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J70 Sportsboat Design Debuts on Dublin Bay Race Track
#J70 – The recent arrival of the 22.75 foot 'pocket rocket' J70 design into the Royal Irish Yacht Club has been creating quite a stir.
The J70 represents the culmination of several years design effort by the highly regarded J boats firm.
Having recently sold his SB20 sportsboat in which Dublin Bay sailor Roger Bannon had enormous fun over the last five years, the new challenge he says is to find an alternative boat which provides a similarly lively and rewarding performance with perhaps a bit more comfort and security.
Is it the J70? He took a spin in one and his conclusions are here on Afloat Boats for Sale site.
Dublin Bay Sailing Club Results for 25 July 2013
BENETEAU 31.7 Echo- 1. Kernach (Eoin O'Driscoll), 2. Fiddly Bits (Timmins/Quigley/Murray/Breen), 3. Thirty Something (Gerry Jones et al)
BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Levante (M.Leahy/J.Power), 2. Prospect (Chris Johnston), 3. Magic (D.O'Sullivan/D.Espey)
CRUISERS 0 Echo - 1. Tsunami (Vincent Farrell), 2. Lively Lady (Derek Martin), 3. Wow (George Sisk)
CRUISERS 0 - 1. Tsunami (Vincent Farrell), 2. Lively Lady (Derek Martin), 3. Wow (George Sisk)
CRUISERS 1 Echo - 1. Boomerang (Paul Kirwan), 2. Black Velvet (Leslie Parnell), 3. Ruth (L Shanahan)
CRUISERS 1 - 1. Boomerang (Paul Kirwan), 2. Ruth (L Shanahan), 3. Something Else (J.Hall et al)
CRUISERS 2 Echo - 1. Bendemeer (L Casey & D Power), 2. Peridot (Jim McCann et al), 3. Kamikaze (P.Nash/B.McIntyre)
CRUISERS 2 - 1. Red Rhum (J Nicholson & C Nicholson), 2. Dick Dastardly (B.Cusack et al), 3. Peridot (Jim McCann et al)
CRUISERS 3 A Echo - 1. Jaws SeachangeNow (B Foley/J Bergon), 2. Cri-Cri (P Colton), 3. Cartoon (McCormack/Brady/Lawless)
CRUISERS 3 A - 1. Jaws SeachangeNow (B Foley/J Bergon), 2. Quest (Jonathan Skerritt), 3. Cartoon (McCormack/Brady/Lawless)
RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Ruffles (Michael Cutliffe), 2. Diane ll (Andrew Claffey)
SIGMA 33 - 1. White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody), 2. Rupert (R & P Lovegrove), 3. Pastiche (T O'Neill et al)
#fireball – What can I write of last night's Fireball race in Dun Laoghaire? Cormac Bradley reports.
It was a pleasant evening, though not quite what XC Weather had predicted. There was a nice breeze when we went out, but that started to fade shortly after we had finished the first lap. The DBSC Race Committee set a great Olympic-sized course, with a three lap schedule. There was a strong tide, as evidenced by this correspondent having to takes two bites to round the second weather mark of the night. Despite the feast of Fireball racing over the past two weekends, 10 races in 3½ days at Volvo Dun Laoghaire and 9 races in 3 days at the Nationals in Skerries last weekend, there were 6 boats out.
The actual race and how it played out on the water left this correspondent bemused!
A clean start for the fleet as a strong tide, even with only a hour of flood, was pushing the fleet away from the line. Noel Butler & Stephen Oram (15061) tack immediately at the committee boat end to head inshore. As each of the next five boats follow suit, one after the other, the stacking order, leeward to windward, is Butler/Oram, Cariosa Power & Marie Barry (14854), Frank Miller & Ed Hyland (14713), Louise McKenna & Hermine O'Keeffe (14691), Louis Smyth & Cormac Bradley (15007) and Jonathan Nicholson & Vivian Besslar (14891). Nicholson & McKenna peel off further up the beat to go further out to sea. Butler & Oram work the inside track to build a substantial lead at the first weather mar. The race for first place is over already! Miller/Hyland and Smyth/Bradley round in close company with Power & Barry a short distance behind them! Nicholson rounds next with McKenna in last place – a most unusual position for her on a Tuesday night.
