Fireball 2014/15 Frostbite Series at Dun Laoghaire - Day 6

Racing's "flags of surrender" to the elements, N over A, were flying as early as 12:30 this afternoon, Sunday 7th December, from the yardarm of the DMYC signalling that no Frostbite racing would be taking place. From an earlier view from my office windows, the sea conditions didn't look that bad but the absence of the bigger boats from the waters of Dublin Bay gave the game away. Even the INSC's white-sailed Squibs seemed to take an early relief from the conditions.

While it is still a cloudless sky here in Dun Laoghaire, the forecast is for westerlies of 18/19 knots gusting up to 29 knots – as advised by both the XCWeather website and the Windfinder App – with a projected air temperature of 6˚.

This leaves the Frostbite Series with a single race left for 2014 as, traditionally, there is no racing on the last Sunday before Christmas.