Frostbite Regatta - Boxing Day
Winner Teddy Dunn being presented with the SE Quayle Cup by Brian Quayle Write up by Keith Poole A lot less wind than forecast but still a good test. The slower Tera Pro's of Tom Watterson and Will Osborn were the first to start and both managed to complete a full lap of the course before the next starter, Ralph Kee, in his Laser. The Tera's would prove hard to catch over the sixty minute race but one man,...

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IOM Copiers Easter Regatta - Saturday 8 April
After the usual mix of weather over the winter on Injebreck it will be nice to return to the sea and the start of the MS&CC Summer sailing programme. We hope to see as many competitors as possible in Ramsey Bay on Saturday 8 April to open our season with the IOM Copiers Easter Regatta. This is a One Day Event with three races to be held “back to back”, with racing starting at 11:30 and expected to b...

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Watling Streetworks Winter Series - 15 January 2023
Wind conditions on Sunday for the latest round of the Watling Streetworks dinghy series were very much better than the general Island forecast predicted. The West Baldwin valley as usual putting it’s own special spin, literally on wind directions. Whilst crews were rigging their dinghies there was an excellent breeze blowing, unusually down the valley, however, as the sun rose it took with it much of t...

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Watling Streetworks Winter Series - 26 February 2023
‘About as good as it gets’ is the best way to describe conditions for the final round of the Watling Streetworks February Series. Unusually for the West Baldwin reservoir the wind coming from the north down the valley not only gives almost full coverage of wind but also tames the gusts and lulls. For the full report click here.

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Watling Streetworks Winter Series - 12 March 2023
A snowy morning, just needed some sunshine! Report by Jerry Colman A light to moderate, pleasantly warm south-westerly wind and some stunning Manx snowy hill scenery greeted the eight boats for this the second day’s racing of the Watling Streetworks Spring Series on Baldwin reservoir. The port course saw the fleet rounding marks 1, 3 and 5 before tacking back to the start / finish line. This gave us a...

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Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 16 January 2022

The sailors who braved the conditions working hard!

Write-up by Keith Poole

There were a good number of sailors in attendance ready for races Five and Six of the January Series for the ‘Shipyard Trophy’, part of the Watling Streetworks Dinghy series on West Baldwin reservoir.

Enthusiasm was initially high but soon the dark patches on the water showing where the gusts were grew more frequent, more varied in direction and noticeably heavier is strength, this was enough for half the fleet to be put back to bed so only seven ventured out to the start. For the full report follow this link – Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 16 January 2022

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