Irish Fireball Frostbite Series 2 at Dun Laoghaire - Day 1

By Cormac Bradley on 9 Jan8 January 2012

Plus ça change, plus la mème chose!
The more things change, the more they stay the same

The second half of DMYC’s Frostbite series was initiated yesterday, 8th January, when amongst others, 12 Fireballs, contested the first race of Series 2. While they may not have had things entirely their own way on the water at the start, there is a familiarity to the final race results with Messrs Butler & Oram in 1st place and Messrs Rumball & Moran in 2nd, hence the reference to the French expression above!

This scribe was not part of the proceedings but my information is that pre-launch, the wind was getting up to 30knots which put the prospect of racing in severe jeopardy. However, the wind abated and in mildish conditions (10º for January), six rounds were sailed inside Dun Laoghaire’s harbour. With a mean wind direction of 270º, right was the way to go, but I am told that Butler/Oram went left which left them playing catch-up. Rumball/Moran thus played the part of pathfinder ! The wind moderated to about Force 4 for the duration of the race.

The first race of 2012 saw Owen Laverty and Ed Butler make their first appearance in the Frostbites and they were rewarded with 3rd place on the finish which also resulted in them winning the day’s mugs.

Race 1 Results:

Pos	Helm & Crew	Club - Sail No
1st	Noel Butler & Stephen Oram	DMYC - 15061
2nd	Kenneth Rumball & David Moran	INSC - 15058
3rd	Owen laverty & Ed Butler	RStGYC - 14990
4th	Alaistair Court & Gordon Syme	DMYC - 14706
5th	Louis Smyth & Joe O’Reilly	RCH - 15007