Aurelia, White Mischief and Windjammer each completed IRC and ORC doubles in Dublin Bay Sailing Club's Saturday Series on September 5, as a south-easterly breeze provided racing across the cruiser divisions.
The main DBSC fleet raced in generally light conditions, with winds recorded at seven to 10 knots from the south-east. The Cruisers III start, on a separate course, recorded an even lighter four to five knots.
Aurelia Leads Cruisers Zero
Chris Power Smith's J/122 Aurelia took both IRC and ORC honours in Cruisers Zero.
Under IRC, Aurelia won on a corrected time of 1:49:40, with Sean Lemass's Prima Forte second on 1:56:06 and Tim Kane's Wow third on 1:56:23.
The ORC result produced the same top three, with Aurelia winning on 1:31:12, Prima Forte second on 1:33:53 and Wow third on 1:36:15.
It gave Aurelia an ORC winning margin of two minutes and 41 seconds over Prima Forte.
White Mischief Does the Double
Cruisers One also produced an IRC and ORC double, with R & T Goodbody's J/109 White Mischief heading the fleet.
White Mischief won IRC on 1:44:07, 41 seconds ahead of Fintan Cairns' Raptor on 1:44:48. Brian Hall's Something Else was third on 1:45:20.
Under ORC, White Mischief again came out on top, recording 1:25:43. Something Else moved into second on 1:27:04, 1:21 behind the winner, while Raptor was third on 1:27:46.
Windjammer Wins Cruisers Two
Lindsay J. Casey's Windjammer was another double winner, taking Cruisers Two under both IRC and ORC.
Windjammer's IRC corrected time of 1:38:44 put her comfortably ahead of Philip Lovegrove's Rupert on 1:48:56, with Ian Bowring's Springer third on 1:48:59 — just three seconds separating second and third.
The ORC calculation reshuffled the chasing pack. Windjammer remained firmly on top with 1:24:06, but Running Wild moved into second on 1:26:57 and Peridot took third on 1:27:33.
Vivid and Calypso Take ORC Wins
The Cruisers 5A and 5B results highlighted the different outcomes produced by ORC and ECHO.
In Cruisers 5A, Colin O'Brien's Spirit won ECHO on 1:18:43, with David Greer's Vivid second on 1:21:00. Playtime and Just Jasmin tied for third on identical corrected times of 1:26:03.
Under ORC, however, Vivid moved to the top on 55:23, followed by Playtime on 56:28 and Just Jasmin on 1:00:42.
In Cruisers 5B, Bruce Carswell's Sweet Martini headed the ECHO result on 1:20:34, ahead of Howard Knott's Calypso on 1:28:05 and Gráinne O'Shea's Gung-Ho on 1:28:42.
ORC reversed that order at the front, with Calypso winning on 59:01. Cevantes was second on 1:02:12 and Sweet Martini third on 1:04:45.
Wynward Wins Cruisers Three
In Cruisers Three ECHO, Wyn McCormack's Wynward took the win with a corrected time of 1:12:07.
Frank Guilfoyle's Papytoo was second on 1:16:50, with Edward Melvin's Ceol Na Mara third on 1:19:10.
The Cruisers Three fleet encountered the lightest recorded breeze of the afternoon, with race officer John McNeilly's start showing four to five knots from the south-east.
Across the other cruiser starts, DBSC recorded seven to 10 knots from the south-east, while the ORC course data recorded an eight-knot true wind from 140 degrees.
IRC and ECHO results are below and ORC are here
