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...

The first dinghy racing of 2019 took place on West Baldwin reservoir on Sunday morning, Round 1 of the Watling Streetworks Winter Series. The forecast was of westerly and variable breeze and was spot on, it was very variable.  Early birds reported that there was no wind but whilst the masses rigged their dinghies it became a bit gusty only for it to drop off to just variable, in strength and direction too. ...

  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 ...

The annual Frostbite Regatta was hosted by Manx Sailing & Cruising Club on Boxing Day for the S.E. Quayle Cup on West Baldwin Reservoir.  Despite the name the temperature was well into double figures, with a slightly flukey breeze and at times even sunshine which made for a very pleasant race with no capsizes.  Click this link for the full report - Frostbite Regatta - 26 December 2018

Report by Jerry Colman After a couple of missed weekends due to calm conditions on the reservoir the Watling Streetworks December Series at Injebreck finished on Sunday with all completed races to count and with several boats in contention for the series so needing to put in the right results.  Follow this link for Jerry's full report - Watling Streetworks Winter Series - 30 December 2018