#fireball – 24 boats have gathered for the season closing Irish Fireball Leinsters at Clontarf this weekend.
With race management by the host clubs Ian Sargeant, three races were sailed in good conditions - two Olympics and a Windward/Leeward. As ever with the Fireballs, General Recalls were also the order of the day with none of the races getting away at the first attempt.
Barry McCartin and Conor Kinsella dominated the opening day with two race wins (1 & 3) to generate a 6pt cushion over Noel Butler & Stephen Oram who took the other win. They counted a 4 and a 5 to have a 2pt gap over Diane Kissane & Finnbarr Bradley in 3rd.
As there is a very limited time window in Clontarf the racing was restricted to three races.
1 Barry McCartin & Conor Kinsella 4pts
2 Noel Butler & Stephen Oram 10pts
3 Diane Kissane & Finnbarr Bradley 12pts
4 Simon McGrotty & Darach Dineen 13pts
5 Damien Bracken & Brian O'Hara 16pts.
