#DBSC –Dick Lovegrove's Rupert was the winner of today's DBSC Sigma 33 race. Royal St. George club mate Paddy Maguire on the helm of Gwili Two was second and A. Bell sailing Miss Behavin third. It was a spectacular afternoon for sailing with 15–knot north easterly breezes but unfortunately inshore, in Seapoint Bay, the dinghy fleet suffered a lack of wind and elsewhere it was decidely flukey.

There was a reduced turnout in Dublin Bay Sailing Club's cruiser divisions for today's racing with attention focused on results across the bay in Howth at the BMW ICRA Natinoals. The Dragon class was also diverted to the National Yacht Club's staging of the 18-boat east coast championships.

In a wind starved corner of Dublin Bay Hugh Sheehy's OK Dinghy won both races of the day, with a margin of two seconds in one and nearly a minute in the other. That puts the OK clearly in the lead of the Saturday series.

Full DBSC Results for 26 MAY 2012 are below:

BENETEAU 31.7 Echo- 1. Fiddly Bits (Kevin Byrne et al), 2. Kernach (Eoin O'Driscoll), 3. Magic (D.O'Sullivan/D.Espey)

BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Prospect (Chris Johnston), 2. Magic (D.O'Sullivan/D.Espey), 3. Bluefin Two (M & B Bryson)

CRUISERS 3 Echo - 1. Grasshopper 2 (K & J Glynn), 2. Carrabeg (D.Martin/R.Deasy)

CRUISERS 3B Echo - 1. Chinook (A Bradley)

FIREBALL Race 2- 1. Licence to Thrill (Louis Smyth), 2. Goodness Gracious (Louise McKenna), 3. NN (Glen Fisher)

FIREBALL Race 1- 1. Winder (E.Butler/O.Laverty), 2. Goodness Gracious (Louise McKenna), 3. Licence to Thrill (Louis Smyth)

FLYING FIFTEEN Race 1- 1. A Mere Triffle (P Sherry), 2. Deranged (C.Doorly), 3. Rollercoaster (Tom Murphy)

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

GLEN - 1. Glendun (B.Denham et al)

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

IDRA 14 FOOT Race 1- 1. Sapphire (Lorcan O'Sullivan), 2. Doody (J.Fitzgerald/J.Byrne), 3. Dart (Pierre Long)

MERMAID Race 1- 1. Aideen (B.Martin/D.Brennan), 2. Kim (D Cassidy)

MERMAID Race 2- 1. Aideen (B.Martin/D.Brennan), 2. Kim (D Cassidy), 3. Lively Lady (G O'Neill & M Hanney)

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

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

SHIPMAN - 1. Gusto (C Heath)

SIGMA 33 - 1. Rupert (R & P Lovegrove), 2. Gwili Two (D.Clarke/P.Maguire), 3. Miss Behavin' (A Bell et al)

SQUIB Race 1- 1. Anemos (Pete & Ann Evans), 2. Little Demon (Sheila Power), 3. Sidewinder (R.Bowen/R Westrup)

SQUIB Race 2- 1. Femme Fatale (V Delaney), 2. Sidewinder (R.Bowen/R Westrup), 3. Kookaburra (P & M Dee)

#DBSC – Tonight's Dublin Bay Sailing Club dinghy race ended in drifting conditions on Scotsmans Bay off Dun Laoghaire. Neil Colin won again in the light airs in the Fireball class. Colin Galavan won the PY fleet sailing a Laser. Full results below:

BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Extreme Reality (P.McSwiney/E.O'Rafferty), 2. Thirty Something (Gerry Jones et al), 3. Attitude (T Milner J Sugars M Branigan)

CRUISERS 2 - 1. Borraine (Ean Pugh), 2. Cor Baby (Keith Kiernan et al)

CRUISERS 3 - 1. Chouskikou (R.Sheehan/R.Hickey), 2. Grasshopper 2 (K & J Glynn), 3. Papytoo (M.Walsh/F.Guilfoyle)

