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Well, it looks like the summer is here! This weather is set to continue into the weekend giving perfect conditions for sailing, powerboating and kayaking this weekend.

On Saturday we are running the RYA Powerboat Level 1 course which is an introduction to powerboat driving. The course will allow you to spend the day at the helm of our RIB with an instructor on board. Course content includes equipment, weather and safety brief, launch and recovery from a road trailer, slow speed boat handling and high speed manoeuvres. Weather and time permitting you should also get to experience a trip to the Calf of Man and hopefully see some seals, basking sharks and other wildlife. This course is £129 for the day, we will provide boats, lifejackets, RYA Logbooks and certificates and refreshments throughout the day. There are a couple of places left on this course, please contact me if you would like to make a booking.

For the juniors on Saturday there will be the regular Saturday Club sailing sessions in both the morning and afternoon. These sessions are suitable for any junior sailors who have completed RYA Stage 1 or sail to an equivalent standard. Saturday Club sessions enable students to continue improving their sailing skills and working through the RYA scheme. As usual there will be plenty of games and fun as well. There is plenty of room for sailors to join us on Saturday and no obligation to attend every week. Please drop me a line to let me know who we are expecting at the weekend.

And if you want to get on the water over the weekend our kayaks are available to hire. When the weather is good it is worth calling us in the morning to book.

The Manx Youth Sailing Squad will be busy in Port St Mary this weekend with GBR Squad coach Jonathan Lewis running the training session for them. The team are off to the RS Tera National Championship the following weekend and we wish them the very best of luck.

We hope to see you over the weekend, please drop me an email if you would like to go powerboating, sailing or kayaking over the weekend.

are on sale now at 7th Wave!

Mannifest 2010 is on 6th, 7th & 8th August at Glen Lough campsite. With eight stages and three days of bands, all set in the unbeatable beauty of the Manx countryside, Mannifest 2010 will provide something for everyone to enjoy and share.

Mannifest is a family orientated event with an emphasis on promoting and inspiring community creativity and respect for our unique and beautiful environment.

Day tickets are only £29 and weekend tickets are only £49 for the whole weekend! The ticket price includes parking and camping and the under 12s are free.

Get your tickets here….

Definitely?Maybe! from Ballakermeen High School were winners of the 2010 Junior Acheivement Isle of Man Company of the Year award. Their winning product is a CD compilation of music by local bands.

In support of their venture we are pleased to stock their CDs Manx in the Mix, they are on sale for £4.99 and £1 from every CD sold will go the IOM Children’s Centre.

The CD features a mixture of music styles from local artists including Steph Gomaa, Planes Over Paris, Lost Soldiers, Post Code and many more.

After a few years of trying to source decent masks and snorkels we have just received a delivery of them from Gul. Kids mask and snorkel sets are £10 and adult sets are £20.

I wish they had arrived before last weekend, I don’t think I’ve ever seen the sea so clear as it was on Saturday morning.

Manx Youth Sailing Squad members Ffinlo Wright and Matthew Petts represented the Buchan School today at the first IAPS Regatta in Weymouth.

This is a Pico regatta with entrants coming from schools around the British Isles. There were 15 entries in the Under 11 Class. Ffinlo and Matt enjoyed some good racing in excellent conditions at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. They sailed consistently at the front of the fleet and over the five races finished: 3rd, 4th, 6th, 3rd and 4th.

In the overall results the boys, with Ffinlo and the helm and Matt crewing, finished 4th place, only one point short of the top three.

Ffinlo said “it was great, the wind got better and better thoughout the day, we were on form and got good starts, but the competition was very tough.”

Ffinlo is off to Dover next for GBR RS Tera Squad training this weekend and Matthew is heading home, we look forward to seeing him for his first Manx Youth Sailing Squad training session next weekend.

Ffinlo and Matt are lying equal third in a fleet of 15 boats. