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Bourne Plaice Winter Series – 28 January 2018
Write-up by Jerry Colman A great night at the MS&CC Clubhouse in Ramsey celebrating the Scottish Bard on Saturday night was followed by a wake-up call for your correspondent at 0730 to make it for the 10am start at Injebreck on Sunday morning for the last 2 races of the Bourne Plaice January series. Winning…
Bourne Plaice Winter Series – 14 January 2018
Report by Andrew Dean Fifteen dinghies contested Races 3 and 4 of the January Bourne Plaice Winter Series hosted by the Manx Sailing & Cruising Club of Ramsey. The all-important wind conditions were quite benign, being a southerly three gusting to four, so no capsizes or particularly exciting racing. However, the direction of the gusts…
Bourne Plaice Winter Series – 7 January 2018
The first races of the latest round of the Bourne Plaice Winter Series, also the first dinghy racing of the 2018 series took place on West Baldwin reservoir on Sunday morning. A lovely crisp and sunny morning greeted the good turnout of 14 crews. Unfortunately the reservoir lying north/south was largely sheltered from the chilly…
Bourne Plaice Winter Series – 31 December 2017
Write-up Keith Poole The last two races of the Bourne Plaice December Series for the Kara Cup were sailed on Sunday morning despite the risk of Storm Dylan interfering with the proceedings. With discards kicking in everything was very close, joint leaders Matthew Perry & Ralph Kee were level on points with Ben Batchelor &…
Frostbite Regatta – Boxing Day
The Frostbite Regatta is the final sailing regatta of the 2017 season, held on a bright, sunny Boxing Day on the West Baldwin reservoir. This event is hosted by Manx Sailing & Cruising Club for the S E Quayle Cup. Click here to read the full report – Frostbite Regatta 2017
Bourne Plaice Winter Series – 24 December 2017
Write-up by Keith Poole For those who looked out the window on Christmas Eve morning and decided it was blowing a gale, well, it was somewhat different at Injebreck reservoir for the latest round of the Bourne Plaice Winter Series. Click here for the full report – Bourne Plaice Winter Series – 24 December 2017
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…
