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3rd August 2023

RIYC J109 White Mischief In Control in DBSC IRC One Racing on Dublin Bay

Royal Irish's Tim Goodbody sailing the J109 White Mischief, won Thursday night's DBSC Cruisers IRC One race on Dublin Bay in a corrected time of 51 minutes and 41 seconds

The win puts the RIYC crew three points clear in Thursday's overall series, with just four races left to sail in the 2023 AIB Series.

Second last night in the eight-boat fleet and second overall is Goodbody's clubmate Colin Byrne in the XP33 Bon Exemple (0:52:53)

Third in the August 3rd race in a time of 0:53:17 was a third RIYC boat, the J109 National Champion John Maybury.

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29th July 2023

Royal St. George's Fischer Leads DBSC's Beneteau 211 Saturday Series on Dublin Bay

Jimmy Fischer's Billy Whizz leads Dublin Bay Sailing Club's (DBSC) Beneteau 211 class in the Scratch, Saturday Overall AIB Summer Series.

The Royal St. George Yacht Club entry holds a three-point lead despite a dismasting at this month's Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta.

Fischer took second place yesterday afternoon with a new mast fitted for the four-boat race in strong westerly winds, which was won by Joe Smyth's Yikes of the Royal Irish.

Overall, Smyth lies second on 19 points, with clubmate Pat Shannon on Beeswing lying third on 42 points.

As Afloat reported previously, the race was the first successful Saturday fixture in July, with an unusually high number of weather cancellations.

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27th July 2023

Royal St. George Yacht Club 'Allig8r' is DBSC IRC Two Thursday Night Winner

Brendan Foley's 'Allig8r' from the Royal St. George Yacht Club, was the winner of Thursday night's AIB-sponsored Dublin Bay Sailing Club IRC Two race on Dublin Bay.

Foley beat clubmate and overall series leader Lindsay Casey's J97, Windjammer. Third was Dave Gould's three-quarter tonner, Scenario Encore.

As Afloat reported previously, renamed 'Allig8r', the First Class 8 is under the new ownership of a Dublin Bay syndicate of six friends Paddy Ryan, Mark Hennessy, Peter Levins, Colm O'Buachalla, Conor Twomey and Foley. Regular Afloat readers will recall her as the black-hulled 2018 Cork Week champion, skippered by Rory Fekkes from Carrickfergus Sailing Club.

Casey continues to lead Cruisers 2 IRC Thursday overall but is now on the same 16 points as Foley. The recent ISORA coastal race winner, Leslie Parnell's First 34.7 Black Velvet, lies third on 30 points.

There was a good turnout in all classes for last night's race in medium-westerly winds.

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22nd July 2023

DBSC Saturday Racing Cancelled Due to No Wind

DBSC AIB Summer Series racing on Dubin Bay was cancelled today (July 22) due to a lack of wind.

It has been a disappointing July for Saturday Series racers so far in the capital's waters, with July 1st cancelled by a strong northwesterly; July 8 starred due to the biennial Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta; July 15 cancelled again by strong westerlies and today's racing scrubbed by no wind. Hopefully, next week's last Saturday in July (29th) will see a change of fortune.

Happily, last Thursday night provided suitable winds for a strong DBSC turnout, as Afloat reported here.

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20th July 2023

Goodbody's on Top in Ten Boat DBSC IRC One Turnout on Dublin Bay

Tim and Richard Goodbody's J109 White Mischief was the winner of a fine turnout of ten boats in Dublin Bay Sailing Club's IRC One Thursday night AIB Summer Series.

Light southerly winds with occasional bursts of fresh energy from numerous rain clouds over Dublin Bay permitted a full programme of races for the club.

Finishing one minute behind White Mischief on corrected time in the strong fleet was Fintan Cairns's Mills 31 Raptor. Third was Colin Byrne's XP33 Bon Exemple.

As the top DBSC performer in IRC One at this month's Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta, Goodbody's top form continues as last night's result puts the Royal Irish Yacht Club boat top of the overall Thursday series.

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15th July 2023

Dublin Bay Sailing Club's Saturday Racing Cancelled Due to Strong Winds

Dublin Bay Sailing Club's (DBSC) Saturday racing was cancelled today due to a high wind forecast.

Despite the flat sea state, westerly winds were gusting to over 35 mph at Dun Laoghaire

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5th July 2023

Annalise Murphy Wins Water Wag Race as Class Captain Capsizes

Olympian Annalise Murphy and her crew were the winners of a breezy Water Wag race at Dun Laoghaire Harbour this evening.

Dublin Bay Sailing Club race officer Tadhg Donnelly set a three-round windward/leeward course for the Water Wags in a westerly 14-22 knot breeze.

Due to the squally conditions, the Wags all carried one reef.

The race officer abandoned the first race after the first lap when the majority of boats rounded the leeward to starboard instead of to port.

The race was restarted 20 minutes later, and all bar 2 of the 20 boats had a clear start.

There was an individual recall, but the two OCS boats failed to return.

Wag Class Captain David Williams, sailing Dipper no. 48, capsized at the windward mark on the final round. (See photo sequence of the righting of Dipper below by Brendan Briscoe)

Water Wag Class Captain David Williams, sailing Dipper no. 48, capsized at the windward mark

Results:
1. No. 41 Mollie, Annalise Murphy
2. No. 38 Swift, Guy & Jackie Kilroy
3. No. 52 Puffin, Seán & Heather Craig

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1st July 2023

Strong Northwesterlies Cancel DBSC Racing on Dublin Bay

The strong northwesterly winds that caused the cancellation of both the 2.4mR and the 29er National Championships at Dun Laoghaire this morning have also led to the scrubbing of racing in all classes of this afternoon's Dublin Bay Sailing Club programme.

