Irish Fireball Sailing Dinghy News & Regatta Results
#fireball – Thirteen Fireballs braved the waters of Dun Laoghaire harbour yesterday on what must have been the coldest day of the series thus far. The Wicklow hills, viewed from the harbour were covered in a thick blanket of snow,…
#fireball – On Friday afternoon, a visit to the XCWeather website suggested that the Frostbite Series on the following Sunday would enjoy 10 knot westerlies in Dun Laoghaire harbour in temperatures of about 3º writes Cormac Bradley. At 13:45 on…
#fireball – Twelve Fireballs initiated the second half of the 42nd Frostbite Series hosted and organised by Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club yesterday, 6th January 2013 writes Cormac Bradley. Sailed under grey skies that eventually gave way to some weak…
#fireball – Cariosa Power and Marie Barry (14854) took the last set of Frostbite Mugs to be awarded for the 2012 half of Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club's 42nd Frostbite Series which concluded yesterday, Sunday 16th December writes Cormac Bradley.…
#fireball – After 2 weeks of wind coming out of the East, yesterday's Frostbite Race in Dun Laoghaire saw the wind coming out of the West. While the pre-race period was dominated by a rain bearing squall, these conditions gave…
The Frostbite racing of the 1st Sunday of Advent, December 2nd was held under grey skies with rain from the start, with the consequence that it was the coldest Sunday of the series thus far writes Cormac Bradley. Coincidentally, the…
#fireball – Fourteen Fireballs made the start of the sixth race of the 2012/13 Frostbite Series hosted by Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club. A clean start with the fleet distributed equally along the line saw those who were at the…
#fireball – Yesterday's Fireball Frostbite race, sailed in side the harbour was a case of two races within the same race. Series leaders Noel Butler & Stephen Oram and third-placed Kenny Rumball & Conor Kinsella had their own race, while…
#fireball – For the second Sunday of the 2012/13 Frostbite Series hosted and organized by DMYC, weather conditions allowed the fleet to race outside the harbour. The weather was a lot better than last weekend with less wind and consequently…
#fireball – At the 2011 Fireball Worlds in Sligo, the Council and Executive of Fireball International took the decision to mothball the Class website and replace it with a much more dynamic site. This week the fruits of that decision…
#fireball – The Irish Fireball regatta season closed this past weekend with the hosting of the provincial Leinster Championships at Clontarf Yacht & Boat Club on Dublin Bay's northern shore. CYBC has a long tradition of Fireball sailing that has…
#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…
#fireball – The last DBSC Tuesday Night Race of the 2012 season took place last night and finished as it began with a win for Noel Butler and Stephen Oram. I have been fortunate enough to sail a significant number…
11 nations and 106 boats contested the 2012 Fireball Europeans, hosted by Yacht Club Bracciano East during the week of 21 – 27 July. The fleet boasted an entry from Namibia, Nikolai & Pascal Allers, whose boat is stored in…
There was a win for Britain's Matt Burge and Richard Wagstaff when winds didn't settle by the cut-off time for the last start of the Fireball European Championships in Italy yesterday and the overnight results stood. Irish boats are already…
#fireball – A first today - a second Skippers' Briefing for the fleet. Essentially it was an opportunity for the fleet to "clear the air" with the Race Officer writes Cormac Bradley. A number of accusations were made that preparation…
