#dbsc – There looks like there should be plentry of breeze for this weekend's oprening race of the DBSC Turkey Shoot series on Dublin Bay with over 60 boats entered so far. Racing takes place each Sunday morning from 3rd November to 15th December 2013 inclusive.

Racing will be under modified ECHO (i.e. time on time). Handicaps will be recalculated weekly during the series. Initial handicaps to be decided by the Race Committee. Results of first Sunday will be published in days following the race.

In a special note in the sailing instructions organisers appeal to  more “experienced” sailors, to give plenty of room to other boats in all situations but particularly at mark roundings. Advice intended to keep the event enjoyable for everybody.

The organisers have also asked that boats do not race with their anchor carried on it’s bow position.

Full Sailing Instructions are downloadable below as a word file.

#SB20 – Just because this coming Sunday is the last in the DBSC SB20 Sunday series on Dublin Bay does not mean the newly elected class captain is going to pack the boats away for winter. Far from it. 

The fleet is celebrating a recent Dun Laoghaire world masters win in Hyeres, France and new fleet boss Michael O'Connor is capitalising on this international success and a buoyant domestic season by having an open day in Dun Laoghaire (National YC) on October 5th 2013.

The primary purpose is to attract new crew into the class because O'Connor says a constant bugbear with all classes and a common reason for boats not making it onto the start line is simply lack of crew.

The SB20 fleet are addressing this problem by demonstrating to prospective crew how exhilarating the SB20 can be and giving those sailors an opportunity to try one out.

'We would also welcome helms/prospective new owners on the day and we will be able to give them a taste of what it is like to sail in the largest sportsboat fleet in the country' O'Connor adds.

There will be several existing boat owners and experienced crew on hand on the day to answer any questions and help put the boats through their paces.

A pdf poster is downloadable below.

#DBSC - Here are the latest results from the Dublin Bay Sailing Club for Saturday 7 September:

BENETEAU 31.7 ECHO - 1 Extreme Reality (P McSwiney/E O’Rafferty); 2 Attitude (T Milner/J Sugars/M Branigan); 3 Magic (D O’Sullivan/D Espey)

BENETEAU 31.7 - 1 Magic (D O’Sullivan/D Espey); 2 Prospect (Chris Johnston); 3 Extreme Reality (P McSwiney/E O’Rafferty)

CRUISERS 1 ECHO - 1 Gringo (Tony Fox); 2 Jump The Gun (M Monaghan/J Kelly); 3 Axiom (M O’Neill)

CRUISERS 1 - 1 Gringo (Tony Fox); 2 Something Else (J Hall et al); 3 Jump The Gun (M Monaghan/J Kelly)

CRUISERS 2 ECHO - 1 Graduate (D O’Keeffe); 2 Peridot (Jim McCann et al); 3 Bendemeer (L Casey & D Power)

CRUISERS 2 - 1 Graduate (D O’Keeffe); 2 Red Rhum (J Nicholson & C Nicholson); 3 Peridot (Jim McCann et al)

CRUISERS 3 ECHO - 1 Quest (J Skerritt); 2 Cartoon (McCormack/Brady/Lawless); 3 Supernova (McStay/Timbs/Monaghan/Costello)

CRUISERS 3 - 1 Quest (J Skerritt); 2 Cartoon (McCormack/Brady/Lawless); 3 Asterix (Boushel/Meredith/Counihan)

FLYING FIFTEEN RACE 2 - 1 Deranged (A Green/C Doorly); 2 Fflogger (Alan Dooley); 3 Rollercoaster (Tom Murphy)

FLYING FIFTEEN RACE 1 - 1 The Gruffalo (Keith Poole); 2 Deranged (A Green/C Doorly); 3 Rollercoaster (Tom Murphy)

GLEN - 1 Glenluce (D & R O’Connor); 2 Glenshesk (L Faulkner et al); 3 Glenroan (Terence Moran)

RUFFIAN 23 - 1 Ruffles (Michael Cutliffe); 2 Bandit (Kirwan/Cullen/Brown); 3 Alias (D Meeke/M McCarthy)

SIGMA 33 - 1 White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody); 2 Rupert (R & P Lovegrove); 3 September Song (Barry Colleary)

SQUIB RACE 1 - 1 Nimble (Brian O’Hare); 2 Perfection (Jill Fleming); 3 Why Not (Derek & Jean Jago)

SQUIB RACE 2 - 1 Nimble (Brian O’Hare); 2 Perfection (Jill Fleming); 3 Tais (Michael O’Connell)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS ECHO - 1 Act Two (Michael O’Leary et al); 2 The Great Escape (P & D Rigney); 3 Persistence (C Broadhead et al)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS - 1 Act Two (Michael O’Leary et al); 2 Persistence (C Broadhead et al); 3 Calypso (Howard Knott) 

#DBSC - Here are the latest results from the Dublin Bay Sailing Club for Saturday 31 August:

BENETEAU 31.7 ECHO - 1 Extreme Reality (P McSwiney/E O'Rafferty); 2 Bluefin Two (M & B Bryson); 3 Levante (M Leahy/J Power)

BENETEAU 31.7 - 1 Prospect (Chris Johnston); 2 Levante (M Leahy/J Power); 3 Bluefin Two (M & B Bryson)

