Weekend of Success for Dublin Bay's 'Cri-Cri'

Q: What is the start time for the Dublin Bay DBSC Turkey Shoot Series?

The first warning signal is at 10.10 am.

Weekend of Success for Dublin Bay's 'Cri-Cri'

23rd November 2011

#DBSC–The winner of one of Dublin Bay Sailing Club's (DBSC) Premier Awards last Friday was also the winner of last Sunday's Turkey Shoot race. In a weekend of wins for the club's only Jezequel 116 marque, Cri-Cri skippered by Paul Colton beat a fleet of up to 66 Turkey Shoot competitors for another excellent race in the pre-Christmas series sponsored by Ian O'Meara from Boatshed.com. Last weekend's results are below.

Last Friday night Cri Cri's performance was proclaimed as 'the best new boat on the DBSC racing scene' at the 118th DBSC prizegiving at the Royal St. George Yacht Club.

Cri-Cri is now fifth overall trailing overall leader Jura, a J109 skippered by Peter Boucher, by 10 nett points. Second overall is Michael O'Neill's X-37 Axiom just one adrift of the leader on 22. Third is the James McCann skippered Mustang 30 Peridot on 28 points.

The third race in the series is on Sunday and follows the National ICRA conference on Saturday. All Cruiser-racers are urged to attend at the Royal Marine Hotel in Dun Laoghaire where handicaps for 2012 is one item on the agenda.

DBSC Turkey Shoot (Second Race) Results

1 Cri-Cri
2 Emir Herr
3 Guillemot
4 Peridot
5 Axiom
6 More Mischief
7 Eden Park
8 Legally Blonde
9 White Knight
10 Act Two
11 Muglins
12 White Lotus
13 Jura
14 Asterix
15 Rubicon
16 30 Something
17 Pink Ladies
18 Mermaid V
19 Free Spirit
20 Just Jasmin
21 Karukera
22 Lazy Bones
23 African Challenge
24 Indecision
25 Miss Behavin
26 Yahtzee
27 Sea Safari
28 Violet Flame
29 Calypso
30 Pippa IV
31 Arwen
32 Syzrgy
33 Sapphire
34 Fiddly Bits
35 Lula Belle
36 Kamikaze
37 To Infinity and Beyo
38 Hyflyer
39 Orna
40 Teal
41 Jedi
42 Jabiru
43 Lady Rowena
44 Annabella
45 Obsession
46 Diamond
47= Elandra
47= Jump the Gun
49= Jalapeno
49= Nauti Gal
51 Adrenalin
52 Fflogger
53 Another Adventure
54 Xerxes
55 Jammie Dodger
56 September Song
57 The Great Escape
58 Zephyr
59 Windshift
60 Yoke
61 Vespucci
62 Attitude
63 Great Knots
64 RIYC 1
65 Coumeenole
66 Lara

UCD Sailing
Joker 2
Sirocco
Frutti Di Mare
Phtha
Chouskikou
Two Fried Eggs
Blue Spirit
Nirvana
Crookhaven
Jetstream
Adelie
Isolde

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Dublin Bay Sailing Club Turkey Shoot Winter Series

Dublin Bay Sailing Club's Turkey Shoot Series reached its 20th year in 2020.

The popular yacht series racing provides winter-racing for all the sailing clubs on the southside of Dublin Bay in the run-up to Christmas.

It regularly attracts a fleet of up to 70 boats of different shapes and sizes from all four yachts clubs at Dun Laoghaire: The National Yacht Club, The Royal St. George Yacht Club, The Royal Irish Yacht Club and the Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club as well as other clubs such as Sailing in Dublin. Typically the event is hosted by each club in rotation.

The series has a short, sharp format for racing that starts at approximately 10 am and concludes around noon. The event was the brainchild of former DBSC Commodore Fintan Cairns to give the club year-round racing on the Bay thanks to the arrival of the marina at Dun Laoghaire in 2001. Cairns, an IRC racer himself, continues to run the series each winter.

Typically, racing features separate starts for different cruiser-racers but in fact, any type of boat is allowed to participate, even those yachts that do not normally race are encouraged to do so.

Turkey Shoot results are calculated under a modified ECHO handicap system and there can be a fun aspect to some of the scoring in keeping with the Christmas spirit of the occasion.

As a result, the Turkey Shoot often receives entries from boats as large as Beneteau 50 footers and one designs as small as 20-foot flying Fifteens, all competing over the same course.

It also has legendary weekly prizegivings in the host waterfront yacht clubs immediately after racing. There are fun prizes and overall prizes based on series results.

Regular updates and DBSC Turkey Shoot Results are published on Afloat each week as the series progresses.

FAQs

What is the start time for the Dublin Bay DBSC Turkey Shoot Series?

The first warning signal is at 10.10 am

Who can race in the Dublin Bay DBSC Turkey Shoot Series?

Cruisers, cruising boats, one-designs and boats that do not normally race are very welcome. Boats range in size from ocean-going cruisers at 60 and 60 feet right down to small one-design keelboats such as 20-foot Flying Fifteens. A listing of boats for different starts is announced on Channel 74 before racing each week.

When is the Dublin Bay DBSC Turkey Shoot Series held?

Each winter from the first Sunday in November until the last week before Christmas.

How long does a Dublin Bay DBSC Turkey Shoot Series race take?

Usually no more than two hours. The racecourse time limit is 12.30 hours.

How many races are in the Dublin Bay DBSC Turkey Shoot Series

Between six and eight with one or two discards applied.

What club hosts the Dublin Bay DBSC Turkey Shoot Series?

Racing is organised by Dublin Bay Sailing Club and the Series is rotated across different waterfront yacht clubs for the popular after race party and prizegiving. The waterfront clubs are National Yacht Club (NYC), Royal Irish Yacht Club (RIYC), Royal St George Yacht Club (RSGYC) and Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club (DMYC).