South-easterly breezes of eight to 12 knots produced competitive AIB DBSC Saturday Series racing on Dublin Bay on 23 May, although turnout in several one-design classes was reduced by the Royal Irish Yacht Club's staging of the Dun Laoghaire Cup regatta on the same waters.
Cruiser fleet numbers were also affected by offshore and away regatta commitments. Defending Scottish Series champion Something Else from the National Yacht Club was absent from Dublin Bay racing while contesting the Clyde regatta, where the J109 is again challenging at the front of the fleet.
Several crews were also committed to the ISORA Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire offshore race staged over the same weekend.
Race officers Barry McNeaney, Jim Dolan and Declan Traynor managed racing across the cruiser and one-design fleets.
In Cruiser Zero IRC, Peter Ryan’s Benetewau 40.7 Tsunami secured victory by seven minutes 12 seconds on corrected time from Sean Lemass’s First 40 Prima Forte. Tim Kane’s Wow and John Treanor’s Cristina did not compete.
Crew Focus... The crew of White Mischief celebrate another strong Dublin Bay outing after taking Cruiser One IRC and ORC honours in AIB DBSC Saturday Series racing on 23 May.
Cruiser One IRC went to J109 White Mischief helmed by R & T Goodbody. The J109 corrected out 16 minutes 44 seconds ahead of Barry Cunningham’s J109 Chimaera, with Fintan Cairns’ Mills 31 Raptor third after just a one-second corrected margin over Bobby Kerr’s J109 Riders on the Storm.
In Cruiser Two IRC, Fergus O’Sullivan’s Sigma 33 Moonshine took the gun from Lindsay J. Casey’s J97 Windjammer by two minutes 23 seconds corrected, while Philip Lovegrove’s Sigma Rupert was third.
Cruiser Three Echo honours went to Edward Melvin’s Ceol Na Mara, which beat Gerry Costello’s Pamafe by 12 minutes four seconds corrected. Michael Ryan’s Saki placed third.
David Greer’s Vivid won Cruiser 5A Echo by 29 seconds corrected from Peter Richardson’s Dehliverence, while Valda Boardman’s Just Jasmin completed the podium. Colin O’Brien’s Spirit finished fourth, 27 seconds behind Just Jasmin.
Cruiser 5B Echo saw Rodney Martin’s Gemini finish first ahead of David Clarke’s Fortitudine by one minute 57 seconds corrected. Katherine Sheehan’s The Great Escape was third.
ORC Results
In Cruiser One ORC, White Mischief secured victory on corrected time by 13 minutes 40 seconds from Raptor, while Riders on the Storm finished third. Anthony Fox’s Gringo placed fourth.
Cruiser Two ORC saw Windjammer beat Rupert by four minutes 22 seconds corrected. The remaining entries — Black Velvet, Allig8r and Springer — did not compete.
One Designs
One-design turnout was lighter than usual as many DBSC regulars competed instead in the Dun Laoghaire Cup fleets.
In the Beneteau 31.7 class, John Power’s Levante won from Chris Johnston’s Prospect and Michael Bryson’s Bluefin Two.
The Flying Fifteen fleet was won by Adrian Cooper’s Rockaffellas ahead of Joe Coughlan’s Ash.
Ailbe Millerick’s Glenluce topped the Glen class from John Bligh’s Glencree and Ross Cahill-O’Brien’s Osiris.
David Meeke’s Alias won the Ruffian 23 fleet from Brendan Duffy’s Scéal Eile and Ann Kirwan’s Bandit.
Gerard Glynn’s Invader was the sole finisher in the Shipman class.
In the Sportsboats, Kevin Byrne’s StarJay won by four minutes 49 seconds corrected from George Missteer’s Jambon, with Olivier Prouveur’s Sea Jade third.
