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...

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,...

Dinghy racing did take place on West Baldwin reservoir despite it being a little on the nippy side.  Although not the largest fleet this season, some may have been put off by the cold or maybe lured by the hot meal being provided by IOMYC Commodore Phil Hardisty.  Full marks though for a full turn out from Peel, the Whiteleggs Senior and Juniors! The breeze, as last week was blowing down the...

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...

Report by Jerry Colman A fresh Nor’Easter seasoned with a little ice cold rain greeted the slightly reduced fleet at Injebreck on Sunday morning for the first two races of the December Series. The bitter wind swept down the lake brushing up white horses at the fronts of the gusts which occasionally and unaccountably switched direction, scooting off to one side or another of the reservoir.  Some – not all...