CRUISERS 3B - 1. Aslana (J Martin & B Mulkeen)

Ensign - 1. RIYC 1 (Tim Goodbody), 2. RIYC 2 (Mark McGibney)

FIREBALL - 1. Elevation (N.Colin/M.Casey), 2. nn (S Oram)

MERMAID - 1. Lively Lady (G O'Neill & M Hanney)

PY CLASS - 1. Colin Galavan (Laser), 2. E & R Ryan (RS400), 3. Gary O'Hare (Laser)

RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Ruff Nuff (D & C Mitchell), 2. Ruff Diamond (D.Byrne et al), 3. Blue Moon (Caoive Collins)

#DBSC – Jonathan and Chris Nicholson's Red Rhum made the most of the easterly winds and big seas for today's Dublin Bay Sailing Club race even though the veteran DB1 cruiser was chased hard by Mervyn Dyke's Jawesome J80 for IRC handicap honours. Red Rhum from the Royal St. George YC also took ECHO honours with Jim McCann's Mustang 30 Peridot second.

The one design divisions were reduced because the Royal Alfred's annual Baily Bowl competition for Squibs, Dragons and RS Elites is also being staged on Dublin Bay at the Royal St. George YC.

Full Dublin Bay Sailing Club Results for 19 May 2012 are below:

Dublin Bay Sailing Club Results for 19 May 2012

BENETEAU 31.7 Echo- 1. Magic (D.O'Sullivan/D.Espey), 2. Prima Nocte (Patrick Burke), 3. Thirty Something (Gerry Jones et al)

BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Thirty Something (Gerry Jones et al), 2. Magic (D.O'Sullivan/D.Espey), 3. Prospect (Chris Johnston)

CRUISERS 1 Echo - 1. Xtravagance (Colin Byrne), 2. Gringo (Tony Fox), 3. Adrenalin (Joe McDonald)

CRUISERS 1 - 1. Xtravagance (Colin Byrne), 2. Gringo (Tony Fox), 3. Jalapeno (Dermod Baker et al)

CRUISERS 2 Echo - 1. Red Rhum (J Nicholson & C Nicholson), 2. Peridot (Jim McCann et al), 3. Jawesome 11 (M Dyke & B Darcy)

CRUISERS 2 - 1. Red Rhum (J Nicholson & C Nicholson), 2. Jawesome 11 (M Dyke & B Darcy), 3. Peridot (Jim McCann et al)

CRUISERS 3 Echo - 1. Gung Ho (G & S O'Shea), 2. Cri-Cri (P Colton), 3. Quest (Jonathan Skerritt)

CRUISERS 3 - 1. Supernova (Shannon, Lawless, McCormack), 2. Quest (Jonathan Skerritt), 3. Gung Ho (G & S O'Shea)

FLYING FIFTEEN Race 1- 1. Kooigjug (K Dumpleton), 2. The Gruffalo (Keith Poole), 3. Mellifluence (T Leonard & B Mulligan)

FLYING FIFTEEN Race 2- 1. The Gruffalo (Keith Poole), 2. Hi Fibre (Michael McCambridge), 3. The Big Bow Wow (N.Meagher/N.Matthews)

GLEN - 1. Glendun (B.Denham et al), 2. Glenroan (Terence Moran), 3. Glencree (J.Bligh/H.Roche)

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

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

MERMAID Race 2- 1. Jill (P.Smith/P.Mangan), 2. Kim (D Cassidy)

MERMAID Race 1- 1. Jill (P.Smith/P.Mangan), 2. Kim (D Cassidy)

PY CLASS Race 2- 1. E & R Ryan (RS400), 2. Hugh Sheehy (OK Dinghy), 3. John Chambers (Moth)

PY CLASS Race 1- 1. Hugh Sheehy (OK Dinghy), 2. E & R Ryan (RS400), 3. John Chambers (Moth)

RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Ruffles (Michael Cutliffe), 2. Ruff N Ready (Ann Kirwan et al), 3. Cresendo (L Balfe)

SHIPMAN - 1. Macro One (Joseph Murray), 2. Invader (Gerard Glynn)

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

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS Echo- 1. Vespucci (S & K O'Regan), 2. Spirit (Colin O'Brien et al), 3. Coumeenole (Bill Kavanagh)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS - 1. Calypso (Howard Knott), 2. Vespucci (S & K O'Regan), 3. Windshift (R O'Flynn et al)

#DBSC – There was tight competition in the one design fleets of tonight's Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) race with David Mulvin's Frequent Flyer the winner of the Flying fifteen's, Andrew Claffey's Diane II won the Ruffians in light winds in Scotsman's bay. His Royal St. George YC club mate Andrew Algeo sailing Flutter won the SB3s.  A good turnout in the Dragon class was topped by Diva (R.Johnson/R.Goodbody). The squibs were won by Peter Dee. The full results for the Dublin Bay Sailing Club Results for 17 MAY 2012 are below:

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

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

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. Tsunami (Vincent Farrell)

CRUISERS 1 Echo - 1. Jalapeno (Dermod Baker et al), 2. Black Velvet (Leslie Parnell), 3. Ruth (L Shanahan)

CRUISERS 1 - 1. Jalapeno (Dermod Baker et al), 2. Ruth (L Shanahan), 3. Rockabill V (Paul O'Higgins)

CRUISERS 2 Echo - 1. Red Rhum (J Nicholson & C Nicholson)

CRUISERS 2 - 1. Red Rhum (J Nicholson & C Nicholson)

CRUISERS 3 Echo - 1. Supernova (Shannon, Lawless, McCormack), 2. Gung Ho (G & S O'Shea), 3. Cri-Cri (P Colton)

CRUISERS 3 - 1. Supernova (Shannon, Lawless, McCormack), 2. Quest (Jonathan Skerritt), 3. Gossip (D Meredith)

Combined Classes Echo - 1. Supernova (Shannon, Lawless, McCormack), 2. Gung Ho (G & S O'Shea), 3. Cri-Cri (P Colton)

Combined Classes - 1. Supernova (Shannon, Lawless, McCormack), 2. Quest (Jonathan Skerritt), 3. Gossip (D Meredith)

DRAGON - 1. Diva (R.Johnson/R.Goodbody), 2. Dublin Bay (G Treacy), 3. Susele (Michael Halpenny)

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

GLEN - 1. Glencree (J.Bligh/H.Roche), 2. Glencoe (Rose Mary Craig et al), 3. Glenmarissa (F.Elmes/W.Higgins)

RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Diane ll (Andrew Claffey), 2. Ruffles (Michael Cutliffe), 3. Shannagh (S.Gill/P.MacDiarmada)

SB3s - 1. Flutter (Andrew Algeo), 2. Alert Packaging (Justin Burke), 3. Vennesworld.com (Ger Dempsey)

SHIPMAN - 1. Whiterock (Henry Robinson), 2. Malindi (B.Smith/A.Gray), 3. Gusto (C Heath)

SQUIB - 1. Kookaburra (P & M Dee), 2. Perfection (Jill Fleming), 3. Glassilaun (D O'Neill)

#DBSC – Veteran Laser sailors Theo Lyttle and Chris Arrowsmith finished 1,2 in the PY class of tonight's Dublin Bay Sailing Club dinghy fleet with ideal 10 knot northerly winds if not a little chilly for Mid-May.

In the Fireball class Winder (E.Butler/O.Laverty) were winners with Neil Colin's Elevation second and Licence to Thrill (Louis Smyth) third.

