DMYC Frostbite Last Race…First Cancellation!

19th December 2016

Competitors were greeted with a mirror-like seascape inside Dun Laoghaire harbour Credit: Cormac Bradley

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, writes Cormac Bradley. 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 8^th January 2017.

2016/17 DMYC Frostbites – Series1: After 2^nd Discard.		R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Nett
Noel Butler/Phil Lawton & Stephen Oram/Ger Owens	15061	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	7
Conor Clancy/Owen Laverty & James Clancy	14807	2	4	2	4	3	13	1	1	4	17
Neil Colin & Margaret Casey	14775	13	2	4	2	2	5	3	3	6	21
Louise McKenna & Hermine O’Keeffe/Cormac Bradley	14691	3	3	7	7	5	4	4	4	7	30
Frank Miller & Ed Butler/Cormac Bradley/Grattan Donnelly	14713	13	5	6	8	6	2	6	5	2	32
Alistair Court & Gordon Syme/Cormac Bradley	14706	13	13	13	5	4	3	5	9	5	44
Louis Smyth & Joe O’Reilly/Glenn Fisher	15007	13	7	3	3	7	11	13	13	3	47
Cariosa Power & Marie Barry	14854	13	6	8	6	8	7	13	13	13	61
Peter & Michael Keegan	14676	13	8	5	13	13	8	8	7	13	62
Mary Chambers & Brenda McGuire	14865	13	13	13	9	9	11	7	6	13	68
Darragh McDonagh & Crew	15058	13	13	13	13	13	6	13	13	13	84
David Turner & Peter Doherty	14362	13	13	13	10	10	13	13	13	13	85

From this correspondent, Happy Christmas to all!

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