Dinghy Reports

Unfortunately our original Easter Regatta date clashed with Storm ‘Dave’ so we’ve had to postpone the event, our new date is now Sunday 19 April.

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 14:30 – IOM Copiers Easter Regatta 2026-Sailing Instructions.

We hope to see as many competitors as possible in Ramsey Bay on Sunday 19 April to open our season with the IOM Copiers ‘Easter’ Regatta.

There will be a Prize Presentation directly afterwards which will be followed by a complimentary Regatta Tea for all competitors, race officials, family, friends and social members.

As this event is part of the ‘Traveller Series’ it’s hoped that this Regatta will be fully supported. Competitors of all ages and capabilities are welcome! Please contact Ralph Kee, Dinghy Captain on 490704 or helen.j.kee@gmail.com for further details or check out our Facebook page.

Write up by Jerry Colman

Tom Watterson (RS Aero 7) sailed just well enough to take the March Series on Sunday from Dave Batchelor (Supernova). Both finished on 11 points after discards but Watterson had 3 first places against Batchelor’s 1 so countback gave it to Tom. Next down the leader board came Ralph Kee (Laser standard), Joe and Eric Whitelegg (Enterprise) and Jimmy Cope (Tera PR) with a win each, showing quite a spread amongst the fleet’s top performers by age, boat type and in the wide variety of conditions we endured.  Click here for the full report – Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 22 March 2026

Write up by Jerry Colman

Back from the RYA Boat Show in Farnborough, your correspondent was looking forward to a pleasant sail around Injebreck to refresh his love of the sport but after launching came a warning that conditions on the lake were a bit much for the seniors with the big rigs. He discreetly retired together with junior Jake Walker (RS Tera) while Dad James (Streaker) and 6 others decided to tough it out despite the gusts and the fairly frequent capsizes that Jake and I observed from the bank.

It was mostly time spent righting capsized boats that controlled the results so we now have within the fleet some well-practiced capsize recovery experts as well as more useful experience of taking full advantage of the gusts by maintaining a strong grip on the tiller, leaning out in the appropriate direction and trimming the boat with the bow up to encourage planing. Full report – Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 1 March 2026

Sunday morning saw the final round of the February series of the Watling Streetworks Winter Series in conditions that have not been seen for some time – the SUN!!  The fact that it was half term and the forecast was not great meant that the crews making it to the start line were down from previous rounds.

With the forecast south westerly the wind (not a breeze) was blowing mostly up the valley with the usual Injebreck lumps and bumps.

Making by far the best of the conditions junior, Thomas Watterson (Aero 7) popped out to the front of the fleet early on and by the end had a commanding lead both on the water and after the correction.  Second place went to James Walker (Streaker) who could have, perhaps achieved more if he had been on the right side of the line at the start. Click her for the full report – Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 22 February

Write up by Jerry Colman

With threats of ferry cancellations, the mountain road closed due to snow and drifts expected anywhere from a few hundred feet up, it was not that surprising that only 9 crews made it to the start line on Sunday morning for races 5 and 6 of the Injebreck February Series. However on arrival we found the weather to be reasonably warm, cloud level a bit above the water and a gentle South Westerly blowing fairly consistently straight up the lake.  

The first race got away with a split in the fleet, some taking the West side and some going East looking for beneficial shifts and extra pressure on this upwind leg and finding rather more variation than we had previously observed. So Injebreck had not transformed into a steady sailors racetrack after all but retained its hard to read character and the effects of this soon became apparent as the very first leg progressed. Click here for the full report – Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 15 February 2026