With less than a month to go to the first race of the Fireball World Championships in Sligo it was obvious why the Fireball class turnout on Dublin Bay was strong tonight. Steven Oram's new Fireball continued its winning streak in a one hour race over a triangular course. Second was Goodness Gracious (Louise McKenna) and third Samphire (Marguerite O'Rourke). The combined Dublin Bay Sailing Club's (DBSC) dinghy fleet reached 30 tonight and included Lasers, IDRA 14s and Mermaids.

The breeze on Dublin Bay tonight was 8-10 knots from the west and this – combined with a flood tide – produced very flat sea conditions, similar to conditions a week ago.

Full results for DUBLIN PORT Dublin Bay Sailing Club Results for 17 MAY 2011 below:

CRUISERS 2 - 1. Graduate (D O'Keeffe), 2. Free Spirit (John O'Reilly), 3. Cor Baby (Keith Kiernan et al)

CRUISERS 3 - 1. Chouskikou (R.Sheehan/R.Hickey), 2. Pamafe (Michael Costello), 3. Papytoo (M.Walsh/F.Guilfoyle)

CRUISERS 4 - 1. Ghrazel (Charles Pearson), 2. Maranda (Myles Kelly), 3. Artemis (J.Giles)

FIREBALL - 1. nn (S Oram), 2. Goodness Gracious (Louise McKenna), 3. Samphire (Marguerite O'Rourke)

GLEN - 1. Glencorel (B.Waldock/K.Malcolm), 2. Glenmiller (P Cusack), 3. Glenshane (P Hogan)

IDRA 14 FOOT - 1. Dunmoanin (Frank Hamilton), 2. Doody (J.Fitzgerald/J.Byrne), 3. Squalls (Stephen Harrison)

MERMAID - 1. Lively Lady (G O'Neill & M Hanney), 2. Oonagh (J&M Griffith), 3. Kim (D Cassidy)

PY CLASS - 1. T Lyttle (Laser), 2. D Cahill (Laser), 3. P Keane (Laser 1)

RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Alias (D.Meeke/M.McCarthy), 2. Diane ll (Bruce Carswell), 3. Golden Girl (Michael Carrigan et al)

SQUIB - 1. Perfection (Jill Fleming), 2. Tais (Michael O'Connell)

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With still eight weeks to go to the first race in Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta there are 360 entries now in from across 24 classes.

The line up has got an international flavour too; there are entries in from Germany, France, Denmark, Scotland, Wales, UK and of course Ireland with the bulk of entries drawn from the capital's own waters of Dublin Bay. Here's a sneek peek (below) of the first 360 entries so far:

