A week out, the dogs on the streets could have told us that the weather was not looking good for the last day of racing, and true enough, with a base rate of 18 knots gusting 33 knots and a miserable drizzle, it was decided early in the morning to call the final Frostie Series race for RS400s off at RNIYC on Belfast Lough.
It wasn’t a great shock to know who had finished where, as the results stood from the previous week.
The RS400s at the Royal North of Ireland dinghy park did not sail on the last day of the Frosties due to strong winds
In third place was Luke McIlwaine from Newcastle Sailing Club with his crew Ryan Wilson from Carrickfergus Sailing Club.
In second place were Liam Donnelly and Rick McCaig, both from Carrickfergus Sailing Club and in 1st place was the ever-consistent but not flawless (only three capsizes this series) Peter Kennedy from Strangford Lough Sailing Club and Stevie Kane from RNIYC who picked up the Frostie Series Trophy for the second year in a row.
The RS400 Frosties Series, including the overall trophy, laid out at the Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club on Belfast Lough
As for 2023, the RS400 & RS200 calendar is just about finalised. The events lined up so far are:
- RS Westerns, 1st & 2nd April @ Galway City SC
- RS Northerns, 6th & 7th May @ Strangford SC (Castleward)
- Irish RS Games 30th June, 1st & 2nd July @ Blessington SC
- RS400 UK Nationals 31st July – 4th August – Mounts Bay, Cornwall
The RS400 Frostie Series will be back at RNIYC next November and December.
RS400 Frosties Series Race Officer Gerry Reid
