The removal of Dublin Bay Sailing Club's (DBSC) West Pier Starting Hut, in place for summer yacht racing, had to be aborted early this morning due to exceptionally high and gusting winds on the Dun Laoghaire Pier site.

The club will try the operation again next week, although high winds are forecasted as well.

The hut is wintered each year on Traders Wharf in the Coal Harbour area, with the kind permission of MGM Boats.

DBSC, under the supervision of Chris Moore, makes arrangements to paint and attend to necessary repairs during the winter lay-up.

The next event for the country's biggest yacht racing organisation is its popular winter AIB sponsored Turkey Shoot Series that will be hosted this year by the Royal Irish Yacht Club from November 6th. More on the 22nd here.

Westerly winds of up to 24 knots made for a thrilling final race of the 2022 AIB DBSC Summer Series on Dublin Bay on Saturday. 

In a 1,2,3 for the Royal Irish Yacht Club, Barry Cunningham's Cape 31 Blast took the IRC gun in a four-boat Cruisers Zero division from Patrick Burke's First 40, Prima Forte. Third was Tim Kane's Extreme 37, Wow. 

In a six-boat Cruisers One fleet, John Hall's National Yacht Club Something Else was the winner from the J109 sistership, White Mischief (Tim Goodbody) from the Royal Irish. The RIYC Xp33 Bon Exemple (Colin Byrne) was third. 

Lindsay J. Casey's J97 Windjammer from the Royal St George Yacht Club was the Cruisers Two IRC winner. The final Cruisers Three race of the DBSC season was won by Kevin Byrne's RStGYC Formula 28, Starlet.

As Afloat previously reported, Dublin Bay Sailing Club has  already issued the advance notice of its popular 'Turkey Shoot' winter sailing series that starts on Sunday, 6th November.

Now in its 22nd year, the AIB-sponsored seven-race series will be hosted by the Royal Irish Yacht Club.

Results in all classes are below.

Dublin Bay Sailing Club has issued the advance notice of its popular 'Turkey Shoot' winter sailing series that starts on Sunday, 6th November.

Now in its 22nd year, the AIB-sponsored seven-race series will be hosted by the Royal Irish Yacht Club at Dun Laoghaire Harbour. 

Last year, a massive 75-boat entry gathered for the short and sharp morning racing that promises to have everyone ashore by lunchtime.

As regular Afloat readers will know, the white-sailed Elan 333 White Lotus was the overall winner of the 21st edition.

A Notice of Race is downloadable below.

Patrick Burke's Prima Forte from the Royal Irish Yacht Club was the winner by three seconds on corrected time in Saturday's AIB DBSC Saturday league on Dublin Bay. 

Barry Cunningham's Cape 31 Blast finished in a corrected time of one hour 57 minutes and 30 seconds in the five-boat IRC Zero battle. 

Chris Power Smith's J122 Aurelia was third on a time of 1:57:45.

Winds were 15 to 18 knots from the northeast.

The last-minute scrubbing of this weekend's J109 Nationals on the bay did not deter strong class participation in Saturday's DBSC racing, with Js taking the top three places in IRC One.

The overall series leader Timothy Goodbody in the RIYC-based White Mischief took another race win from the National Yacht Club's John Hall in Something Else. Paul Barrington's Jalapeno was third. Five boats competed.

In IRC Two, James McCann's Mustang Peridot won from David O'Flynn's Moonshine. Ian Bowring's Springer was third. 

Results in all DBSC classes are below

The DBSC Water Wag dinghy fleet raced their last race of the season on Wednesday for the Candlelight Trophy at Dun Laoghaire Harbour on Dublin Bay.

Race Officer Tadgh Donnelly set a course of three rounds, four beats in winds of eight-ten knots from 200 degrees.

The race start was delayed by 20 minutes until the visiting cruise ship tendering at the harbour finished.

24 boats started, including a visiting boat, the last wag built; No. 52 Miss Scarlett was constructed in France earlier this year.

Tim Pearson in Little Tern number 36 takes third place in the Water Wag Candelight Trophy at the finish line buoy from number 38, Guy Kilroy in Swift Photo: Ann Kirwan

The race was won by number 15, Moosmie sailed by John O'Driscoll, Second was Mariposa, number 45, Cathy Mac Aleavey. The third was number 36; Little Tern sailed by Tim Pearson.

Results are below

Fintan Cairns's Mills 31 Raptor was the winner of a light air race seven of the AIB DBSC summer Series on Dublin Bay on Saturday. 

