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First 31.7 'Avalon' Wins 2022 DBSC Turkey Shoot as Final Race Cancelled Due to Forecasted Gale on Dublin Bay
The First 31.7 Avalon will be crowned the 2022 DBSC Turkey Shoot Series champion Sunday at the Royal Irish Yacht Club, with the final race cancelled due to gales.
Avalon wins the six-race series by a single point.
As Afloat reported earlier, Avalon was leading going into the final race on 57 points and top of the 78-boat mixed cruiser fleet. The J97 Windjammer takes second place with third overall, the 1720 sportsboat, Spurs on 59 points.
With only two points separating the top three boats going into the seventh race, the series was still up for grabs, so there is disappointment over the final race cancellation.
News of the cancellation came from DBSC's Fintan Cairns this afternoon, who informed competitors: "We have checked all forecasts and charts for tomorrow morning, all showing SE up to Gale 8. In light of this and rather than bring crews down in the morning, sadly, we have now CANCELLED RACING tomorrow, Sunday 18th".
Turkey Shoot festivities will commence at 12.30 in the Wet Bar of the RIYC.
First 31.7 Avalon Leads into Final Race of DBSC Turkey Shoot
In a good spread of boat types, the First 31.7 Avalon leads by a single point into Sunday's final race of the AIB-sponsored DBSC Turkey Shoot Series on Dublin Bay.
Avalon is on 57 points to be top of the 78-boat mixed cruiser fleet. The J97 Windjammer takes second place with third overall, the 1720 sportsboat, Spurs on 59 points.
With only two points separating the top three boats overall going into the seventh race, the series still has a turkey up for grabs.
Last Sunday's sixth race saw competitors clearing the decks of snow at Dun Laoghaire Marina before racing started in winter sunshine just after 10 am off Dun Laoghaire Harbour.
The sixth race saw the fleet sail down to Dalkey Island and back to Dun Laoghaire Harbour and was won by the Bavaria 35 Match Just Jasmin, with the Sunfast 32 Kamikaze second and the J109 Joker II in third.
Overall results and race six results are downloadable below.
The always lively DBSC Turkey Shoot Series prizegiving will be held this Sunday after racing at the Royal Irish Yacht Club. Race organiser Fintan Cairns has told competitors: "If there is no sailing - very early to tell yet - prizegiving and festivities, draws, craic etc. will commence at 12.30. Please make all effort to be there, as I will not be going home with any prizes!".
Eddie Totterdell Takes the Helm at Dublin Bay Sailing Club
After two years as Commodore of Ireland's largest yacht racing club that runs over 1,000 races each summer, Ann Kirwan completed her term in office last night at Dublin Bay Sailing Club and handed over the tiller to Eddie Totterdell after his election. Here Afloat publishes Kirwan's AGM farewell to members
It has been such an honour and a privilege to act as Commodore of DBSC for the past two years and for a total of 10 years on the committee. It’s been busy, and there have been some ups and downs, but it has been very enjoyable and rewarding. The past three years have been particularly challenging with Covid, but I think that has brought out the best of DBSC’s strengths. I’d now like to run through some of the highlights of the two years:
I covered 2021 in my address at last year’s AGM; however, here’s a recap of some of the main highlights:
- We were awarded the Mitsubishi Sailing Club of the year 2021.
- We revamped our website early in 2021 and have been refreshing its content regularly since.
- Our 2021 programme commenced in early June after a 3-week training period.
- We held 3 separate prize-giving functions in the summer to present the 2020 prizes.
- The hut returned to its rightful position in July after a year’s absence.
- The magnificently restored DB21s returned to Dun Laoghaire in July and raced on Tuesdays.
- The Turkey shoot and Spring Chicken series were run last winter after a Covid-enforced year off.
- We moved our prize-giving to the National Maritime Museum in November.
- We rounded off 2021 with our AGM last December – on Zoom for the second year in a row.