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29th June 2023

National Yacht Club's J112e 'ValenTina' Debuts On Dublin Bay With DBSC Cruisers Zero Win

John Treanor's new J112e "ValenTina" from the National Yacht Club debuted on the Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) race track last night and won her Cruisers Zero IRC division.

Four boats raced in the light air Thursday night fixture – the last before next week's 375-boat Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta – with Sean Lemass's First 40 Prima Forte second and Michelle Farrell's First 40.7, Tsunami third.

The DBSC victory adds to an auspicious start to the 2023 season for Treanor and his new 36-footer, that has already seen a win in Key Yachting’s J Cup at Hamble in the UK and a second at last week's Sovereign's Cup in Kinsale. Valentia will compete in an exciting 11-boat VDLR Cruisers Zero class in next Thursday's regatta, where five of the fleet will be visitors to the Bay.

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29th June 2023

Pearson's 'Little Tern' is Water Wag Handicap Race Winner

Tim Pearson's Little Tern was Wednesday evening's Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) Water Wag race winner at Dun Laoghaire Harbour.

The fixture was a handicap race with seven staggered starts run by Race Officer Brian Mathews.

The wind was variable, with an average of force two.

The results were

1. No. 36, Little Tern, Tim Pearson
2. No. 19, Shindilla, Judy O’Beirne
3. No. 15, Moosmie, John O’Driscoll

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National Yacht Club Facilities

Facilities include a slipway directly accessing Dun Laoghaire Harbour, over eighty club moorings, platform parking, pontoons, fuelling, watering and crane-lifting ensure that the NYC is excellently equipped to cater for all the needs of the contemporary sailor. Berths with diesel, water, power and overnight facilities are available to cruising yachtsmen with shopping facilities being a short walk away. The club is active throughout the year with full dining and bar facilities and winter activities include bridge, snooker, quiz nights, wine tasting and special events.

National Yacht Club History

Although there are references to an active “club” prior to 1870, history records that the present clubhouse was erected in 1870 at a cost of £4,000 to a design by William Sterling and the Kingstown Royal Harbour Boat Club was registered with Lloyds in the same year. By 1872 the name had been changed to the Kingston Harbour Boat Club and this change was registered at Lloyds.

In 1881. the premises were purchased by a Captain Peacocke and others who formed a proprietary club called the Kingstown Harbour Yacht Club again registered at Lloyds. Some six years later in 1877 the building again changed hands being bought by a Mr Charles Barrington. and between 1877 and 1901 the club was very active and operated for a while as the “Absolute Club” although this change of name was never registered.

In 1901, the lease was purchased by three trustees who registered it as the Edward Yacht Club. In 1930 at a time when the Edward Yacht Club was relatively inactive, a committee including The Earl of Granard approached the trustees with a proposition to form the National Yacht Club. The Earl of Granard had been Commodore of the North Shannon Y.C. and was a senator in the W.T.Cosgrave government. An agreement was reached, the National Yacht Club was registered at Lloyds. The club burgee was created, red cross of Saint George with blue and white quarters being sky cloud, sea and surf. The Earl of Granard became the first Commodore.

In July of 1950, a warrant was issued to the National Yacht Club by the Government under the Merchant Shipping Act authorising members to hoist a club ensign in lieu of the National Flag. The new ensign to include a representation of the harp. This privilege is unique and specific to members of the National Yacht Club. Sterling’s design for the exterior of the club was a hybrid French Chateau and eighteenth century Garden Pavilion and today as a Class A restricted building it continues to provide elegant dining and bar facilities.

An early drawing of the building shows viewing balconies on the roof and the waterfront façade. Subsequent additions of platforms and a new slip to the seaward side and most recently the construction of new changing rooms, offices and boathouse provide state of the art facilities, capable of coping with major international and world championship events. The club provides a wide range of sailing facilities, from Junior training to family cruising, dinghy sailing to offshore racing and caters for most major classes of dinghies, one design keelboats, sports boats and cruiser racers. It provides training facilities within the ISA Youth Sailing Scheme and National Power Boat Schemes.

Past Commodores

1931 – 42 Earl of Granard 1942 – 45 T.J. Hamilton 1945 – 47 P.M. Purcell 1947 – 50 J.J. O’Leary 1950 – 55 A.A. Murphy 1955 – 60 J.J. O’Leary 1960 – 64 F. Lemass 1964 – 69 J.C. McConnell 1969 – 72 P.J. Johnston 1972 – 74 L. Boyd 1974 – 76 F.C. Winkelmann 1976 – 79 P.A. Browne 1979 – 83 W.A. Maguire 1983 – 87 F.J. Cooney 1987 – 88 J.J. Byrne 1988 – 91 M.F. Muldoon 1991 – 94 B.D. Barry 1994 – 97 M.P.B. Horgan 1997 – 00 B. MacNeaney 2000 – 02 I.E. Kiernan 2002 – 05 C.N.I. Moore 2005 – 08 C.J. Murphy 2008 – 11 P.D. Ryan 2011 – P. Barrington 2011-2014 Larry Power 2014-2017 Ronan Beirne 2017 – 2019

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