Report by Andrew Dean The weather forecast unsurprisingly reduced the fleet form last week’s 16 to just 4, although your correspondent might have competed had he not lost an argument with a drill.  With winds in excess of 20 knots in the Irish Sea, with a direction of just south of east, giving it a miss seemed sensible. A temperature of 3 degrees added to the unpleasantness. But this did not deter Jerry ...

Reflections don't make for exciting sailing! For the latest round of the Watling Streetworks Winter Series, there was little wind in the forecast and what was expected would be from the East. That side is protected by the ridge that separates East and West Baldwin with some, possibly, catabatic wind with the cooler air rolling down from Carraghan so it was patchy and mostly from Northerly direction down the West...

Another blustery weekend and again dinghy racing for the Watling Streetworks Winter Series went ahead in the relative shelter of the West Baldwin valley on Sunday morning. A turnout of 12 crews, which included 5 juniors rigged their boats for the first round of the December series. The full report can be found at this link - Watling Streetworks Winter Series - 1 December 2024

Great view from the start line Nothing like a good forecast to bring out the crowd and in the bright sunshine of the Baldwin valley 16 crews competed for the final month of racing for the Watling Streetworks Dinghy Series.  This included full turnouts from both Peel and Laxey! Unlike the previous Sunday, cancelled, there was wind and unusually it was blowing mostly down the valley with the usual light...

Dinghy racing for 2025 started on Sunday morning, following the previous week's issues snow, dinghy’s snowed in and crews snowed out! The Watling Streetworks January Series sailed on the West Baldwin reservoir, snow still on the surrounding hills and a forecast of building wind during the morning.  Mostly light winds with the occasional gentle gust, enough to have most crews hiking (leaning out) h...