Tribute to those we lost
Before moving on to a review of 2022, I want to pay tribute to some of our long-standing volunteers who sadly passed away during my term as Commodore. Larry Martin, Pat McGloughlin, and more recently Ben Mulligan, all DBSC volunteers. And to 3-of our long-standing stalwarts who gave so much to DBSC – Carmel in June 2021, Jack in December 2021 and just three months ago, our beloved Ida Kiernan. All three were contributing to DBSC right to the end – Carmel keeping us on the straight and narrow, Jack redesigning courses and acting as Red Fleet RO on Thursdays, and Ida commanding the keelboat volunteer forces with her unique sense of fun, enthusiasm and efficiency. They are all sorely missed.
Now to the 2022 season
We spent last winter planning for what we hoped would be a full season in 2022. Our sailing committee redesigned some of the courses to cater for the hut coming back for Saturdays in the 2022 season. Thanks in particular to Tim Goodbody who led the redesign of the Blue and Red fleet Saturday courses.
Following the two years of curtailed racing we started our season on schedule at the end of April and ran right through to October 1st. It took 22 race officers, nine committee boat drivers, and a team of over 50 race management volunteers to work together during our 23-week season, to provide you our members with more than 1,000 races. Heartfelt thanks to the DBSC Committee and to all our fabulous volunteers for making this happen. We are lucky to have such a large pool of volunteers – it is them that make DBSC what it is. Providing 1000-plus races in a single summer sailing season could not be done without them giving so generously of their time and experience. Incidentally, yesterday was International Volunteers Day.
We enjoyed some great racing in warm sunny weather in what was generally a season of light airs and it was great to see the hut back in use on Saturdays.
As well as our 1,000 plus DBSC races, there was a full schedule of events around the bay in which included the Dun Laoghaire waterfront club regattas, the SB20 World Championships as well as many regional and national championships, and the Women at the Helm regatta. Well done to the Dun Laoghaire waterfront clubs for successfully hosting all of these challenging events.
DBSC Results
We implemented a new DBSC results system using HalSail in 2022. It has proved very successful in its first year thanks to Ian Bowring’s meticulous planning and set-up work in advance of the season. Thanks to Therese and Jen for making sure the results were available in a timely manner each race day.
Inaugural End of Season Dinner
We held the inaugural DBSC end-of-season dinner in the National Yacht club in early October. It was a sell-out and thoroughly enjoyed by all 110 who attended and was a great way for boat crews to round off the season. I hope that this becomes an annual event.
Prize-giving
Following the success of our prize-giving in 2021 and the positive feedback we received from you our members on the location, we held our 2022 prize-giving in the wonderful setting of the National Maritime Museum again a few weeks ago. We presented over 100 beautiful trophies to the many worthy winners. Michael Chester’s photos of the prize winners are available on our website and on Afloat. Thanks to Pat Shannon, who looks after all our magnificent trophies - without Pat, we would struggle to hold the prize giving.
Turkey Shoot and Spring Chicken
The AIB DBSC Turkey Shoot is going well and finishes on December 18th. The Spring Chicken will be run in February and March. Thanks to Fintan Cairns and his team for running these two winter series.
DBSC Committee
A very special word of thanks to DBSC Flag Officers Ed and Jacqueline and to all who have served with me on the DBSC Committee for the past 2 years. Thanks to Chris Moore, who retired as Honorary Secretary in June, and to Rosemary Roy, who has taken on this mammoth since then. Thanks to Philip Ferguson, who has organised the deployment, retrieval, storage, and maintenance of marks for the past number of years – it’s no mean feat. Thank you, Philip.
As well as our experienced Race Officers and Committee boat teams who turn out many times each week to run our racing, other volunteers work behind the scenes to make the DBSC machine run smoothly. Thanks to Declan Traynor and Joanne Sheehan, who look after the rib crews, to Gerry and Suzi who look after sponsorship, to Ian on results, to Louise on dinghy matters, to Sabrina, our children’s officer who manages the Garda vetting process, to Jonathan Skerritt who looks after our finances, to Keith and Kevin who serve on the sailing sub-committee, to Jacqueline who looks after the website and of course to Rosemary who sends all the emails and did such a great job at the prize giving. Thanks to Brian, Brendan and Chris for looking after our committee boats, to Declan for looking after our ribs, to Michael for looking after protests, and to Jonathan O’Rourke, who works on the grant application process on our behalf. Sincere thanks to all of you for your efforts in the many aspects of running DBSC, I’ve really enjoyed working alongside you over the past two years.
