• Watling Streetworks Winter Series - 12 December 2021

    Batch and Peter fighting it out! Report by Andrew Dean, from the back of the fleet Despite there being force 5 or 6 winds forecast for the Irish Sea, there were calm patches at West Baldwin reservoir when the fleet arrived to rig the dinghies on Sunday.  Unfortunately the wind failed to fill in during the morning,   A healthy fleet of 16 boats launched consisting of 3 RS Aero7’s, 4 Laser radials, 2 Finns, 2 Ae...
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  • Watling Streetworks Winter Series - 14 November 2021

    The weather is getting stormy, there’s a chill in the air and the nights are drawing in.  Only one thing to do - run for the hills and don’t forget to bring a dinghy with you! This is exactly what the 14 competitors, which for most was the first round of the Watling Street Winter Dinghy Series did on Sunday morning. All but five competitors missed a classic Sunday morning last week on Injebreck res...
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  • Watling Streetworks Winter Series - 5 December 2021

    As Storm Barra rages it’s good to remind ourselves that there has been better weather, last Sunday in fact! The first of the December Watling Streetworks Dinghy Series on Baldwin reservoir looked to be in doubt as the strong northerly gusts blew down the valley.  This sent at least one potential competitor home, we needn’t have worried, the five minute start gun frightened the gusts away and woke up the ...
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  • Watling Streetworks Winter Series - 28 November 2021

    Write-up by Jerry Colman It was the MS&CC’s annual dinner dance and prize-giving on Saturday night at the Park Hotel in Ramsey so making the start time of 1000 hrs at Injebreck next morning was a bit of a struggle for some especially with thoughts of Storm Arwen still very fresh in everyone’s minds. However we were delighted to find the Race Officer Keith Poole on station to run the races.  Please click ...
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  • Watling Streetworks Winter Series - 2 January 2022

    Peter Cope leading the fleet over the start line. A New Year and a new series of races for the Watling Streetworks dinghy racing on West Baldwin reservoir. Thirteen crews took to the water but a few healthy gusts quickly reduced this number to eleven, Mike Swales suffered gear failure (verified) and Jim Whitelegg just thought better of it. As it turned out the wind settled down nicely, mostly up the valley...
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Junior Training 2022

RYA Junior and Adult ‘Learn to Sail’ returns to MS&CC in 2022. We plan to run  RYA dinghy training courses at the Club in a similar format to last year, that is in 2 courses of 6 evening sessions each on Mondays (under 16) and 2 courses on Wednesdays (generally adults), starting after Easter. Courses are £150 each or £120 for members. Plans are of course subject to the pandemic and any rules we have to comply with.

For more information on the RYA go to https://www.rya.org.uk/start-boating

Please contact our Training Liaison Officer for further information –

Jerry Colman jerry.colman@manxbroadband.com (07624 495492)

*** COVID19 – Manx Sailing and Cruising Club operates in accordance with the Government Guidelines issues at the time, where any course is delayed or cancelled due to Government measures introduced at the time of the course relating to COVID19, a new date for the course will be arranged with participants or a full refund will be given ***