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Squib fleet Boosts the Numbers At Royal Alfred Baily Bowl Weekend
#BAILYBOWL – Dragons, Squibs and RS Elites lined up for the Royal Alfred Baily Bowl one design series at the Royal St. George at the…
Welsh Yacht Takes Howth's Corby Cup
#CORBYCUP – Richard Fildes Pwhelli based Corby 37 Impetuous was the winner of Howth Yacht Club's Corby Cup today. Originally built by Corby Yachts for…
Butler and Oram Set the Pace at Killaloe's Fireball Munsters
#FIREBALL – On the opening day of the Irish Fireball season, Noel Butler & Stephen Oram set the pace, bagging three race wins from four…
Eclipse is Top Puppeteer in Howth Yacht Club Race
#HOWTH YACHT CLUB – The Hegarty's Eclipse was the winner of the Puppeteer Howth Yacht Club race today with Schiggy (G. Kennedy) second. In the…
Red Rhum Romps Home in DBSC Cruisers 2 Race
#DBSC – Jonathan and Chris Nicholson's Red Rhum made the most of the easterly winds and big seas for today's Dublin Bay Sailing Club race…

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Saturday, 19 May 2012 18:29

Butler and Oram Set the Pace at Killaloe's Fireball Munsters

#FIREBALL – On the opening day of the Irish Fireball season, Noel Butler & Stephen Oram set the pace, bagging three race wins from four races and effectively continuing where they finished off in the Frostbite season writes Cormac Bradley. 19 Fireballs have made the trip to Killaloe for the Munster…

Sunday, 29 April 2012 19:23

UK Coach Passes on Fireball Tips

#FIREBALL – The perennial primer for the Irish Fireball regatta season took place last weekend, 21/22 April in Dun Laoghaire when Adam Bowers brought his expertise, good humour and unique style of coaching to an eleven-boat audience writes Cormac Bradley. Blessed with significant wind for the first time in his…

Wednesday, 28 March 2012 20:18

Final Fireball Frostbites Raced in Spring Sunshine

A favourable window of glorious weather which started earlier in the week extended into the weekend and the final Sunday of the Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club's Frostbite Series. The author of these reports was yet again unable to sail the event but acquired enough information to post this report…

Tuesday, 20 March 2012 13:05

Snakes and Ladders for Penultimate Fireball Frostbite Race

#FIREBALL – The penultimate race in the Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club's Frostbite Series was a sustained session of snakes and ladders for most of the fleet who took part in the 6-lap race writes Cormac Bradley. A reduced fleet, due probably to it being a Bank Holiday weekend with…

Wednesday, 14 March 2012 15:15

Fireballs Revive Classic Boats

#FIREBALL – The boat (below) on the left sailed by Ian Pinnell and Daniel Cripps won the 1994 Worlds in Durban South Africa. The boat on the right was sailed by Tom Gillard & Sam Brearey to the World title in 2012, in Mandurah, Western Australia. So, they are both…

Sunday, 11 March 2012 23:03

Sunshine Turns to Grey Skies for Irish Fireballs

#FIREBALL – For the Irish Fireballers sailing in Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club’s Frostbite Series, the morning of Sunday 11th March might as just as easily have been Sunday 10th June such was the weather – clear blue skies, temperatures to 14 degrees and a very light breeze writes Cormac…

Monday, 27 February 2012 11:22

Calling UK Fireballers - Howth YC Will Put You Up for Free!

#FIREBALL – For those travelling from across the water (not the Liffey!), Howth Yacht Club is making a big gesture for June's Irish Fireball championships by promising to accommodate as many visitors as possible in members' houses. The country's biggest club recognises the cost commitment which Fireballers will have to…