Miller & Smyth stay in close company down to the gybe mark where Bradley slips off the windward deck just as the gybe beckons but they recover to close the gap marginally on Miller. However, Power closes on both Smyth and Miller as the three boats approach the leeward mark.
Butler/Oram are already heading inshore again so the next three boats follow suit. Miller is pointing significantly higher than Butler in the distance and Smyth is hanging onto his coat-tails. Power eases off to power (deliberate pun) out from underneath Smyth.
Nicholson tacks immediately at the leeward mark and heads out to sea – in theory sailing against the strongest aspect of the contrary tide. He will be beyond the gybe mark before he tacks again. McKenna tries to work middle and right but is strangely off-form.
Weather mark second time around! Butler & Oram are doing a horizon job on the rest of us. Miller& Hyland have held onto second, Power & Barry are third, but from far (far) left, Nicholson & Besslar have stormed into 4th place. Smyth & Bradley take two bites of the cherry to get round the weather mark, so strong is the tide, and by the time they do get round, Nicholson & Besslar in 4th place are more than halfway down the sausage. In 6th place McKenna has fallen further behind and must be pulling her hair out.
The order remains the same for the balance of the race. Then on the hitch from the last leeward mark to the finish it is apparent, from my distant view point that Butler & Oram have tacked immediately at the mark whereas Miller and Hyland went further inshore. In an amazing turnaround, given the lead that he had earlier in the race, Butler and Oram are forced to work their way inshore to cover Miller & Hyland to protect their lead. The margin of victory at the end was safe, but a barnyard of a lead had evaporated in the space of maybe 500m!
The next challenge for Smyth & McKenna was to make sure they weren't timed out – they weren't!
My sense of bemusement was confirmed by the others when we congregated in the DMYC clubhouse afterwards. Still a bad night on the water beats a good day on shore!
DBSC Fireball – Series 3, Race 1: Tuesday 23rd July 2013
1 Noel Butler & Stephen Oram 15061 DMYC
2 Frank Miller & Ed Hyland 14713 DMYC
3 Cariosa Power & Marie Barry 14854 NYC
4 Jonathan Nicholson & Vivian Besslar 14891 RStGYC
5 Louis Smyth & Cormac Bradley 15007 Coal Harb.
6 Louise McKenna & Hermine O'Keeffe 14691 RStGYC
Series 2 was concluded last week and even though a query on last Tuesday's results was lodged, the results of Series 2, as posted are;
DBSC Fireball: Series 2, 5Races, 1 Discard.
1 Noel Butler & Glen Fisher/Stephen Oram 15061 DMYC 4pts
2 Louise McKenna & Hermine O'Keefe/Francis Rowan 14691 RStGYC 13pts
3 Louis Smyth & Cormac Bradley 15007 Coal Harb. 16pts
4 Cariosa Power & Marie Barry 14854 NYC 17pts
5 Conor & James Clancy 150** RStGYC 20pts
Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) Results for 23 July 2013
#dbsc – BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Levante (M.Leahy/J.Power), 2. Fiddly Bits (Timmins/Quigley/Murray/Breen)
BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Levante (M.Leahy/J.Power), 2. Fiddly Bits (Timmins/Quigley/Murray/Breen)
CRUISERS 1 - 1. Ruth (L Shanahan), 2. Powder Monkey (C Moore)
CRUISERS 2 - 1. Graduate (D O'Keeffe), 2. Cor Baby (Keith Kiernan et al), 3. Borraine (Ean Pugh)
CRUISERS 3 Tuesday - 1. Asterix (Boushel/Meredith/Counihan), 2. Pamafe (M Costello), 3. Chouskikou (R Sheehan/R Hickey)
FIREBALL - 1. No Name (S Oram), 2. Blind Squirrel (Frank Miller), 3. Incubus (C Power/M Barry)
GLEN - 1. Glendun (B.Denham et al), 2. Pterodactyl (R & D McCaffrey), 3. Glencorel (B.Waldock/K.Malcolm)
IDRA 14 FOOT - 1. Slipstream (Julie Ascoop), 2. Dart (Pierre Long), 3. Dunmoanin (Frank Hamilton)
MERMAID - 1. Jill (P.Smith/P.Mangan), 2. Aideen (B.Martin/D.Brennan)
PY CLASS - 1. P Keane (Laser 1), 2. Richard Tate (RS 400), 3. Colin Galavan (Laser)
RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Different Drummer (D Tonge), 2. Alias (D.Meeke/M.McCarthy), 3. Cresendo (L Balfe)
SQUIB - 1. Buzz Lite (G.O'Connor/B.Foster), 2. Femme Fatale (V Delaney), 3. Perfection (Jill Fleming)
Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) Results for 20 July 2013
#dbsc – BENETEAU 31.7 Echo- 1. Legally Blonde (C.Drohan/P.Egan), 2. Extreme Reality (P.McSwiney/E.O'Rafferty), 3. Levante (M.Leahy/J.Power)
BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Levante (M.Leahy/J.Power), 2. Prospect (Chris Johnston), 3. Prima Nocte (Patrick Burke et al)
CRUISERS 0 Echo - 1. Wow (George Sisk), 2. Lively Lady (Derek Martin), 3. Tsunami (Vincent Farrell)
CRUISERS 0 - 1. Wow (George Sisk), 2. Lively Lady (Derek Martin), 3. Tsunami (Vincent Farrell)
CRUISERS 1 Echo - 1. Powder Monkey (C Moore), 2. Jalapeno (Dermod Baker et al), 3. Raptor (D.Hewitt et al)
CRUISERS 1 - 1. Raptor (D.Hewitt et al), 2. Something Else (J.Hall et al), 3. Jalapeno (Dermod Baker et al)
CRUISERS 2 Echo - 1. Bendemeer (L Casey & D Power), 2. Borraine (Ean Pugh), 3. Red Rhum (J Nicholson & C Nicholson)
CRUISERS 2 - 1. Red Rhum (J Nicholson & C Nicholson), 2. Bendemeer (L Casey & D Power), 3. Peridot (Jim McCann et al)
CRUISERS 3 Echo - 1. Cri-Cri (P Colton), 2. Hyflyer (J Barnard), 3. Cartoon (McCormack/Brady/Lawless)
CRUISERS 3 - 1. Cri-Cri (P Colton), 2. Cartoon (McCormack/Brady/Lawless), 3. Gossip (Meredith/Barron/Rowley/Kerins)
FLYING FIFTEEN Race 2- 1. Deranged (A Green/C Doorly), 2. The Gruffalo (Keith Poole), 3. Snow White (Frank Burgess)
FLYING FIFTEEN Race 1- 1. The Gruffalo (Keith Poole), 2. The Big Bow Wow (N.Meagher/N.Matthews), 3. Frequent Flyer (D Mulvin)
GLEN - 1. Glenluce (D & R O'Connor), 2. Pterodactyl (R & D McCaffrey), 3. Glenshesk (L.Faulkner et al)
IDRA 14 FOOT Race 1- 1. Chaos (Julie Ascoop), 2. Dunmoanin (Frank Hamilton), 3. Dart (Pierre Long)
IDRA 14 FOOT Race 2- 1. Chaos(Julie Ascoop)2. Dunmoanin (Frank Hamilton), 3. Dart (Pierre Long),
MERMAID Race 1- 1. Jill (P.Smith/P.Mangan), 2. Lively Lady (G O'Neill & M Hanney), 3. Aideen (B.Martin/D.Brennan)
MERMAID Race 2- 1. Lively Lady (G O'Neill & M Hanney), 2. Aideen (B.Martin/D.Brennan), 3. Tijuana (David Stedmond)
