Something Else and Rupert scored IRC and ORC doubles as Dublin Bay Sailing Club's Saturday fleet raced in a fresh and at times gusty westerly on September 12th, on a busy day on the capital's race track.
DBSC recorded 15–18 knots from the west on Brian Mathews' course, while Cormac Bradley's one-design course experienced a much wider 12–27-knot range, providing markedly breezier conditions than the previous Saturday.
The club fleet was sharing Dublin Bay with the climax of the ILCA 6 Women's World Championship, where Charlotte Rose of the USA was crowned World Champion off Dún Laoghaire.
Elsewhere, the Dragons were absent from the Bay while contesting their South Coast Championship in Kinsale, while the scheduled final ISORA race of the season, the James Eadie Trophy from Pwllheli to Dún Laoghaire, had been cancelled.
Aurelia Wins Cruiser Zero IRC
Chris Power Smith's J/122 Aurelia continued her winning DBSC form by taking Cruiser Zero IRC.
Aurelia corrected to 3:13:47, beating John Treanor's Cristina by 11 minutes and 11 seconds. They were the only two finishers in the division.
Something Else Takes Cruiser One Double
John and Brian Hall's Something Else took both IRC and ORC honours in Cruiser One after a close contest with R & T Goodbody's White Mischief.
On IRC, Something Else corrected to 3:03:05, beating White Mischief by 1:28. Bobby Kerr's Riders on the Storm was third, with Fintan Cairns' Raptor fourth.
ORC produced the same top three. Something Else won from White Mischief by 1:43 on corrected time, with Riders on the Storm third.
Rupert Beats Windjammer in Cruiser Two
Philip Lovegrove's Rupert also completed an IRC and ORC double in Cruiser Two.
Rupert won IRC in 2:06:03 corrected, beating Lindsay J. Casey's Windjammer by 1:36. Jim McCann's Peridot was third.
The same three filled the ORC podium, where the contest was even closer. Rupert beat Windjammer by just 55 seconds, with Peridot third.
Honey Bee was OCS in the IRC result, while Moonshine was DNF.
Pamafe Heads Cruiser Three
Gerry Costello's Pamafe won Cruiser Three on ECHO, correcting to 1:51:32.
Wyn McCormack's Wynward was second, 6:43 behind, with Frank Guilfoyle's Papytoo third.
Different Winners in Cruiser 5A
The handicap systems produced different winners in Cruiser 5A.
Peter Richardson's Dehliverence won ECHO in 1:26:42, beating Tim Costello's Just Jasmin by 1:47.
Johnnie Phillips' Playtime was only another 23 seconds behind in third.
Under ORC, Playtime moved to the top of the standings, beating Dehliverence by 5:13 on corrected time, with Just Jasmin third.
Calypso and Gemini Share Cruiser 5B Honours
Howard Knott's Calypso won Cruiser 5B ECHO in 1:28:30.
Katherine Sheehan's The Great Escape was second, 5:15 behind, with Shane O'Neill's Afternoon Delight third.
ORC produced a different winner, with Rodney Martin's Gemini taking first place by 2:20 from Calypso.
Camira Wins Beneteau 31.7 Scratch
Brian Geraghty's Camira won the Beneteau 31.7 scratch race, finishing in 2:12:47.
Chris Johnston's Prospect was second, 5:26 behind, with Michael Bryson's Bluefin Two third.
In the Beneteau 211s, Yikes, sailed by Team Yikes, won from Patrick Shannon's Beeswing and Rowan Fogarty's Ventuno.
Fomo Wins Flying Fifteen Race
Only one Flying Fifteen race was sailed, with David Gorman's Fomo taking the victory.
Frank Miller's Glass Half Full was second and Richard Tate's Snow White third.
Martin Ryan's Jambiya won the J/80 race from George Misstear's Jambon and Kevin Byrne's StarJay.
Bandit Takes Ruffian 23 Victory
Ann Kirwan and Brian Cullen's Bandit won the Ruffian 23 race.
Frank Bradley's Ripples took second, with Brendan Duffy's Scéal Eile third, ahead of David Meeke's Alias and Eimear Ní Mhealoid's Ruff Diamond.
In the Shipmans, Fergus Mason's Viking won from Alain Deladiennee's Poppy and Gerard Glynn's Invader.
Viking Victory: Fergus Mason’s Shipman 28 Viking finishes beside the DBSC committee vessel Corinthian after winning the Shipman class race on Dublin Bay. Photo: Afloat.ie
venuesworld.com Wins Reduced SB20 Race
Gerrard Dempsey's venuesworld.com won the SB20 race from Colin Galavan's Carpe Diem and Nick Doherty's Zephyr.
The newly crowned SB20 National Champion, Michael O'Connor's Ted, was absent from the three-boat DBSC turnout.
With westerly gusts recorded as high as 27 knots on the one-design course and the ILCA 6 Women's World Championship reaching its conclusion elsewhere on Dublin Bay, it was another busy September Saturday on the capital's race track.
IRC and one design results below and ORC results here
