Two wins from two races gave the host club's J109 'Something Else (John and Brian Hall) the overall win in Cruisers Onne IRC division at the National Yacht Club Regatta on Saturday.
Over 170 competing yachts in 32 classes competed in light and shifty north westerlies on Dublin Bay over a two-race programme.
Finishing second in the nine-boat IRC One fleet was Royal Irish rivals Richard & Timothy Goodbody sailing the J109 White Mischief. Third, in another J109, the National Yacht Club's Ruth was sailed by the Shanahan Family in their final preparation before the Round Ireland Race next Saturday.
Howth Yacht Club X-322 visitors Dux (Nico & Caroline Gore Grimes) won from Lindsay j Casey's J97 Windjammer from the Royal St. George Yacht Club in a three-boat IRC Two fleet. Eddie Bourke's Xebec from Howth Yacht Club was third.
Howth Yacht Club was also to the fore in Cruisers Three IRC, where Stephen Mullaney's Sigma 33 Insider topped the eight-boat fleet with two wins. Richard and Philip Lovegrove of the Royal St George Yacht Club were second in Sigma sistership, Rupert. In a one, two, three for the vintage Sigma design, Moonshine (Ronnie/David/Fergus Moloney/O'Flynn/O'Sullivan) of the Royal St George Yacht Club was third.
In the one design divisions, Davie Nixon in Erica won the visiting seven-boat Howth 17 class.
Austin Kenny's Royal Irish Yacht Club J80 won the seven-boat sportsboat class exclusively featuring J80s.
There was another host club win in the nine-boat SB20s, with James Gorman's two second places in Black beating the Royal Irish's Jerry Dowling in Bad/Kilcullen by a point. Philip Doran's LoFly was third.
Denis Bergin's Sir Ossis of the river from the Royal Irish Yacht Club won in a three-boat Dragon turnout.
Bucking the sub-ten keelboatclass turnout trend, the National Yacht Club's David Gorman won a 16-boat Flying Fifteen race in Fomo with a 1,2. Ken Dumpleton's Rodriguez was second with a 5,1, and Keith Poole's Mike Wasozki was third with a 4,4.
More on the NYC regatta one design races here
As Afloat reported, the Water Wags NYC Regatta Race was held last Wednesday and won by the Kilroys in Swift.
Results in all classes are below