PY CLASS Race 2- 1. Hugh Sheehy (OK Dinghy), 2. P Keane (Laser 1), 3. G Walsh (Laser)
PY CLASS Race 1- 1. P Keane (Laser 1), 2. Hugh Sheehy (OK Dinghy), 3. G Walsh (Laser)
RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Ruffles (Michael Cutliffe), 2. Alias (D.Meeke/M.McCarthy), 3. Bandit (Kirwan/Cullen/Brown)
SHIPMAN - 1. Gusto (C Heath), 2. Whiterock (Henry Robinson), 3. Just Good Friends (J H O'Neill)
SIGMA 33 - 1. White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody), 2. Gwili Two (D.Clarke/P.Maguire), 3. Popje (Ted McCourt)
SQUIB Race 1- 1. Buzz Lite (G.O'Connor/B.Foster), 2. Femme Fatale (V Delaney), 3. Anemos (Pete & Ann Evans)
SQUIB Race 2- 1. Why Not (Derek & Jean Jago), 2. Anemos (Pete & Ann Evans), 3. Nimble (Brian O'Hare)
WHITE SAIL CRUISERS Echo - 1. Lucy O (Aonghus O hEocha), 2. Nirvana (Bernard Neeson), 3. Vespucci (S & K O'Regan)
WHITE SAIL CRUISERS - 1. Persistence (C. Broadhead et al), 2. Vespucci (S & K O'Regan), 3. Calypso (Howard Knott)
Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) Results for 16 July 2013
#DBSC – CRUISERS 1 - 1. Ruth (L Shanahan), 2. Powder Monkey (C Moore)
CRUISERS 2 - , 3. Bendemeer (L Casey & D Power)
CRUISERS 3 Tuesday - 1. Pamafe (M Costello), 2. Gung Ho (G & S O'Shea), 3. Chouskikou (R Sheehan/R Hickey)
FIREBALL - 1. Elevation (N.Colin/M.Casey), 2. No Name (S Oram), 3. Incubus (C Power/M Barry)
GLEN - 1. Pterodactyl (R & D McCaffrey), 2. Glenmiller (P Cusack), 3. Glenshane (P Hogan)
IDRA 14 FOOT - 1. Sapphire (Lorcan O'Sullivan), 2. Dunmoanin (Frank Hamilton), 3. Dart (Pierre Long)
MERMAID - 1. Jill (P.Smith/P.Mangan), 2. Aideen (B.Martin/D.Brennan)
PY CLASS - 1. Hugh Sheehy (OK Dinghy), 2. Tom Murphy (K1), 3. P McGoldrick (Laser Vago)
RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Diane ll (Andrew Claffey), 2. Alias (D.Meeke/M.McCarthy), 3. Different Drummer (D Tonge)
SQUIB - 1. Tais (Michael O'Connell), 2. Buzz Lite (G.O'Connor/B.Foster), 3. Nimble (Brian O'Hare)
Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) Results for 9 JULY 2013
CRUISERS 2 - 1. Borraine (Ean Pugh), 2. Bendemeer (L Casey & D Power), 3. Cor Baby (Keith Kiernan et al)
CRUISERS 3 Tuesday - 1. Grasshopper II (K & J Glynn), 2. Maranda (M Kelly), 3. Papytoo (M Walsh/F Guilfoyle)
GLEN - 1. Glendun (B.Denham et al), 2. Glencoe (Rose Mary Craig et al)
RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Different Drummer (D Tonge), 2. Alias (D.Meeke/M.McCarthy)
SQUIB - 1. Periguin (N Colcough), 2. Nimble (Brian O'Hare), 3. Perfection (Jill Fleming)
Fireball racing cancelled
#dbsc – In a week that is a two year high point for Dublin Bay sailing and the staging of Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta on Thursday, Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) has made the timely announcement of its annual DBSC Cruiser Challenge from August 23-25.
Like VDLR it will have IRC handicap fleets but also incorporates the Beneteau 31.7 National Championships and Cruisers 3 East Coast Championships. The event is sponsored by MGM Boats Ltd.
