Sea-Pie and her winning crew

In arduous, windy and certainly very fast conditions, Sea-Pie of Cultra took all the honours in the 73rd Manx Sailing & Cruising Club’s Round the Island Race last Sunday.

With its eight-man crew skippered by Ed Pearce and assisted by Iain Fenna, Sea-Pie arrived back in Ramsey just after 6pm having averaged 6.5 knots – just 10 hours and eight minutes after starting.

Conditions at 8am on Sunday were much better than anticipated earlier in the week – 14 knots of north westerly breeze, albeit gusting and shifty. Talada, a Hunter Horizon 30 from Kirkcudbright, was over the line first followed by Sea-Pie. The third boat, Good Rum, a Bavaria 36 from Maryport skippered by Anthony Jarvis, misjudged its approach to the start and had to tack a couple of times to get over the line.

Intriguingly, for the first time in living memory the traditional shotgun start was absent this time, the starting officer relying on a horn instead. Onlookers’ eardrums were grateful. For the full report click this link – Ramsey Shipping Services RTI 2025.