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There are over 30 Fireballs at Draycote, with 25 or so of these indulging in racing. The fleet is still growing and is
one of the largest in the club. We reckon that there are about 70 Fireballers in total, ranging from 18 to 60 years old and 8 to 16 stone in weight. We started out with old boats, but there are now a lot of White
Winders in the fleet. And when the open-meeting circuit hotshots turn up (which they do quite frequently now) we can generally give them a pretty good run for their money.
But we haven't forgotten where we came from, and you can still race your old composite, wooden or grp boat in good
company here. We run 'A' and 'B' fleet racing so you don't have to compete with the cheque-book mob. Although, if you are any good, you'll probably beat a lot of the white items anyway, as most of our sailors are,
er, not exactly world champion material. That's cool - we don't want to take this stuff too seriously. We are here to have fun racing Fireballs rather than indulging in any of the other nonsense.
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