A DBSC notice of race and entry form for the Cruiser Challenge is downloadable below
Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) Results for 6 JULY 2013
BENETEAU 31.7 Echo- 1. Extreme Reality (P.McSwiney/E.O'Rafferty), 2. Attitude (T Milner J Sugars M Branigan), 3. Prospect (Chris Johnston)
BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Prospect (Chris Johnston), 2. Levante (M.Leahy/J.Power), 3. Magic (D.O'Sullivan/D.Espey)
CRUISERS 0 Echo - 1. Wow (George Sisk), 2. Loose Change (P Redden & M Mitton), 3. Tsunami (Vincent Farrell)
CRUISERS 0 - 1. Wow (George Sisk), 2. Loose Change (P Redden & M Mitton), 3. Tsunami (Vincent Farrell)
CRUISERS 1 Echo - 1. Axiom (M.O'Neill), 2. Indecision (Declan Hayes et al), 3. Something Else (J.Hall et al)
CRUISERS 1 - 1. Something Else (J.Hall et al), 2. Rockabill V (Paul O'Higgins), 3. Gringo (Tony Fox)
CRUISERS 2 - 1. Graduate (D O'Keeffe), 2. Red Rhum (J Nicholson & C Nicholson), 3. Peridot (Jim McCann et al)
CRUISERS 2 Echo - 1. Helter Skelter (Adrienne Jermyn), 2. Graduate (D O'Keeffe), 3. Bendemeer (L Casey & D Power)
CRUISERS 3 Echo - 1. Chouskikou (R Sheehan/R Hickey), 2. Quest (J Skerritt), 3. Chinook (A Bradley/P Morgan)
CRUISERS 3 - 1. Quest (J Skerritt), 2. Cri-Cri (P Colton), 3. Chouskikou (R Sheehan/R Hickey)
FLYING FIFTEEN Race 1- 1. Rollercoaster (Tom Murphy), 2. The Gruffalo (Keith Poole), 3. Fflogger (Alan Dooley)
FLYING FIFTEEN Race 2- 1. The Gruffalo (Keith Poole), 2. Ash (Joseph Coughlan), 3. Perfect Ten (A Balfe)
GLEN - 1. Pterodactyl (R & D McCaffrey), 2. Glenshesk (L.Faulkner et al), 3. Glencree (J.Bligh/H.Roche)
MERMAID Race 1- 1. Tiller Girl (J.O'Rourke), 2. Jill (P.Smith/P.Mangan), 3. Aideen (B.Martin/D.Brennan)
MERMAID Race 2- 1. Tiller Girl (J.O'Rourke), 2. Aideen (B.Martin/D.Brennan), 3. Jill (P.Smith/P.Mangan)
PY CLASS Race 2- 1. Hugh Sheehy (OK Dinghy), 2. P Keane (Laser 1)
PY CLASS Race 1- 1. P Keane (Laser 1), 2. Hugh Sheehy (OK Dinghy)
RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Ruff Nuff (D & C Mitchell), 2. Bandit (Kirwan/Cullen/Brown), 3. Alias (D.Meeke/M.McCarthy)
SHIPMAN - 1. Curraglas (John Masterson), 2. Jo Slim (J.Clarke et al), 3. Malindi (B.Smith/A.Gray)
SIGMA 33 - 1. White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody), 2. Moonshine (R.Moloney), 3. Popje (Ted McCourt)
SQUIB Race 1- 1. Why Not (Derek & Jean Jago), 2. Perfection (Jill Fleming), 3. Nimble (Brian O'Hare)
SQUIB Race 2- 1. Why Not (Derek & Jean Jago), 2. Perfection (Jill Fleming), 3. Anemos (Pete & Ann Evans)
WHITE SAIL CRUISERS Echo - 1. Just Jasmin (Philip Smith), 2. Persistence (C. Broadhead et al), 3. Calypso (Howard Knott)
WHITE SAIL CRUISERS - 1. Act Two (Michael O'Leary et al), 2. Calypso (Howard Knott), 3. Persistence (C. Broadhead et al)
Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) Race, Saturday, July 6 - Images by Afloat.ie, Ireland's Boating Website
Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) Results for 4 July 2013
Dublin Bay Sailing Club Results for 4 JULY 2013
BENETEAU 31.7 Echo- 1. Attitude (T Milner J Sugars M Branigan), 2. Legally Blonde (C.Drohan/P.Egan), 3. Prospect (Chris Johnston)
BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Prospect (Chris Johnston), 2. Levana (Jean Mitton), 3. After You Too (Michael Blaney)
CRUISERS 0 Echo - 1. Tsunami (Vincent Farrell), 2. Wow (George Sisk), 3. Lively Lady (Derek Martin)
CRUISERS 0 - 1. Wow (George Sisk), 2. Tsunami (Vincent Farrell), 3. Lively Lady (Derek Martin)
