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 With threats of ferry cancellations, the mountain road closed due to snow and drifts expected anywhere from a few hundred feet up, it was not that surprising that only 9 crews made it to the start line on Sunday morning for races 5 and 6 of the Injebreck February Series. However on arrival we found the weather to be reasonably warm, cloud level a bit above the water and a gentle...

Please join us at the MS&CC Clubhouse on Saturday 11 April for a talk by our Vice Commodore James Penn. An evening that conjures up all sorts of possibilities from sea monsters to shipwrecks and daring do's!! Please book your place at this link.

Unfortunately our original Easter Regatta date clashed with Storm 'Dave' so we've had to postpone the event, our new date is now Sunday 19 April. This is a One Day Event with three races to be held “back to back”, with racing starting at 11.00 and expected to be fully completed at 14:30 – IOM Copiers Easter Regatta 2026-Sailing Instructions. We hope to see as many competitors as possible in Ramsey Bay...

Sunday morning saw the final round of the February series of the Watling Streetworks Winter Series in conditions that have not been seen for some time - the SUN!!  The fact that it was half term and the forecast was not great meant that the crews making it to the start line were down from previous rounds. With the forecast south westerly the wind (not a breeze) was blowing mostly up the valley with the...