The full results for the DUBLIN PORT Dublin Bay Sailing Club Results for 15 MAY 2012 are below:

BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Extreme Reality (P.McSwiney/E.O'Rafferty), 2. Kernach (Eoin O'Driscoll)

BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Thirty Something (Gerry Jones et al), 2. Extreme Reality (P.McSwiney/E.O'Rafferty), 3. Kernach (Eoin O'Driscoll)

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

CRUISERS 3 - , 3. Chouskikou (R.Sheehan/R.Hickey)

CRUISERS 3B - 1. Aslana (J Martin & B Mulkeen), 2. Maranda (Myles Kelly), 3. Rebecca (A McNeilly)

Ensign - 1. INSC1 (K Rumball), 2. NYC1 (O Prouveur), 3. RIYC 2 (Mark McGibney)

FIREBALL - 1. Winder (E.Butler/O.Laverty), 2. Elevation (N.Colin/M.Casey), 3. Licence to Thrill (Louis Smyth)

IDRA 14 FOOT - 1. Squalls (Stephen Harrison), 2. Dart (Pierre Long), 3. Dunmoanin (Frank Hamilton)

MERMAID - 1. Kim (D Cassidy), 2. Aideen (B.Martin/D.Brennan)

PY CLASS - 1. T Lyttle (Laser), 2. C Arrowsmith (Laser)

#DBSC – West north west winds ranging in strength from 9 knots to 20 brought Cruisers III Supernova (Shannon, Lawless, McCormack) its first wn of the Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) season this afternoon winning all four divisions of the new Cruisers III set-up for 2012.

In a big turnout in all classes for the third Saturday of the season Dublin bay also played host to the SB20 East coast championships.

Quest sailed by Jonathan Skerritt (who won the April 28th race) was second in Cruisers III A division on IRC handicap to the Bay champion Supernova with Jerry O'Neill's Jammie Dodger third.

There was no ISORA fixture so some of the offshore crews were back racing on inshore courses but a J109 winner offshore Joker II had to be content with third in Cruisers one. The Cruisers one race was won by the brand new J109 Ruth skippered by Liam Shanahan of the National Yacht Club.

In the one design classes the Squibs appear to have survived last week's leeward mark grounding in the shallows off Seapoint. Vicent Delaney's Femme Fatale won from Perfection (Jill Fleming). Third was Nimble (Brian O'Hare).

Full results for the Dublin Bay Sailing Club Results for 12 MAY 2012 below:

BENETEAU 31.7 Echo- 1. Bluefin Two (M & B Bryson), 2. Prospect (Chris Johnston), 3. Dies Irae (Patrick Rowan)

BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Bluefin Two (M & B Bryson), 2. Prospect (Chris Johnston), 3. Attitude (T Milner J Sugars M Branigan)

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. Loose Change (P Redden & M Mitton)

CRUISERS 1 Echo - 1. Jump The Gun (M.Monaghan/J.Kelly), 2. Megapolis (Peter Almann), 3. Jalapeno (Dermod Baker et al)

CRUISERS 1 - 1. Ruth (L Shanahan), 2. Jalapeno (Dermod Baker et al), 3. Joker 11 (John Maybury)

CRUISERS 2 Echo - 1. Peridot (Jim McCann et al), 2. Bendemeer (L Casey & D Power), 3. Dick Dastardly (B.Cusack et al)

CRUISERS 2 - 1. Peridot (Jim McCann et al), 2. Jawesome 11 (M Dyke & B Darcy), 3. Dick Dastardly (B.Cusack et al)

CRUISERS 3 Echo - 1. Supernova (Shannon, Lawless, McCormack), 2. Grasshopper 2 (K & J Glynn), 3. Jammie Dodger (J.H & D.O'Neill)

CRUISERS 3 - 1. Supernova (Shannon, Lawless, McCormack), 2. Quest (Jonathan Skerritt), 3. Jammie Dodger (J.H & D.O'Neill)

Combined Classes 3 - 1. Supernova (Shannon, Lawless, McCormack), 2. Grasshopper 2 (K & J Glynn), 3. Jammie Dodger (J.H & D.O'Neill)

