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#fireball – Last night's dinghy racing in Scotsman's Bay was the first "genteel" session since the DBSC season opened on 29th April. The forecast was for 4-6 knots of Easterly at 19:00 (XCWeather) but on the water the wind was…

#fireball – Six Fireballs came under starter's orders for the Tuesday Night Series last night, under the burgee of the Dublin Bay Sailing Club writes Cormac Bradley. They encountered a different weather scenario than was predicted. The website providing weather…

#fireball – Barry McCartin and Conor Kinsella (RStGYC) became the new Ulster Fireball champions in a thrilling final day of racing at Ballyholme YC. The first regional Fireball event of the season saw fourteen entries and some really great sailing…

#fireball – With last Saturday lost to heavy weather, making two Saturdays lost in three weeks and an unseasonal Tuesday evening session last week, the weather for last night's DBSC Tuesday Series was much more in keeping with the time…

#fireball – My early afternoon check on the forecast conditions for Tuesday evening racing in Dublin Bay on the XC Weather website suggested that at 19:00 and 22:00 the winds would be 14 and 16 knots gusting to 20 and…

#fireball – With the first of the DBSC races behind us – last Saturday's blow-out and Tuesday evening's sunshine session – thoughts will start to turn to the regatta season which gets underway in two weeks' time with the opening…

The first Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) Tuesday night race of the 2014 summer season was held last night in Scotsman's Bay and six Fireballs answered the call. Class Chairwoman, Marie Barry, helmed by Cariosa Power (IRL 14854) was first over…

Fireball International, the UK Fireball Association and Clwb Hwylio, Pwllheli Sailing Club have just launched a presentation announcing Pwllheli as the venue for the 2015 Fireball Worlds. The regatta will take place in Wales between 17th and 28th August 2015.It…

#fireball – The table above sets out the various combinations of hulls, sails and fittings, together with crew weights of the top six boats in the recently concluded Fireball Worlds in Thailand writes Cormac Bradley. It is a table (also…

#2013 Fireball World Championship winning crew Simon Potts fulfilled the coach's role at what has now become the herald of the domestic Irish Fireball scene – the season opening coaching weekend. Potts, who won the Worlds in Slovenia crewing for Tom Gillard,…

#fireball – In what appears to have been a light wind conclusion to the Fireball worlds in Pattaya, Thailand, hosted by the Royal Varuna Yacht Club, two races have been sailed to close out the ten-race series writes Cormac Bradley. A…

#fireball – The Fireball fleet in Pattaya enjoyed another perfect day in paradise for day 3 of the World Championships being hosted by the Royal Varuna Yacht Club.15 knots of breeze @210 degrees and a 3 knot tide running across…

Fireball Worlds, Pattaya, Thailand –   Days 1 & 2 report from Cormac Bradley. After two days of racing the leader board has a familiar ring to it – a British crew is sitting on top of the pile, though there is a…

#fireball – Today's (Day 2) participants in the Fireball Pre-Worlds being hosted by the Royal Varuna Yacht Club in Pattaya, Thailand had a glorious day on the water with sunshine and 10 knots of breeze writes Cormac Bradley. The tide made…

#fireball – A modest fleet of Fireball got the 2014 Fireball Pre-Worlds under way today at the Royal Varuna Yacht Club, Pattaya, Thailand. A skipper's briefing at 10:30 local time initiated the day's activities with a first race scheduled for…

#frostibte – The finale to the 42nd Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club Frostbite Series was embraced by one of the largest turnouts of Fireballs in the series when 13 boats took to the water writes Cormac Bradley. In addition to…