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Bourne Plaice Winter Dinghy Series 2015/2016

Manx Sailing & Cruising Club are pleased to announce that once again Manx Utilities are allowing us to use West Baldwin Reservoir to hold our Winter Dinghy Series. Weather permitting the first race of the ‘Bourne Plaice Winter Series’ will start at 10.00am on Sunday 1 November and every Sunday morning through November to the…

IOM Copiers Laser Regatta

Ideal conditions greeted the 14 competitors (15 overall) in Ramsey Bay for the first day of the IOM Copiers Laser Open hosted by Manx Sailing & Cruising Club.  Plenty of sun and wind, about Force 3 from the North East, gust free and waves set the scene for some very close racing. Please click on…

IOM Copiers Laser Regatta – 17 & 18 October 2015

Manx Sailing & Cruising Club are holding the IOM Copiers Laser Regatta on 17 & 18 October in Ramsey Bay.  Racing starts at 12.30 on Saturday and 13.00 on Sunday and is open to Standard, Radial and 4.7 rigs.   Sailing Instructions for this event are at this link – Laser Open 2015-Sailing Instructions, please visit…

Clear Drain Services Ramsey to Laxey Race

Lots of sunshine and a perfect breeze greeted the ten starters for the ‘Clear Drain Services’ Ramsey to Laxey coastal race hosted by Manx Sailing & Cruising Club in Ramsey on Saturday morning.  Follow this link for the full write-up – Ramsey to Laxey 2015.

Clear Drain Services Ramsey to Laxey Race

Manx Sailing & Cruising Club will be holding the Clear Drain Services coastal feeder dinghy race from Ramsey to Laxey on Saturday 1 August.   A ‘Le Mans’ type start at 10.30am from the beach outside the Club House. Keeping the Island mostly to starboard finishing at Laxey between a buoy in the bay and…

S Craig & Sons MS&CC Dinghy Regatta

Manx Sailing & Cruising Club held their summer Regatta sponsored by S. Craig & Sons over the bank holiday weekend. The racing scheduled for the Saturday was cancelled, but only after several boats had made the long and ever increasingly fast run downwind to the Committee Boat.  With the wind now blowing 25 knots and…

S Craig & Sons MS&CC Dinghy Regatta 2015

Our 2015 sailing season continues with the S. Craig & Sons Dinghy Regatta being held at the Manx Sailing & Cruising Club in Ramsey on Saturday 4 July and Sunday 5 July. This is a two day event with three races to be held “back to back” each day, racing starts at 11:30 on Saturday and…

Tekmos Round the Island Race 2015

Write-up by James Penn. It was a fifth IRC division win for Jerry Colman in Sea Pie of Cultra in the Manx Sailing & Crusing Club’s 60th Round The Island Race over the bank holiday, sponsored by Tekmos of Gladstone Park, Ramsey. It was also an overall win on adjusted time for Sea Pie for…

Dinghy Sailing – 19 April 2015

A good day in the Bay to start with, but a dying breeze made race one a bit of a long affair lasting over an hour for some, Race Officer Keith Poole almost called it a day but some of the collected competitors said they were keen to carry on (some not so interested, but…

IOM Copiers Easter Regatta – Race Report

Beautiful sunshine graced Ramsey Bay for the IOM Copiers Easter Regatta hosted by Manx Sailing & Cruising Club on Saturday.  A fine turnout of 28 competitors together with a light but steady breeze set the scene for some excellent and very close racing within the mixed fleet including 6 Teras (juniors) and 9 Lasers (various).…