A wet and autumnal evening with light and variable westerlies marked race 18, the penultimate Thursday evening fixture of the 140th Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) AIB Saturday Series.
In Class Zero IRC racing, Paul O'Higgins' JPK 10.80 Rockabill VI won by a seven-minute plus margin on corrected time from Chris Power Smith's J122 Aurelia from the Royal St. George Yacht Club. Sean Lemass's First 40 Prima Forte was third in a five-boat turnout. On ECHO handicap, Tim Kane's Extreme 37 Wow won from Jonathan Nicholson's Puma 42, El Pocko with Aurelia third.
Big boat racing was under the Race management of Barry MacNeaney.
Colin Byrne's XP33 Bon Exemple (1:30:21 corrected) from the Royal Irish won IRC One by over a minute on corrected time from clubmate John Maybury's J109 Joker II (1:31:53). Third was Fintan Cairns Mills 31 Raptor (1:32:56) in an eight-boat turnout. On ECHO, Fintan Cairns Mills 31 Raptor won (1:34:13 corrected) from Joker II (1:34:49) with Bobby Kerr's J109 Riders on the Storm, third (1:35:52).
In a seven-boat IRC, Two turnout, Brendan Foley's First 8, Allig8R (1:18:25 corr), won by half a minute from Dick Lovegrove's Sigma 33 Rupert from the Royal St. George won (1:18:58), with Lindsay Casey's J97 Windjammer (1:21:43) third. On ECHO, Ian Bowring's Sigma 33 Springer (1:20:55) won from Rupert (1:21:04) winner, with Damien Corcoran's three-quarter tonner Scenario Encore (1:25:22) in third.
In a six-boat ECHO race in Cruisers Three, Kevin Glynn's Hanse 301, Grasshopper 2 won from Frank Guilfoyle's First 285, Papytoo with Michal Matulka's Trapper Eleint third
In selected results from the one design course, there was no Dragon racing as the Royal St George hosts a bumper Irish National Championships, as Afloat reports here. In a 15-boat Flying Fifteen turnout, Phil Lawton in Puffling won from Shane McCarthy's Potato Head, with Keith Poole in Mike Wazowski third.
In the SB20 series, national champion Michael O'Connor in Ted won from Ger Dempsey. David Bolger's Gilded Lady was third.
As the Beneteau 31.7s prepare to make their ICRA championships debut at the end of the month, John Power's Levante won from Eoin O'Drisvoll's Kernache on scratch racing. Third was national champion Chris Johnston in Prospect. Seven competed.
Brendan Duffy's Carmen was the Ruffian 23 race winner in an eight-boat fleet.
Results below.