CRUISERS 0 ECHO - 1 Wow (George Sisk); 2 Lively Lady (Derek Martin)

CRUISERS 0 - 1 Wow (George Sisk); 2 Lively Lady (Derek Martin)

CRUISERS 1 ECHO - 1 Indecision (Declan Hayes et al); 2 Powder Monkey (C Moore); 3 Gringo (Tony Fox)

CRUISERS 1 - 1 Something Else (J Hall et al); 2 Gringo (Tony Fox); 3 Raptor (D Hewitt et al)

CRUISERS 2 - 1 Graduate (D O'Keeffe); 2 Red Rhum (J Nicholson & C Nicholson); 3 Peridot (Jim McCann et al)

CRUISERS 2 ECHO - 1 Kamikaze (P Nash/B McIntyre); 2 Graduate (D O'Keeffe); 3 Peridot (Jim McCann et al)

CRUISERS 3 ECHO - 1 Chouskikou (R Sheehan/R Hickey); 2 Carrabeg (D Martin/ R Deasy); 3 Papytoo (M Walsh/F Guilfoyle)

CRUISERS 3 - 1 Quest (J Skerritt); 2 Cartoon (McCormack/Brady/Lawless); 3 Chouskikou (R Sheehan/R Hickey)

GLEN - 1 Glenluce (D & R O'Connor); 2 Pterodactyl (R & D McCaffrey); 3 Glenshesk (L.Faulkner et al)

RUFFIAN 23 - 1 Bandit (Kirwan/Cullen/Brown); 2 Ruffles (Michael Cutliffe); 3 Alias (D.Meeke/M.McCarthy)

SHIPMAN - 1 Jo Slim (J Clarke et al); 2 Curraglas (John Masterson); 3 Invader (Gerard Glynn)

SIGMA 33 - 1 White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody); 2 Popje (Ted McCourt); 3 Gwili Two (D Clarke/P Maguire)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS ECHO - 1 Sweet Martini (Bruce Carswell); 2 Coumeenole (Bill Kavanagh); 3 Calypso (Howard Knott)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS - 1 Persistence (C Broadhead et al); 2 Act Two (Michael O'Leary et al); 3 Calypso (Howard Knott)

#hyc – Class 2 IRC 1 1323 Fetching Quinn/O'Faherty 2 2507 Impetuous Noonan/Chambers 3 7495 Maximus P Kyne R2 - 28/08 - Class 2 HPH 1 956 C'est la Vie Flannelly/Others 2 2507 Impetuous Noonan/Chambers 3 7495 Maximus P Kyne R2 - 28/08 - Class 3 IRC 1 8188 Alliance II V Gaffney 2 6136 Starlet Bourke/Others 3 1311 Holly B MacMahon R2 - 28/08 - Class 3 HPH 1 8188 Alliance II V Gaffney 2 6136 Starlet Bourke/Others 3 6556 Challenger P Rossiter R2 - 28/08 - White Sails IRC 1 1517 Alphida of Howth H Byrne 2 657 Voyager J Carton 3 3400 Brazen Hussy Barry/Stirling R2 - 28/08 - White Sails HPH 1 1430 Mary Ellen K O'Byrne 2 1517 Alphida of Howth H Byrne 3 37050 Sandpiper of Howth A Knowles 

#fireball – Though I was unable to sail last night due to a working commitment, on returning to Dun Laoghaire at around 19:30, it was obvious that the DBSC Tuesday Night Series had concluded with a no-show as there was hardly a breath on Dublin Bay and even at 19:30 there was no sign of racing activity writes Cormac Bradley.

A quick phone call to my helm confirmed what already obvious, the last scheduled Tuesday night race of the 2013 season had not taken place, the combination of very light wind and an ebbing tide had sealed its fate.

Thus the Series 3 Fireball results are as follows;

By my reckoning this completes the full suite of DBSC Tuesday Night Series wins for Messrs Butler & Oram. They have come unstuck in one or two races, but in overall terms they have never really been threatened. Race wins have gone to a number of other combinations, Louise McKenna & Francis Rowan, Neil Colin & Margaret Casey (14775) and Frank Miller & Grattan Donnelly, but none of us have sailed consistently well enough to knock the Tuesday night “champs” off their perch.

For the Irish Fireball fleet, the racing emphasis will now be on the Saturday afternoons for those who have entered DBSC, but they will soon come to an end. On the regatta scene, the Munsters will be hosted by Lough Ree Yacht Club in Athlone on the last weekend of September, 28^th/29^th, immediately after the return of the boats from Slovenia. In mid-October we will race our re-scheduled Leinsters, postponed from last weekend. This event will be hosted by Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club and in common with recent practice will see the AGM of the Class being held on the Saturday night.

The Irish boats contesting the Fireball Europeans and Worlds in Slovenia are due to be packed up this coming Saturday (31^st) in Dun Laoghaire for road transport to the southern European venue the following week.

#dbsc – A gentle forecasted breeze of 12–knots from the west will end DBSC's 2013 Summer midweek racing season this Thursday. DBSC Dinghy racing ends tonight. Saturday racing continues for another month until September 28th.