race of the DBSC Turkey Shoot

Some familiar names are on top of the AIB DBSC Turkey Shoot leaderboard going into Sunday's final race of the country's biggest winter sailing league on Dublin Bay.

According to provisional results, with 30 points after five races sailed and one discard applied, John O'Gorman's Sunfast 3600 Hot Cookie from the National Yacht Club has a seven-point margin over Tim and Richard Goodbody's J109 White Mischief from the Royal Irish Yacht Club. On 43 points, Lindsay Casey's J97 Windjammer is lying third.

The winner of last Sunday's fifth race was the Oceanis 36i, Calypso.

Racing concludes this Sunday with a prizegiving immediately after racing at the Royal Irish Yacht Club.

Download results to date, handicaps and start times for the final Turkey Shoot race below.

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5th December 2023

Close Shave at the DBSC Turkey Shoot as Overall Lead Shared With Two Races Left to Sail

With two races left to sail at the AIB DBSC Turkey Shoot at the Royal Irish Yacht Club, there are joint overall leaders at the country's biggest winter sailing league.

The 1720 Optique and the Sunfast 3600 Hot Cookie sit on 27 points after last Sunday's fog-bound race on Dublin Bay.

In a strong showing for J80 one-designs in the light air, fourth race, Star Jay won from Jay-Z. The Sigma 33 Boojum was third.

Ashore, after racing at the Royal Irish Yacht Club a 'Movember' ceremony (as pictured top) saw €550 raised for charity among the Turkey Shooters with three sailors having their moustaches shaved off.

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29th November 2023

National Yacht Club's Sunfast 3600 'Hot Cookie' Leads Turkey Shoot Racing on Dublin Bay

The 1720 sportsboat Wolfe won the fourth race of the AIB-sponsored DBSC Turkey Shoot Series on Dublin Bay on Sunday morning.

The J80 Jitterbug was second with another 1720, and Optique finished third in the 60-boat race.

A westerly breeze saw the Royal Irish hosted fleet sail a course to the Muglins off Dalkey Island in the south of Dublin Bay.

Overall, John O'Gorman's Sunfast 3600 Hot Cookie from the National Yacht Club leads into the fifth race of the series on 27 points, two points ahead of Tim and Richard Goodbody's J109 White Mischief from the host club. In third place overall is early series leader Lindsay Casey's J97 Windjammer from the Royal St. George Yacht Club.

Racing continues this Sunday morning.

Results are downloadable below

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21st November 2023

Jeanneau 36 Sirocco Wins DBSC Turkey Shoot Race as J97 Windjammer Takes Overall Lead

Race three of the AIB DBSC Turkey Shoot Series was won on Sunday in brisk conditions by the Jeanneau 36 Sirocco in a corrected time of one hour 20 minutes and 41 seconds (modified ECHO handicap), just 24 seconds ahead of the Beneteau 31.7 Camira (1:22:05).

Third was the J97 Windjammer (1:22:19) that now leads the series overall into this weekend's fourth race and the halfway stage of the seven-race series on Dublin Bay.

A photo taken from onboard Johnny Treanor's J112e "VelenTina" in the third race of the DBSC Turkey Shoot Photo: Maurice O'Connell

The Royal Irish Yacht Club hosted event has a solid entry of 74 boats.

Results are downloadable below as a PDF file.

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11th November 2023

DBSC 'Turkey Shoot' Series Entry Hits 74 for Second Sunday Race

After a strong start to the 2023 AIB DBSC Turkey Shoot last Sunday, won by the 1720 sportsboat, Optique, handicaps and starts have been released for tomorrow morning's second race of the seven-race series.

The Royal Irish hosted event had a great turnout, with 62 racing from 71 entries for the initial race on Dublin Bay.

Entries are now up to 74 boats, close to last year's bumper entry of 78.

The popular series for keelboats, cruisers, cruising boats, and one-designs is also for boats that do not normally race.

Southerly winds are expected to moderate on the bay by 10 am start time. Live webcams here

Handicaps and starts are downloadable below.

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8th November 2023

1720 Sportsboat 'Optique' Wins First Race of 2023 DBSC Turkey Shoot Series

The 1720 sportsboat Optique held off a strong challenge from three different J-Boat designs to win the first race of the AIB DBSC Turkey Shoot Series on Sunday morning.

The Dublin Bay-based cruiser racer one-design keelboat fleet series hosted by the Royal Irish Yacht Club attracted a 68-boat entry for the race in medium westerly winds.

