After the usual mix of weather over the winter on Injebreck it will be nice to return to the sea and the start of the MS&CC Summer sailing programme.  We hope to see as many competitors as possible in Ramsey Bay on Saturday 8 April to open our season with the IOM Copiers Easter Regatta.

This is a One Day Event with three races to be held “back to back”, with racing starting at 11:30 and expected to be fully completed at 14:30 – IOM Copiers Easter Regatta 2023-Sailing Instructions.

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.

Report by Andrew Dean

A gentle northerly breeze greeted the 9 strong fleet at Injebreck reservoir, with a few absences of the young hot shots, away training and competing.  A few stronger gusts came through to liven things up before the start, but during the race the wind fell away.  The fleet of 9 boats launched consisting of one each RS Aero7, RS Tera Pro, Finn, Devoti D-Zero, Gull, Laser Standard rig, and 3 Laser Radial rigs.

Click here for the fill report – Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 19 March 2023

Report by Jerry Colman

A light to moderate, pleasantly warm south-westerly wind and some stunning Manx snowy hill scenery greeted the eight boats for this the second day’s racing of the Watling Streetworks Spring Series on Baldwin reservoir. 

The port course saw the fleet rounding marks 1, 3 and 5 before tacking back to the start / finish line. This gave us a beat off the start, then a beam reach across the lake, a run back up to no 5 and finally another beat to the line, repeated until the Race Officer decided that enough was enough. Pretty well every leg and also every mark provided challenges and opportunities to move ahead (or get left behind).

Click her for the full report – Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 12 March 2023.

‘About as good as it gets’ is the best way to describe conditions for the final round of the Watling Streetworks February Series.

Unusually for the West Baldwin reservoir the wind coming from the north down the valley not only gives almost full coverage of wind but also tames the gusts and lulls. For the full report click here.

Report by Keith Poole

After two weeks of no sailing due to a lack of wind there was a nice steady breeze on the West Baldwin reservoir on Sunday morning for the latest round of the Watling Streetwork Winter Series.  With it being half term you’d have thought a full complement of sailors would be ready to take to the water but it seems people like to take holidays as well. Full report here – Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 19 February 2023