Thailand - Pre-worlds Day One
24 March 2014
It was a tricky day on the water in Pattaya for the first races of the 2014 Pre-worlds. With the breeze in the north west and a forecast swing to the south west the only question was when it would happen. Read More >
Irish Frostbite - St Paddy's Day Celebrations
18 March 2014
The penultimate Sunday of the DMYC Frostbite Series, 16th March, aaw another two races sailed in a brisk Westerly which gave all the crews a good work out. The turnout may have been influenced by the fact that it is a three day weekend here in Ireland, today being St Patrick's Day - a Bank Holiday & public holiday. 9 and 7 boats contested a 4-lap and a 3-lap race respectively. Read More >
North American Mid Winters
16 March 2014
The 49th Annual Fireball Mid Winters held March 14-16 at Davis Island Yacht Club in Tampa, Florida. Read More >
Committee Reports - to be Presented in Thailand
14 March 2014
Reports will be added to this article as they come in. The reports will be tabled at the meetings in Thailand and will include - Commodore, Secretary, Treasurer, Technical, Marketing and Rear Commodores. Read More >
Good Weather and Racing in Ireland
11 March 2014
The Irish Fireball Fleet mustered 13 boats for the Frostbite racing in Dun Laoghaire Harbour yesterday, Sunday 9th March. They were rewarded with a day of weather that was contrary to the BBC Weather forecast on Saturday night which suggested we would be sailing in rain. The afternoon stayed dry, we had good winds and the Race Management Team set a great trapezoidal course that was about as big as you can get inside the harbour. Read More >
Getting to Shetland
4 March 2014
Some tips for reducing the cost of ferry travel to Shetland:- Read More >
Irish Frostbite - Window of Opportunity Opens
12 February 2014
Despite some of the most adverse weather forecasts I have heard for quite a while during Saturday, the Frostbites were sailed yesterday in almost balmy (for February) conditions, with sunshine, and a temperature of around 7 - 8º. The projected gale to strong gale to storm force (Beaufort 10) winds seemed to have evaporated! Read More >
Australian Container Packed for Thailand
10 February 2014
The Aussies are coming in force with 12 boats tightly packed in their container for the Thailand world championships. Read More >
Tiger Trophy - UK
5 February 2014
Ignoring the dire weather forecasts of extreme wind, rain, snow, and high tides, 166 boatloads of winter warriors from all over the UK came to Rutland for this year's 2 day 'Challenge' for the John Merricks Tiger Trophy. Read More >
Fireball South Australia State Championship Report
2 February 2014
Fireball State Championship Report 19/1/14 Largs Bay delivered very strong SW breezes for the deciding races of the championships. Even some of the top contenders had spills and thrills meaning lots of stories at the bar. It was so windy that Nick Neal thought he might reef his spinnaker around his spreaders Adding to the drama of the day, someone forgot the handbrake on the tractor..... Overall results saw the championship leaders "KISS" (Michael Thomson & Richard Watson) and "Renegade" (John Heywood & Brett Littledike) tied on points at the end of the series. In this situation each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used. Amazingly the scores were still tied after this process. As a result the championship was decided by their finishing position in the final race, giving the KISS boys victory. Well done Thomo & Havas! Only 2 points further back were Matt Carter & Matt Neale. Handicap, junior and other special awards will be announced at presentation night. Laura Best & Megan Williams won the day 'Screwball award' for their reverse mast experiment, which was unfortunately short lived. Apparently things don't line up too well when the mast is put in back to front. At least they didn't get it upside down as well! Presentation night has been scheduled for Friday night the 21st Feb @ Bartley Tavern, West Lakes. Dinner from 6.30 and presentation 8.30 sharp. Be there, or be square. Read More >
