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We are situated in Ramsey Bay in the north of the Isle of Man and provide facilities for both offshore and dinghy sailors at our recently modernised clubhouse. For more information about local holidays and events follow this link – visitiom.
In addition to an active cruising fleet operating from Ramsey Harbour we have several dinghy fleets and an active RYA Approved training section.
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Write up by Jerry Colman
What a fantastic day at the MS&CC Easter Regatta! It’s traditionally scheduled for Easter Saturday (April 4th this year) and also traditionally delayed due to weather as occurred this year due to the appearance of Storm Dave. The postponed event took place on Sunday 19th April in gorgeous sunshine and a light to moderate (but shifty) North Westerly breeze so with Ramsey Bay looking at its best. The Regatta consisted of three races held in succession with no discards so every position counted and any slip-ups could be costly.
19 teams took part in the event with a strong squad from the Isle of Man Yacht Club presenting a powerful challenge. Your correspondent duly entered the Finn dinghy but was disappointed to find that the mice in the garage had been living in his best sail and seemed to have found the reinforced mylar to their taste so I had to swap it for an old one thereby obtaining an early excuse for a rather lacklustre performance. Click her for the full report- IOM Copiers Easter Regatta.
Unfortunately our original Easter Regatta date clashed with Storm ‘Dave’ so we’ve had to postpone the event, our new date is now Sunday 19 April.
This is a One Day Event with three races to be held “back to back”, with racing starting at 11.00 and expected to be fully completed at 14:30 – IOM Copiers Easter Regatta 2026-Sailing Instructions.
We hope to see as many competitors as possible in Ramsey Bay on Sunday 19 April to open our season with the IOM Copiers ‘Easter’ Regatta.
There will be a Prize Presentation directly afterwards which will be followed by a complimentary Regatta Tea for all competitors, race officials, family, friends and social members.
As this event is part of the ‘Traveller Series’ it’s hoped that this Regatta will be fully supported. Competitors of all ages and capabilities are welcome! Please contact Ralph Kee, Dinghy Captain on 490704 or helen.j.kee@gmail.com for further details or check out our Facebook page.
Please join us at the MS&CC Clubhouse on Saturday 11 April for a talk by our Vice Commodore James Penn. An evening that conjures up all sorts of possibilities from sea monsters to shipwrecks and daring do’s!! Please book your place at this link.
Write up by Jerry Colman
Tom Watterson (RS Aero 7) sailed just well enough to take the March Series on Sunday from Dave Batchelor (Supernova). Both finished on 11 points after discards but Watterson had 3 first places against Batchelor’s 1 so countback gave it to Tom. Next down the leader board came Ralph Kee (Laser standard), Joe and Eric Whitelegg (Enterprise) and Jimmy Cope (Tera PR) with a win each, showing quite a spread amongst the fleet’s top performers by age, boat type and in the wide variety of conditions we endured. Click here for the full report – Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 22 March 2026
Write up by Jerry Colman
Back from the RYA Boat Show in Farnborough, your correspondent was looking forward to a pleasant sail around Injebreck to refresh his love of the sport but after launching came a warning that conditions on the lake were a bit much for the seniors with the big rigs. He discreetly retired together with junior Jake Walker (RS Tera) while Dad James (Streaker) and 6 others decided to tough it out despite the gusts and the fairly frequent capsizes that Jake and I observed from the bank.
It was mostly time spent righting capsized boats that controlled the results so we now have within the fleet some well-practiced capsize recovery experts as well as more useful experience of taking full advantage of the gusts by maintaining a strong grip on the tiller, leaning out in the appropriate direction and trimming the boat with the bow up to encourage planing. Full report – Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 1 March 2026
Watling Streetworks Dinghy Regatta – 18 & 19 June
Manx Sailing & Cruising Club are hosting the Watling Streetworks Dinghy Regatta on Saturday 18 June, start time 13.00 and Sunday 19 June, start time 13.30. Sailing instructions for the event can be found at this link – MS&CC Regatta 2022 – Sailing Instructions I’m sure the competitors will be pleased to hear that there…
IOM Copiers Easter Regatta
First Regatta on the sea for 2022, last year this event was delayed because of ‘Lockdown 3.0’ so it was held on its traditional Easter Saturday, the day started out promising enough with a steady 10 – 12 knot SE breeze but as is the way of the weather this changed just before the start,…
IOM Copiers Easter Regatta 2022 – Saturday 16 April
After a mixed bag 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 16 April to open our season with the IOM Copiers Easter Regatta.…
Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 20 March 2022
March is a cruel month, it gives hints of summer but can still take you back to winter! On Sunday at West Baldwin reservoir it gave us a lovely sunny, spring morning for the penultimate round of the Watling Streetworks Winter Series. What it took was any sense of direction from the brisk easterly wind…
Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 6 March 2022
A better forecast than the whole of February brought out an enlarged fleet of eleven dinghies for the last month of the dinghy racing at West Baldwin reservoir on Sunday morning. The first racing of the meteorological spring for the Watling Streetworks March Series was sailed in bright sunshine with a light breeze, though being…
Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 27 February 2022
Most of the Island’s population will have been aware that February has been an exceptionally windy month. It may come as a bit of a surprise to many that there has been dinghy racing for the Watling Streetworks series on West Baldwin reservoir. February series got off to a windy start, so much so that…
Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 13 February 2022
Report by Andrew Dean Despite there being force 5 or 6 winds gusting 7 in the Irish Sea, there were reasonable conditions at the West Baldwin reservoir when the fleet arrived to rig the dinghies on Sunday. The first of two races the wind was a moderate southerly with a few gusts from the southeast…
Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 23 January 2022
Write up by Keith Poole On Sunday morning there was a light southwest wind in the West Baldwin valley for competitors of the final races in Watling Streetworks Winter January series for the ‘Shipyard Trophy’. It was thought that it would be a race off between Peter Cope and Teddy Dunn but both were at…
Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 16 January 2022
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…
Watling Streetworks Winter Series – 9 January 2022
Write-up by Jerry Colman The third and fourth races of the January Watling Streetworks Injebreck dinghy races took place on Sunday with a brisk and gusty westerly breeze and brightening conditions as the sun rose over the southern spurs of Carraghan and Slieau Ree. 12 boats from four of the Island’s sailing clubs hit the…
