• Watling Streetworks Winter Series - 22 November 2020

    A sunny day at Injebreck!! Write-up by Jerry Colman There was bright sunshine for a change in the Baldwin Valley for the competitors of the Watling Streetworks winter dinghy series.  However, as it was the MS&CC’s annual dinner dance and prize-giving on Saturday night at the Park Hotel in Ramsey it made the start time of 1000 hrs at Injebreck next morning a bit of a struggle for some. Click on t...
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  • Watling Streetworks Winter Series - 15 November 2020

    Scenic view for the competitors Report by Andrew Dean A gale means 34 knots of wind and is dangerous for racing dinghies.  On Sunday there was still a gale warning at sea, and indeed there were many beefy gusts accompanied by rain to greet sailors on Sunday morning at West Baldwin reservoir.  But the direction of south means that the winds temper on their way up the Baldwin valley, and the gusts...
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  • Watling Streetworks Winter Series - 7 February 2021

    The sun shone for the return to sailing after Lockdown 2.0 The Covid firebreak appears to have worked and has allowed the Watling Streetworks Dinghy Series to continue on West Baldwin reservoir.  As Storm Darcey raged around the Island, amid the shelter of the Baldwin valley racing took place on Sunday morning.  No mistaking the easterly wind, just above freezing and after the wind had wrapped itself...
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  • Watling Streetworks Winter Series - 27 December 2020

    A gloomy day for the final races of 2020 While Storm Bella raged across the British Isles dinghy racing took place in the relative calm of the West Baldwin valley on Sunday morning.  This is the final racing of the 2020 season though the Watling Streetworks Winter Series of which this is part, will continue on to March 2021. Conditions were similar to the Frostbite Regatta on Boxing Day, a bit gusty up...
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  • Watling Streetworks Winter Series - 8 November 2020

    Chris Hill and Phil Hardisty dusting off the Fireball The clocks have gone back, there’s a definite nip in the air so it must be time to stop sailing in the relative warmth of the sea and head for the hills, West Baldwin reservoir that is! Watling Streetworks have been very kind to continue their sponsorship of this popular dinghy racing series that runs from November through to March. Click this link for the ...
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RTI Race Report 2017

The fleet heading to the Point of Ayre

The fleet heading to the Point of Ayre

Jerry Colman won the Ramsey Town Cup for a seventh time on Sunday in the 63rd IOM Copiers Round The Island Race, run by the Manx Sailing & Cruising Club.

Colman in his Sigma 33, Sea Pie of Cultra narrowly fended off the challenge of the Sydney 36, Tan-it, skippered by James Walker, by a mere two minutes on adjusted time. Tan-it crossed the line first on elapsed time at 3.15pm, with Sea Pie coming in an hour later.  Click here for the full write-up – IOM Copiers Round the Island Race 2017.