• Donald Edwards leading the fleet on his way to winning the IOM Copiers Easter Regatta

    IOM Copiers Easter Regatta

    The IOM Copiers Easter Regatta took place in Ramsey Bay on Easter Saturday hosted by Manx Sailing & Cruising Club.  This is traditionally the first Dinghy Regatta of the summer season and with Easter falling particularly late this year it was spectacularly warm and sunny.  The gentle southerly breeze, enough for full hiking out bore none of the winters nasty gusts, wild wind shifts and viscous calms, it’s gre...
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  • Dinghy Captain Ralph Kee 'posing' in the final races of the Winter Series

    Watling Streetworks Winter Series - 31 March 2019

    The final round of the Watling Streetworks 2018/2019 Winter Dinghy Series took place on Sunday morning at West Baldwin Reservoir.  A good forecast of bright sun and spring-like temperatures brought out a good fleet of 12 crews. The wind, however, was from the East and with the Baldwin valley running north/south was just a bit confused, down the valley at the top, up the valley in the bottom, round in circles in ...
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  • A beautiful day at Injebreck!

    Watling Streetworks Winter Series - 24 March 2019

    Report by Jerry Colman A slightly depleted fleet turned out on Sunday morning (no youngsters as otherwise engaged in hopefully wholesome activities) for the Watling Streetworks Winter Dinghy Series to find  that the fabulous sunshine up at Injebreck was complemented with some gentle westerly lulls interspersed with howling gusts generally going in some other direction. Jim Whitelegg helpfully volunteered to ...
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  • 2018 Start Line

    IOM Copiers Easter Regatta - Saturday 20 April

      Hopefully the weather for this years IOM Copiers Easter Regatta will be better than in 2018 when the 'Beast from the East' blew in and forced us to postpone the event. This is a One Day Event with three races to be held “back to back”, with racing starting at 11:00 and expected to be fully completed at 15:00 - IOM Copiers Easter Regatta 2019-Sailing Instructions There will be a Prize Presentation ...
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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.