• Preparing for the off!

    Watling Streetworks Winter Series - 24 February 2019

    The final dinghy races of the Watling Streetworks February Series took place on Sunday morning on Baldwin Reservoir.  The fine forecast brought an excellent fleet which included no fewer than five junior crews. The light wind, and the odd bank of mist, blew steadily up the valley and allowed the race officer to set a course using most of the length of the reservoir.  Click her for the full report - Watling St...
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  • Almost a Spring Day!

    Watling Streetworks Winter Series - 10 February 2019

    Report by Jerry Colman After the gales of Friday and Saturday, enough to stop the Steam Packet, one might have worried that the weather gods were against us but no – they came up with sunshine and moderate to occasionally fresh breezes on Sunday morning to get races 3 and 4 of the February series off the mark. 11 boats took to the water (plus the patrol boat ably crewed by Helen Kee and Jenny Dean) for t...
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  • Now there's too much!

    Watling Streetworks Winter Series - January Series

      Peter Cope clinches the Scott Trophy for the January Series without having to get his boat wet, for 2 weeks running the racing was cancelled.  Last Sunday 20th the reservoir was mirror flat with no sign of wind, one week later 30 odd knots plus, as is usual the photo does not do the wind justice.It's been an odd Month with races 1 & 2 held in very little wind and races 3 & 4 poorly attended ...
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  • Winner Teddy Dunn

    Watling Streetworks Winter Series - 17 February 2019

    Race report by Andrew Dean The final dinghy races of the Watling Streetworks February Series took place on Sunday morning on Baldwin Reservoir.  The fine forecast brought an excellent fleet which included no fewer than five junior crews. The light wind, and the odd bank of mist, blew steadily up the valley and allowed the race officer to set a course using most of the length of the reservoir.  Click her for t...
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  • A gloomy day on Injebreck

    Watling Streetworks Winter Series - 3 February 2019

    The first round of the February dinghy racing for the Watling Streetworks series nearly got off to a very slow start this Sunday morning on West Baldwin reservoir.  With the wind in a westerly direction the Baldwin valley was completely sheltered, not a breath rippled the water and it was just above freezing. Having lost the last two weeks of the January series to either too much or no wind it didn’t look pr...
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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.