Combined Classes 3 - 1. Supernova (Shannon, Lawless, McCormack), 2. Quest (Jonathan Skerritt), 3. Jammie Dodger (J.H & D.O'Neill)

DRAGON - 1. Diva (R.Johnson/R.Goodbody), 2. Aphrodite (Michael Doorly et al), 3. Susele (Michael Halpenny)

FIREBALL Race 1- 1. Blind Squirrel (Frank Miller), 2. No Name (McGuire & Chambers)

FLYING FIFTEEN Race 1- 1. Frequent Flyer (D Mulvin), 2. Rollercoaster (Tom Murphy), 3. Fflogger (Alan Dooley)

FLYING FIFTEEN Race 2- 1. Rollercoaster (Tom Murphy), 2. Fflogger (Alan Dooley), 3. Kooigjug (K Dumpleton)

GLEN - 1. Glendun (B.Denham et al), 2. Glencree (J.Bligh/H.Roche)

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

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

PY CLASS Race 2- 1. Barry Byrne (49er), 2. Colin Galavan (Laser), 3. P Keane (Laser 1)

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

RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Alias (D.Meeke/M.McCarthy), 2. Cresendo (L Balfe), 3. Ripples (Frank Bradley)

SHIPMAN - 1. Jo Slim (J.Clarke et al), 2. Curraglas (John Masterson), 3. Whiterock (Henry Robinson)

SIGMA 33 - 1. Gwili Two (D.Clarke/P.Maguire), 2. Popje (Ted McCourt), 3. Rupert (R & P Lovegrove)

SQUIB Race 1- 1. Femme Fatale (V Delaney), 2. Perfection (Jill Fleming), 3. Nimble (Brian O'Hare)

SQUIB Race 2- 1. Pintail (M Muldoon & B Stevens), 2. Femme Fatale (V Delaney), 3. Perfection (Jill Fleming)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS - 1. Zephyr (R Cahill-O'Brien), 2. Coumeenole (Bill Kavanagh), 3. Sea Safari (Jacquelin Smith)

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

#DBSC – Light air dinghy skills were a pre-requisite to success on Dublin Bay tonight where the biggest waves were those from the wake of a passing lifeboat. Neil Colin was top in the Fireball class (read Cormac Bradley's observations below). Pierre Long's Dart was at the top of the IDRA 14 fleet. Full Dublin Bay Sailing Club results for 8 May are below:

FIREBALL - 1. Elevation (N.Colin/M.Casey), 2. Blind Squirrel (Frank Miller), 3. Winder (E.Butler/O.Laverty)

IDRA 14 FOOT - 1. Dart (Pierre Long), 2. Dunmoanin (Frank Hamilton), 3. Squalls (Stephen Harrison)

PY CLASS - 1. Gary O'Hare (Laser), 2. C Arrowsmith (Laser), 3. Hugh Sheehy (OK Dinghy)

And the first shall be last ........and the last......shall be first!

Tuesday night DBSC racing is always a time challenge – to get away from the office in time to get down to the Club, get changed and rigged and then to sail out to the start area. Invariably the challenge is worth it, if only to get the chance to get out on the water writes Cormac Bradley.

Tonight, the challenge was magnified when the wind that XC Weather had forecast for this evening didn't materialize. A suggestion of 7kts gusting to 10kts going from NE to N simply didn't happen – the wind was very light and was more easterly that anything else. Competitors and race management alike (Flying Fifteens) had challenges galore.

With an ebbing tide would it pay to go out to sea – DEFINITELY NOT! Would the slight breeze stay long enough to get a race in – ONLY JUST – thanks to a shortened course and even then some of us were too far behind to stay within the time limit for finishers.

