Manx Sailing & Cruising Club are pleased to announce that once again Manx Utilities are allowing us to use West Baldwin Reservoir to hold our Winter Dinghy Series. Weather permitting the first race of the 'Watling Streetworks Winter Series' will be on Sunday 6 November and every Sunday morning starting at 10.00am through to Sunday 26 March 2023. Injebreck - Sailing Instructions 2022...

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 was absolutely no wind at the reservoir when the fleet arrived to rig the dinghies on Sunday morning.  However, an unusual degree of patience displayed by the fleet was rewarded after half an hour when a decent 5 knot breeze arrived with a few gusts from the south to test the unwary.  A fleet of 12 boats...

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...

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...