Dinghy Reports
The MYA IOM Dinghy Championships 2024 will be taking place this year in Ramsey Bay hosted by the MS&CC. The first three races are on Saturday 7th September with a start time of 12.30 and the concluding races on Sunday 8th September.
The sailing instructions for this event can be found at this link – IOM Dinghy Championships – 2024 Sailing Instructions
The Ramsey to Laxey dinghy race is a challenge not for the faint hearted! The race for the Green Cup is a coastal race with spectacular scenery if you have time to look!
Hosted by MS&CC the Le Mans type beach start is at 10:00 on Saturday 3 August. Starting on Ramsey Beach by the Clubhouse, feet to be on terraferma until start signal, start sequence is 3,2, start. Look out for the finish mark in Laxey Bay. Please see the Sailing instructions for this event.
Laxey Sailing Club are holding their Regatta on Sunday 4 August starting at 10.30pm. Sailing Instructions for this event can be found here: LSC Regatta Sailing Instructions 2024
Write up by Jerry Colman, Commodore
22 boats from all round the Island gathered over the glorious weekend of 22 & 23 June to compete for the MS&CC’s Daily Mirror Trophy which is presented to the winning boat over a series of 6 races. Old salts may recall that the Daily Mirror supported the design and marketing of the ubiquitous Mirror Dinghy designed by Barry Bucknell and Jack Holt in 1963. We’re proud to have been presented with a trophy by such an august organisation.
The forecast was for light to moderate Westerlies or North Westerlies on the Saturday then very light North Westerlies turning to South Easterlies at around noon on Sunday. Sunshine was predicted and the sea state would be slight or calm.
Follow this link for the full report – MS&CC Dinghy Regatta 2024
Manx Sailing & Cruising Club are holding their Dinghy Regatta on Saturday 22 June, start time 10.30 and Sunday 23 June, start time 11.00. Sailing instructions for the event can be found at this link – MS&CC Regatta 2024 – Sailing Instructions
The sailing on Sunday will be followed by a Prizegiving and Regatta Tea for all competitors and volunteers at around 3pm.
IOM Copiers Easter Regatta took place in Ramsey Bay hosted by Manx Sailing & Cruising Club. As usual, the sun was shining with a brisk southerly breeze which may have been a little too much for some, but no worries for those who kept up the practice at West Baldwin during the winter.
The fleet was mixed with the extremes of dinghy performance clearly on show with the Cope brothers, Jimmy in the Tera and big brother Peter in a foiling Waszp (is it even a boat?)
The three races were over the same windward/leeward (up and downwind) course and after a minor delay, patrol boat assisting a competitor with gear failure racing started. Follow this link for the full report – IOM Copiers Easter Regatta 2024
