Fireball 2014/15 Frostbite Series at Dun Laoghaire - Day 2
by Cormac Bradley 9 Nov 2014 18:45 GMT
9 November 2014
No wind on day 2 of the Dun Laoghaire Frostbite Series © Corman Bradley
"Painted ships upon a painted ocean"
Dun Laoghaire harbour was quite a soggy scene when a downpour hit the Frostbite fleet just before the scheduled start of proceedings and whatever wind there might have been was killed off shortly thereafter.
From a waterside location, just on the seaward side of the Dun Laoghaire marina, the committee boat started off at the mouth of the harbour and progressively moved inshore until it was just to the west of the gantry for the HSS ferry. A substantial fleet of Lasers, RSs, IDRAs and nine Fireballs floated around the committee boat until, just after 14:30, three blasts of the starter's horn brought proceedings to a close.
By that stage the atmosphere was starting to improve, the rain had disappeared off to sea but stillness descended to replace it. The air temperature wasn't bad at 10˚, but the fleet would have a long sail home.