Shifty south-westerlies of 12 to 19 knots and a flooding tide produced close racing and several tight finishes across the AIB Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) cruiser and one-design fleets on Thursday, May 28.
The closest contest of the evening came in Cruisers 2 IRC, where just 35 seconds separated the top three boats on corrected time, while Cruisers 1 IRC produced a hard-fought J/109 battle won by White Mischief. Across the one-design classes, SeaBiscuit, Sir Ossis of the River and Farfalla were among the night's winners.
CRUISERS
White Mischief wins J/109 battle by 1m 43s
The Cruisers 1 IRC fleet delivered one of the closest contests of the evening between three J/109s.
R & T Goodbody's White Mischief (Royal Irish Yacht Club) claimed the win ahead of National Yacht Club skipper Brian Hall's Something Else, fresh from a successful defence of her IRC title at Scottish Series on Loch Fyne. Barry Cunningham's Chimaera completed the podium.
White Mischief on her way to victory in Cruisers 1 IRC and ORC Cruisers 1 during Thursday evening racing on Dublin Bay. Photo: Maurice O'Connell
On corrected time, White Mischief finished in 1:15:11, giving the boat victory by just 1 minute and 43 seconds over Something Else on 1:16:54. Chimaera remained in touch with a corrected time of 1:21:17.
Further back, the Shanahan family's Ruth finished fourth ahead of Bobby Kerr's Riders on the Storm and J Kelly and M Monaghan's Jump the Gun.
Moonshine edges Windjammer by just 29 seconds
Cruisers 2 IRC produced the tightest finish of the evening.
Fergus O'Sullivan's Sigma 33 Moonshine narrowly edged Lindsay J. Casey's J/97 Windjammer, while Jim McCann's Mustang 30 Peridot secured third place.
Moonshine recorded a corrected time of 1:28:01 to win by only 29 seconds from Windjammer on 1:28:30. Peridot was just six seconds further adrift with 1:28:36, underlining the competitiveness of the class.
Brendan Foley's First 8 Allig8R took fourth place ahead of Leslie Parnell's Black Velvet and Philip Lovegrove's Rupert.
Grasshopper 2 takes victory in 28-second thriller
Kevin Glynn's Grasshopper 2 emerged victorious in Cruisers 3 Echo after another close finish on corrected time.
Michael Ryan's Saki took second place, with Wyn McCormack's Wynward third.
Grasshopper 2 posted a corrected time of 1:24:20, enough to beat Saki by 28 seconds after correction. Wynward crossed just nine seconds behind second place on 1:24:57.
Gerry Costello's Pamafe finished fourth, while Eric Leonard's Maranda rounded out the top five.
Vivid leads home by nearly three minutes
David Greer's Vivid claimed victory in Cruisers 5A Echo ahead of Johnnie Phillips' Playtime and Derek Ryan's Brizo.
Vivid secured the win with a corrected time of 1:06:55, finishing 2 minutes and 50 seconds clear of Playtime on 1:09:45. Brizo followed closely in third with 1:10:03.
Peter Richardson's Dehliverence and Eamonn Doyle's Shearwater completed the top five.
Wow sole finisher as rivals record DNCs
Tim Kane's Wow was the only finisher in the Cruisers Zero IRC fleet.
Sailing in the fresh south-westerly breeze, Wow corrected out in 1:26:14 to secure victory after finishing at 19:55:31.
The remainder of the fleet — Peter Ryan's Tsunami, Sean Lemass's Prima Forte, John Treanor's Cristina and Chris Power Smith's Aurelia (both entered for this weekend's Kinsale's Inistearaght Race) — were all recorded DNC. The result gave Wow maximum points from a dramatically reduced fleet.
ORC Cruisers 1
White Mischief tops ORC standings as J/109s dominate podium
Goodbody’s White Mischief added ORC honours to its evening’s success, taking victory in ORC Cruisers 1 ahead of Chimaera and Bobby Kerr’s Riders on the Storm.
The J/109 proved the boat to beat in the class, filling the top three positions. White Mischief posted a corrected time of 1:28:11, finishing 7 minutes and 26 seconds ahead of Chimaera on 1:35:37. Riders on the Storm completed the podium with a corrected time of 1:40:58.
The J/109 dominance continued through the fleet, with Indecision fourth and Jump the Gun fifth. Five boats — Joker II, Gringo, Jalapeno, Raptor and Dear Prudence — were recorded as DNC.
ORC Cruisers 2
Allig8R wins ORC thriller with top three separated by 20 seconds
ORC Cruisers 2 produced the closest finish of the evening as Brendan Foley’s Allig8R narrowly edged Fergus O’Sullivan’s Moonshine, while Lindsay J. Casey’s Windjammer completed a tightly packed podium.
Allig8R secured victory with a corrected time of 1:42:11, just 12 seconds ahead of Moonshine on 1:42:23. Windjammer was only eight seconds further back on 1:42:31, meaning the top three boats were separated by just 20 seconds after handicap correction.
Leslie Parnell’s Black Velvet finished fourth with a corrected time of 1:46:32. Springer and Rupert were both recorded as DNC.
Results are provisional. See more from ORC Ireland here
ONE-DESIGNS
Sir Ossis of the River tops fleet for Bergin
Denis Bergin's Sir Ossis of the River won the Dragon class race ahead of D Williams and P Bowring's Phantom. John O'Connor's Vela completed the top three.
Farfalla claims win in competitive fleet
Sean Craig's Farfalla topped the Flying Fifteen standings after a strong performance in a competitive fleet. Alan Green's Mach FFive secured second place, while Keith Poole's Mike Wazowski finished third. Neil Colin's FFuzzy claimed fourth ahead of Ken Dumpleton's Rodriguez and Adrian Cooper's Rockafellas.
Glenluce leads home Glencoe and Glencree
Ailbe Millerick's Glenluce took victory in the Glen class ahead of Myles Fleeton's Glencoe. John Bligh's Glencree finished third.
Javelin scores victory ahead of Red Cloud
Stephen Gill's Javelin led the J/80 fleet home to claim first place. Owen Laverty's Red Cloud finished second, while Declan Curtin's Jester secured third.
Ripples heads six-boat finish
Frank Bradley's Ripples claimed victory in the Ruffian 23 fleet ahead of Brendan Duffy's Scéal Eile. Ann Kirwan's Bandit secured third place, with Eoin Ó hEochaidh's Loco fourth. Eimear Ní Mhéalóid's Ruff Diamond and Richard Godley's Riff Raff rounded out the finishers.
SeaBiscuit takes honours from Carpe Diem
Barry Glavin's SeaBiscuit took top honours in the SB20 class. Colin Galavan's Carpe Diem finished second, while Gerrard Dempsey's Venuesworld completed the podium.
