A south-easterly breeze of up to 20 knots produced a full afternoon of Dublin Bay Sailing Club racing on Saturday (August 8), with White Mischief and Windjammer among the cruiser winners and two races completed for the Flying Fifteens and J/80s.
There was no Cruiser Zero racing, with boats either returning from Calves Week in West Cork or competing in Saturday's ISORA Coastal Race.
Conditions recorded across the AIB DBSC courses ranged from 15 to 20 knots from the south-east. Barry McNeaney, Jim Dolan and Michael Keogh were the race officers.
White Mischief Takes Cruiser 1 Double
Ricard and Tim Goodbody's J/109 White Mischief took both IRC and ORC honours in Cruiser 1.
On IRC, White Mischief won by two minutes 27 seconds from John and Brian Hall's J/109 Something Else, with Bobby Kerr's J/109 Riders on the Storm third, another three minutes four seconds back.
The same three boats filled the ORC podium in the same order. White Mischief's ORC winning margin over Something Else was three minutes, with Riders on the Storm third, five minutes 38 seconds behind the winner.
Tony Fox's A-35 Gringo was fourth under both systems.
Windjammer Tops Cruiser 2
Lindsay J. Casey's J/97 Windjammer also completed an IRC and ORC double in Cruiser 2.
On IRC, Windjammer beat Fergus O'Sullivan's Sigma 33 Moonshine by four minutes 21 seconds. Philip Lovegrove's Sigma 33 Rupert was third, 49 seconds behind Moonshine, with Jim McCann's Mustang 30 Peridot fourth.
ORC produced the same first and second but reversed third and fourth. Windjammer won from Moonshine, with Peridot third and Rupert fourth. The ORC margin between the first two was six minutes 15 seconds.
Papytoo Wins Tight Cruiser 3 ECHO Contest
Just 15 seconds separated the first two boats in Cruiser 3 ECHO, where Frank Guilfoyle's Papytoo beat Gerry Costello's Pamafe.
Michael Ryan's Saki was third, 44 seconds behind the winner, while Kevin Glynn's Grasshopper 2 was fourth.
The first four boats were separated by only one minute 10 seconds on corrected time.
Dehliverence Wins ECHO and ORC in Cruiser 5A
Peter Richardson's Dehler 36JV Dehliverence completed another handicap double in Cruiser 5A.
Dehliverence won ECHO by two minutes 10 seconds from Charles Broadhead's Persistance, with Colin O'Brien's Spirit third.
The ORC contest was much closer. Dehliverence again prevailed, but Johnnie Phillips' Elan 333 Playtime was only 28 seconds behind in second place. Tim Costello's Bavaria 35 Match Just Jasmin was third.
Calypso and Fortitudine Share Cruiser 5B Honours
There were different winners under ECHO and ORC in Cruiser 5B.
Howard Knott's Oceanis Clipper 361 Calypso won ECHO by two minutes 37 seconds from David Clarke's Hanse 315 Fortitudine. Rodney Martin's Sun Odyssey 32 Gemini was third.
Under ORC, Fortitudine moved to the top, beating Gemini by one minute 48 seconds. Calypso was third, four minutes eight seconds behind the ORC winner.
Court and Dumpleton Share Flying Fifteen Wins
Flying Fifteen race winner Alastair Court with Conor O'Leary aboard ffinisterre, winner of the first of Saturday's two DBSC races on Dublin Bay. File photo.
Two races were completed for the Flying Fifteens in the 15-20 knot south-easterly breeze.
Alastair Court's ffinisterre won the first from Niall Meagher's Shadowffax, with Keith Poole's Mike Wazowski third.
Ken Dumpleton's Rodriguez won the second race from Alan Green's Mavh FFive, while Poole took another third in Mike Wazowski.
Poole was therefore the only helm to finish in the top three in both races, while Green improved from fifth in the opener to second in race two.
StarJay Scores J/80 Double
Kevin Byrne's StarJay took two wins from two starts in the J/80 class.
Ian Simington's George V was second in both races. George Misstear's Jambon took third in the opening race but did not compete in the second.
StarJay also headed the Sportsboats handicap result, beating George V by one minute five seconds on corrected time, with Jambon third.
Bergin Wins Dragon Race
Denis Bergin's Sir Ossis of the River won the Dragon race from John O'Connor's Vela, with H. Kelly and J. Conway's WhyWhyWhy? third.
Three Dragons completed the race, with five of the listed entries recorded DNC.
Geraldine Leads Dublin Bay 21s
John Leahy's Geraldine won the Dublin Bay 21 race from Michael Reid's Garavogue, with Seán Doyle's Estelle third.
Winifred Kelliher's Oola was recorded DNF, while Jean O'Driscoll's Naneen was DNC.
Kirwan Continues Winning Form in Ruffians
Ann Kirwan's Bandit won Saturday's Ruffian 23 race from Brendan Duffy's Scéal Eile, with Frank Bradley's Ripples third.
Kirwan's Dublin Bay victory came just a day after she was among the prizewinners at Calves Week in West Cork aboard her other Ruffian 23, Orca 2.
David Meeke's Alias completed the four finishers.
Ted Takes SB20 Honours
Michael O'Connor's Ted won the SB20 race from Ger Dempsey's venuesworld.com, with Colin Galavan's Carpe Diem third.
Three boats completed the race.
Viking Wins Close Shipman Race
Fergus Mason's Viking took the Shipman race by just 30 seconds from Alain Deladiennee's Poppy.
Gerard Glynn's Invader was third, two minutes 21 seconds behind the winner.
IRC and ECHO results are below and ORC results here