Class	Club	Boat Name	Boat Make	Owner	Type
IRC 0	Arklow SC	Aquelina	J122	Sheila & James Tyrell	IRL National
IRC 0	Clyde CC	Grand Cru	Beneteau First 40.7	Jamie McGarry	Scotland
IRC 0	Clyde CC	Eos	elan 410	Roderick Stuart	Scotland
IRC 0	Fairlie Yacht Club	Elf Too	Beneteau First 40	Christine Murray	Scotland
IRC 0	Howth YC	Crazy Horse	Mill 36	Chambers/Reilly	IRL National
IRC 0	Liverpool YC	Mighty Max 2	Prima 38	Neil Thomas	UK
IRC 0	Norddeutscher Regatta Verein	Doppelbock	Dufour 45 Performance	Friedrich Boehnert	Germany
IRC 0	Royal Irish YC	Lively Lady	Beneteau First 44.7	Derek Martin	Local
IRC 0	Royal Irish YC	WOW	J111	George Sisk	Local
IRC 0	Swansea Yacht & Sub Aqua Club	Dark Angel	Dubois 37	Anthony Ackland	UK
IRC 1	Ballyholme YC	Trouble	Corby 29	Smyth,Ross and Magowan	N.Ireland
IRC 1	Carlingford SC	Humdinger	Jeanneau Sunfast 37	Michael Mc Cabe	IRL National
IRC 1	Holyhead	VaVavoom	elan 37	Richard Calveley	Wales
IRC 1	Liverpool YC	Rebel	Sigma 38	Stan Edge	UK
IRC 1	National Yacht Club	Gringo	Archambault A35	Tony Fox	Local
IRC 1	National YC	Adrenalin	Archambault A35	McDonald,Wright,Balfe,O'Malley	Local
IRC 1	National YC	Lula Belle	Beneteau First 36.7	Liam Coyne	Local
IRC 1	National YC	Sailing West Intuition	Reflex 38	Sailing West	Local
IRC 1	National YC/Royal Irish YC	Rockabill V	Corby 33	Paul O'Higgins	Local
IRC 1	Royal Cork YC	Antix Beag	Modified 1720	Anthony O'Leary	IRL National
IRC 1	Royal Irish YC	Aztec	Archambault A35	Peter Beamish	Local
IRC 1	Royal Irish YC	Axiom	X 37 sport	Michael O'Neill	Local
IRC 1	Royal Irish YC	Black Velvet	Beneteau 34.7	Parnell Family	Local
IRC 1	Royal Irish YC	Xtravagance	X34	Colin Byrne	Local
IRC 1	Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club	Animal	Elan 380	Debbie Aitken	UK
IRC 1	Royal St George YC	Megalopolis	Rob Humphres 36 Custom	Peter Allman	Local
IRC 1	Royal St George YC	Errislannan	Sigma 38	Paul Kirwan	Local
IRC 1	Total Ulster and Ballyholme Yacht Club.	Respect	Corby 29	Mr Ian Wilson	N.Ireland
IRC 1	Royal Irish YC	Another Adventure	Archambault A35	Daragh Cafferky	Local
IRC 1	Helensburgh SC	Carmen 2	Beneteau First 36.7	Paul Scutt / Alan Jeffrey	Scotland
IRC 1	Royal Irish YC	Raptor	Mills 30CR	Denis Hewitt & Ors	Local
IRC 2	Arklow SC	J'Zus Outhaul	J92	Brian Dempsey	IRL National
IRC 2	DL Marina	White Lotus	ELAN 333	Paul Tully	Local
IRC 2	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC	Dick Dastardly	One off Berret 1/2 tonner	Brian Cusack and Others	Local
IRC 2	Howth YC	King One	Half Tonner	David Cullen	IRL National
IRC 2	Howth YC	Dux	X302	Anthony Gore-Grimes	IRL National
IRC 2	Howth YC	Impetuous	Corby 25	Fergal Noonan & Robert Chambers	IRL National
IRC 2	Howth YC	Jokers Wild	Beneteau 32S5	Gordon Knaggs	IRL National
IRC 2	Howth YC	Papillion	Beneteau 300	Brendan O' Halloran	IRL National
IRC 2	Howth YC	MiniMumm	Beneteau Platu 25	Ronan Cobbe and Niamh McDonald	IRL National
IRC 2	Killyleagh YC	Movistar bleu	Élan 333	Raymond Killops	N.Ireland
IRC 2	Liverpool YC	Flash 2	FORMULA 28	Adam Kyffin & Jon Oliver	UK
IRC 2	National YC	Smile	Corby 25	Healy, O'Connell, O'Sullivan	Local
IRC 2	National YC	Jester	J80	Declan Curtin	Local
IRC 2	Royal Irish YC	Cor Baby	Corby 26	Martin Ryan / Vincent Lattimore	Local
IRC 2	Royal Irish YC	Jawesome II	J80	Mervyn Dyke/Basil D'Arcy	Local
IRC 2	Royal Irish YC	Diamond	Huzar 30 Ocean	Kyran McStay	Local
IRC 2	Royal Irish YC	Peridot	Mustang 30 Mk2	Yannick Charrier / Jim McCann / Paul Cadden / Hugh O'Donnell	Local
IRC 2	Royal St George YC	Kamikaze	Jeanneau Sunfast 32	Peter Nash	Local
IRC 2	Royal St George YC	Free Spirit	Elan 333	Doherty,Gilsenan,Hannigan, O'Reilly, Ryan	Local
IRC 2	Royal St George YC	Red Rhum	Dehler DB1	Jonathan Nicholson, Christopher Nicholson	Local
IRC 2	Royal St George YC	Bendemeer	Beneteau 325	Lindsay J Casey and Denis Power	Local
IRC 2	Royal St George YC	Helter Skelter	Jeanneau Sunfast 32i	Adrienne and Averil Jermyn	Local
IRC 2	Sligo YC	Ruthless	Corby 26	Conor Ronan	IRL National
IRC 2	UCD Sailing Club, RIYC	Graduate		Dominic O Keeffe
IRC 3	Bray SC	Shrinkwrap Pro	Superseal 26	Donal Gleeson	IRL National
IRC 3	DL Marina	Asterix	Hunter Sonata	Counihan Meredith Boushel	Local
IRC 3	DL Marina	Jabiru	Hunter Sonata	Martin & Saundra Renwick	Local
IRC 3	Douglas Bay YC IOM	Tango	Bolero 26	Andy Dunn	IOM
IRC 3	Dublin Bay SC	Chouskikou	Beneteau First 28	Ronnie Sheehan / Ray Hickey	Local
IRC 3	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC	Challenger	Europa Challenger	Boland, Breathnach, Rossiter	Local
IRC 3	Howth YC	SunChaser	Jeanneau Sun Dream 28	Michael Marr	IRL National
IRC 3	Howth YC	Gecko	Bolero Quarter Ton	Kevin Darmody	IRL National
IRC 3	Howth YC	Holly	H-Boat	Basil Mac Mahon	IRL National
IRC 3	Malahide YC	Goyave	First 28	Colm Fitzpatrick and Russell Camier	IRL National
IRC 3	Malahide YC	Scandal	J 24	Brian McDowell	IRL National
IRC 3	National YC	Grasshopper 2	Hanse 301	Kevin and John Glynn	Local
IRC 3	National YC	Huggy Bear	Impala 28	Sean Doyle	Local
IRC 3	National YC	Cacciatore	Hunter Sonata	Mairead Ni Cheallachain	Local
IRC 3	National YC	Two Step	bolero 26	Ross Doyle	Local
IRC 3	Poolbeg Yacht & Boat Club / DBSC	HyFlyer	Hydro	John Barnard	IRL National
IRC 3	Royal Irish YC	Capilano	Beneteau 211	Seamus Storan	Local
IRC 3	Royal Irish YC	Borraine	Aphrodite 101	EAN PUGH	FRA
IRC 3	Royal Irish YC	Wynward	Beneteau First 27	W. McCormack	Local
IRC 3	Royal Irish YC	Cri-Cri	J 133	Paul Colton	Local
IRC 3	Royal Irish YC	Chinook	Beneteau 21	Andrew Bradley	Local
IRC 3	Royal Irish YC	Pamafe	Beneteau First 285	Michael Costello	Local
IRC 3	Royal Irish YC	Supernova	Quarter Tonner	Syb McCormack / Ken Lawless / Pat Shannon	Local
IRC 3	Royal Irish YC	Saki	Nicholson 31	Paget McCormack, Ben,Michael Ryan	Local
IRC 3	Royal Irish YC	Yikes	Beneteau 211	Joe Conway	Local
IRC 3	Royal Irish YC	Taiscealai	Shamrock	brian Richardson and Jorid Lindberg	Local
IRC 3	Royal Irish YC	Isolde	Beneteau 21.7	Peter carroll	Local
IRC 3	Royal Irish YC	Small Wonder	Beneteau 211	Hugh C Kelly	Local
IRC 3	Royal St George YC	Hard on Port	One Design	Flor O'Driscoll	Local
IRC 3	Royal St George YC	Syzrgy	Beneteau 211	Rowan Fogarty	Local
IRC 3	Royal St George YC	Carrabeg		D L Martin and R Deasy	Local
IRC 3		Lady Rowena	Sadler 34SE	David Bolger	Local
Two-Handed IRC	Liverpool YC	Ulula	Corby	Nick Ogden	UK
Two-Handed IRC	Pwllheli SC	Mojito	Bavaria	Peter Dunlop	Wales
Two-Handed IRC	Royal Irish YC	Dinah	JOD35(mod)	Barry Hurley	Local
J109	Holy Loch SC	Tigh Soluis II	One Design	Dr Ken Grant	Scotland
J109	Liverpool YC	Sleeper	One Design	Alasdair Davidson, John Carrier	UK
J109	National YC	Jalapeno	One Design	Baker et al	Local
J109	National YC	Powder Monkey	One Design	Chris Moore	Local
