Despite the forecasts of the early part of the week, that Storm Ciaran was going to be the dominant weather system for the week, by the time the weekend arrived the numbers on XCWeather had dropped significantly and while Saturday, for the Flying Fifteen Frostbites, was grey and cold with winds of 15 – 20 knots, the dinghy version of the Frostbites inside the harbour on Sunday was sailed under blue skies and a modest temperature in winds that started in the mid-teens and dropped to 4/5 knots by the end of the afternoon
Reflecting the modest entry to the DMYC Viking Marine Frostbites overall to date, 48 boats took to the water for the opening Sunday, with the PY fleet boasting 20 boats, the ILCA 6s 18 boats and the ILCA 7s ten boats.
The ladies of the Fireball fleet led home the fleet in the lighter airs with Louise McKenna & Hermine O’Keeffe (15016) taking the gun by 22 seconds from Cariosa Power & Marie Barry (14854) who only had 3 seconds on Court & Syme. Next home was the Finn of Sweeney and the Fireball of Colin & Casey, who staged a major recovery from the first triangle lap. Oram led the Aeros home, with Dwyer getting in ahead of Butler. Sweeney took the win on paper, followed by the Longs in the IDRA, the Aeros of Dwyer and Butler and the Fireball of McKenna & O’Keeffe.
In the ILCA7s, Conor Byrne went one better to take the race win, with Gavan Murphy second and Chris Arrowsmith (201829) third.
In the ILCA6s, David O’Connor (211260) took the gun, with the sequence behind him being Judy O’Beirne (216610), Shirley Gilmore, Sean Craig (218154) and Darren Griffin (219867) and one of these had to be reminded that it was a 2-lap course not a three lap!
In the PY Fleet, the position after two races sees three boats tied on 5pts – Brian Sweeney (Finn), Noel Butler (Aero 6) and Sarah Dwyer (Aero 6), with the Longs (IDRA) 3pts astern in 4th, Stephen Oram (Aero 7) on 9.5pts and Court & Syme (FB) on 16pts.
Conor Byrne leads the ILCA7s (3pts) with Gavan Murphy on 5pts and Theo Lyttle on 6pts.
Shirley Gilmore leads the ILCA6s on 6pts, with Daniel O’Connor, Conor Clancy, and Justin Geoghegan tied on 8pts and David Cahill on 14pts.
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