Frostbite 2 Ireland
14 November 2013
Twelve Fireballs, up 50% from last week’s entry, were part of a record 78-boat fleet for the 2nd round of the 2013/14 Frostbite Series in Dun Laoghaire. An E-mailed survey during the week canvassed opinion from the entrants on possible changes to the format of the racing and two changes were implemented yesterday – the RS fleet had their own start and we had a four-lap trapezoid course – trapezoid in shape only rather than in terms of mark-roundings. Read More >
Thailand Worlds Approaching Fast
12 November 2013
Fireball International wishes to confirm that the 2014 World Championships, due to be hosted by the Royal Varuna Yacht Club in Pattaya, Thailand will proceed as planned. Read More >
Frostbite 1 - Ireland
4 November 2013
With the celebrations of ghouls and ghosts gone for another year, the Irish Fireball fleet can embrace the prospect of Frostbite and Sunday afternoon sailing for the next 5 months. Read More >
2016 Worlds - Back to South Africa
1 November 2013
It has been a long time between drinks but that just makes the return of the Fireball World Championships to South Africa even more special. Fireball International are excited to announce that Mossel Bay located on the famous Garden Route between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth has been chosen to host the 2016 Fireball World Championships. Read More >
Port Festival Regatta 2013
22 October 2013
The South Australian Port Festival Regatta was a great success. We had 15 fireballs competing on the Port River in front of the Birkenhead Tavern. Racing was close and the course area tight leaving little room for error. The wind conditions were variable in both strength and direction making it an extremely challenging experience for both competitors and the race committee. There were 3 races in the morning with a break to the pub for lunch followed by a further 3 races in the afternoon. The results were: 1st overall Greg Allison/Allen Blenkle 1st junior Jalina Thompson-Kambas/Patrick Alm 1st on handicap Dave Godden/Ryan McCallister Our first Screwball winner for the season was Brett Littledike for dislocating his thumb while taking off his wetsuit shorts!! We thank the race committee and the Port Adelaide Sailing Club for their fantastic efforts in organising a great day for us to kick off the new season. It was a worthwhile event to showoff sailing and in particular Fireball sailing to the general public. We hope we can do it again next year! Read More >
HPDO _ North America
18 October 2013
The scoresheet pretty much tells the story…lots of DNC’s and DNF’s. This year’s edition of the HPDO was windy! Ninety seven boats were registered however the conditions were too much for some of the boats and many didn’t sail at all. Read More >
Irish Leinsters
15 October 2013
The Irish Fireball regatta season closed with the re-scheduled Leinsters being sailed in Dun Laoghaire this weekend. Read More >
UK Fireball Inlands - Draycote
11 October 2013
An unusually warm October weekend met 34 Fireball teams for the 2013 Fireball Inland Championships, hosted by Draycote Water Sailing Club. Read More >
Screwball 2013
9 October 2013
Somehow Screwball has become the signature regatta of Fireball Quebec. It is always the last event that we hold before the water gets hard and we focus on skiing. Read More >