A very special thank you to our PRO and incoming Commodore Ed, who heads up the sailing sub-committee and is the Race Officer for the Blue Fleet on Thursdays. Ed has been a rock of sense and great support to me over the past two years and we’ve had some laughs along the way.
With Gratitude
We are extremely fortunate and very grateful to have AIB on board as our title sponsor. Thanks also to our supporters Viking Marine, MGM Boats, Facet Jewellers, Killen Marine and Gunpowder Gin.
To the Commodores and the management and staff of the Dun Laoghaire waterfront clubs, to Irish Sailing, to the Harbour Masters of Dun Laoghaire Harbour and Dublin Port – thanks for your support throughout my term as Commodore. Thanks also to Afloat for great coverage of DBSC racing and events.
Final Comments
Finally, I am confident in the knowledge that DBSC is in very safe hands with Ed taking over as Commodore and the strong committee and band of race management volunteers who will work with him.
I wish you and your families a very healthy and happy Christmas and the very best for 2023 and I look forward to seeing you on the water next season.
Race Five of DBSC Turkey Shoot is Cancelled as Strong Easterly Winds Blow on Dublin Bay
The popular AIB DBSC Turkey Shoot suffered the first cancellation of its 2022 series this morning when 20-knot easterly winds blew on Dublin Bay.
The strong winds produced an 'awful' sea state (as seen on the 3 x Afloat webcams) that led to the scrubbing of the fifth race of the seven-race series for the 78-boat cruiser-racer fleet.
Racing six of seven will be sailed next Sunday morning from the Royal Irish Yacht Club.
Sportsboats Lead at DBSC Turkey Shoot Series After Four Races Sailed on Dublin Bay (Results Here!)
The J70 crew Jambiya who was recently presented with this summer's DBSC Saturday Sportsboat Trophy has moved into the overall lead of the club's bumper Turkey Shoot Series.
After four races sailed and one discard, Jambiya is on 19 nett points, some 13 points clear of rival 1720 sportsboat Optique. Third on 33 is another of the RCYC designs, Spurs.
Optique won last Sunday's 61-boat fourth race in the north-west of the Bay, which did not live up to its heavy weather billing as per the weather forecast.
The J80 Sante was second, with the Frist 310 Nauti Gal in third place.
National Yacht Club skipper of Sneaky B, Charlotte O'Kelly, captured the fourth race from the back of the East Pier.
With three more races left to sail, racing continues this Sunday from the Royal Irish Yacht Club, and some early leaders have dropped down the leaderboard.
Leader after two, Barry Cunningham's Cape 31 Blast is now lying 23rd overall after a disappointing 47th scored last Sunday. Tim and Richard Goodbody in the J109 White Mischief, who led into last Sunday's fourth race are now joint seventh overall.
Royal Irish skipper Pat Rigney took this fleeting vid of clubmate Cunningham in Blast.
Westerly Winds Forecast for Race Four of DBSC Turkey Shoot at Dun Laoghaire Harbour (Handicaps and Starts Below)
After some unstable offshore wind conditions for last Sunday's race three round Dalkey Island, the forecast for Sunday's fourth race of the DBSC Turkey Shoot Racing on Dublin Bay indicates more medium to strong westerly winds.
Handicaps and Starts for the fourth race of the Royal Irish Yacht Club hosted series are downloadable below.
As Afloat reported previously, the Sun Odyssey 349 Little Rascal was the third race winner in a fleet of 47 boats.
