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IOM Copiers ‘Easter’ Regatta – Sunday 19 April
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…
Literature and the Sea – Talk on Saturday 11 April
Please join us at the MS&CC Clubhouse on Saturday 11 April for a talk by our Vice Commodore James Penn. An evening that conjures up all sorts of possibilities from sea monsters to shipwrecks and daring do’s!! Please book your place at this link.
Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 22 March 2026
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…
Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 1 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…
Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 22 February 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…
Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 15 February 2026
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.…
Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 8 February 2026
Write up by Jerry Colman After the week’s Easterly gales and the high tension invoked by the first round of the 6 Nations it was good to see a little soothing sunshine through the mist over Injebreck on Sunday morning with a light southerly wind driving a few ripples up the lake. (Better than last…
Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 25 January 2026
Write up by Jerry Colman After Saturday’s gales and the evening’s Burns Night festivities at MS&CC and IOMYC, a somewhat diminished fleet of 9 boats took to the water on Sunday 25th January for the last two races of the January series. These took place under clouded skies and with a very shifty and gusty,…
Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 26 & 28 December 2025
The Manx Sailing & Cruising Club Frostbite Regatta took place on Boxing Day with a fleet of 16 boats (17 if you include Hilary the patrol boat with Andy Dunn and May Shiu Chan) who took to the water under brilliant blue skies and with a mostly light, allegedly Easterly breeze. Traditionally this is a…
Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 21 December 2025
Write up by Jerry Colman A South Easterly forecast with rain could have put a few off especially those who know what a mess it can make of the breeze on the lake but after a little hesitation from the older hands, youth took over and a fleet of 13 dinghies set off up the…
