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Bourne Plaice Winter Series – 22 February 2015
A good number of optimistic competitors gathered for this weeks round of the Bourne Plaice Winter Series on Baldwin Reservoir, but with conditions (lots of wind and rain) exactly as forecast it was a compact fleet of five Lasers and one Tera that headed for the start line. Click here for the rest of this…
Bourne Plaice Winter Series – 15 February 2015
Report by Andrew Dean A great turn-out of 16 dinghies contested races 5 and 6 of the February 2015 Bourne Plaice Winter Series organised by the Manx Sailing and Cruising Club at West Baldwin reservoir. The all-important wind conditions were almost perfect by the mediocre standards of our little hill-surrounded lake. The gusty, moderate wind…
Bourne Plaice Winter Series – 8 February 2015
16 boats competed on a beautiful but quite windy Sunday morning at Injebreck in the second weekend of the February dinghy racing series sponsored by Bourne Plaice. There was a good deal more wind than many had expected with light and failing winds forecast and indeed present certainly in Ramsey Bay and in other parts…
Bourne Plaice Winter Series – 1 February 2015
There was a much better morning’s racing in the Bourne Plaice Winter Series on Baldwin reservoir than the forecast predicted. The chilly northerly wind blowing down the valley was offset by the bright sunshine, extra clothing and the mantra ‘ must not fall in’. Please follow this link for the full write-up – Bourne Plaice Winter…
Bourne Plaice Winter Series – 25 January 2015
There was much improved weather conditions for sailors competing in this Sunday’s Bourne Plaice Winter Series on West Baldwin reservoir. With a fine south westerly wind blowing up the lake as opposed to the bitter northerly blowing down the lake the previous week, competitors were more able to concentrate on speed and tactics rather than…
Bourne Plaice Winter Series – 18 January 2015
Write-up courtesy of Andrew Dean The mercury never rose above 3c but the brilliant weather produced a northerly breeze which accelerated down the valley to provide exciting and frustrating conditions, with a course set to use most of its area. Click here for the full write-up – Bourne Plaice Winter Series – 18 January 2015
Bourne Plaice Winter Series – 11 January 2015
Thanks to Jerry Colman for this weeks write-up. Fifteen boats competed on a very windy Sunday morning at Injebreck reservoir in the second weekend of the January dinghy racing series sponsored by Bourne Plaice. Covers were removed somewhat gingerly and there were some hesitations when it came to hoisting sails as even though the lake…
Bourne Plaice Winter Series – 4 January 2015
Nothing new about the lack of wind for the first races of the new year for the Bourne Plaice Winter Series on West Baldwin reservoir, if anything, possibly even less than for the last races of last year. Please click here for the full write-up – Bourne Plaice Winter Series – 4 January 2015
Bourne Plaice Winter Series – 28 December 2014
The final round of the 2014 Bourne Plaice Winter Series was sailed on West Baldwin Reservoir in similar conditions to the Frostbite Regatta on Boxing Day – very little wind. According to folklore, ‘the wind will come when the sun rises above the mountain, it did, but calling it a breeze would perhaps be overstating it.…
Frostbite Regatta – Boxing Day
Thanks to Jerry Colman for this write-up. 16 boats competed for the Stanley Quayle Trophy awarded to the winner of the Manx Sailing & Cruising Club’s traditional Frostbite Regatta held on Boxing Day at Injebreck Reservoir. The format was a Pursuit Race with individual boat start times determined from their handicaps so that all should…
