Dublin Bay Sailing Club has published the Notice of Race for its AIB 2024 Spring Chicken Series.

Six races will be held on Sunday mornings from 5 February to 10 March (first gun 1010 hrs), using a progressive handicap on a time-to-time basis.

Download the Notice of Race below.

The 2023 Series attracted a fleet of nearly fifty boats, and organisers are expecting a similar fleet next month. 

Cruisers, cruising boats, one-designs and boats that do not normally race are “very welcome”, DBSC adds. After the sailing, prize draws, food and more will be kindly hosted by the National Yacht Club.

The entry fee is €60, which includes temporary membership of DBSC and the NYC. Entries can be made online at dbsc.ie.

Anyone experiencing issues with their entries is invited to contact Rosemary Roy, Hon Sec, at 087 7626976 or Fintan Cairns at 087 2439208.

Sailing instructions will be available on Sunday, 4 February and will be emailed to entrants beforehand.

DBSC advises that the last date for entries is Wednesday, 31st January, and warns that handicaps of late entries will be adjusted accordingly! 

A final race win enabled Colin Byrne's 1720 Optique to be crowned 2023 AIB DBSC Turkey Shoot Champion in Sunday's final race of the 70-boat series.

The final race of the Royal Irish Yacht Club hosted series was sailed in medium south-westerly conditions and mild December temperatures of 12 degrees Celsius on Dublin Bay.

The overall leader after five races sailed, Tim and Richard Goodbody's J109 White Mischief from the Royal Irish Yacht Club, took third place.

Lindsay Casey's J97 Windjammer of the Royal St. George Yacht Club finished as runner-up. 

A gusty southwest breeze on Dublin Bay brought the seven-race AIB DBSC Turkey Shoot Series to a close on Sunday, December 17th Photo: Afloat

Results below

The DBSC Spring Chicken Series will start on the first Sunday of February 2024.

The disqualification of the overall leader of the AIB DBSC Turkey Shoot puts Tim and Richard Goodbody's J109 White Mischief from the Royal Irish Yacht Club at the top of the scoreboard going into the final race this Sunday.

Race organisers have issued 'amended results' (see below) to the earlier provisional results published on Wednesday following a 'port and starboard' protest heard this week that led to the disqualification of one-time leader Hot Cookie.

Tim and Richard Goodbody's J109 White Mischief from the Royal Irish Yacht Club is on 36 points. On 42 points, Lindsay Casey's J97 Windjammer is lying second, and the 1720 Optique is third on 46.

Racing concludes this Sunday with a prizegiving immediately after racing at the Royal Irish Yacht Club.

Strong winds are forecasted for the final of the seven-race series that has suffered only one cancellation since racing began in November. 

Download amended results to date, handicaps and start times for the final Turkey Shoot race below.

Some familiar names are on top of the AIB DBSC Turkey Shoot leaderboard going into Sunday's final race of the country's biggest winter sailing league on Dublin Bay.

According to provisional results, with 30 points after five races sailed and one discard applied, John O'Gorman's Sunfast 3600 Hot Cookie from the National Yacht Club has a seven-point margin over Tim and Richard Goodbody's J109 White Mischief from the Royal Irish Yacht Club. On 43 points, Lindsay Casey's J97 Windjammer is lying third.

The winner of last Sunday's fifth race was the Oceanis 36i, Calypso.

Racing concludes this Sunday with a prizegiving immediately after racing at the Royal Irish Yacht Club.

Download results to date, handicaps and start times for the final Turkey Shoot race  below.

With two races left to sail at the AIB DBSC Turkey Shoot at the Royal Irish Yacht Club, there are joint overall leaders at the country's biggest winter sailing league.

The 1720 Optique and the Sunfast 3600 Hot Cookie sit on 27 points after last Sunday's fog-bound race on Dublin Bay.

In a strong showing for J80 one-designs in the light air, fourth race, Star Jay won from Jay-Z. The Sigma 33 Boojum was third.

Ashore, after racing at the Royal Irish Yacht Club a 'Movember' ceremony (as pictured top) saw €550 raised for charity among the Turkey Shooters with three sailors having their moustaches shaved off.

The 1720 sportsboat Wolfe won the fourth race of the AIB-sponsored DBSC Turkey Shoot Series on Dublin Bay on Sunday morning.

The J80 Jitterbug was second with another 1720, and Optique finished third in the 60-boat race. 

A westerly breeze saw the Royal Irish hosted fleet sail a course to the Muglins off Dalkey Island in the south of Dublin Bay. 

Overall, John O'Gorman's Sunfast 3600 Hot Cookie from the National Yacht Club leads into the fifth race of the series on 27 points, two points ahead of Tim and Richard Goodbody's J109 White Mischief from the host club. In third place overall is early series leader Lindsay Casey's J97 Windjammer from the Royal St. George Yacht Club.

Racing continues this Sunday morning.

Results are downloadable below

As the J97 Windjammer leads the AIB DBSC Turkey Shoot into the final three races, handicaps and start sequences for Sunday's November 25th race are downloadable below.

The Royal St. George Yacht Club yacht leads after a blustery third race saw the 74-boat fleet sail a course in the north of the bay.

DBSC Turkey Shoot organiser Fintan Cairns has congratulated all who sailed in the testing conditions but equally expressed 'fair do's' to those who decided not to race in the gusty conditions.

Cairns predicts there should be "a bit less wind this week, hopefully!".

Racing continues from the Royal Irish Yacht Club this Sunday morning with a first gun at 10.10 am

Race three of the AIB DBSC Turkey Shoot Series was won on Sunday in brisk conditions by the Jeanneau 36 Sirocco in a corrected time of one hour 20 minutes and 41 seconds (modified ECHO handicap), just 24 seconds ahead of the Beneteau 31.7 Camira (1:22:05).

Third was the J97 Windjammer (1:22:19) that now leads the series overall into this weekend's fourth race and the halfway stage of the seven-race series on Dublin Bay. 

A photo taken from onboard Johnny Treanor's J112e "VelenTina" in the third race of the DBSC Turkey Shoot Photo: Maurice O'Connell

The Royal Irish Yacht Club hosted event has a solid entry of 74 boats. 

Results are downloadable below as a PDF file.

As Afloat.ie reported over the weekend, last Friday's DBSC prizegiving was a gala affair at the National Maritime Museum in Dun Laoghaire Harbour for the country's biggest yacht racing club.

As well as six premier awards for best performances, DBSC Commodore Eddie Totterdell congratulated over 100 winners from 22 DBSC classes.

All the results from 2023 season are below.

Check out our prizegiving gallery from the night below by Photographer Michael Chester:

The forecasted moderate winds arrived too late for this morning's 10 am start of the AIB Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) Turkey Shoot Series on Dublin Bay.

Strong southerly winds and big seas cancelled the second race of seven for the 74-boat fleet. 

The decision cut short a big weekend of action afloat and ashore for the country's largest yacht racing organisation that held its annual prizegiving in Dun Laoghaire town on Friday night, as Afloat reports here. 

Racing continues next Sunday.