J109	National YC	Something Else	One Design	John and Brian Hall, Sue McDonnell	Local
J109	Royal Irish YC	Indecision	One Design	declan hayes/patrick halpenny/ronan molony	Local
J109	Royal Irish YC	Joker 2	One Design	John Maybury	Local
J109	Royal Irish YC	Jura	One Design	Peter Boucher	Local
J109	Royal Irish YC	Jump the Gun	One Design	Michael Monaghan & John Kelly	Local
J109	Royal Irish YC	Jetstream	One Design	Peter Redden	Local
J109	Royal St George YC	Jedi	One Design	Sarratt and Austin and McGuiness	Local
J109	Rush SC/Howth YC	Storm	One Design	Pat Kelly	IRL National
Beneteau 31.7	Ballyholme Yacht Club / Royal Ulster Yacht Club	Twister	One Design	Fletcher, Byers, Fair	N.Ireland
Beneteau 31.7	National YC	Prospect	One Design	Chris Johnston	Local
Beneteau 31.7	National YC	Bluefin	One Design	M Bryson,B&S O'Callaghan	Local
Beneteau 31.7	National YC	Levante	One Design	Brian Leyden,Michael Leahy	Local
Beneteau 31.7	Royal Irish YC	Magic	One Design	Donal O'Sullivan, David Espey	Local
Beneteau 31.7	Royal Irish YC	Flying Machine	One Design	Conor and Donal O Gallagher	Local
Beneteau 31.7	Royal Irish YC	Dies Irae	One Design	Patrick D Rowan	Local
Beneteau 31.7	Royal Irish YC	Prima Nocte	One Design	Ptrick Burke and Patrick Kennedy	Local
Beneteau 31.7	Royal Irish YC	Extreme Reality	One Design	Patrick McSwiney, Emmet O'Rafferty	Local
Beneteau 31.7	Royal Irish YC	Attitude	One Design	Sugars, Owens and Branigan	Local
Beneteau 31.7	Royal St George YC	Levana	One Design	Jean Mitton	Local
Beneteau 31.7	Royal St George YC	Avalon	One Design	Conan & Fox	Local
Beneteau 31.7	Royal St George YC	30 Something	One Design	Kavanagh,Jones,Gaffney,Lubliner	Local
Beneteau 31.7	Royal St George YC	Fiddly Bits	One Design	PJ Timmins/Bill Quigley/Domhnall Murray/Kevin Byrne	Local
Beneteau 31.7	Royal St George YC	After You Too	One Design	Michael Blaney	Local
Beneteau 31.7	Royal St George YC	Violet Flame	One Design	Brendan Murphy	Local
Beneteau 31.7	Royal St George YC	Legally blonde		Cathal Drohan	Local
Sigma 33	Douglas Bay YC IOM	Polished Manx	One Design	Kuba Szymanski	IOM
Sigma 33	National YC	Popje	One Design	Ted McCourt	Local
Sigma 33	National YC	Elandra	One Design	Ralph Hance,	Local
Sigma 33	National YC	Enchantress	One Design	K.Bonner/L.Nicholl/M.Larkin	Local
Sigma 33	National YC	Miss Behavin	One Design	Alan Bell & Others	Local
Sigma 33	Royal Irish YC	Leeuwin	One Design	Henry &Caroline Leonard & Robert Kerr	Local
Sigma 33	Royal Irish YC	September Song	One Design	Barry Colleary	Local
Sigma 33	Royal Irish YC	White Mischief	One Design	Tim Goodbody	Local
Sigma 33	Royal Irish YC	Pastiche	One Design	Thomas J O Neill	Local
Sigma 33	Royal St George YC	Gwili Two	One Design	Dermot Clarke & Paddy Maguire	Local
Sigma 33	Royal St George YC	Rupert	One Design	Patrick T Varian, Richard V. Lovegrove	Local
Sigma 33	Royal St George YC	Moonshine	One Design	Ronnie Moloney,David O'flynn	Local
Sigma 33	TBC	Fandango	One Design	Cope/Lee/Price	Wales
Non-Spinnaker	Bray SC	Syledis in Blue	Beneteau Oceanis Clipper 323	John & Brenda Hayes	IRL National
Non-Spinnaker	Carlingford SC	chase me	westerly fulmar bilge keel	John Raughter	IRL National
Non-Spinnaker	Douglas Bay YC IOM	Grand Cru	Dufour 425	Peter Curphey	IOM
Non-Spinnaker	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC	Just Jasmin	Bavaria Match 35	Philip Smith	Local
Non-Spinnaker	Howth YC	Brazen Hussy	Dufour 34	J Barry/M Stirling	IRL National
Non-Spinnaker	Howth YC	Voyager	Dehler 34	Joe Carton	IRL National
Non-Spinnaker	Howth YC	Bite the Bullet	Elan 333	Colm Bermingham	IRL National
Non-Spinnaker	National	Miss Scarlett	Jeanneau	Anthony Keane	Local
Non-Spinnaker	National YC	Orna	Grand Soleil 40	Philip Dilworth	Local
Non-Spinnaker	National YC	Rebellion	Lambay 60	Hughes,O'Mahony,Hanlon	Local
Non-Spinnaker	National YC	Tsunami	Beneteau First 40.7	Vincent Farrell	Local
Non-Spinnaker	Royal Irish YC	Act Two	Dufour 42	M.O'Leary,T.Roche,D.Andrews	Local
Non-Spinnaker	Royal Irish YC	Eden Park	jeanneau sun odyssey	Liam Farmer	Local
Non-Spinnaker	Royal Irish YC	The Great Escape	Bavaria 33	Patrick and Denise Rigney	Local
Non-Spinnaker	Royal Irish YC	Sea Safari	Jeanneau Sun Oddessy 37	jacqueline smith	Local
Non-Spinnaker	Royal Irish YC	Afternoon Delight	Jenneau Sun Odyssey 32	M.Bennett; M. Brennan; G.Begley; J.P.Mackay	Local
Non-Spinnaker	Royal Irish YC	Arwen	Hanse	Philip O'Dwyer	Local
Non-Spinnaker	Royal Irish YC	Persistance	Sigma 38	Charles Broadhead, Jerry Collins, Ian Stuart	Local
Non-Spinnaker	Royal St George YC	Nirvana	Beneteau 311	Bernard Neeson	Local
Non-Spinnaker	Royal St George YC	Katie	Janneau Sun Odyssey 32	Conorv McGuinness and Others	Local
Non-Spinnaker	Royal St George YC	Calypso	Beneteau Oceanis 361	Howard Knott,	Local
Non-Spinnaker	Royal St George YC	Vespucci	Dehler 31	Sean and Kristina O'Regan	Local
Non-Spinnaker	Royal St George YC	Spirit	Jeanneau 39DS	Colin O'Brien et al	Local
Non-Spinnaker	Royal St George YC	Nauti-Gal	Beneteau First 310	John / Jason Crawford	Local
Non-Spinnaker	Royal St George YC	Windshift	Jeanneau Sunfast 37	Ruairi O'Flynn, James O'Connor	Local
Ruffian 23	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC	Carmen	One Design	Brendan Duffy	Local
Ruffian 23	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC	Ruff Rider	One Design	Ronan Lee	Local
Ruffian 23	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC	Ruff Justice	One Design	Pat O'Dowd	Local
Ruffian 23	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC	Ripples	One Design	Frank Bradley	Local
Ruffian 23	National YC	Crescendo	One Design	Lorcan Balfe	Local
Ruffian 23	National YC	Riff Raff	One Design	Brian Warner, Richard Godley, Hilary Murphy-Fagan	Local
Ruffian 23	National YC	Different Drummer	One Design	Declan Tonge	Local
Ruffian 23	National YC	Paramour	One Design	Larry Power, Roberto Sastre, David Russell	Local
Ruffian 23	National YC	Ruff n' Ready	One Design	B Cullen/C Brown/A Kirwan	Local
Ruffian 23	Royal St George YC	Ruff Nuff	One Design	Derek and Carol Mitchell,	Local
Ruffian 23	Royal St George YC	Diane 2	One Design	Alan Claffey	Local
Ruffian 23	Royal St George YC	Nuits Saint Georges		Alan Kirwan	Local
Ruffian 23	Sailing in Dublin	Ruff Diamond	One Design	Sailing in Dublin	Local
Shipman	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC	Invader	One Design	Gerard Glynn	Local
Shipman	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC	Just Good Friends	One Design	Micheal Carroll	Local
Shipman	National YC	Curraglas	One Design	John Masterson	Local
Shipman	National YC	Malindi	One Design	Andrew Gray	Local
Shipman	National YC	Bluefin	One Design	finucane,o'sullivan,hegarty,rous	Local
Shipman	Royal Irish YC	Whiterock	One Design	Henry M. Robinson	Local
