Dinghy
Naming ceremony for the new RS Quests
As many will be aware the club took delivery of three new RS Quests to add to the training fleet, with financial support from the ‘Manx Lottery Trust’ and the ‘Ramsey Adventure Trust’ (Ramsey Rotary Club). Our joint patrons The Lieutenant Governor, Lieutenant General Sir John Lorimer KCB DSO MBE & Lady Philippa Lorimer MBE…
Ramsey to Laxey Coastal Race
It was a dull damp start but that didn’t stop 10 crews venturing out into the mist, the start was a little delayed to allow for the launch of the final ‘Patrol Boat’ but it’s important to have the patrol crews in place for this race, many thanks to Kev Christian & Claire Allison, Helen…
Ramsey to Laxey Coastal Race – Saturday 30 July
The MS&CC Ramsey to Laxey dinghy race, it’s a challenge and not for the faint hearted! The race for the Green Cup is a coastal race with spectacular scenery if you have time to look! Hosted by MS&CC the Le Mans type beach start is at 11.00am on Saturday 30 July, feet to be on terraferma…
Watling Streetworks Dinghy Regatta
With an uncertain forecast for the Sunday afternoon the Race Officer decided to run the ‘Ramsey Regatta’ over just one day. The programme was changed to include an extra race (so best of four) resulting in James Bishop winning with Ralph Kee second and Andrew Dean third. For those that didn’t participate you missed a treat and…
Watling Streetworks Dinghy Regatta – 18 & 19 June
Manx Sailing & Cruising Club are hosting the Watling Streetworks Dinghy Regatta on Saturday 18 June, start time 13.00 and Sunday 19 June, start time 13.30. Sailing instructions for the event can be found at this link – MS&CC Regatta 2022 – Sailing Instructions I’m sure the competitors will be pleased to hear that there…
IOM Copiers Easter Regatta
First Regatta on the sea for 2022, last year this event was delayed because of ‘Lockdown 3.0’ so it was held on its traditional Easter Saturday, the day started out promising enough with a steady 10 – 12 knot SE breeze but as is the way of the weather this changed just before the start,…
IOM Copiers Easter Regatta 2022 – Saturday 16 April
After a mixed bag 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 16 April to open our season with the IOM Copiers Easter Regatta.…
Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 20 March 2022
March is a cruel month, it gives hints of summer but can still take you back to winter! On Sunday at West Baldwin reservoir it gave us a lovely sunny, spring morning for the penultimate round of the Watling Streetworks Winter Series. What it took was any sense of direction from the brisk easterly wind…
Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 6 March 2022
A better forecast than the whole of February brought out an enlarged fleet of eleven dinghies for the last month of the dinghy racing at West Baldwin reservoir on Sunday morning. The first racing of the meteorological spring for the Watling Streetworks March Series was sailed in bright sunshine with a light breeze, though being…
Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 27 February 2022
Most of the Island’s population will have been aware that February has been an exceptionally windy month. It may come as a bit of a surprise to many that there has been dinghy racing for the Watling Streetworks series on West Baldwin reservoir. February series got off to a windy start, so much so that…
