Thursday
The decision was made early to try Clonea Strand again given a slightly more favourabel forecast, but despite Gale Warnings and Storm Warnings for most parts of the Irish coast yet again the promised wind failed to show. Early in the afternoon there was a glimmer of hope as the breeze stiffened and gear was made ready, but it turned out to be little more than a passing squal and by four o'clock everyone had decamped back to the marquees or hotel.