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Fireball Frostbite Series 1 Round 7 at Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club

by Cormac Bradley 19 Dec 2016 06:00 GMT 18 December 2016
No wind for the Fireball Frostbite Series on Sunday at Dun Laoghaire © Cormac Bradley

Last race... first cancellation!

Considering the time of year, it is rather surprising that we have got to the end of Series 1 of the Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club's Frostbites without a cancellation... until the last Sunday. Competitors were greeted with a mirror-like seascape inside the harbour with no motion from the flags around the periphery of the harbour. Those on the flagstaff of the host club were so limp that they couldn't be recognised. On the opposite side of the inner reaches of the harbour, brand flags from the yacht brokers were likewise hanging limp.

Frostbite co-ordinator Olivier Proveur however decided that with the day that was in it, an attempt should be made to race and slightly behind schedule, understandably, the fleet was ordered to go afloat. Not everyone complied, but those that did faced a long paddle out to the race area. This correspondent was one of the last to go down the slipway but before he needed to get his feet wet, a radio communication was received to the effect that racing was cancelled.

This prompted an early prize-giving where calendars with pictures from the Frostbites were the prizes. Frostbite co-ordinator Olivier added his own form of wit to these proceedings which were preceded by the serving of finger food and soup.

The Frostbites take a break now with no racing on the next two Sundays – Christmas Day and New Year's Day. We resume on 8th January 2017.

Series 1 Overall Results:

PosHelm & CrewSail NoR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Pts
1Noel Butler/Phil Lawton & Stephen Oram/Ger Owens150611111112217
2Conor Clancy/Owen Laverty & James Clancy14807242431311417
3Neil Colin & Margaret Casey14775132422533621
4Louise McKenna & Hermine O’Keeffe/Cormac Bradley1469133775444730
5Frank Miller & Ed Butler/Cormac Bradley/Grattan Donnelly14713135686265232
6Alistair Court & Gordon Syme/Cormac Bradley1470613131354359544
7Louis Smyth & Joe O’Reilly/Glenn Fisher15007137337111313347
8Cariosa Power & Marie Barry14854136868713131361
9Peter & Michael Keegan14676138513138871362
10Mary Chambers & Brenda McGuire148651313139911761368
11Darragh McDonagh & Crew150581313131313613131384
12David Turner & Peter Doherty1436213131310101313131385

From this correspondent, Happy Christmas to all!

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