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#bloomsdayregatta – Lack of wind for sailing on Dublin Bay today means Royal Alfred Yacht Club's Bloomsday regatta that is being run in conjunction with the ICRA National Championships has made a change to its sailing instructions. 

Scoring in certain classes has been changed so a boat's RAYC Bloomsday Regatta score will be the total of her race scores for the first two races sailed at the ICRA National Championships tomorrow. Download the change to SIs below.

Meanwhile results for the B & C courses today are available to download below as an excel file.

Published in Royal Alfred YC

Bloomsday Regatta will be held this Saturday on Dublin Bay under the Burgee of the Royal Alfred Yacht Club and in association with all four Dun Laoghaire waterfront Yacht Clubs. The host club is the Royal Irish Yacht Club.

The regatta caters for Cruiser Classes 0,1,2, 3a and 3b & White Sails, Laser SB20, Dragon, Sigma 33, Beneteau 31.7, Beneteau 21, Puppeteer, Ruffian, Glen, Shipman 23, Flying 15, Squib, Mermaid, Fireball, 420, IDRA 14, Laser 1, Radial, Water Wags and Portsmouth Yardstick.

There are two races back to back scheduled and the forecast indicates high winds for race time.

A notice of race is downloadable as a PDF below. 

Published in Royal Alfred YC
Late entries are still being accepted for the Royal Alfred Yacht Club's Bloomsday Regatta on Saturday 18 June.
Racing for all cruiser and dinghy classes is set to begin at 1pm tomorrow in Dun Laoghaire.
Today is the closing date for postal entries, but late entries will still be accepted (incurring an additional late fee of €10).
To enter online without delay visit the RAYC website at www.rayc.ie.

Late entries are still being accepted for the Royal Alfred Yacht Club's Bloomsday Regatta on Saturday 18 June.

Racing for all cruiser and dinghy classes is set to begin at 1pm tomorrow in Dun Laoghaire. 

Today is the closing date for postal entries, but late entries will still be accepted (incurring an additional late fee of €10).

To enter online without delay visit the RAYC website at www.rayc.ie.

Published in Royal Alfred YC

The Star keelboat is a 6.9 metres (23 ft) one-design racing keelboat for two people designed by Francis Sweisguth in 1910.

The Star was an Olympic keelboat class from 1932 through to 2012, the last year keelboats appeared at the Summer Olympics at which Ireland's representatives were Peter O'Leary and David Burrows.

Ireland has performed well in the class internationally thanks to some Olympic campaigns including a bronze medal at the Star World Championships in 2000, won by Mark Mansfield and David O'Brien.

The boat is sloop-rigged, with a mainsail larger in proportional size than any other boat of its length. Unlike most modern racing boats, it does not use a spinnaker when sailing downwind. Instead, when running downwind a whisker pole is used to hold the jib out to windward for correct wind flow.

Early Stars were built from wood, but modern boats are of fibreglass and carbon construction.

The boat must weigh at least 671 kg (1,479 lb) with a maximum total sail area of 26.5 m2 (285 sq ft).

The Star class pioneered an unusual circular boom vang track, which allows the vang to effectively hold the boom down even when the boom is turned far outboard on a downwind run.

Another notable aspect of Star sailing is the extreme hiking position adopted by the crew and at times the helmsman, who normally use a harness to help hang low off the windward side of the boat with only their lower legs inside.

At A Glance – Star Specifications

Designer Francis Sweisguth
Year 1910
Crew 2 (Skipper + Crew)
S + 1.5 C ≤ 250 kg (550 lb)[1]
Draft 1.016 m (3 ft 4 in)
Hull Type keelboat
Hull weight ≥ 671 kg (1,479 lb)
(including keel)
LOA 6.922 m (22 ft 9 in)
LWL 4.724 m (15 ft 6 in)
Beam 1.734 m (5 ft 8 in) at deck
1.372 m (4 ft 6 in) at chine
Hull appendages
Keel/board type bulb keel
401.5 ± 7 kg (885 ± 15 lb)
Rig
Rig type sloop
Mast length 9.652 m (31 ft 8 in)
Sails
Mainsail area 20.5 m2 (221 sq ft)
Jib/genoa area  6.0 m2 (65 sq ft)
Upwind sail area ≤ 26.5 m2 (285 sq ft)

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