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Sea-Pie of Cultra victorious at West Highland Yachting Week
Jerry and Linda Colman’s Sigma 33 Sea-Pie of Cultra, sailing under the burgee of the Manx Sailing and Cruising Club in Ramsey, returned from the West Coast of Scotland on Sunday loaded with silverware having won their Class at West Highland Week with 3 wins and two second places to count, putting the yacht several…
Atom Accounting Ramsey to Laxey Race 2019
The Atom Accounting Services 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 11:30am on Saturday 17th August. Laxey Sailing…
IOM Copiers Round the Island Race 2019
Jerry Colman won the Coronation Cup in emphatic fashion in his boat Sea-Pie in the Round the Island Yacht Race on Sunday. In difficult conditions, with competitors having to beat into a strong south westerly all the way down the west coast, only one other boat completed the Manx Sailing and Cruising Club-organised race –…
MS&CC Dinghy Regatta 2019
Ramsey Regatta Day One.A superb day, sunshine and breeze, perfect conditions in Ramsey Bay produced some very close racing, two windward leeward and a P course for variety, it’s too close to call! Ramsey Regatta Final Day.It was looking like it was going to be a bit on the windy side and make things interesting…
MS&CC Dinghy Regatta – 22 & 23 June 2019
Manx Sailing & Cruising Club are holding their annual Dinghy Regatta on 22nd June and 23rd June. First race starts at 13:00 on Saturday and racing on Sunday starts at 14:00, please follow this link for our sailing instructions – MS&CC Regatta 2019-Sailing Instructions. We look forward to seeing as many competitors as possible to support…
IOM Copiers Easter Regatta
The IOM Copiers Easter Regatta took place in Ramsey Bay on Easter Saturday hosted by Manx Sailing & Cruising Club. This is traditionally the first Dinghy Regatta of the summer season and with Easter falling particularly late this year it was spectacularly warm and sunny. The gentle southerly breeze, enough for full hiking out bore…
IOM Copiers Easter Regatta – Saturday 20 April
Hopefully the weather for this years IOM Copiers Easter Regatta will be better than in 2018 when the ‘Beast from the East’ blew in and forced us to postpone the event. This is a One Day Event with three races to be held “back to back”, with racing starting at 11:00 and expected to…
Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 31 March 2019
The final round of the Watling Streetworks 2018/2019 Winter Dinghy Series took place on Sunday morning at West Baldwin Reservoir. A good forecast of bright sun and spring-like temperatures brought out a good fleet of 12 crews. The wind, however, was from the East and with the Baldwin valley running north/south was just a bit…
Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 24 March 2019
Report by Jerry Colman A slightly depleted fleet turned out on Sunday morning (no youngsters as otherwise engaged in hopefully wholesome activities) for the Watling Streetworks Winter Dinghy Series to find that the fabulous sunshine up at Injebreck was complemented with some gentle westerly lulls interspersed with howling gusts generally going in some other direction.…
Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 17 March 2019
After last week’s cancellation due to bad weather it was nice to be able to continue the Watling Streetworks March dinghy sailing on Sunday at West Baldwin reservoir. Although the wind, a westerly blowing across the lake, was the same direction as the previous week the gusts lacked the ferocity but still gave some exciting…
