Irish Fireball Frostbite Series 2 at Dun Laoghaire - Day 2
By Noel Butler on 17 Jan15 January 2012
OCS's, crash gybes and a win for the ladies!
The second Frostbite Race of 2012 was sailed in blustery, breezy and shifty conditions in Dun Laoghaire’s harbour on Sunday 15th January. A very healthy turnout of 17 boats contested a 5 lap race which saw the on the water results transformed by multiple OSC entries on the score sheet posted in DMYC’s clubhouse.
Four transgressors of the starting procedure were caught, including the day’s winners on the water Messrs Neil Spain and Hugh Butler. This left the legal winners on the water as Kenny Rumball and Conor Kinsella, followed home, a boat length later, by Noel Butler and Stephen Oram.
Alaistair Court & Gordon Syme took third and after two races in this half of the series, these three fill the top three places overall with Rumball/Moran & Butler/Oram tied in 1st place.
Two all-lady combinations sailed the day with Cariosa Power & Marie Barry (Class Treasurer) finishing 6th two spots ahead of Louise McKenna & Hermine O’Keefe. This performance was enough to give Power & barry the day’s mugs which is all the more commendable as they saild a conservative race by keeping the spinnaker in the bag.
Crash gybes, to avoid collisions, caused Frank Cassidy & John Hudson and Owen Laverty & Ed Butler to take a swim on the day, but the latter combination recovered to finish 5th. Noel Butler also reports that the may have been a “T-boning” incident between a Fireball and a RS400 and Luke Malcolm ended up as the walking wounded with a bad gash on his knee after a toe-strap broke, causing him to be thrown into the gunwhale.
All told, an adventurous day on the water in what were somewhat colder conditions that we have had thus far.
Race 2 Results:
| Pos | Helm & Crew | Sail No | Club | Overall |
|---|
| 1 | Kenneth Rumball & David Moran | 15058 | INSC | 1st= |
| 2 | Noel Butler & Stephen Oram | 15061 | DMYC | 1st= |
| 3 | Alaistair Court & Gordon Syme | 14706 | DMYC | 3rd |
| 4 | Neil Colin & Margaret Casey | 14775 | DMYC | 11th |
| 5 | Owen Laverty & Ed Butler | 14990 | RStGYC | 4th |
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