Six Fireballs started within a reasonable time period of the start signal and one Fireball was very late. Of those who were in the start area at the start signal, Neil Colin & Margaret Casey were easily the last to arrive. Everyone else was already there, Frank & Grattan, pin-end on port, Glen & Dave, Mary & Brenda, Owen & Conor, and Louis & Cormac, the last combination having arrived in the start area in good time relative to their scheduled start.

A slow departure from the start line prompted the idea of going out to sea for this last combination. After all, the tide was going out and there was nothing to specifically suggest that there was less wind there than anywhere else on the course. A fatal mistake that saw the remainder of the fleet sail off over the horizon, never to be seen again!

Neil and Margaret sailed quietly into 2nd place behind Frank & Grattan, followed, I think by Owen/Conor, Brenda/Mary and Dave/Glen. The 2nd beat of the windward/leeward course saw the fleet head to shore to various degrees and Neil & Margaret sailed serenely into a huge lead. The masters of light airs had struck again.

Thereafter, the pecking order was – I think – Frank & Grattan, Brenda & Mary and Owen & Conor. Louis & Cormac? So far behind they were timed out!

And the first shall be last and the last shall be first!

#SB20 – Andrew Algeo's Flutter took overall honours but only by one point in the first outing of the reformatted DBSC SB20 Sunday races with second and third being determined by countback between three boats. 19 boats turned out for the three windward leeward races.

SinBin (Barry O'Neill) took second and SandyBottom (Gordon Judge) third.

Last week the sportsboat class changed its racing format on the bay and following international developments the class also got a name change from SB3 to SB20.

Next weekend the National Yacht club stages the SB20 Eastern championships on the Bay. A Notice of Race is available to download below.

The next DBSC Sunday racing is the 20th of May. Again first gun is 12.30 with 3 races

#DBSC – In the cruisers one class there was a return to form for the Bay's Championship winning X-yacht design when 10-knot shifty winds from the north–east led to plenty of place changes across 19 classes in Saturday's Dublin Bay Sailing Club race. Colin Byrne's X-34 Xtravagance, the most successful yacht in the 2011 season, won in both IRC and ECHO handicaps. Last week's winner Gringo, a modified A35, skippered by DBSC commodore Tony Fox, was second and John Hall's J109 Something Else third in IRC.

In the one design classes Derek Mitchell's Ruff Nuff beat Diane ll (Andrew Claffey) in the Ruffian class with Ruff N Ready (Ann Kirwan et al) in third.

Full results for the Dublin Bay Sailing Club Results for 5 MAY 2012 are below:

BENETEAU 31.7 Echo- 1. Legally Blonde (C.Drohan/P.Egan), 2. Levante (B.Leyden/M.Leahy), 3. Bluefin Two (M & B Bryson)

BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Thirty Something (Gerry Jones et al), 2. Levante (B.Leyden/M.Leahy), 3. Prospect (Chris Johnston)

CRUISERS 0 - 1. Loose Change (P Redden & M Mitton), 2. Wow (George Sisk), 3. Tsunami (Vincent Farrell)

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

CRUISERS 1 Echo - 1. Xtravagance (Colin Byrne), 2. Something Else (J.Hall et al), 3. Gringo (Tony Fox)

CRUISERS 1 - 1. Xtravagance (Colin Byrne), 2. Gringo (Tony Fox), 3. Something Else (J.Hall et al)

CRUISERS 2 Echo - 1. Red Rhum (J Nicholson & C Nicholson), 2. Graduate (D O'Keeffe), 3. Jawesome 11 (M Dyke & B Darcy)

CRUISERS 2 - 1. Red Rhum (J Nicholson & C Nicholson), 2. Jawesome 11 (M Dyke & B Darcy), 3. Peridot (Jim McCann et al)

CRUISERS 3 Echo - 1. Pamafe (Michael Costello), 2. Supernova (Shannon, Lawless, McCormack), 3. Cri-Cri (P Colton)

CRUISERS 3 - 1. Supernova (Shannon, Lawless, McCormack), 2. Quest (Jonathan Skerritt), 3. Pamafe (Michael Costello)