Overall after three races sailed and no discard in the six-race series, Tim and Richard Goodbody's Royal Irish J109 White Mischief leads overall on 46 points. Royal St. George's Chris Power Smith's J122 Aurelia, a new entrant to the Turkey Shoot this year, is lying second on 49.
Goodbody's Royal Irish J109 'White Mischief' Leads at the DBSC Turkey Shoot
The Sun Odyssey 349 Little Rascal won Sunday's third race of the AIB-sponsored DBSC Turkey Shoot Racing on Dublin Bay.
Second was the Sunfast 3600 Hot Cookie, with third place in the 47-boat race round Dalkey Island in a gusty southwesterly going to the Hunter 701, Chillawee.
Overall after three races sailed and no discard in the six-race series, Tim and Richard Goodbody's Royal Irish J109 White Mischief leads overall on 46 points. Royal St. George's Chris Power Smith's J122 Aurelia, a new entrant to the Turkey Shoot this year, is lying second on 49.
Leslie Parnell's Beneteau 34.7 Black Velvet from the RIYC and Lindsay Casey's J97 Windjammer from the Royal St George Yacht Club are joint third on 50 points.
Racing continues next Sunday from the Royal Irish Yacht Club.
Over 100 Trophies Presented at Dublin Bay Sailing Club's 2022 Prizegiving
There was standing room only at the Maritime Museum in Dun Laoghaire Harbour on Friday night when over 100 trophies were presented at the annual prizegiving of Ireland's biggest yacht racing club.
Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) Commodore Ann Kirwan presented a glittering array of prizes with Honorary Secretary Rosemary Roy and former Commodore Pat Shannon.
The prizegiving represented the culmination of a successful full summer season for the club's fleet of 300 boats and 1,200 members that race Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from April to October in 22 separate classes.
The prizegiving began with the sounding of two hoots, dropping the AP, and hoisting the DBSC burgee (from the museum pulpit).
DBSC has five perpetual premier awards, and this year one of those trophies – The Viking Trophy (for an outstanding contribution to DBSC sailing) – was posthumously awarded to Ida Kiernan, following a short tribute by Commodore Kirwan. Ida's brother Michael accepted it on behalf of the family. Also present at the prizegiving were Ida's brother Gerard and her good friends and neighbours Pat and Sue.
In other premier awards, the Dun Laoghaire Harbour Trophy (For the best 'New' boat entered into DBSC racing) went to the restored Dublin Bay 21 Fleet.
The George Arthur Newsom Cup, for the most successful boat in one design racing went to Prospect, Chris Johnston's well sailed Beneteau 31.7.
The Waterhouse Shield, for the most successful boat in a Handicap Series was presented to White Mischief, Tim & Richard Goodbody from the J109 and Cruisers One class.
The Brendan Ebril Memorial Cup for the boat that turns out regularly and has not won another cup was presented to Levante Beneteau 31.7, John Power and Michael Leahy.
The Dr Alf Delany Memorial Cup, for the most successful Dinghy of the season, was presented to the IDRA 14 Dart, sailed by the Long Family.
Ben Mulligan and Cormac Bradley won one of the Flying Fifteen trophies. As regular Afloat readers will know, Ben Mulligan, a keen DBSC racer and race officer, passed away in November and Hon Sec Rosemary Roy gave a short tribute to Ben before Cormac was presented with the trophy.
