Light wind, light fleet

With many of the Toppers sailing in Dun Laoghaire in their own event rather than the Frostbites and several other people staying onshore to watch the rugby, the fleet was a little light this weekend. A light fleet matched the light wind, which was a classic example of Frostbite Flukey.  You can see the slow speeds in the OK Dinghy's GPS track here.

Nice roll tack, but what's the bit of duct-tape?

In the PY fleet the IDRA14s and the OK Dinghy sailed away on the water, with Frank Hamilton's IDRA14 taking the win by more than 2 minutes over Sheehy's OK Dinghy, but all four of these finishing more than 6 mins clear of the next boat.  This pattern was repeated in all the fleets.

PY Results - http://goo.gl/QITtgj

Dave Cahill continued his domination in the Lasers, taking a huge win from Conor O'Leary.  Even in a reduced fleet there were 15 boats racing.

Laser Results - http://goo.gl/JGG90e

The RS fleet saw Emmet Ryan sail to a monster win in his RS400. He finished legs ahead and more than 4 mins clear on corrected time.  Andrew Algeo was 2nd in another RS400.

RS Results - http://goo.gl/0PrkZ0

Victory in the Fireballs went to Conor Clancy, with Butler and Rumball taking 2nd and 3rd.

Fireball Results - http://goo.gl/yJocA4

All in all a quiet day for sailing, but good fun again!

Post by Dun Laoghaire Dinghies.

Dinghy & One Design Keelboats Convention (Rescheduled) - Saturday 30th November, NYC, Dun Laoghaire

The ISA Dinghy / One Design Racing Advisory Group would like to hear from you, the sailors, on matters relating to the future of Dinghy and One Design racing in Ireland. On behalf of the chairman Margaret O’Donnell the ISA would like to extend an invitation to all sailors to attend and to contribute at the Dinghy & One Design Keelboats Convention.

Dinghy & One Design Keelboats Convention

• Date: Saturday, 30th of November
• Time: 10.15am
• Venue: JB Room in the National Yacht Club, Dun Laoghaire
• Chair: Margaret O’Donnell

This is a follow on meeting to the Classes Forum held in March which led to the ISA Board establishing a Dinghy / One Design Racing Advisory Group. At this meeting the Advisory Group will seek to inform and be informed by classes and clubs on some of the matters affecting their strategic growth.

Part 1 – Data: 10.30am – 11.15am

1. Advisory Group presents its participation figures.
2. Classes to provide their figures for boats racing in fleets nationally.
3. What are the trends, are the figures reliable?
4. Feedback is needed from classes and clubs; what can they provide? How can we easily collect data on an ongoing basis?

Coffee/Tea Break
Part 2 – Events: 11.30am – 12.15pm

1. Are there too many events or not enough? Ideas for some events discussed.
2. Should / could some regional events be merged?

Part 3 – Growth:  2.15pm – 13.00pm

1. How can we encourage youths in to senior classes? How can classes manage the transition?
2. How can the ISA help classes to help themselves?

13.00pm, wrap up

Tips from the top: What to eat on race day

and other gems from local ace Annalise in The Irish Times.

http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/food-and-drink/olympic-sailor-annalise-murphy-i-have-a-very-sweet-tooth-1.1600273

Well outside!

Another day and the DMYC fleets got to sail well outside the confines of the harbor.

Two tracks of the two courses - RS400/Fireball and the others

On the day the committee were miracle workers to get a race off at all, and a reasonably good one too! Very variable winds made it hugely uncertain that we'd race, but patience and persistence paid.

Results are here.
PY Overall
PY Junior
Laser Overall
Laser Junior
RS Overall
Fireball

Everyone was greatly cheered to see Des picking up the mug for the day in his Finn. A great show!

Post by Dun Laoghaire Dinghies.

A black mark for the RS fleet!!

The water was full of dinghies.  There were 20 PY dinghies, 28 Lasers, 12 Fireballs and 10 RS 200/400s, now in their own separate class after the change in SIs.  It's worth pointing out again the number of juniors racing in the DMYC series. It's a great and successful aspect of the winter sailing and makes the DBSC's exclusion of juniors even more of a puzzle.  Summer sailing should be like this too!

With the National Team Racing Championships and several junior squad trainings taking place inside the harbor the DMYC Committee took the fleets outside to open water.  The new trapezoid course took a little longer to set up but a 5 minute postponement allowed the wind to settle too, and off we went on a long 4-lap trapezoid course. 

DMYC Frostbites Outside the Harbor

The PY fleet was led around by the IDRAs, with the Finn and OK Dinghy close behind on the water. But the many Toppers were chasing hard and stayed well in touch on corrected time.  Frank Hamilton's IDRA was the clear winner, with nearly a minute lead at the end. Fergal O'Flaherty was 2nd, with a solid block of 4 Toppers next.

Post by Dun Laoghaire Dinghies.

DMYC Change to Frostbite Sailing Instructions

After the huge increase in boats entered in the DMYC Frostbites, the committee has decided to rearrange the classes and have published a new SI (see below)

They have decided to:

1. Create a “RS Class” regrouping RS400s and RS200s. 
2. Change the “default” course from a triangle to a trapezoid.  (This is to avoid situations whereby the PY class comes back through the start line at the end of their first lap while we still try and start other classes, notably the Fireballs) 
3. The Fireball Start is pushed back by 3 mins.

All competitors entered with a valid email address are copied on the original email from the DMYC (about 85%).

Please make sure to “spread” the word among the various Clubs and classes.

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Frostbites HO!

It's that time of year again. The DMYC Frostbites started up again with a HUGE fleet in PY and Laser and about the same size in Fireballs as last year.

The main feature in PY was the burgeoning RS200 and 400 fleets. Many new boats, recently bought. It was a great sight. Plus, in contrast to the DBSC in the summer racing where juniors aren't allowed, juniors are fully welcome in the DMYC Frostbites.  They were there in RS200s, Toppers, etc. Great to see.  And they won too, in PY.

The results are online at DMYC.ie and you can also see them in this post below.  The OK Dinghy version of events is online here.

In any case it was a great day.

More pics below. But - an important question! Who'll write up the Laser and PY stories?  Volunteers, please.

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Moths on Irish Times

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/galleries/a-moth-takes-to-the-water-in-howth-co-dublin-1.1582336