Dublin Bay Sailing Club
Founded in 1884, Dublin Bay Sailing Club is the major yacht-racing organisation on the Irish east coast. With over a eleven hundred elected members, the Club provides racing for upwards of 300 yachts, ranging from ocean-going forty footers to small dinghies for juniors. It operates from Dun Laoghaire, a major marine recreational centre and ferry port six miles to the south of Dublin. The members are drawn for the most part from the four Dun Laoghaire yacht clubs but visiting yachts can participate in racing if they complete the Club's temporary yacht entry and membership form and pay a small fee.
Apart from a Starter's Hut on Dun Laoghaire West Pier, the Club possesses no premises; moorings and the usual on-shore facilities are provided by the local yacht clubs.
Racing usually starts at the end of April and continues up to the end of September. Mid-week racing for keelboats takes place on Thursday evenings, beginning in late April and ending at the end of August. Keelboat crews and dinghy racing take place on Tuesday evenings. On Saturday afternoons (April to September) racing is provided for both keelboats and dinghies.
Most keelboat races start and finish on fixed lines on the seaward side of Dun Laoghaire West Pier. Racing takes place around fixed marks in Dublin Bay, in an area of ten square miles, extending from Salthill and Seapoint on the western side of Bay to the Burford Bank on the east. On Saturdays two classes (Dragons and J24's) race on Olympic-style courses, joined occasionally by the Ruffian and Glen classes. Dinghy racing takes place on Olympic-type courses on Saturdays in Seapoint Bay, on the northwest side of the West Pier- on Tuesday evenings, around fixed marks, in Scotsman's Bay, on the seaward side of Dun Laoghaire East Pier; .On certain Saturdays in June and July, the Club makes way for the annual one-day regattas of the the four local yacht clubs
The Club caters for the following:
Boat entry forms and subscriptions should be forwarded to the Hon. Secretary:Donal O'Sullivan 72, Clonkeen Drive, Foxrock,Dublin Republic of Ireland.Tel: 353 1 2898565 e-mail: dbscsec@iol.ie
During the season DBSC race results are displayed on computer screens in the Dun Laoghaire waterfront clubs.