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    Fireball Worlds – Day 1

    June 13, 2011

    Actually, first day of “International Week” which is the traditional 8 race forerunner to the Worlds week.  The idea is to make the event a two week sailing holiday.  Twenty boats are entered, with anoither 40 arriving next weekend into sun kissed Rosses Point.

    Ben Bulben watched oveer the leeward mark.

    Australians Ben Schulz and Philip Bowley lead Ireland’s Noel Butler and Stephen Oram into the gybe mark in the first of two races.

    Frank Miller and Marie Barry (left) meet Ben Scallan and David Fitzgerald in the second race.

    Louis and Cormac came a cropper.

    Full results at Sligo Yacht Club.

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