Colin Byrne's XP33 Bon Exemple from the Royal Irish Yacht Club was the winner of tonight's windy third race of the AIB Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) Thursday night series.
Tony Fox's A35 Gringo from the National Yacht Club was second with Andrew Craig's RIYC J109 Chimaera in third place in the 12-boat fleet.
Flat seas with strong westerlies up to 20-knots made for some excellent racing.
The top three in a four-boat Cruisers Zero contest was an entirely RIYC affair. Paul O'Higgins JPK 10.80 Rockabill VI, who will contest Saturday's cross channel ISORA race, was the winner from Patrick Burke's First 40.7, Prima Forte. Third was Rodney and Keith Martin's 44.7 Lively Lady.
In IRC 2, Conor Ronan's Corby 25 Ruthless won from Leslie Parnell's First 34.7 Black Velvet with Richard Lovegrove's Sigma 33 Rupert third in an eight boat turnout.
The DBSC Cruiser division Race Officer was Eddie Totterdell.
In the one designs, DMYC sailors finished occupied the top three of a 13-boat Flying Fifteen race. Alastair Court's Ffinisterre won from Ben Mulligan's Enfant de Marie with Neil Colin's FFuzzy third.
As the SB20s build up for their RIYC based World championships this September (and this month's Dun Laoghaire Sportsboat Cup), Davy Taylor's Ted from the Royal St. George won from Ger Dempsey's Royal Irish based Venuesworld. Third was Barry Glavin's Seabiscuit.
See full DBSC individual and overall results in all classes below
