'Forty-foot' can mean different things to different people on Dublin Bay. In sailing terms, it might very well be a nick-name for 'Class Zero' but for most of the Capital's citizens, it's the stronghold for sea bathers on the southern tip of the Bay.
And today, Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta's Class Zero got more than it bargained for when the six big boats gybed in towards the Scotsman's Bay shoreline during aborted race one.
While everyone else in this particular spot is content with the front crawl, fleet leaders Signal 8 (Jamie McWilliam) and Eleuthera (Frank Whelan) were gybing with the Dublin Bay sea-swimmers.