An overcast Dublin Bay provided a busy backdrop for Dublin Bay Sailing Club's Saturday Series B racing on August 22, with the regular cruiser and one-design fleets sharing the bay with the Melges 15 National Championship fleet and ILCAs training ahead of next week's World Championships.
Conditions varied across the DBSC race tracks. Barry McNeaney's fleets recorded westerly winds of 11–12 knots, Jim Dolan's course had around seven knots from the west, while Declan Traynor's Green Fleet experienced a much wider 8–19-knot range.
The August 22 fixture was the third of five scheduled dates in DBSC's Saturday Series B.
Prima Forte Wins Cruiser Zero ORC
In Cruiser Zero, Prima Forte, the First 40, took the ORC victory, finishing in 1:45:22 corrected.
Chris Power Smith's J/122 2.3 GP Aurelia was second on 1:50:36, with the X-Treme 37 WOW third on 1:57:26.
Chimaera Heads Cruiser One
Barry Cunningham's J/109 Chimaera won Cruiser One IRC, recording 1:38:03 corrected. Richard and Tim Goodbody's J/109 White Mischief took second in 1:40:39, with Brian Hall's J/109 Something Else third in 1:41:34.
ORC reshuffled the order behind the winner. Chimaera again prevailed, on 1:42:13 corrected, but Fintan Cairns' Mills 30 CR Raptor moved into second on 1:44:59, just three seconds ahead of White Mischief.
Windjammer Completes IRC and ORC Double
Lindsay Casey's J/97 Windjammer continued its strong DBSC form with victories under both IRC and ORC in Cruiser Two.
Under IRC, Windjammer won in 1:26:57 corrected from Fergus O'Sullivan's Moonshine on 1:30:42 and Jim McCann's Peridot on 1:34:44.
The same three filled the ORC podium. Windjammer won on 1:24:55, Moonshine was second on 1:28:56 and Peridot third on 1:29:55.
Costello Takes Cruiser Three
Gerry Costello's Pamafe won Cruiser Three ECHO in 1:24:46 corrected.
Wyn McCormack's Wynward was just 61 seconds behind in second, with Edward Melvin's Ceol Na Mara another minute back in third.
Different Winners in Cruiser 5A
Charles Broadhead's Persistence headed Cruiser 5A ECHO, winning in 1:10:28 corrected from Colin O'Brien's Spirit on 1:11:52 and Peter Richardson's Dehliverence on 1:13:00.
ORC produced a different winner, with Richardson's Dehler 36 Dehliverence taking first in 59:08 corrected.
Johnnie Phillips' Playtime was only 30 seconds behind in second, with Tim Costello's Just Jasmin third.
In Cruiser 5B ECHO, Gráinne O'Shea's Gung-Ho won from Rodney Martin's Gemini and David Clarke's Fortitudine.
The supplied Cruiser 5B ORC return records finishing times for Fortitudine, Gemini and Sweet Martini but does not show calculated corrected times or placings.
Prospect Wins 31.7 Contest
Chris Johnston's Prospect won the Beneteau First 31.7 race, finishing 46 seconds ahead of a dead heat for second.
John Power's Levante and Michael Bryson's Bluefin Two both recorded 1:34:30 and shared second place.
Yikes Sweeps Beneteau 211 Races
Yikes, sailed by Team Yikes, completed a clean sweep of both Beneteau 211 races.
Patrick Shannon's Beeswing was second in each, while Rowan Fogarty's Ventuno took two thirds, producing an unchanged top three across both contests.
Fomo Scores Flying Fifteen Double
David Gorman's Fomo was another double winner, taking both Flying Fifteen races.
Ken Dumpleton's Rodriguez and John Lavery's fmff completed the Race 25 podium.
Race 26 brought a substantial change behind Fomo, with Louise McKenna's JacMac climbing from sixth to second and David Mulvin's Ignis Caput improving from seventh to third.
George V Takes Both J/80 Wins
Ian Simington's George V also produced a two-race clean sweep in the J/80s.
Kevin Byrne's StarJay was second in the opener ahead of Judy O'Beirne's George J2. In the second race, George J2 improved to second, George Misstear's Jambon was third and StarJay slipped to fourth.
SB20 Honours Shared
The SB20 fleet produced two different winners.
Michael O'Connor's Ted won the opening race from Colin Galavan's Carpe Diem and Gerrard Dempsey's venuesworld….
Nick Doherty's Zephyr reversed its fifth in the opener to win the second race. Dempsey improved to second and Ted completed the podium in third.
Bandit Leads Ruffian 23s
Ann Kirwan and Brian Cullen won the Ruffian 23 race aboard Bandit.
Brendan Duffy's Scéal Eile was second, with David Meeke's Alias third.
Glendun Wins Glen Race
Alison O'Brien's Glendun headed the Glen fleet, beating David McCaffrey's Pterodactyl into second and John Bligh's Glencree into third.
Estelle Takes Dublin Bay 21 Win
Seán Doyle's Estelle won the Dublin Bay 21 contest.
Michael Reid's Garavogue was second and John Leahy's Geraldine third.
Twocan Tops Shipmans
David Freeman's Twocan won the Shipman race in 1:27:09.
John O'Callaghan's Ruadh was second, 1:13 behind, while Gerard Glynn's Invader took third.
The DBSC season continues into September, with the club having already published amendments to accommodate its racing programme during the ILCA World Championships.
IRC and ECHO results are below and ORC results here