See full 2022 results in all DBSC classes below
Cruisers 0
- Thur IRC series A, Thurs Overall: Rockabill, Paul O Higgins, The Martin Cup
- Thur IRC series B, ECHO Overall: Sat IRC, Series A, B & Overall, Prima Forte, Knox Gore Bowl, Knox Gore Cup
- Thursdays ECHO series A: Lively Lady, Rodney Martin
- Thursdays Echo series B: El Pocko, Jonathan Nicholson
Cruisers 1
- Thurs IRC series A, B & Overall Saturdays IRC ser A, B: Overall White Mischief, Tim & Richard Goodbody, West Pier Cup, The Weir Cup
- J 109 Thursdays & Saturdays overall: White Mischief, Tim & Richard Goodbody, The Goodbody Cup
- Thursdays ECHO Overall: Something Else, John & Brian Hall, The Tiamat Trophy
- Saturdays ECHO Overall: Jalapeno, Paul Barrington & Barry O Sullivan, The Osterberg Trophy
- Thursdays ECHO Series A: Gringo, Tony Fox
- Saturdays ECHO Series A: Ruth, The Shanahan Family
Cruisers 2
- Thursdays IRC B & Overall: Windjammer Lindsay Casey, The Lady Shamrock Trophy
- Thursdays ECHO Overall: Peridot, Jim Mc Cann, Yannick Cherrier, The Centenary Cup
- Saturdays IRC& ECHO series A, B & Overall provisional: Paul Cadden, Hugh O Donnell, The Silver Salver, & TP Early Memorial Cup
- Thursdays IRC & ECHO series A: Black Velvet, Lesley Parnell
- Thursdays ECHO series B: Antix, Derek Ryan
- Cruisers 2 Sigma, Thursdays & Saturdays. Saturdays IRC: Rupert, Richard & Philip Lovegrove, JB Stephens Trophy and The Rupert Bowl
Cruisers 3
- Tuesday series: Papytoo, Eavan Maher & Frank Guilfoyle, The Whimbrel Trophy
- Thursdays IRC Ser A & B & Overall: ECHO Ser B & Overall Starlet, Kevin Byrne, The Smalldridge Cup, The Annette Cup
- Saturdays IRC Ser A & B & Overall: The Jack Kennedy Memorial Cup
- Saturdays ECHO, series A, B & Overall: Saki, Michael & Ben Ryan, The Mercia Cup
- Thursdays ECHO, series A: Grasshopper
Beneteau 21.1
- Tuesday ECHO, Thurs IRC ser A & ECHO ser A & Overall Isolde, Brian Mulkeen, The Optec Trophy & The Beneteau 21.1 Tray
- Thurs one design Sat one design, Thurs & Sat combined: Billy Whizz Jimmy Fischer & Stafford Bagot, Facet Jewellers Cup, The Beneteau 21.1 Cup, The Waterhouse Rose Bowl
- Saturday ECHO Overall Beeswing, Pat Shannon 98 The Jimmy Fischer Cup
- Thursdays ECHO series B Chinook, Andrew Bradley
- Saturdays ECHO series A Betty B, Michael Shiell
- Saturdays ECHO series B Small Wonder, J. Mc Stay & Hugh Kelly
Cruisers 5 a/b
- Thurs IRC ser A, B & Overall, Sat IRC ser A & Overall Playtime, Johnnie Phillips & Noel Kidney, The Burford Trophy & The White Sail Class Trophy
- Thurs ECHO series A & Overall Shearwater, Eamonn Doyle & Peter O Toole, The Peggy Bawn Half Model
- Saturdays ECHO series B & Overall Act Two, Michael O Leary Tom Roche David Andrews, The Heineken Super League Cup
- Thursdays ECHO div B ser B & Overall Menapia, James McSweeney & Patrick Madigan, The Galileo Cup
- Thursdays ECHO div B ser A Great Escape, Pat Rigney, Aurora, Ray Conway, Calypso, Howard Knott, Persistence, Charles Broadhead
Cruisers 4/5
- Thursdays IRC Series A,B & Overall Boomerang, The Kirwan family, The Trevor Wood Trophy
Beneteau 31.7
- Thursdays IRC Overall, Saturdays IRC ser A, B & Overall: Prospect, Chris Johnston, The Feanor Trophy & The Arandora Trophy
- Thursday ECHO ser A, B & Overall. Sat ECHO serA & Overall: Fiddly Bits, PJ Timmins, Dermot Breen, Gerry Murray & Michael Walsh, The Horrigan Cup, The Long John Silver Trophy
- Thursday IRC series B: After You Too, Michael Blaney
