• Watling Streetworks Winter Series - 22 January 2023

    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...
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  • Watling Streetworks Winter Dinghy Series 2022-2023

    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...
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  • Watling Streetworks Winter Series - 11 December 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...
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  • Watling Streetworks Winter Series - 15 January 2023

    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...
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  • Watling Streetwork Winter Series - 6 & 13 November

    Great turnout on Sunday morning We’re now two weeks into the new Watling Streetworks Winter Dinghy Series which has been taking place on West Baldwin reservoir, racing has taken place in excellent mild Autumnal conditions, mild temps and mild wind strengths! The first round of Sunday morning racing on 6th November took place in breezes from the south which blew up the valley creating ideal conditions for the f...
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Dinghy Events

2023 Dinghy Programme

Our first dinghy racing on the sea for the 2023 season will be the Easter Regatta on Saturday 8 April.

We hope to start our Sunday racing on Sunday 23 April with the usual start time of 10.30 and this will run on a weekly basis until our final event, the Laser Regatta on Saturday 30 September.

The Thursday Evening Series will  start on 27 April with a 19.00 start, this will continue each week until the evenings draw in too much to make racing possible.

ClubDateHWEventStart
MSCCSaturday 8 April13.21Easter Regatta11.30
MSCCSaturday 20 May12.32IOM Youth Champs11.00
MSCCSunday 21 May13.10IOM Youth Champs11.30
MSCCSaturday 17 June11.30MS&CC Regatta10.30
MSCCSunday 18 June12.15MS&CC Regatta11.00
IOMYCSaturday 24 June16.10IOMYC RegattaTBA
IOMYCSunday 25 June04.27IOMYC RegattaTBA
IOMYCSun 23 - Sat 29 JulyNational 18 ChampsTBA
MSCCSaturday 19 August13.51Ramsey to Laxey Coastal Race12.00
LSCSunday 20 August14.20Laxey Regatta12.30
IOMYCSaturday 26 August06.48IOM Dinghy ChampionshipsTBA
IOMYCSunday 27 August08.27IOM Dinghy ChampionshipsTBA
MSCCSaturday 30 September12.34Laser Regatta10.30