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Big Seas Cause Delay for Fireballs, Flying Fifteens & 420s off Dunmore East

4th July 2015
Big Seas Cause Delay for Fireballs, Flying Fifteens & 420s off Dunmore East

#fireball – Racing has been postponed for two hours this morning at Dunmore East in County Waterford for a combined fleet of Fireballs, Flying Fifteens and 420s. Race Officer Con Murphy says big seas running outside the harbour suggests competitior safety may be an issue. Wind is in the high teens. 

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