Shipman	Royal Irish YC	Macro One	One Design	J Murray	Local
Shipman	Royal St George YC	Jo Slim	One Design	J.D.Clarke,William and Gerard Maher	Local
Shipman	Royal St George YC	Euphanzel 3	One Design	John Simington	Local
Shipman	Royal St George YC	Twocan	One Design	F. David Freeman	Local
Shipman	Royal St George YC	Viking	One Design	Dr Fergus Mason, Dr Monica McWeeney, Oliver McCrohan Brian J Glynn	Local
Shipman	Royal St George YC	Gusto	One Design	Christine Heath	Local
Shipman	Royal St George YC	The Den	One Design	Aisling Costello / George Miller	Local
Shipman	Royal St George YC	Poppy	One Design	Peter Wallis	Local
Laser SB3	Howth YC	Sharkbait	One Design	Ben Duncan/Brian Moran	IRL National
Laser SB3	Howth YC	TBA	One Design	David Quinn / Garrett May	IRL National
Laser SB3	Howth YC	Monkey		Cassidy/Kavanagh/McCormack	IRL National
Laser SB3	Howth YC	Shockwave	One Design	Eoin Quinlan	Local
Laser SB3	Howth YC	Sin a Bhuifl		Gillian Guinness	Local
Laser SB3	Kinsale YC	TBC	One Design	Ronan Downing	IRL National
Laser SB3	Lough Ree YC/Arklow SC	Sirius Black	One Design	Anna Leech and Ken Hudson	IRL National
Laser SB3	National YC	Bumble B	One Design	Fionnuala Loughrey	Local
Laser SB3	National YC	Bluebird	One Design	Cathy Mac Aleavey	Local
Laser SB3	National YC	Alert Packaging	One Design	Justin Burke	Local
Laser SB3	National YC	Odin	One Design	James Gorman	Local
Laser SB3	National YC	Rubadubdub	One Design	Nick Doherty,Rob Gavin	Local
Laser SB3	National YC	Mandarin		Rory Byrne	Local
Laser SB3	Royal Irish YC	SacreBleu	One Design	Doug Smith	Local
Laser SB3	Royal Irish YC	SuperBug	One Design	Niamh O'Rourke and Garrett O'Carroll	Local
Laser SB3	Royal Irish YC	Bád-Kilcullen	One Design	Jerry Dowling	Local
Laser SB3	Royal North of Ireland YC	SplashGordon	One Design	Gordon Patterson	N.Ireland
Laser SB3	Royal St George YC	Sin Bin	One Design	Barry O'Neill	Local
Laser SB3	Royal St George YC	Yeti	One Design	Sean Craig	Local
Laser SB3	Royal St George YC	Kick'er Off	One Design	Ed Cook / Selina Dicker	Local
Laser SB3	Royal St George YC	Sandy Bottom	One Design	Gordon Judge	Local
Laser SB3	Royal St George YC	TBC	One Design	Aidan O'Connell	Local
Laser SB3	Royal St George YC	Seriously Bonkers 3	One Design	Martin Cuppage, Peter Lee	Local
Laser SB3	Royal St George YC	Sunday Brunch	One Design	Richard Tate, David Dwyer	Local
Laser SB3	Royal St George YC	BomChickaWahWah	One Design	John O'Driscoll	Local
Laser SB3	Royal St George YC	Lupi D'Irlanda	One Design	MARCO SORGASSI	Local
Laser SB3	Royal St George YC	TBC	One Design	Chris Arrowsmith	Local
Laser SB3	Royal St George YC	White Noise		Cormac Walsh	Local
Laser SB3	Sligo YC	Boomsticks	One Design	Brian Reilly	IRL National
Laser SB3	West Riding SC	Hutton's	One Design	Ben Williamson	UK
Laser SB3		Smoke on the water	One Design	Bob Hobby	Local
Squib	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC	Periquin	One Design	Noel Colclough,John Redahan	Local
Squib	Howth YC	Klipbok	One Design	Emmet Dalton	IRL National
Squib	Howth YC	Kerfuffle	One Design	Jonathan Craig	IRL National
Squib	National YC	Pintail	One Design	M.Muldoonand Mrs. B Stevens	Local
Squib	Royal North of Ireland YC	TOY for the boys	One Design	Peter Wallace	N.Ireland
Squib	Royal St George YC	Perfection	One Design	JILL FLEMING	Local
Squib	Royal St George YC	Kookaburra	One Design	Peter and Marie Dee	Local
Squib	Royal St George YC	Lola	One Design	Frank Whelan	Local
Squib	Royal St George YC	BuzzLite	One Design	Gerry O 'Connor	Local
Squib	Royal St George YC	Anemos	One Design	Peter and Anne evans	Local
Squib	Royal St George YC	Femme Fatale	One Design	Joe O'Byrne + Vincent Delany	Local
Squib	Royal St George YC	Chillax	One Design	Mrs Mary McLoughlin	Local
Squib	Royal St George YC	Coorse and Fine	One Design	Wendy Goodbody	Local
Squib	Royal St George YC	Nimble	One Design	Brian O'Hare and Tonia McAllister	Local
Squib	Royal St George YC	Fox	One Design	Michael Moran,Ronan Browne	Local
Squib	Royal St George YC	Little Demon	One Design	Sheila Power	Local
Squib	Royal St George YC	Sidewinder	One Design	Rupert Bowen / Rupert Westrup / David Croke	Local
Mermaid	Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club	Ferga		Martin Reilly	IRL National
Mermaid	National YC	Aideen	One Design	Dan Brennan and Brendan Martin	Local
Mermaid	National YC	Tiller Girl	One Design	Jonathan O'Rourke	Local
Mermaid	National YC	Endeavour	One Design	Roger Bannon	Local
Mermaid	National YC	Lively Lady	One Design	Geraldine O'Neill and Michael Hanney	Local
Mermaid	Royal Irish YC	Jill	One Design	Paul Smith, Pat Mangan	Local
Mermaid	Royal St George YC	Oonagh	One Design	Marilyn and John Griffith	Local
Mermaid	Rush SC	Clare	One Design	Paddy Archer	IRL National
Mermaid	Rush SC	Thumbalina	One Design	Patrick Boardman	IRL National
Mermaid	Rush SC	MiDi	One Design	Enda Weldon	IRL National
Mermaid	Skerries SC	Helen	One Design	Therese McHugh	IRL National
Mermaid	Skerries SC	The Message	One Design	Ross Galbraith	IRL National
Mermaid	Skerries SC	Bean Adhmaid	One Design	Martin O'Toole	IRL National
Mermaid	Skerries SC	Dolphin	One Design	James O'Toole	IRL National
Mermaid	Skerries SC	Fugitive	One Design	Brian Mc Nally	IRL National
Mermaid	Skerries SC	Azeezy	One Design	sam shiels	IRL National
Dragon	Royal Irish YC	Susele	One Design	Michael Halpenny	Local
Dragon	Royal Irish YC	Diva	One Design	Rick Johnson / Richard Goodbody / Rob Johnson	Local
Dragon	Royal Irish YC	Zin Zan	One Design	Dan O' Connor,P.Moriarty,T.Carpenter	Local
Dragon	Royal St George YC	Jaguar	One Design	Martin Byrne	Local
Dragon	Royal St George YC	Chiang	One Design	Iain Finnegan,	Local
Dragon	Royal St George YC	Whisper	One Design	Michael Cotter	Local
Dragon	Royal St George YC	Aphrodite	One Design	Doorly,Bolger,O'Kelly	Local
Dragon	Royal St George YC	ZU	One Design	Matt Minch, Tim Pearson, Conor Grimley	Local
Dragon	Royal St George YC	Phantom	One Design	Peter Bowring,David Williams	Local
Dragon	Yacht Club de Cannes	Eve	One Design	EAN PUGH	Local
Etchell	Howth YC	Kootamundra Wattle	One Design	Dan O'Grady	IRL National
Etchell	Howth YC	Fetching	One Design	Stephen O'Flaherty	IRL National
Fireball	Coal Harbour DL	license to Thrill	One Design	LOUIS SMYTH	Local
Fireball	Coal Harbour DL	Samphire	One Design	Cearbhall Daly	Local
Fireball	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC	Elevation	One Design	Neil Colin , Margaret Casey	Local
Fireball	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC	No Name	One Design	B McGuire, M.Chambers	Local
Fireball	National YC	El Rey del Fuego	One Design	Francis Rowan	Local
Fireball	National YC	NN	One Design	Stephen Oram	Local
Fireball	National YC	Position is Possession	One Design	Gavin Doyle	Local
