Winners of the January Series - Eric & Joe Whitelegg ably assisted by Phil Hardisty Write up by Jerry Colman After Saturday’s gales and the evening’s Burns Night festivities at MS&CC and IOMYC, a somewhat diminished fleet of 9 boats took to the water on Sunday 25th January for the last two races of the January series. These took place under clouded skies and with a very shifty and gusty, allegedly South Ea...

Write up by Jerry Colman A forecast of strong winds in the Irish Sea did not apply at Injebreck on Sunday where wisps and catspaws greeted the 12 boats in brilliant sunshine and some perfect reflections of Carraghan in the water. This didn’t look good for sailing but as we watched, a light breeze filled in from the North West tempting the fleet to get rigged up. Much interest was shown in Dave Batchelor’s ...

Drifting on Boxing Day The Manx Sailing & Cruising Club Frostbite Regatta took place on Boxing Day with a fleet of 16 boats (17 if you include Hilary the patrol boat with Andy Dunn and May Shiu Chan) who took to the water under brilliant blue skies and with a mostly light, allegedly Easterly breeze. Traditionally this is a pursuit race where boats are started at times related to their speed handicaps so that...

Write up by Jerry Colman A forecast of increasingly strong Southeasterly winds and heavy rain in the Irish Sea did not deter the fleet at Injebreck on Sunday where 12 dinghies raced in the December Series. On arrival it seemed that again Injebreck had not been listening to the forecast with light and very shifty breezes, calm spots all over the lake and a welcome absence of precipitation. These conditions were...

Write up by Jerry Colman A South Easterly forecast with rain could have put a few off especially those who know what a mess it can make of the breeze on the lake but after a little hesitation from the older hands, youth took over and a fleet of 13 dinghies set off up the lake for the start line through the gusts, lulls, shifts and showers. There was a festive spirit about the whole event with welcome...