CRUISERS 1 Echo - 1. Gringo (Tony Fox), 2. Boomerang (Paul Kirwan), 3. Something Else (J.Hall et al)
CRUISERS 1 - 1. Gringo (Tony Fox), 2. Something Else (J.Hall et al), 3. Bon ExEmple ()
CRUISERS 2 - 1. Dick Dastardly (B.Cusack et al), 2. Peridot (Jim McCann et al), 3. Red Rhum (J Nicholson & C Nicholson)
CRUISERS 2 Echo - 1. Peridot (Jim McCann et al), 2. Dick Dastardly (B.Cusack et al), 3. Bendemeer (L Casey & D Power)
CRUISERS 3 A Echo - 1. Cri-Cri (P Colton), 2. Carrabeg (D.Martin/R.Deasy), 3. Quest (Jonathan Skerritt)
CRUISERS 3 A - 1. Quest (Jonathan Skerritt), 2. Cri-Cri (P Colton), 3. Jaws SeachangeNow (B Foley/J Bergon)
CRUISERS 3 B - 1. Asterix (Counihan/Meredith/Bushell), 2. Chouskikou (R Sheehan/R Hickey), 3. Gung Ho (G & S O'Shea)
CRUISERS 3 B Echo - 1. Small Wonder (H Kelly), 2. Chouskikou (R Sheehan/R Hickey), 3. Syzrgy (R Fogarty)
FLYING FIFTEEN - 1. The Gruffalo (Keith Poole), 2. Flyer (Niall Coleman), 3. Mellifluence (T Leonard & B Mulligan)
GLEN - 1. Glendun (B.Denham et al), 2. Glenariff (Adrian Lee), 3. Glenmarissa (F.Elmes/W.Higgins)
RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Ruff Nuff (D & C Mitchell), 2. Ruffles (Michael Cutliffe), 3. Bandit (Kirwan/Cullen/Brown)
SB3s - 1. Should be... (Michael O'Connor), 2. Bad (J.Dowling), 3. Bom Chickawahwah (John O'Driscoll)
SHIPMAN - 1. Curraglas (John Masterson), 2. Jo Slim (J.Clarke et al), 3. Malindi (B.Smith/A.Gray)
SIGMA 33 - 1. White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody), 2. Popje (Ted McCourt), 3. Moonshine (R.Moloney)
SQUIB - 1. Kookaburra (P & M Dee), 2. Why Not (Derek & Jean Jago), 3. Little Demon (Sheila Power)
WHITE SAIL CRUISERS Echo - 1. Persistence (C. Broadhead et al), 2. More Mischief (Eamonn Doyle), 3. Zephyr (R Cahill-O'Brien)
WHITE SAIL CRUISERS - 1. Persistence (C. Broadhead et al), 2. Act Two (Michael O'Leary et al), 3. Xerxes (Dan O'Neill)
Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) is one of Europe's biggest yacht racing clubs. It has almost sixteen hundred elected members. It presents more than 100 perpetual trophies each season some dating back to 1884. It provides weekly racing for upwards of 360 yachts, ranging from ocean-going forty footers to small dinghies for juniors.
Undaunted by austerity and encircling gloom, Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC), supported by an institutional memory of one hundred and twenty-nine years of racing and having survived two world wars, a civil war and not to mention the nineteen-thirties depression, it continues to present its racing programme year after year as a cherished Dublin sporting institution.
The DBSC formula that, over the years, has worked very well for Dun Laoghaire sailors. As ever DBSC start racing at the end of April and finish at the end of September. The current commodore is Eddie Totterdell of the National Yacht Club.
The character of racing remains broadly the same in recent times, with starts and finishes at Club's two committee boats, one of them DBSC's new flagship, the Freebird. The latter will also service dinghy racing on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Having more in the way of creature comfort than the John T. Biggs, it has enabled the dinghy sub-committee to attract a regular team to manage its races, very much as happened in the case of MacLir and more recently with the Spirit of the Irish. The expectation is that this will raise the quality of dinghy race management, which, operating as it did on a class quota system, had tended to suffer from a lack of continuity.