The Royal Irish Yacht Club entry finished on top of a six-boat IRC Division One fleet in a corrected time of one hour, 35 minutes and one second. 

It's a fitting success for the Mills 31 crew, as a collision a fortnight ago cast doubt on the rest of their season. A bow patch-up job, however, got the boat out on the water again in time to notch up the important win.

Second, by two minutes, clubmate Tim Goodbody was in the J109 White Mischief (1:37:07corr), while Tony Fox's A35 Gringo from the National Yacht Club took third on a corrected time of 1:38:39.

Results in all 22 DBSC classes are below. 

Barry Cunningham's Blast was the winner of a five-boat IRC Zero DBSC Saturday race on Dublin Bay.

The new Cape 31 beat Royal Irish clubmate Patrick Burke's First 40 Prima Forte. Third was the First 40 Tsunami from the National Yacht Club.

Race 16 was run by race officer Tim Costello; the wind was easterly at eight knots.

In a tribute to club race management official, the late Ida Kiernan, a one-minute silence was observed by the DBSC Saturday fleet at 13.59 ahead of racing in memory of the first Lady Commodore of the National Yacht Club.

Tim Goodbody's J109 White Mischief from the RIYC beat the NYC's A35 Gringo skippered by Tony Fox in an eight-boat IRC One fleet. Third was Fox's clubmate, Paul Barrington, in the J109 Jalapeno.

IRC Two was won by James McCann's Mustang 30 Peridot from 1 Lindsay J. Casey's J97 Windjammer. Third was Dick Lovegrove's Sigma 33 Rupert. Five boats competed.

Last Wednesday's Water Wag RNLI Lifeboat Pennant Race was won by Drewery Pearson in Alf. The handicap race had staggered start times (nine starts). Race Officer Harry Gallagher set a 3-round race (4 beats) in a SE wind of 12-18 kts. All wags raced with reefed mains.

Results across all DBSC classes are below.

20-knot south-easterlies and low visibility led to the cancellation of some classes and a much reduced Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) fleet for Saturday racing on September 3rd.

Recently crowned national champion Chris Johnston won the Beneteau 31.7 race, a class with the biggest turnout of seven boats competing.

The Ruffian 23, with a turnout of five, was won by DBSC Commodore Ann Kirwan on Bandit. 

There was no DBSC racing for the Flying Fifteens or Dragons as both classes are holding National Championships on the Bay this weekend, as Afloat reports here and here.

The 'pre-worlds' race for the SB20s only drew three boats, with Colin Galavan's Carpe Diem the only finisher. The SB20 Worlds begins on Monday at the Royal Irish Yacht Club as Afloat previews here. 

In the Cruiser classes, the three-boat IRC Zero class was won by Patrick Burke's First 40 Prima Forte in a nearly two-hour race from Chris Power-Smith's J122 Aurelia. Third was Tim Kane's Extreme 37 Wow. 

In a three-boat IRC One race, Tom Shanahan's J109 Ruth beat NYC clubmate Paul Barrington in the sistership Jalapeno. Tim Goodbody's J109 White Mischief retired.

There was a bumper turnout of 32 Water Wags for Wednesday night's DBSC Captain’s Prize race at Dun Laoghaire Harbour on Dublin Bay.

After a general recall, Race Officer Tadgh Donnelly lengthened the start line for one of the biggest turnouts of the season.

After a second general recall, Donnelly resorted to the Black flag penalty rule and the race got away with all boats clear.

In a race of three rounds (four beats) and a wind of eight knots, from 090 degrees, the winner was Vincent Delany in Number 3 Pansy, second was Martin Byrne in Number 49, Hilda and third was William Prentice in Number 42, Tortoise.

Martin Byrne in Water Wag Number 49, Hilda Photo: Ann Kirwan

The Murphy family from the National Yacht Club were out in force with Claudine helming no. 41, and Annalise no. 19, and Cathy and Con in no. 45.

The National Yacht Club's John O'Gorman's Sunfast 3600 Hot Cookie won the final Thursday night's IRC Race 18 in the 2022 AIB DBSC Summer Series for Cruisers Zero.

The regular ISORA offshore campaigner took the inshore win from a fleet of seven beating the newly arrived Cape 31, Blast (Barry Cunningham) from the Royal Irish Yacht Club.

Third was another NYC entry, the First 40.7 Tsunami.

Winds were southeasterly and up to 12 knots. The Race Officer was Mairead Ni Cheallachain.

Full results for all DBSC classes are below