Dublin Bay Sailing Club's Cruisers Five fleet has the biggest early entry for 2021’s AIB-sponsored Summer Series due to start next month.
Entries for the country's biggest sailing league are materialising even though there is no clarity yet on the scheduled April 25th start date due to current lockdown restrictions.
Division Five also known as the 'White Sails' or the 'Non-Spinnaker' category have 12 entries received so far (from a possible 29 of previous years) for summer racing for prizes that include the Burford Trophy for the best performance on IRC on Thursday night racing, typically the biggest DBSC turnout of the week.
Popular J109s race in DBSC Cruisers One division Photo: Afloat
The White Sails have the most entries of the IRC divisions so far with the hotly contested Cruisers One division with nine entries in.
In the one designs, Six Beneteau 211s are entered and five Flying Fifteens.
Although it had a massive entry of 65 boats in 2020 and another big entry is expected again, so far there are only three single-handed Laser dinghies signed up.
All the entries can be viewed live on the DBSC site here
Glen keelboats are among DBSC's 20 classes preparing for the 2021 season Photo: Afloat
DBSC has confirmed plans for the 2021 season despite its Winter and Spring racing hiatus with preparations well underway for April “A lot of work has to be done behind the scenes to provide the standard of racing everyone knows and expects,” Rear Commodore Jacqueline McStay says.
“The racing sub-committee is preparing the courses, whilst committee member Philip Ferguson with the help of Chris Moore is checking and working on the marks so they are ready to be deployed in the bay by mid-April.”
“We are working to ensure we are ready for the off!”, McStay says.
