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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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 - 19 March 2023
Report by Andrew Dean A gentle northerly breeze greeted the 9 strong fleet at Injebreck reservoir, with a few absences of the young hot shots, away training and competing. A few stronger gusts came through to liven things up before the start, but during the race the wind fell away. The fleet of 9 boats launched consisting of one each RS Aero7, RS Tera Pro, Finn, Devoti D-Zero, Gull, Laser...

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Watling Streetworks Winter Series - 22 January 2023
Report by Andrew Dean Despite there being force 5 or 6 winds, gusting 7 in the Irish Sea, there were reasonable conditions at the reservoir when the fleet arrived to rig the dinghies on Sunday. For the first of two races the wind was a moderate southerly with a few stronger gusts to test the unwary. A fleet of 9 boats launched consisting of 2 RS Aero7’s, 3 RS Tera Pros, and one each Finn, Devoti D...

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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 – 19 February 2023

Report by Keith Poole

After two weeks of no sailing due to a lack of wind there was a nice steady breeze on the West Baldwin reservoir on Sunday morning for the latest round of the Watling Streetwork Winter Series. With it being half term you’d have thought a full complement of sailors would be ready to take to the water but it seems people like to take holidays as well. Full report here – Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 19 February 2023

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