The first leg was a light downwind reach to the Point of Ayre in the early morning sunshine. Despite the following tidal current it still took the fleet around 2 hours to cover the 7 miles from the start line off Ramsey’s South Stone Pier. Some more drifting about to the west of the Point wasted another hour or so before first the trimaran then one by one the local boats caught a moderate south Westerly of 10 to 14 knots which while bang on the nose gave us hope of reaching the Chickens and even Langness before the tide turned against us. Talada had by this time decided to head back towards Kirkcudbright, not such a bad decision as it turned out. Click here for the full report from Jerry – Ramsey Shipping Services Round the Island Race 2026