Fireball	National YC	Incubus	One Design	Marie Barry	Local
Fireball	Royal St George YC	Goodness Gracious	One Design	Louise McKenna	Local
Flying Fifteen	East Antrim BC	Final Fling	One Design	Norman Hamilton & William Rutherford	N.Ireland
Flying Fifteen	National YC	Fflogger II	One Design	Alan Dooley	Local
Flying Fifteen	National YC	Kooigjug	One Design	Ken Dumpleton	Local
Flying Fifteen	National YC	Flyer	One Design	Niall Coleman	Local
Flying Fifteen	National YC	Out of the Blue	One Design	Fraser Mitchell	Local
Flying Fifteen	National YC	HY5ive	One Design	David Gorman	Local
Flying Fifteen	National YC	A Mere Triffle	One Design	Peter Sherry	Local
Flying Fifteen	National YC	The Gruffalo	One Design	Keith Poole	Local
Flying Fifteen	National YC	Ash	One Design	Joe Coughlan	Local
Flying Fifteen	National YC	Hi Fibre	One Design	Michael McCambridge	Local
Flying Fifteen	National YC	As Good As It Gets	One Design	Alan Balfe	Local
Flying Fifteen	National YC	Gekko	One Design	Sean & Paul Nolan	Local
Flying Fifteen	National YC	Melliffluence	One Design	Tom Leonard	Local
Flying Fifteen	National YC	Rollercoaster	One Design	Tom Murphy	Local
Flying Fifteen	National YC	Snow White	One Design	Francis J Burgess	Local
Flying Fifteen	National YC	The Big Bow Wow	One Design	Niall Meagher and Nicki Matthews	Local
Flying Fifteen	National YC	Val Doolican	One Design	Ben Mulligan	Local
Flying Fifteen	National YC	Fastidiots		Peter & Conor Cronin	Local
Glen	Royal St George YC	Pterodactyl	One Design	Roderick & David McCaffrey	Local
Glen	Royal St George YC	Glenshesk	One Design	G Walker,L Faulkner,M Reid,A Henderson	Local
Glen	Royal St George YC	Glenmarissa	One Design	Frank Elmes/Wilf Higgins	Local
Glen	Royal St George YC	Glencoe	One Design	Patrick Sheehan	Local
Glen	Royal St George YC	Glendun	One Design	Brian Denham	Local
Glen	Royal St George YC	Glencree	One Design	John Bligh / Henry Roche	Local
Glen	Royal St George YC	Glenluce	One Design	Donal O'Connor & Richard O'Connor	Local
Glen	Royal St George YC	Glen Miller	One Design	Paul Cusack	Local
Glen	Royal St George YC	Glenshane	One Design	Peter Hogan	Local
Howth 17	Howth YC	Oona	One Design	Peter Courtney	IRL National
Howth 17	Howth YC	Leila	One Design	Roddy Cooper	IRL National
Howth 17	Howth YC	Aura	One Design	Ian Malcolm	IRL National
Howth 17	Howth YC	Isobel	One Design	Brian and Conor Turvey	IRL National
Howth 17	Howth YC	Echo	One Design	Bryan and Harriette Lynch	Local
IDRA 14	Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club	Shearwater	One Design	Ciaran Browne	IRL National
IDRA 14	Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club	Chimaera	One Design	Killian Sargent , Yvonne Murray	IRL National
IDRA 14	Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club	Chaos	One Design	Julie Ascoop, Heather Keenan	IRL National
IDRA 14	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC	Doody	One Design	John Fitzgerald / Jennifer Byrne	Local
IDRA 14	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC	Dart	One Design	Pierre Long	Local
IDRA 14	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC	Dunmoanin	One Design	Frank Hamilton	Local
IDRA 14	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC	Squalls	One Design	Stephen Harrison,	Local
IDRA 14	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC	Diane	One Design	Fergal O'Flaherty / Brian Murphy	Local
IDRA 14	Dun Laoghaire Motor YC	Sapphire	One Design	Lorcan O'Sulivan	Local
IDRA 14	Royal St George YC	Spray	One Design	Joanne Sheehan	Local
IDRA 14	Sutton DC	Starfish	One Design	Alan Carr	IRL National
IDRA 14	Sutton DC	Siobhan	One Design	Gordan Kelly	IRL National
IDRA 14	Sutton DC	Charmian	One Design	Gerard O'Hanlon	IRL National
IDRA 14	Sutton DC	Slipstream	One Design	Alan Henry	IRL National
Water Wag	National YC	Mollie	One Design	Cathy Mac Aleavey	Local
Water Wag	Royal Irish YC	Coquette	One Design	Seymour Cresswell	Local
Water Wag	Royal Irish YC	Swift	One Design	Guy Kilroy	Local
Water Wag	Royal Irish YC	Scallywag	One Design	Dan O'Connor,David Williams	Local
Water Wag	Royal St George YC	Little Tern	One Design	J. Ross-Murphy,	Local
Water Wag	Royal St George YC	SKEE	One Design	David W Duffy	Local
Water Wag	Wag Club	Pansy	One Design	Julie Delany	Local
Wayfarer	Aarhus Sejlklub	Windwhisperer	One Design	Peter Sigetty Bøje	Denmark
Wayfarer	Aldeburgh	No Strings Attached	One Design	Jonathan Christie	UK
Wayfarer	Blackwater SC	Plane White	One Design	Mike Pearce	UK
Wayfarer	Bough Beech SC	Compleat Fiasco	One Design	Guy Marks/P Kershaw	UK
Wayfarer	Carsington sailing club	Devil's Advocate	One Design	Richard Hartley	UK
Wayfarer	Craftinsure.com / Ripon Sailing Club	Risky Business	One Design	Bernard Clarke	UK
Wayfarer	Cullaun	Into the Mystic	One Design	Margaret Hynes	IRL National
Wayfarer	East Down YC	Hofreki	One Design	Trevor Fisher	N.Ireland
Wayfarer	East Down YC	Hart-Beat	One Design	Gordon Jess	N.Ireland
Wayfarer	East Down YC	Lammergier	One Design	Margie Crawford	N.Ireland
Wayfarer	East Down YC	Way Fair Lady	One Design	Henry O'Friel	UK
Wayfarer	Great Moor SC	Ooh oh!	One Design	Ian Richards	UK
Wayfarer	Greystones SC	Liquidasset	One Design	Monica Schaefer	IRL National
Wayfarer	Greystones SC	WARE TEG 11	One Design	Morgan Burgess	IRL National
Wayfarer	Hickling Broad SC	Catspaw	One Design	Brian Wilkins	UK
Wayfarer	Medway YC	Slippery When Wet	One Design	Phil Stacey	UK
Wayfarer	Mengeham Rythe Sailing Club	Sudden Comfort	One Design	Simon and Susan Hope	UK
Wayfarer	Parkstone, Poole, uk	Ten Grand	One Design	Simon Cox	UK
Wayfarer	Royal Corinthian IOW	Tumult	One Design	Bjarne T. Clausen	UK
Wayfarer	Southwold SC	Spree Lady	One Design	Ralph Roberts	UK
Wayfarer	Starcross YC	Nimbus	One Design	Liam McGrath	UK
Wayfarer	StauntonHarold sailing club	TBA	One Design	Stuart Hopson	UK
Wayfarer	Upper Thames SC	Panache	One Design	Mr. J. Dighton	UK
Wayfarer	Upper Thames SC	Gorgeous Worgeous	One Design	Quentin Strauss	UK
Wayfarer	Wilsonian Sailing Club	Don't worry, Be Happy!	One Design	John Goudie	UK
Wayfarer	Wilsonian SC	Still Gamboling	One Design	Brian Lamb	UK
Wayfarer	Yorkshire Dales SC	Aeowen	One Design	John Mellor	UK
Wayfarer		The Black Pearl	One Design	Neil McSherry	Local
Laser Radial	Royal St George YC	Evee	One Design	ORLA CALLENDER	Local
Laser Radial	Wicklow SC	Hornet	One Design	Oscar McCullagh	IRL National
Laser Radial	Wicklow SC	Pump It	One Design	Luke Murphy	IRL National
Laser Standard Rig	Royal Irish YC	Fossa Too	One Design	Will Nesbitt	Local
Laser Standard Rig	Royal Irish YC	graphics-it.com	One Design	Paul Keane	Local
Laser Standard Rig	Royal St George YC	Sharonhoey.com	One Design	Richard Tate	Local
Laser Standard Rig	Royal St George YC	Gatsby	One Design	Des McCarthy	Local

