Watling Streetworks Winter Series

Watling Streetworks Winter Series - 12 January 2025

Dinghy racing for 2025 started on Sunday morning, following the previous week's issues snow, dinghy’s snowed in and crews snowed out! The Watling Streetworks January Series sailed on the West Baldwin reservoir, snow still on the surrounding hills and a forecast of building wind during the morning. Mostly light winds with the occasional gentle gust, enough to have most crews hiking (leaning out) h...

Watling Streetworks Winter Series - 16 March 2025

Reflections don't make for exciting sailing! For the latest round of the Watling Streetworks Winter Series, there was little wind in the forecast and what was expected would be from the East. That side is protected by the ridge that separates East and West Baldwin with some, possibly, catabatic wind with the cooler air rolling down from Carraghan so it was patchy and mostly from Northerly direction down the West...

IOM Copiers Easter Regatta - POSTPONED TO SUNDAY 20 April

Due to the weather forecast for Saturday it has been decided to postpone the Regatta to Sunday with a 14.00 start time. Hopefully this won't disrupt too many plans but the strong easterly wind means that it will be extremely difficult for competitors to launch off the beach!! 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...

Watling Streetworks Winter Series - 9 March 2025

Great view from the start line Nothing like a good forecast to bring out the crowd and in the bright sunshine of the Baldwin valley 16 crews competed for the final month of racing for the Watling Streetworks Dinghy Series. This included full turnouts from both Peel and Laxey! Unlike the previous Sunday, cancelled, there was wind and unusually it was blowing mostly down the valley with the usual light...

Watling Streetworks Winter Series - 2 February 2025

Another Sunday morning in the Baldwin Valley that missed the winter gales that the rest of the Island were experiencing. I’d like to say the sun was shining too for the first of the February Watling Streetworks Series of dinghy racing but it did at least stop raining for a great fleet of 15 boats. The wind blowing mostly up the valley allowed the Race Officer to set a square course, windward/leeward and t...

Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 9 March 2025

Nothing like a good forecast to bring out the crowd and in the bright sunshine of the Baldwin valley 16 crews competed for the final month of racing for the Watling Streetworks Dinghy Series. This included full turnouts from both Peel and Laxey!

Unlike the previous Sunday, cancelled, there was wind and unusually it was blowing mostly down the valley with the usual light gusts and deadly calms. With the wind, the ‘wrong way’ the Race Officer set a ‘wrong way’ course, marks to starboard (right hand side) rather than the usual port (left hand side). To add to the extraordinary, only the small course using the top half of the lake, only adding to the sense of crowding of a massive fleet. Click her for the full report – Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 9 March 2025