Dublin Bay Sailing Club Turkey Shoot 2009 - Final Race with The Tale of Two Annas twist. Another Adventure wins Series.

Anna Livia - IRL 1093 (Copyright 2009 Sailpix Ireland)

 

Anna Livia - RNLI Dun Laoghaire (Copyright 2009 Sailpix Ireland)

The final eventful race of Dublin Bay Sailing Club's Turkey Shoot 2009 witnessed a double display of early Christmas spirit when one of the competitors experienced crippling technical failure.

With westerly winds gusting to 30 knots two 'Anna's quickly came to the rescue.

First, fellow competitor Annabella - IRL 1093, RIYC, retired from the race and took the stricken vessel under tow before being relieved by the the other 'Anna'.

Dun Laoghaire RNLI's all-weather Trent Class RNLB Anna Livia, under coxswain Ken Robertson, quickly arrived on the scene and brought vessel and crew to the safety of Dun Laoghaire Marina.

Another Adventure - IRL 3511, RIYC,

Dublin Bay Sailing Club Turkey Shoot 2009 Winner.

Meanwhile Another Adventure - IRL 3511, RIYC, (Archambault 35) mastered the weather conditions to claim overall 1st place in this year's Turkey Shoot. Congratulations to skipper and crew on a doggedly determined campaign!

Race 4 Photo Gallery HERE

Dublin Bay Sailing Club Turkey Shoot 2009 has WOW factor

WOW - IRL 2 (Copyright 2009 Sailpix Ireland)

 

WOW - IRL 2 (Farr 42), takes line honours in Dublin Bay Sailing Club's Turkey Shoot 3rd race on Sunday 13th December.

Meanwhile Miss Scarlett - IRL 4763 (Jeanneau Sun Fast 40.3) claimed 1st place in Race 3 under Echo Handicap.

Miss Scarlett (Copyright 2009 Sailpix Ireland)

Race 3 Photo Gallery HERE

Anchors Aweigh!

Anchors Aweigh - Mac Lir, DBSC Committee Boat (Copyright 2009 Sailpix Ireland)

With SW gusts increasing to 30 knots in Dublin Bay around 10.30 am on Sunday 06 Dec, the race officers of Dublin Bay Sailing Club were forced to call off this week's Turkey Shoot for the third week in succession.

Indecision permeated the fleet before the scheduled start with many crews deciding to return to the marina even before the official cancellation announcement was broadcast.

Those fearless souls who ventured out into the bay as far as the committee boat - more in hope than expectation - heard not the familiar sound of the starting gun but the eerie voices of Mac Lir's crew singing 'Anchors Aweigh' before promptly heading for shore!

Several industrious crews used the opportunity to practice in the strong breeze but for one the risk to reward ratio sadly didn't add up this time.

Dublin Bay Sailing Club Turkey Shoot 2009 - Races 1 and 2

Teamwork: Legally Blonde - IRL 3175 (Copyright 2009 Sailpix Ireland)

Dublin Bay Sailing Club's hugely popular Turkey Shoot 2009 started with a bang on Sunday 08 November with a record number of entries.

Race 1 witnessed one unlucky boat finishing with an inverted mast and mainsail - brilliantly salvaged by the undaunted crew. Not to be outdone, one crew in Race 2 treated us to a rare (?) demonstration of the art of flying a spinnaker upside down!
 
Meanwhile, the crew of Legally Blonde - IRL 3175 (Beneteau First 31.7) had no such problems.

Relive the action - over two hundred photographs from the first two races uploaded.

Race 1 Photo Gallery HERE
Race 2 Photo Gallery HERE

Dublin Bay Sailing Club Turkey Shoot 2009

Dublin Bay Sailing Club Turkey Shoot 2009 starts Sunday morning 08 November 2009. With approximately ninety five boats scheduled to line up at the start, this year's event will be bigger and better than ever.

Changing Seascape: Carlisle Pier, Dun Laoghaire

Carlisle Pier, Dun Laoghaire (Copyright 2009 Sailpix Ireland)

Carlisle Pier, Dun Laoghaire (Copyright 2009 Sailpix Ireland)

Changing seascape at Dun Laoghaire Harbour on the 13 Oct 2009 showing redevelopment work in progress at Carlisle Pier (also known as the Mailboat Pier) which was opened in 1859 but which became redundant in 1995. 

The Lightvessel Gannet is berthed alongside having been withdrawn from service as the South Rock Lightfloat.

LV Gannet: Built 1953/54 by Philip & Son, Dartmouth. Length 134 feet, breadth 25 feet, depth 15 feet, approximate displacement 600 tons. Constructed of steel at a cost £95,200. Converted to automatic light float 1980/81.

Lightvessel Station South Rock :Established 01 April 1877. Automated - crew withdrawn 31 Mar 1982. Replaced by superbuoy on 25 Feb 2009.

Carlisle Pier Photo Gallery HERE
Map HERE

Story Update 19 May 2010: Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company urged to rebuild demolished Victorian railway building.