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#fireball – Six Fireballs came out for this evening's DBSC Series 3 race but only five of them made it to the start line by the scheduled time writes Cormac Bradley.  Initially all five boats went off the line on…

#fireball – The majority of the eight-boat Fireball fleet in the second round race of DBSC Series 3 will have come off the water having had an entertaining evening writes Cormac Bradley.  I say the majority, for in the blustery…

#fireball – What can I write of last night's Fireball race in Dun Laoghaire? Cormac Bradley reports. It was a pleasant evening, though not quite what XC Weather had predicted. There was a nice breeze when we went out, but…

#fireball – As evidenced by the table below, the 2013 Irish Fireball Nationals was a tight affair with clusters of boats fighting it out right throughout the fleet. The competition between Kenny Rumball and Noel Butler and their respective crews…

#fireball – Kenny Rumball & David Moran representing the Irish National Sailing Club and the Royal St George Yacht Club respectively have won the 2013 Irish Fireball Nationals sailed at Skerries Sailing Club this past three days writes Cormac Bradley.…

#fireball – The Irish Fireball Nationals fleet enjoyed champagne conditions today in completing another four races in their 9-race regatta writes Cormac Bradley. Yet again wind conditions were better than forecast to the extent that many boats went out on…

#fireball – Defending champions Noel Butler and Stephen Oram are lying fourth in a fleet of 15 after the first day of racing at the Fireball National Championships in Skerries, North Dublin writes Cormac Bradley. For those of us who…

#DBSC – To paraphrase Shakespeare, "How do I report thee, let me count the ways!" • Tight racing of Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta continues into Tuesday night!• Snakes and ladders characterises Fireball evening racing.• National Champions lose their unbeaten record…

#VDLR2013 – The nine Irish Fireballs that contested a very successful Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta this past four days, had a great work out in advance of the Class Nationals which take place at the end of this week in…

#vdlr2013 – Emerging into clean air from Mk2 (lap 2)of the inner loop trapezoid course was the key to success in today's final race for the Fireball fleet writes Cormac Bradley. The fleet again concentrated their efforts on the left…

#VDLR2013 – An extended game of cat and mouse! The seventh race for the Fireballs in this year's Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta was a very close affair for the first half of the race - an outer loop trapezoid writes…

#VDLR2013 – Saturday's first race of the day saw a number of leader changes and lots of place swapping before the race was finished - with a win for Brian Byrne & Stephen Campion writes Cormac Bradley. The lead changed…

#VDLR2013 – The second day of the VDLR13 for the Fireball Class yielded tight racing, excellent courses, 2 "Retired After Finish" and 3 OCSs - the latter resolved on the water! Frank Miller & Grattan Donnelly (14713) dominated the results…

#vdlr2013 – Nine Fireballs sailed two tight races today on the first day of the 2013 Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta. Sailing in winds that were slightly south of east, the 9 boats enjoyed close racing in the light breeze that…

#vdlr2013– The Irish Fireball fleet faces into seven days of intense racing with the advent of the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta and their Nationals on successive weekends. In a year when numbers at regattas have been under pressure, there is…

8 Fireballs started tonight's fourth round race of Series 2 of DBSC. In yet another odd night of weather, playing the waves downwind, in particular, was as important as reading the wind going the opposite direction writes Cormac Bradley. The…