A final race win enabled Colin Byrne's 1720 Optique to be crowned 2023 AIB DBSC Turkey Shoot Champion in Sunday's final race of the 70-boat series.

The final race of the Royal Irish Yacht Club hosted series was sailed in medium south-westerly conditions and mild December temperatures of 12 degrees Celsius on Dublin Bay.

The overall leader after five races sailed, Tim and Richard Goodbody's J109 White Mischief from the Royal Irish Yacht Club, took third place.

Lindsay Casey's J97 Windjammer of the Royal St. George Yacht Club finished as runner-up. 

A gusty southwest breeze on Dublin Bay brought the seven-race AIB DBSC Turkey Shoot Series to a close on Sunday, December 17th Photo: Afloat

Results below

The DBSC Spring Chicken Series will start on the first Sunday of February 2024.

The disqualification of the overall leader of the AIB DBSC Turkey Shoot puts Tim and Richard Goodbody's J109 White Mischief from the Royal Irish Yacht Club at the top of the scoreboard going into the final race this Sunday.

Race organisers have issued 'amended results' (see below) to the earlier provisional results published on Wednesday following a 'port and starboard' protest heard this week that led to the disqualification of one-time leader Hot Cookie.

Tim and Richard Goodbody's J109 White Mischief from the Royal Irish Yacht Club is on 36 points. On 42 points, Lindsay Casey's J97 Windjammer is lying second, and the 1720 Optique is third on 46.

Racing concludes this Sunday with a prizegiving immediately after racing at the Royal Irish Yacht Club.

Strong winds are forecasted for the final of the seven-race series that has suffered only one cancellation since racing began in November. 

Download amended results to date, handicaps and start times for the final Turkey Shoot race below.

Some familiar names are on top of the AIB DBSC Turkey Shoot leaderboard going into Sunday's final race of the country's biggest winter sailing league on Dublin Bay.

According to provisional results, with 30 points after five races sailed and one discard applied, John O'Gorman's Sunfast 3600 Hot Cookie from the National Yacht Club has a seven-point margin over Tim and Richard Goodbody's J109 White Mischief from the Royal Irish Yacht Club. On 43 points, Lindsay Casey's J97 Windjammer is lying third.

The winner of last Sunday's fifth race was the Oceanis 36i, Calypso.

Racing concludes this Sunday with a prizegiving immediately after racing at the Royal Irish Yacht Club.

Download results to date, handicaps and start times for the final Turkey Shoot race  below.

With two races left to sail at the AIB DBSC Turkey Shoot at the Royal Irish Yacht Club, there are joint overall leaders at the country's biggest winter sailing league.

The 1720 Optique and the Sunfast 3600 Hot Cookie sit on 27 points after last Sunday's fog-bound race on Dublin Bay.

In a strong showing for J80 one-designs in the light air, fourth race, Star Jay won from Jay-Z. The Sigma 33 Boojum was third.

Ashore, after racing at the Royal Irish Yacht Club a 'Movember' ceremony (as pictured top) saw €550 raised for charity among the Turkey Shooters with three sailors having their moustaches shaved off.

The 1720 sportsboat Wolfe won the fourth race of the AIB-sponsored DBSC Turkey Shoot Series on Dublin Bay on Sunday morning.

The J80 Jitterbug was second with another 1720, and Optique finished third in the 60-boat race. 

A westerly breeze saw the Royal Irish hosted fleet sail a course to the Muglins off Dalkey Island in the south of Dublin Bay. 

Overall, John O'Gorman's Sunfast 3600 Hot Cookie from the National Yacht Club leads into the fifth race of the series on 27 points, two points ahead of Tim and Richard Goodbody's J109 White Mischief from the host club. In third place overall is early series leader Lindsay Casey's J97 Windjammer from the Royal St. George Yacht Club.

Racing continues this Sunday morning.

Results are downloadable below

Race three of the AIB DBSC Turkey Shoot Series was won on Sunday in brisk conditions by the Jeanneau 36 Sirocco in a corrected time of one hour 20 minutes and 41 seconds (modified ECHO handicap), just 24 seconds ahead of the Beneteau 31.7 Camira (1:22:05).

Third was the J97 Windjammer (1:22:19) that now leads the series overall into this weekend's fourth race and the halfway stage of the seven-race series on Dublin Bay. 