DRAGON - 1. Phantom (D.Williams), 2. Susele (Michael Halpenny), 3. Diva (R.Johnson/R.Goodbody)

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

FIREBALL Race 2- 1. Licence to Thrill (Louis Smyth), 2. No Name (McGuire & Chambers), 3. GBH (M & P Keegan)

FLYING FIFTEEN Race 1- 1. Rollercoaster (Tom Murphy), 2. Fflogger (Alan Dooley), 3. As Good As It Gets (Ross Doyle)

GLEN - 1. Glendun (B.Denham et al), 2. Glencree (J.Bligh/H.Roche), 3. Glencorel (B.Waldock/K.Malcolm)

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

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

MERMAID - 1. Kim (D Cassidy)

PY CLASS Race 1- 1. E & R Ryan (RS400), 2. Hugh Sheehy (OK Dinghy), 3. Richard Tate (Laser)

PY CLASS Race 2- 1. Hugh Sheehy (OK Dinghy), 2. E & R Ryan (RS400), 3. Richard Tate (Laser)

RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Ruff Nuff (D & C Mitchell), 2. Diane ll (Andrew Claffey), 3. Ruff N Ready (Ann Kirwan et al)

SHIPMAN - 1. Curraglas (John Masterson), 2. Invader (Gerard Glynn), 3. Bluefin (B.Finucane et al)

SIGMA 33 - 1. Leeuwin (H&C Leonard & B Kerr), 2. White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody), 3. Moonshine (R.Moloney/D.O'Flynn)

SQUIB - 1. Kookaburra (P & M Dee), 2. Nimble (Brian O'Hare), 3. Anemos (Pete & Ann Evans)

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

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS Echo- 1. Zephyr (R Cahill-O'Brien), 2. Windshift (R O'Flynn et al), 3. Arwen (Philip O'Dwyer)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS - 1. Arwen (Philip O'Dwyer), 2. Act Two (Michael O'Leary et al), 3. Persistence (C. Broadhead et al)

#DBSC – Four Fireballs took to the race course on the second Tuesday of the DBSC Summer series tonight. Just as the Frostbites didn't live up to their name this past winter, nor could it be said that the summer season racing was summery tonight. Rain, grey, low cloud, brisk water temperatures and a squally wind from ENE with a swell running straight through the harbour mouth made for challenging conditions.

The pace was frenetic with five laps of a windward-leeward on the menu for those who braved the conditions, Noel Butler & Stephen Oram (15061), Frank Miller & Grattan Donnelly (14713), Louise McKenna & Hermine O' Keefe (14691) and Louis Smyth & Cormac Bradley (15007).

Left side of the beat paid the first time with Messrs Miller & Smyth rounding the weather in tandem with Smyth on the inside. Butler was chasing hard and rounded almost immediately after them. A sleigh ride downwind with a late gybe thrown in and all three were in very close company at the first leeward mark.......maybe a tad too close.

Subsequent beats were split with Smyth favouring a right hand-side selection each time to the others who went left to varying degrees and each subsequent rounding of the weather mark saw Smyth there or thereabouts with the other two waiting to pounce.

Some of the downwind legs were being sailed by the lee – not a comfortable position given the wind conditions.

As to be expected, Butler/Oram led around the last weather mark by a boat length or two followed by Smyth/Bradley. These two went right. Miller/Donnelly went left and this gave the first two a nominal gap over the others at the finish.

DUBLIN PORT Dublin Bay Sailing Club Results for 1 MAY 2012

FIREBALL - 1. Noel Butler & Stephen Oram 2. Louis Smyth & Cormac Bradley 3. Frank Miller & Grattan Donnelly 4. Louis McKenna & Hermine O'Keefe.

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

PY CLASS - 1. Hugh Sheehy (OK Dinghy), 2. Colin Galavan (Laser), 3. C Arrowsmith (Laser)