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#dbsc – As Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC), kicks off its 130th birthday celebrations, its first series of 2014 is already drawing to a close.

Handicaps & Starts for next Sunday's (23rd March) final race in the Rathfarnham Ford sponsored Spring Chicken Series are attached for the all–in cruiser series that has topped 40 boats.

The series prizegiving will be held at the National Y.C. after racing.

The first race of DBSC's summer season begins on Thursday April 24th with Tuesday's commencing on April 29th and Saturday's racing starting on April 26th.

WM Nixon wrote about the club's 130 years in his Sailing on Saturday blog here.

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#dbsc  – A 1720 sportsboat named Deja Vu was the winner of the opening race of DBSC's Spring Chicken Series, second was the A35 Another Adventure and third was the Beneteau 34.7 Adelie. Full results are downloadable below.  The six weeek series got off to a perfect start last weekend and the hope is a similar weather window might present itself again in the next 48–hours for the National Yacht Club hosted event. Attached are results from last Sunday and also Starts & Handicaps for this weekend. 

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About IDRA 14s

The Irish Dinghy Racing Association One Design or IDRA14 class is known for its convivial class association and affordable racing and great team spirit.

 

The IDRA14 class is 75 years old in 2021 with some original boats still racing but also entirely up to date with fibreglass boats, trapezes and spinnakers.

 

The races in summer and winter from three Dublin sailing clubs.

 

There are currently IDRA 14’s racing in Clontarf (CYBC), Sutton (SDC) and Dun Laoghaire (DMYC and RStGYC).

 

Boats are available in fibreglass and timber from approximately €1,500 ready to sail.

 

The IDRA 14s are working on plans to celebrate their 75th Anniversary in 2021.