2:24 AM Mon 20 Dec 2010 GMT
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'firetruck - Manly 16ft skiff club'
James Bury
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It was the quiet whisper going around Manly 16ft Skiff Club's fleet: Just what was going wrong with two-time national champion Fire Stopping? The James Dorron-skippered boat started the season in reasonable fashion before fading from view, rarely seen anywhere near the podium. A so-so performance at the states ? fourth overall - only fuelled speculation all was not right. But after victory in Saturday's summer pointscore race at Manly, Fire Stopping appears back in business and ready to make a serious challenge at the nationals in Brisbane (Jan 2-9). 'It's true we had a very patchy start to the
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by James Bury
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