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Chris Bateman and Thomas Chaix win race 3 on day 1 of the Gul Fireball Irish Nationals and Pre-Worlds at Lough Derg
© Con Murphy
Gul Fireball Irish Nationals and Pre-Worlds at Lough Derg Yacht Club - Day 1
If Mother Nature was considered stingy with her allocation of wind to the 5o5 Worlds recently sailed in Cork, she lavished her bounty on the Fireball Pre-Worlds and Irish Nationals which are the curtain raisers to the World which start on Sunday next.