Saturday's Drumshanbo Royal Irish Yacht Club Regatta 2024 featured racing across 32 divisions for over 130 boats, ranging from ocean-going cruisers to 12-foot dinghies off Dun Laoghaire Harbour.
Racing was postponed for an hour to allow a light northerly wind of up to ten knots to settle in and provide stable – if not a little damp – conditions for two races across two courses on Dublin Bay.
Two wins for Johnny Treanor's National Yacht Club J122e Valentina beat six Royal Irish yachts to win in IRC Zero.
Johnny Treanor's National Yacht Club J122e Valentina won IRC Zero at the Drumshanbo Royal Irish Yacht Club Regatta 2024 Photo: Afloat
Counting a 3.2, second place went to Pete Smyth's Ker 46 Searcher, who just returned to Dun Laoghaire having finished second overall in this week's Round Ireland Race. Francis McSwiney's X35, D-Tox took third overall.
Tim and Richard Goodbody's J109 White Mischief (pictured top) won two in a 12-boat IRC One division fight. Howth Yacht Club sistership – and current ICRA IRC One national champion – Outrajeous, co-skippered by John and Suzie Murphy, were second on six points with a two and a four. In a one-two-three for the J109 design, Barry Cunningham Chimaera from the Royal Irish Yacht Club was next on seven.
Royal St. George Yacht Club's First 8, Allig8r (P.Levins, C.Twomey, P.Ryan, C.O'Buachalla, M.Hennessy and B.Foley) won IRC Two at the Drumshanbo Royal Irish Yacht Club Regatta 2024 Photo: Afloat
The Royal St. George Yacht Club's First 8, Allig8r (P.Levins, C.Twomey, P.Ryan, C.O'Buachalla, M.Hennessy and B.Foley) were victorious in IRC Two, again with a clean scoresheet. Frank Whelan's A31, Crazy Diamond of the National Yacht Club, was second counting two seconds. Royal St George Yacht Club's Lindsay J Casey was third in the J97 Windjammer.
Jim McCann's Mustang 30, Peridot was tied on points for the IRC Three win with Howth's Gecko (Kevin Darmody) but took the prize in the six boat fleet on the tie-break rule. Royal St George Yacht Club, Richard and Philip Lovegrove's Sigma 33, Rupert, was third.
Johnnie Phillips's two wins in the Elan 333 Playtime won the 4a/5a Cruisers VPRS fleet at the Drumshanbo Royal Irish Yacht Club Regatta 2024 Photo: Afloat
Johnnie Phillips's two wins in the Elan 333 Playtime from the National Yacht Club put him at the top of the scoreboard in a six boat 4a/5a Cruisers VPRS fleet. Eamonn Doyle's Shearwater was second, and Tim Costello's Just Jasmin was third.
Royal Irish's Austin Kenny's J80 Ram Jam won the seven-boat Sportboat class from clubmate Louisa Hayes, who was also sailing a J80, Long Island Legend. Another RIYC J80, Zelus (C Maguire) was third on the same eight points as Hayes.
Brian Cullen's Bandit was the winner of the Ruffian 23 racing at the Drumshanbo Royal Irish Yacht Club Regatta 2024 on Dublin Bay Photo: Afloat
In the one-design classes, racing in Scotsman's Bay, Ger Dempsey's SB20 bested a healthy turnout of ten in another one-two-three for the Royal Irish. Jerry Dowling's Bad/Kilcullen was second, and Colin Galavan's Carpe Diem was third.
Peter Carroll sailing Yikes was the Beneteau 211 division winner at the Drumshanbo Royal Irish Yacht Club Regatta 2024 on Dublin Bay Photo: Afloat
Niall Coleman was the winner of the 11-boat Flying Fifteen fleet. Tom Galvin's Thingamabob was second with Nicky Matthews third in FFantastic Mr FFox.
Ross O'Leary of the Royal St George Yacht Club was the ILCA 7 division winner at the at the Drumshanbo Royal Irish Yacht Club Regatta 2024 on Dublin Bay Photo: Afloat
Results in all classes below