A photo taken from onboard Johnny Treanor's J112e "VelenTina" in the third race of the DBSC Turkey Shoot Photo: Maurice O'Connell

The Royal Irish Yacht Club hosted event has a solid entry of 74 boats. 

Results are downloadable below as a PDF file.

After a strong start to the 2023 AIB DBSC Turkey Shoot last Sunday, won by the 1720 sportsboat, Optique, handicaps and starts have been released for tomorrow morning's second race of the seven-race series.

The Royal Irish hosted event had a great turnout, with 62 racing from 71 entries for the initial race on Dublin Bay.

Entries are now up to 74 boats, close to last year's bumper entry of 78.

The popular series for keelboats, cruisers, cruising boats, and one-designs is also for boats that do not normally race.

Southerly winds are expected to moderate on the bay by 10 am start time. Live webcams here

Handicaps and starts are downloadable below.

The 1720 sportsboat Optique held off a strong challenge from three different J-Boat designs to win the first race of the AIB DBSC Turkey Shoot Series on Sunday morning.

The Dublin Bay-based cruiser racer one-design keelboat fleet series hosted by the Royal Irish Yacht Club attracted a 68-boat entry for the race in medium westerly winds.

The J109 Blast on Chimaera finished second, with sistership White Mischief in third. A third J109 Riders on the Storm was fourth, with J97 Windjammer fifth and the larger J112e Valentina sixth. 

Results are downloadable below, with handicaps and starts for the first race.

For the third year running, there were five separate starts, such is the range of boats now competing.

Racing continues next Sunday.

Dublin Bay Sailing Club 2023 Turkey Shoot Series has reached a fleet of over sixty ahead of Sunday's (November 5th) first of seven pre-Christmas races off Dun Laoghaire Harbour.

It looks like the winter series will get off to an ideal start with moderate to fresh westerly winds forecast for Dublin Bay. It will be bright and breezy with sunny spells and passing brief showers. Visibility is forecast to be good. Sea state moderate but rough well offshore.

As entries for the popular series closed this week, organisers confirmed some long-distance travellers for the fun series.

As Afloat reported earlier, Sean Hawkshaw's Sligo-based Sigma 38 Wardance is among the runners, as is Stuart Harris's Moxy II, an X322 from Waterford Harbour.

In an eve of race announcement, organiser Fintan Cairns has highlighted Sailing Instruction 14 re Bowsprits and SI 17.4 re DLRCC Yellow buoys for swimmers. Download the full SIs below. 

From among Dun Laoghaire's waterfront clubs, Brendan Foley's first Class 8 Allig8r from the Royal St. George is racing, as is Patrick Burke's First 40, Prima Forte from the host club. 

John Treanor's new J112e Valentina from the National Yacht Club is entered, and so is Hal Sisk's newly restored Marian Maid, a classic 8-metre from 1954.

Organisers are now expecting to match or exceed last year's bumper fleet for the series that runs up to December 17th. 

Now in its 23rd year, the AIB-sponsored seven-race series will be hosted by the Royal Irish Yacht Club at Dun Laoghaire Harbour.

Dublin Bay Sailing Club has issued the advance notice of its popular 'Turkey Shoot' winter sailing series that starts on Sunday, 5th November.

Now in its 23rd year, the AIB-sponsored seven-race series will be co-hosted by the Royal Irish Yacht Club at Dun Laoghaire Harbour. 

Last year, a massive 78-boat entry gathered for the short and sharp morning racing that promises to have everyone ashore by lunchtime.

A progressive handicap on a time-on-time basis will be used. 

As regular Afloat readers will know, the white-sailed First 31.7 'Avalon' was the overall winner of the 22nd edition.

A Notice of Race is downloadable below.

Race organiser Fintan Cairns, who has run the series since inception,  has urged skippers to enter early to ease the administrative burden, with one entry received already in the shape of Kenny Rumball's RS 21 keelboat.

"This is a series for keelboats, cruisers, cruising boats, one-designs and boats that do not normally race are very welcome," he told Afloat.

The last date for entries is Wednesday, 1st November.

"Handicaps of late entries (and incorrect sail nos.!) will be adjusted accordingly!" Cairns says.