Joker was the winner of the Royal Alfred's J109 Baily Bowl prize and White Mischief was the Sigma 33 winner following a one day event on Dublin bay at the weekend. The regatta featured a merger of results with Dublin Bay Sailing Club.

There were two windward leeward races on Saturday morning staged for a fleet of seven J109s and six Sigma 33s. Results from Saturday afternoon's regular DBSC racing were then added to the score tally. The full results are: Sigma 33: 1. White Mischief (Tim Goodbody) 2. Rupert Dick Lovegrove 3. Alandra. (John Molloy) J109: 1. Joker (John Maybury) 2. Storm. (P. Dillon) 3. Jalapeno (Dermod Baker).

The second part of the Baily Bowl one design competition will be held next weekend for Dragons, Flying fifteens, Squibs and SB3s, although that sportsboat class says it has not had much local take up for the event to date.

The first grand cruise liner, the 109,000 tonne, 290 metre "Grand Princess" with almost 4,000 passengers and crew sailed into Dublin Port at 8am this morning. The ship is the epitome of luxury with a magnificent array of facilities that include swimming pools, whirlpool spas, restaurants, bars and cinemas.

Grand Princess is the first of the grand cruise liners that will form part of the 85 cruise visits that Dublin Port Company has secured for Dublin following its marketing efforts to attract this valuable business. The arrival of these ships will generate a major boost to the city of up to €50 million for the local economy, as the liners will carry almost 130,000 high-spend passengers to the capital this year along with significant numbers of crew who can experience the city during their shore leave.

The Grand Princess is 290 metres long, the equivalent in length of three football pitches and carries almost 3,000 high spend passengers and over 1,000 crew members. The $450 million vessel offers the latest in cruise luxury with over 710 staterooms, on-board shopping mall, cinema, a range of restaurant facilities, casino, swimming pools and even a nine hole golf putting course.

The cruise sector has become a hugely important part of the city's tourism product since Dublin Port Company first targeted this trade in the mid 1990s. It is estimated that cruise liners have contributed over €350 million to the city in the last decade alone so Dublin Port Company is pleased to have played its role in attracting this business for the city.

Mr. Eamonn O'Reilly, Chief Executive, Dublin Port Company said, "Dublin is a great city and a really fantastic destination for visitors. Having the port so close to the centre of Dublin makes it an attractive destination for cruise liner operators who can bring their passengers right to the heart Dublin allowing them to get to its visitor attractions as quickly as possible. We're delighted that Dublin Port Company can play such a major role in bringing this very valuable trade to Dublin."

