After last year’s MD IOMMDCS a few questions were raised about the series participation and how it was structured. It was noted that the average number of skippers participating in the events had reduced, and that the main concentration of…
Twenty four intrepid skippers took the plunge to race at the famous, some would say infamous duck pond at Valley Pool. The wind direction was relatively steady, fluctuating between, west to south west. Wind speed was between nearly nothing and…
A selection of pictures from yesterdays event at Bournville have been added to the Gallery.
After a successful series of winter IOM sailing for the “Gibbs Trophy” I can confirm that the series champion for 2016-2017 is Darin Ballington (Manor Park RSC) who retained the trophy for a second year. For a full list of…
I would like to thank Vic Bellerson (PRO) and the Bournville RS&MBC race team for making the 24 skippers welcome to the final round of this seasons IOMMDWCS event. The racing was close and well managed allowing the team to…
This winters final round of the IOM Champion Skipper for the “Gibbs Trophy” moves on to Bournville RS&MBC, see Nor below for details. The MYA online race entry system has been activated here: http://mya-uk.co.uk/event/md-iom-mdws-4/ Please help the host club by…
MDWS3 Leicester A cold and frosty morning and a partly frozen lake, greeted 13 intrepid skippers. With a light breeze, and a single fleet we managed to complete 11 races. The three beats , two reaches and two runs with…