- Thursdays IRC series A: Levante, John Power, Michael Leahy
- Saturdays ECHO series B: Kernach, Eoin O Driscoll
Dragons
Thursday's series A, B & Overall Saturdays Series B Phantom, Peter Bowring, David Williams, Oxford & Cambridge Cup & The Old Time Cup
Thursdays & Saturdays combined
Saturdays Series A & Overall Serafina, Ronan Murphy & Alistair Kissane, The Royal Irish Yacht Club Cup
Shipman
- Thursday's series A & Overall: Currglas, John & Neill Masterson 45 The Midweek Trophy
- Saturdays series B & Overall Invader: Gerry Glynn 46 The Melindi Cup
- Thursdays series B & Thursdays & Saturdays Overall: Viking, Fergus Mason & Colm Duggan 47 The Shipman Perpetual Trophy
- Saturdays series A: JoSlim, John Clarke & BJ Maher
- Tuesdays: Gusto, Christine Heath
Dublin Bay 21
- Saturdays Overall: Naneen, DB 21 Class Association, The Carson Challenge Cup
- Garavogue, DB 21 Class Association, The Daisy Picker Cup
- Estelle, DB 21 Class Association, The Inisfallon Cup
Glens
- Thursdays, Thurs & Sats & The Crews Race Glenluce, Ailbe Milerick (Nicky Scofield NZ), Pterodactyl Cup, McMillan Cup, Mitchell Trophy
- Saturdays, series A, B & Overall Glendun, David Houlton, Alison O BrienStephen Flood, The Harry Maguire Memorial Cup
- Special The Dalkey Island Race ( Bobolink) Glencoe, Rose Mary Craig, Patrick Sheehan, The Hamilton Reid Cup
- Ladies Race Rose Mary Craig, The Pair of Silver Vases
Ruffians
- Thursday's series A & Overall Saturdays series B: Bandit, An Kirwan, Brian Cullen & Ciara Brown, The Huet Trophy Thursdays & Saturdays combined J. Lamont Brown Trophy
- Saturday's series A & Overall: Ruffles, Michael Cutliffe, The British Airways Trophy
- Thursdays series B: Shannagh, Stephen Gill & Padraig Mac Diarmada
- Best Tuesday Boat Ruff Diamond, Damien Byrne
- The John Donnelly Cup, Sailing in Dublin Club,
SB 20
- Thursday's series A & Overall: Venues World, Ger Dempsey, The Crichton Cup
- Thursday series B & Saturdays Overall: Carpe Deim, Colin Galavan & Richard Hayes, The Saturday SB20 Cup
- Special fleet award Saturdays: Seabiscuit, Barry Galvin & Niall O Riordan, The Bealtaine Trophy
- Special fleet award Saturdays: Black, James Gorman, The Lunasa Trophy
Sportsboats
- Thursday's series A, B & Overall: Jester, Declan Curtin, The Thursday Sportsboat Trophy
- Saturday's series A, B & Overall: Jambiya, The Saturday Sportsboat Trophy
- Tuesdays: George 7, Jonathan Craig
Flying Fifteens
- Tuesdays: Flyer, Niall & Laura Coleman, The Fifty Something Cup
- Thursdays Series A, B & Overall: Fuzzy, Neil Colin & Margaret Casey, The Flying Fifteen Gun
- Saturday's series A, B & Overall: FOMO, Dave Gorman, The Bryan S Ryan Trophy
- Special fleet Midweek Cup: Enfant de Marie (Ben Mulligan) & Cormac Bradley, The Blake Cup
Water Wags
- First Place Swift, Guy & Jackie Kilroy, The Goldsmith Cup
- Second Place Mariposa Cathy Mc Aleavey & family, The Bluebird Trophy
- Third Place Tortoise, William & Linda Prentice
Mermaids
- Thursday's series A, B & Overall, Saturdays series A, B & Overall: Jill, Paul Smith & Pat Mangan, The Amy Cup & The Iolar Trophy
- Special Fleet award: Lively Lady, Geraldine O Neill & Mick Hanney, The Stella Cup
- Special Fleet award: Aideen, Dan Brennan & Brendan Martin, JB Kearney Shield
Squibs
- Thursday's series A, B & Overall: Sidewinder, Rupert Bowen & Rupert Westrup, The Minx Trophy
- Saturday's series A, B & Overall: Allsorts, Tony Mullet
Laser Standard
