Royal Irish's Paul O'Higgins, sailing the JPK 1080, Rockabill VI, was the winner by over eight minutes on corrected time of Thursday evening's (July 25) Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) Summer Series in a four-boat turnout in Cruisers IRC Zero.
Winds were westerly at 10 knots on the Dublin Bay race track, but the evening also had some very heavy gusts up to 25 knots.
The 2024 Round Ireland Race IRC Two class winner was well clear of Chris Power Smith's J122 Aurelia from the Royal St. George with Kyran McStay's Royal Irish X35, D-Tox third.
O'Higgins's next race on Rockabill VI is this Saturday, for the 50-mile ISORA race to Arklow, as Afloat reports here.
In race 14 of the IRC One series, Barry Cunningham's J109 Chimaera was back on Dublin Bay duty after her IRC One Cork Week victory to claim the Thursday night race win by a minute on corrected time from National Yacht Club J109 sistership Brian Hall's Something Else. Third was Cunningham's Royal Irish club mates Richard and Tim Goodbody in White Mischief.
Cruisers IRC Two was won by Royal St. George's Brendan Foley in the First 8 Allig8R from clubmate Lindsay Casey in the overall class leader, the J97 Windjammer. Third was David O'Flynn's Sigma 33 Moonshine.
Full details in all classes below