Dinghy
Bourne Plaice Winter Series – 17 December 2017
After last weeks cancellation due to snow and ice the December Bourne Plaice Winter Series resumed on Sunday morning at the Baldwin Reservoir. Although the forecast was for lots of wind and rain, the rain stopped at the start of the first race and in the shelter of the Baldwin valley the wind was more…
Bourne Plaice Winter Series – 3 December 2017
Report by Andrew Dean Bright and breezy conditions greeted the 10 competitors for the first two races in the December Bourne Plaice Winter Series. The wind was from the north, giving it the opportunity to play dirty tricks with gusts changing direction suddenly. Despite this there was only one capsize all morning; Mike Pridham fell…
Bourne Plaice Winter Series – 26 November 2017
Sunday morning saw the final races of the November Series of the Bourne Plaice Winter dinghy racing on Baldwin reservoir. Despite many of the competitors being a little jaded after the MS&CC Prizegiving the previous evening there was a great turnout of 14 boats. With the Baldwin reservoir running north/south there was quite a…
Bourne Plaice Winter Series – 12 November 2017
Write-up by Jerry Colman A bright, chilly, morning with a frisky North to North-Westerly wind welcomed the 13 racing crews (and of course patrol boat crew) to Injebreck on Sunday morning for the latest round of the Bourne Plaice Winter Series. The fluffy cumulus clouds showed that the forecast strong to gale force wind approaching…
Bourne Plaice Winter Series – 5 November 2017
The season opener of the Bourne Plaice Winter Series dinghy racing took place on Sunday morning in what can only be described as mixed conditions. This time last year the opening round was cancelled due to high winds, this year the Baldwin valley threw everything at the excellent turnout of 18 crews, sun, spicy gusts,…
Bourne Plaice Winter Dinghy Series 2017/2018
Manx Sailing & Cruising Club are pleased to announce that once again Manx Utilities are allowing us to use West Baldwin Reservoir to hold our Winter Dinghy Series. Weather permitting the first race of the ‘Bourne Plaice Winter Series’ will start at 10.00am on Sunday 5 November and every Sunday morning through November to the…
Moneything.com Laser Regatta
Manx Sailing & Cruising Club hosted the Moneything.com Laser Regatta at the weekend, the final regatta of the 2017 season in Ramsey Bay. The one design regatta was for the Laser single-handed dinghy with either the larger Standard or smaller Radial sails as raced in the Olympic Games. Click here this link for the full…
Moneything.com Laser Open – 7 & 8 October 2017
MS&CC are holding the Moneything.com Laser Open on the 7 & 8 October in Ramsey Bay. It’s the last regatta of 2017 so please come down and take part if you can, first start is at 11.00am on Saturday and 11.30am on Sunday. Click this link for the Laser Open 2017-Sailing Instructions
Atom Services Ramsey to Laxey Race
Billed as the ‘scenic route’ to Laxey the Atom Services coastal dinghy race from Ramsey to Laxey was held on Saturday A fleet of twelve boats assembled on the beach in front of the Manx Sailing & Cruising Club, no doubt boosted by the forecast, north-westerly wind allowing a downhill sleigh ride as opposed to…
Atom Services Ramsey to Laxey Dinghy Race
Manx Sailing & Cruising Club will be holding the Atom Services coastal feeder dinghy race from Ramsey to Laxey on Saturday 12 August. A ‘Le Mans’ type start at 1.00pm from the beach outside the Club House. Keeping the Island mostly to starboard finishing at Laxey between a buoy in the bay and the flag…
