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IOM Copiers Round the Island Race 2022
Eight boats started the race but there were only two finishers after a very light but eventful race. David Kelly’s ‘Fan Tan’ was first round at 02:02:15 with Ralph Kee’s ‘Eliza Bee’ arriving at 08:14:42, both boats achieved class wins but ‘Fan Tan’ gets Fastest Elapsed Time and Overall. MS&CC would like to thank Mark…
IOM Copiers Round the Island Race – Sunday 10 July
The 2022 IOM Copiers Round the Island Race will start in Ramsey Bay, Isle of Man on Sunday 10th July at 07.00 BST, HW is at 0818 BST. The Round the Island Yacht Race is run annually by the Manx Sailing and Cruising Club in Ramsey, Isle of Man and we would like to thank Mark Corrin…
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…
Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 13 February 2022
Report by Andrew Dean Despite there being force 5 or 6 winds gusting 7 in the Irish Sea, there were reasonable conditions at the West Baldwin reservoir when the fleet arrived to rig the dinghies on Sunday. The first of two races the wind was a moderate southerly with a few gusts from the southeast…