The J109 Blast on Chimaera finished second, with sistership White Mischief in third. A third J109 Riders on the Storm was fourth, with J97 Windjammer fifth and the larger J112e Valentina sixth.

Results are downloadable below, with handicaps and starts for the first race.

For the third year running, there were five separate starts, such is the range of boats now competing.

Racing continues next Sunday.

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2nd November 2023

DBSC Turkey Shoot Fleet Look Forward to Moderate Conditions for Sunday's First Race on Dublin Bay

Dublin Bay Sailing Club 2023 Turkey Shoot Series has reached a fleet of over sixty ahead of Sunday's (November 5th) first of seven pre-Christmas races off Dun Laoghaire Harbour.

It looks like the winter series will get off to an ideal start with moderate to fresh westerly winds forecast for Dublin Bay. It will be bright and breezy with sunny spells and passing brief showers. Visibility is forecast to be good. Sea state moderate but rough well offshore.

As entries for the popular series closed this week, organisers confirmed some long-distance travellers for the fun series.

As Afloat reported earlier, Sean Hawkshaw's Sligo-based Sigma 38 Wardance is among the runners, as is Stuart Harris's Moxy II, an X322 from Waterford Harbour.

In an eve of race announcement, organiser Fintan Cairns has highlighted Sailing Instruction 14 re Bowsprits and SI 17.4 re DLRCC Yellow buoys for swimmers. Download the full SIs below.

From among Dun Laoghaire's waterfront clubs, Brendan Foley's first Class 8 Allig8r from the Royal St. George is racing, as is Patrick Burke's First 40, Prima Forte from the host club.

John Treanor's new J112e Valentina from the National Yacht Club is entered, and so is Hal Sisk's newly restored Marian Maid, a classic 8-metre from 1954.

Organisers are now expecting to match or exceed last year's bumper fleet for the series that runs up to December 17th.

Now in its 23rd year, the AIB-sponsored seven-race series will be hosted by the Royal Irish Yacht Club at Dun Laoghaire Harbour.

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9th October 2023

First Turkey Shoot Entry is Received for November's 23rd DBSC Winter Series on Dublin Bay

Dublin Bay Sailing Club has issued the advance notice of its popular 'Turkey Shoot' winter sailing series that starts on Sunday, 5th November.

Now in its 23rd year, the AIB-sponsored seven-race series will be co-hosted by the Royal Irish Yacht Club at Dun Laoghaire Harbour.

Last year, a massive 78-boat entry gathered for the short and sharp morning racing that promises to have everyone ashore by lunchtime.

A progressive handicap on a time-on-time basis will be used.

As regular Afloat readers will know, the white-sailed First 31.7 'Avalon' was the overall winner of the 22nd edition.

A Notice of Race is downloadable below.

Race organiser Fintan Cairns, who has run the series since inception, has urged skippers to enter early to ease the administrative burden, with one entry received already in the shape of Kenny Rumball's RS 21 keelboat.

"This is a series for keelboats, cruisers, cruising boats, one-designs and boats that do not normally race are very welcome," he told Afloat.

The last date for entries is Wednesday, 1st November.

"Handicaps of late entries (and incorrect sail nos.!) will be adjusted accordingly!" Cairns says.

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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

What is Dun Laoghaire Regatta?

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

When is Dun Laoghaire Regatta?

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

Where is Dun Laoghaire Regatta held?

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.

How big is Dun Laoghaire Regatta?

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.

How old is Dun Laoghaire Regatta?

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

How many boats compete at Dun Laoghaire Regatta?

Up to 500 boats regularly compete.

How many yacht clubs are represented at Dun Laoghaire Regatta?

Up to 70 different yacht clubs are represented.

Where do the yachts come from to compete at Dun Laoghaire Regatta?

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

How many boats are visiting boats at Dun Laoghaire Regatta?

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.

What type of yachts race in Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta?

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.

What famous sailors race in Dun Laoghaire Regatta?

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.

How much does it cost to enter Dun Laoghaire Regatta?

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.

Where can spectators view Dun Laoghaire Regatta?

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.

How does Dun Laoghaire regatta compare to international regattas?

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.

Why is Dun Laoghaire Regatta so unique?

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.

Who organises Dun Laoghaire Regatta?

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).

What does Dun Laoghaire Regatta contribute to the local economy?

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.