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.

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PY:  http://dmyc.ie/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/PYs-10112013.htm
PY Junior:  http://dmyc.ie/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/PY-Juniors-10112013.htm

The massive 26-strong laser fleet was following around. Dave Cahill again dominated, winning a second race in a row, with Richard Harding close behind. It was great to see a a strong junior section in Radials.  A little more breeze and they'll push the full-rigs to their limits.

Lasers:  http://dmyc.ie/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Lasers-10112013.htm
Laser Junior: http://dmyc.ie/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Laser-Juniors-10112013.htm

The big black mark of the day came in the RS fleet. Apparently only one boat read the SIs and took the special black top mark rather than the same orange mark as the slower boats. For 4 laps Andrew Algeo was the only one sailing the right course. Apart from Conor Toterdell, who retired, everyone else was DSQ on the day. 

RS2/400:  http://dmyc.ie/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/RS-10112013.htm

The Fireball fleet was again led home by Kenny Rumball. The Fireballs write up their own report, which should appear on their website. We'll see if we can get it integrated.

Fireball:  http://dmyc.ie/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Fireballs-10112013.htm

That was it. A great day's sailing...even if it did start to get a bit chilly at the end!

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