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Designer Glass Laser Regatta – Saturday 30 September
Manx Sailing & Cruising Club are hosting their annual Laser Regatta on Saturday 30 September in Ramsey Bay. Many thanks to Huw Bevan of Designer Glass for sponsoring this event. It will be a one day event with the option of switching to the Sunday if the weather doesn’t play ball. Standard, Radial and 4.7…
Laxey Regatta – Re-scheduled – 17 September – CANCELLED
Laxey Sailing Club are holding their Regatta on Sunday 17 September starting at 12.30pm. Sailing Instructions for this event can be found here: LSC Regatta Sailing Instructions 2023
Ramsey to Laxey Coastal Race – Saturday 19 August-CANCELLED
The EVMC Ramsey to Laxey dinghy race is a challenge not for the faint hearted! The race for the Green Cup is a coastal race with spectacular scenery if you have time to look! Many thanks to Ellan Vannin Maritime Centre for sponsoring this event. Hosted by MS&CC the Le Mans type beach start is at…
Island Games 2023 – Guernsey
After delays because of Covid lockdown and border restrictions, Guernsey is now fully prepared to host the nineteenth edition of the Island Games. The first such games were hosted here on the Island in 1985, sailing became one of the sports represented when Gibraltar introduced it in 1995. The Isle of Man sailing team is…
IOM Copiers Round the Island Race 2023
Write-up by James Penn The 71st IOM Copiers Round the Island Race went ahead in very challenging conditions on Saturday, with the honours split fairly evenly between the only two finishers. Lilee won the Ramsey Courier Cup for first on elapsed time and the Golden Jubilee Trophy for overall winner on a National Handicap (NHC) basis,…
MS&CC Dinghy Regatta 2023
Manx Sailing & Cruising Club held their Summer Dinghy Regatta over the weekend in the beautiful Ramsey Bay with an excellent turnout of 25 crews. Racing got off to a disappointing start on Saturday with over an hour delay before the start of the first race waiting for the wind to fill in. After a…
MS&CC Dinghy Regatta 2023 – 17 & 18 June
Manx Sailing & Cruising Club are hosting their Dinghy Regatta on Saturday 17 June, start time 10.30 and Sunday 18 June, start time 11.30. Sailing instructions for the event can be found at this link – MS&CC Regatta 2023 – Sailing Instructions The sailing on Sunday will be followed by a Prizegiving and Regatta Tea…
IOM Youth Dinghy Championships
This weekend we were lucky enough to be the hosts of the 2023 edition of the IOM Youth Championships. We probably could have timed the event better to allow those studying for GCSE exams to compete but being slightly older people when choosing a date it didn’t cross our minds – Sorry! It turned into…
IOM Youth Dinghy Championships 2023 – 20 & 21 May
This year Manx Sailing & Cruising Club are hosting the IOM Youth Championships in Ramsey Bay. We’re holding two days of racing on Saturday 20 May and Sunday 21 May and this will be used as a Manx Youth Sailing Squad selection event. The first race starts at 11.00am and this event is open to…
IOM Copiers Easter Regatta 2023
Write up by Keith Poole The weather forecast for the IOM Copiers Easter Regatta looked promising, 12 to 15 knots with occasional sunshine, this certainly encouraged plenty of people to turn up to the Manx Sailing & Cruising Club in Ramsey. In reality the 14 to 17 knots from the Southeast that was generating some…