- Tuesday's series A & Overall Buster, Gary O Hare, The Lanavere Cup
- Tuesday's series B & C Sidewinder
Laser Radial
- Tues series A, B, C & Overall, Sats series B & Overall: Djinn, Michael Norman 69,107,108 Sailcraft Tray, Laser Saturday & DBSC Challenge trophies
- Saturdays series A: Judy O Beirne
Fireballs
- Tues series A & Overall Saturdays series A Elevation, Neil Colin & Marjo Moonen, Nuits St George Trophy
- Saturdays series B & Overall Pink Fire, Louise McKenna, The Fireball Saturday Cup
- Tuesdays series B, Owen Sinnott
- Tuesdays series C Probably, Frank Miller
IDRA 14
- Tues series B & Overall Saturdays series A, B & Overall Dart, The Long family, The Bay Cup & The Kennedy Cup
- Tuesday's series A & C Dunmoanin, Frank Hamilton
- Special Dunmoanin,Chris Corrigan & Frank Hamilton, The Crews Challenge & The Melapus Cup
- Special Sapphire, Lorcan O Sullivan & crew, The Halfway Trophy
PY Dinghies
- Tuesdays series A,C & Overall: Orion, Noel Butler, The Windmill Cup
- Saturdays series A, B & Overall: Tikka, Skinny Dwyer, the Early Bird Trophy
- Tuesdays series B: 3822, Roy Van Maanen
The Junior September Series Awards
- The Lawson Cup for the Topper Series Ben Doherty NYC
- The Seapoint Cup for the Optimist Series Aurele Dion NYC
- The Mitchel Cup for the RS Feva Series Lorcan Golden & Tom Boret R St G YC
- The Jimmy Mooney Goblet for the Laser 4.7 Series Krzysztof Ciborowski R St G YC
- The Junior Trophy for the Laser Radial Series Brian Carroll RSt GYC
DBSC racing continues through the winter, with the Turkey Shoot Series pre-Christmas and the Spring Chicken Series leading up to the 2023 summer season starting next April.
The DBSC AGM is on December 6th, where Commodore Kirwan will hand over to Eddie Totterdell.
DBSC Turkeys Told to 'Cool it' as Black Flag is Prepared for Dun Laoghaire Yacht Race
Race organisers have appealed to boats in the third start of the DBSC Turkey Shoot to 'cool down' following issues on the start line in last Sunday's first race of the popular series.
Fintan Cairns told competitors this week by email, "A lot of testosterone/oestrogen on the Third Start with J80s and 1720s - need to cool down lads/lasses! Others are out there to enjoy themselves and are not interested in delays. So, next Sunday, the Third will start with a well-earned Black Flag".
The black flag means that any boat on the course side of the start line within a minute before the start is disqualified.
Meanwhile, the start sequence and handicaps for the second race this Sunday have been released and are downloadable below.
The first race ran with 63 boats last Sunday, but 78 boats are now entered, exceeding even last year's 75-boat record.
After a gentle start, stronger wins are expected for this Sunday.
Gentle Start for 2022 DBSC AIB Turkey Shoot Series on Dublin Bay
The large 73-boat entry got a gentle start for the first race of the AIB-sponsored DBSC Turkey Shoot Series on Dublin Bay on Sunday morning.
In ten-knot conditions with stronger gusts, the cruiser-racer and one design keelboat fleet started in the northern sector of the Bay.
A weather mark was positioned off Dun Laoghaire Harbour's mouth, and, for the second year running, there were five separate starts, such is the range of boats now competing.
Results of the Royal Irish Yacht Club hosted event are being computed under the 'FECHO' rule (modified ECHO) handicap and will be available on Afloat.