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MS&CC Learn to Sail – Junior Training 2016
Our Training Officer, Donald Edwards, is planning to start a 6 week course for 12 to 16 year olds from Monday 20 June from 6pm to 9pm, full details below:
IOM Copiers Round the Island 2016
The weather forecast did not bode well for the 61st IOM Copiers Round The Island Yacht Race, run by the Manx Sailing & Cruising Club. UK weather websites were predicting gales for the race on Sunday, and given the forecasts some skippers decided not to sail. In the event the local Met Office, with its…
IOM Copiers Round the Island Race Programme
Click this link for the 2016 Programme – IOM Copiers Round the Island 2016
2016 Sailing Directions
Jerry Colman has now produced a new updated edition for 2016, please go to the ‘Sailing Directions’ drop-down for further details.
IOM Copiers Easter Regatta 2016
Manx Sailing & Cruising Club hosted the ‘IOM’ Copiers Easter Regatta in Ramsey Bay on Easter Monday. The traditional season opening regatta had already been postponed from Saturday because of poor weather, although Storm Katie largely gave us a miss, tough conditions were the order of the day. Full write-up is at this link – IOM…
IOM Copiers Easter Regatta – POSTPONED TO EASTER MONDAY
Due to the very windy and wet weather that’s been forecast for Saturday 26 March the Race Officer (Keith) and the Dinghy Captain (Ralph) have decided to postpone the IOM Copiers Easter Regatta to Easter Monday 28 March 2016. The start time has been changed to 1pm to enable us to get the Committee Boat…
Bourne Plaice Winter Series 2015/2016
The Bourne Plaice Winter Series came to an end on Sunday with racing again cancelled due to a total lack of wind. This leaves the results for the month unchanged after the first four races with ‘Gentleman’ Jim Whitelegg (Gull), one of our more venerable sailors in first place followed by James Arnold (Laser Radial),…
Bourne Plaice Winter Series – 6 March 2016
It was Super Sunday at West Baldwin Reservoir for the latest round of the Bourne Plaice Winter Series, with three races and three different winners. Although the breeze, blowing from the North down the lake appeared to be steady, actually sailing in it appeared to be otherwise, classic Injebreck up and down, here and there.…
Bourne Plaice Winter Series – 28 February 2016
The first hints of spring for the latest round of the Bourne Plaice Winter Series were in evidence at West Baldwin reservoir on Sunday. The bright sunshine only slightly upset by the very light winds, blowing mostly from the north then settling to the south east by the time racing started. The full write-up is…
Bourne Plaice Winter Series – 21 February 2016
Write-up by Andrew Dean 14 dinghies contested the final two races of the Bourne Plaice February Series organised by the Manx Sailing and Cruising Club of Ramsey and held at Injebreck reservoir. The all-important wind conditions were very tricky, being a varying south-westerly giving strong gusts and the attendant capsizes. It was raining at the…