Ms. Gina Quin, Chief Executive, Dublin Chamber of Commerce said; "The cruise industry has emerged as a significant contributor to the capital's tourism business. Dublin Port Company's ongoing work in attracting the cruise liners to the city provides a welcome boost of up to €50 million annually to Dublin's retailers and other businesses in the city. The 130,000 passengers and crew will no doubt experience the legendary Irish welcome as they visit the city's fabulous tourist attractions as well as the capital's bars and restaurants."

Two mussel dredger-trawlers made a rare transit of Dalkey Sound, last Friday, writes Jehan Ashmore.

The sound which is located to the south of Dublin Bay is not used by commercial traffic but is frequented by pleasure-craft, local fishing boats from Dun Laoghaire. In addition to occasional traffic by the Irish Naval Service, Marine Institute research vessel RV Celtic Voyager, the GSI's RV Keary and foreign tall-ships.

The vessels were making a southerly direction as they headed across Dublin Bay towards Dalkey Island. Mytilus lowered a mussel cage bucket into the sound which was dragged on two separate occasions over a short distance running parallel between the island and the coast.

The operation was all too brief as the Mytilus then proceeded into Killiney Bay followed closely astern by Branding. Upon entering the neighbouring bay, both vessels conducted dredging activity before continuing south beyond Bray Head.

Mussel grounds are located throughout certain hotspots in the Irish Sea and earlier this month, it is reported that there was a notable increase in mussel dredgers in Bangor, Northern Ireland. The dredgers were the Mytilus and Branding which berthed at the Co. Down harbour after a lengthy period of relative inactivity.

Mytilus was built in The Netherlands by Scheepwerf Van Os Yerseke B.V. and appeared in an episode of the successful BBC TV series 'Coast'. At the time of the broadcast she was registered at Beaumaris, Anglesey and was seen working in the northern approaches of the Menai Straits. The fishery grounds are ideally suited for the growing processes required in farmed mussel production.

Branding was also built by a Dutch shipyard, Kooieman in 1988 and her design is typical of the mussel dredgers based in Wexford. The market for mussels is mainly from the northern European countries of Belgium, France and the Netherlands.

The SB3s have given a thumbs up to the introdution of the new Thursday night Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) courses and who wouldn't with such a thrilling downwind leg last week? 'So many marks, loads of decisions and loads of mistakes.What fun' is the verdict of Dublin Bay class captain Justin Burke.

The class has regular turnouts of between 9 and 12 boats for the regular one hour evening race. Last Thursday featured a race with gusts up to 25 knots.

It is probably why Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta has had such an enthusiastic reception from the sportsboat class. 28 SB3s are entered already and the view is there could be as many as 40, a number big enough for the class to host a pre-regatta reception on July 7th.

So far there has not been the same take up for next weekend's Royal Alfred YC Baily Bowl but Burke remains hopeful the class will enbrace the long standing fixture. The enthusiastic captain is also putting Howth Yacht Club's Lambay Race on 11th. June out as another option.

Although the next big Irish fixture is the southern championships at Tralee Bay Sailing Club in Fenit, Co. Kerry on June 4th and 5th there will be interest in the Irish team results at this weeks's World championships in Torbay in the UK. There are 11 Irish entries in this week's 119-boat championship fleet.

Grainne and Sean O'Shea's Gung Ho from the Royal Irish Yacht Club repeated last Saturday's Cruisers III success with another win in blustery conditions on the Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) course this afternoon writes our Dublin Bay Correspondent.

The Superseal 26–foot design topped the Club's biggest class of 35 sailing cruisers for the second Saturday on the trot, this time in west north west winds gusting to 25 knots.

The O'Shea's beat the DMYC Sonata Asterix (Counihan/Meredith/Bushell) and John Barnard's Hydro 28 Hyflyer for first place on IRC Handicap. The results were repeated on the local ECHO handicap too.

In Cruisers one,  Colin Byrne's top performing X-34 Xtravagance, also from the Royal Irish, emreged as a winner. Second was John Hall's J109 Something Else.

The north westerly wind direction gave the combined 200-boat fleet the greatest use of the capital's waters for some great racing in 15 knot but very gusty conditions.

Courses were set across 40 square miles, extending from Salthill and Seapoint on the western side of Bay to the Burford Bank on the east.

Keelboats reached right along the southern shore across Dun Laoghaire harbour mouth and Scotsman's Bay down to Dalkey island.

The Royal Alfred's Baily Bowl competition for the J109s, 31.7.s' and Sigma 33 was race for this morning over two windward leeward courses and followed by the DBSC class race. All three races counted for the Baily Bowl.

In the one designs the Royal St. George's Diane ll (Bruce Carswell) handled the spinnaker leg well in the Ruffian 23 fleet to win from David Meeke's Alias. Third was former Flying fifteen sailor Lorcan Balfe sailing Cresendo.

In the Shipman class the Royal St. George's Christine Heath was the winner from the National Yacht Club's Curraglass (John Masterson).

Full DUBLIN PORT Dublin Bay Sailing Club Results for 14 MAY 2011 are below:

BENETEAU 31.7 Echo- 1. Kernach (Eoin O'Driscoll), 2. Bluefin Two (M & B Bryson), 3. Violet Flame (B.Murphy/L.Osbourne)

BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Prospect (Chris Johnston), 2. Magic (D.O'Sullivan/D.Espey), 3. Bluefin Two (M & B Bryson)

CRUISERS 1 Echo - 1. Contango (Barry Cunningham), 2. Xtravagance (Colin Byrne), 3. Gringo (Tony Fox)

CRUISERS 1 - 1. Xtravagance (Colin Byrne), 2. Something Else (J.Hall et al)

CRUISERS 2 Echo - 1. Jester (Declan Curtin), 2. Smile (O'Connell/Healy/O'Sullivan), 3. Dick Dastardly (B.Cusack et al)

CRUISERS 2 - 1. Jester (Declan Curtin), 2. Dick Dastardly (B.Cusack et al), 3. Smile (O'Connell/Healy/O'Sullivan)

CRUISERS 3 Echo - 1. Gung Ho (G & S O'Shea), 2. Asterix (Counihan/Meredith/Bushell), 3. Hyflyer (John Barnard)

CRUISERS 3 - 1. Gung Ho (G & S O'Shea), 2. Asterix (Counihan/Meredith/Bushell), 3. Hyflyer (John Barnard)

DRAGON - 1. Phantom (D.Williams/P.Bowring), 2. Aphrodite (Michael Doorly et al)

FLYING FIFTEEN - 1. Deranged (C.Doorly), 2. Frequent Flyer (D Mulvin), 3. Snow White (Frank Burgess)

GLEN - 1. Glenshesk (L.Faulkner et al), 2. Glencorel (B.Waldock/K.Malcolm), 3. Glendun (B.Denham et al)

RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Diane ll (Bruce Carswell), 2. Alias (D.Meeke/M.McCarthy), 3. Cresendo (L Balfe)

SHIPMAN - 1. Gusto (C Heath), 2. Curraglas (John Masterson), 3. Malindi (B.Smith/A.Gray)

SIGMA 33 - 1. White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody), 2. Rupert (R.Lovegrove/P.Varian), 3. Elandra (R.Hance et al)

SQUIB - 1. Femme Fatale (Joe O'Byrne), 2. Little Demon (Marie Dee)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS Echo - 1. Calypso (Howard Knott), 2. The Great Escape (P & D Rigney), 3. Arwen (Philip O'Dwyer)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS - 1. Calypso (Howard Knott), 2. Arwen (Philip O'Dwyer), 3. Windshift (R O'Flynn et al)

Deadlines for entry in to a number of this season's key sailing regattas are looming. Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta's significantly reduced early bird entry rate for the July 7th event will end on Monday and offshore racers intending to race in June 11th's 320-mile Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race must enter by next Friday 20th. The ICRA Cruiser Championships in Crosshaven takes place from the 17th to 19th June, a fixture that suits those boats intending to compete in the Dingle race. Race details can be downloaded below.

Barry Cunningham's well sailed Corby 33 Contango excelled on a long spinnaker run on Dublin Bay tonight to produce a fine win in class one IRC.

With 15 knots from the west gusting up to 25, rarely are conditions more perfect for a Thursday night yacht race than those that greeted the large Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) fleet tonight.

The fleet responded in force with great turnouts in many of the 17 classes.

Second in class one was the offshore racer, the J109 Jedi (Sarratt/Austin/McGuinness) and third was another J109, John Maybury's Joker.

There are no results issued for class zero and in class two the elderly half tonner Dick Dastardly (Brian Cusack) beat the relatively new J80 Jester (Declan Curtin) on IRC handicap.

Race officers set long courses both in the northern race area and south eastern bay area from the Mac Lir and Spirit of Irish Committee Boats respectively.

Cruiser classes got either 'N1' or 'N2' courses - westerly race track configurations that featured no less than six turning marks giving the cruisers long reaching legs in the excellent conditions and plenty of boat handling practise.

On the one design course the 'sight of the night' was the blistering speed of the SB3s who reached across Scotsman's bay from harbour mark to Dalkey island mark. Andrew Algeo's Flutter set an impressive pace (16 knots plus?) drawing out a lead of 20 boat lengths or more from 2010 overall winner Sin bin (Barry O'Neill). Alas not all the SB3s managed the tricky reach so well. White Noise in particular taking several minutes to recover from a serious broach at the tail end of the 12 boat fleet.

There was a great turnout in the Flying fifteens with Frank Burgess taking another win in the 12 boat fleet. Glassilaun (D O'Neill) won the Squibs but it was disappointing that only three of the nine boats flew kites.

Few of the many shoreline spectators would have noticed though such was the volume of boats filling Scotsmans bay at 8pm tonight.

Full results below:

DUBLIN PORT Dublin Bay Sailing Club Results for 12 MAY 2011

BENETEAU 31.7 ECHO- 1. Prospect (Chris Johnston), 2. Prima Nocte (Patrick Burke), 3. Magic (D.O'Sullivan/D.Espey)

BENETEAU 31.7 - 1. Prospect (Chris Johnston), 2. Prima Nocte (Patrick Burke), 3. Bluefin Two (M & B Bryson)

CRUISERS 1 - 1. Contango (Barry Cunningham), 2. Jedi (Sarratt/Austin/McGuinness), 3. Xtravagance (Colin Byrne)

CRUISERS 1 ECHO - 1. Contango (Barry Cunningham), 2. Jedi (Sarratt/Austin/McGuinness), 3. Joker 11 (John Maybury)

CRUISERS 2 ECHO - 1. Dick Dastardly (B.Cusack et al), 2. Jester (Declan Curtin), 3. Cor Baby (Keith Kiernan et al)

CRUISERS 2 - 1. Dick Dastardly (B.Cusack et al), 2. Jawesome 11 (V.Kennedy/M.Dyke), 3. Peridot (Jim McCann et al)

CRUISERS 3 - 1. Asterix (Counihan/Meredith/Bushell), 2. Janx Spirit (T McGrath), 3. Papytoo (M.Walsh/F.Guilfoyle)

CRUISERS 3 ECHO - 1. Small Wonder (Hugh Kelly), 2. Taiscealai (Brian Richardson et al), 3. Papytoo (M.Walsh/F.Guilfoyle)

DRAGON - 1. Diva (R.Johnson/R.Goodbody), 2. Phantom (D.Williams/P.Bowring), 3. Zu (P.Dee et al)

FLYING FIFTEEN - 1. Snow White (Frank Burgess), 2. Mellifluence (Tom Leonard), 3. Fflogger (Alan Dooley)

GLEN - 1. Glenmarissa (F.Elmes/W.Higgins), 2. Glenshane (P Hogan), 3. Glendun (B.Denham et al)

RUFFIAN 23 - 1. Ruff N Ready (Ann Kirwan et al), 2. Carmen (Michael Hinkson et al), 3. Shannagh (S.Gill/P.MacDiarmada)

SB3s - 1. Flutter (Andrew Algeo), 2. Sin Bin (Barry O'Neill), 3. Defiant (R.Hudson/J.Hooper)

SHIPMAN - 1. Jo Slim (J.Clarke et al), 2. Euphanzel lll (Louis McSherry et al), 3. Gusto (C Heath)

SIGMA 33 - 1. White Mischief (Timothy Goodbody), 2. Rupert (R.Lovegrove/P.Varian), 3. Gwili Two (D.Clarke/P.Maguire)

SQUIB - 1. Glassilaun (D O'Neill), 2. Pintail (M Muldoon & B Stevens), 3. Lola (Frank Whelan)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS ECHO - 1. Act Two (Michael O'Leary et al), 2. Calypso (Howard Knott), 3. Edenpark (Liam Farmer)

WHITE SAIL CRUISERS - 1. Act Two (Michael O'Leary et al), 2. Calypso (Howard Knott), 3. Arwen (Philip O'Dwyer)

Elaine 'Shooter' Alexander's epic challenge to become the first woman from Northern Ireland to circumnavigate Ireland by kayak is approaching Dublin's coastline.

The challenge will involve a solo voyage of 1000 miles battling tides, headlands, cliffs, not to mention unpredictable weather.

Elaine is just one week into her challenge having taken on a constant barrage of strong head winds en route to Dublin. She is currently just north of Drogheda and weather pending hopes to be in North Dublin (Skerries, Howth) tomorrow, passing Dublin Bay Friday, and South Dublin (Bray and Greystones) Saturday.

She is camping on route and would really appreciate somewhere to shower, store her boat etc close to the sea. You can see exactly where she is by scrolling down this post.