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The Lightvessel Gannet is berthed alongside having been withdrawn from service as the South Rock Lightfloat.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 Automated - crew withdrawn 31 Mar 1982.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.

Start of Leg 8 Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 Galway to Marstrand

 

Credit: Race diagram courtesy of Volvo Ocean Race S.L.U.

Ericsson 3 and Ericsson 4 (Copyright 2009 Sailpix Ireland)

Telefonica Black (Copyright 2009 Sailpix Ireland)

Delta Llyod (Copyright 2009 Sailpix Ireland)

Telefonica Black (Copyright 2009 Sailpix Ireland)

Ericsson 3 (Copyright 2009 Sailpix Ireland)

A blustery Galway Bay on the 06 June 2009, scene of the start of Leg 8 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09, Galway to Marstrand.



Leg 8 (Galway Start) Photo Gallery HERE

Map HERE

The moment a virtual Volvo Open 70 set a Round Ireland Yacht Race virtual Record!

 

Virtual Round Ireland Yacht Race 2009

The colour of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 leaves Galway

 

Ericsson 3 departing Galway in Leg 8 of  Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 (Copyright 2009 Sailpix Ireland)

A grey day for Galway as the start of Leg 8 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009 sees the departure of the fleet for Marstrand, Sweden.
06 June 2009.


Map HERE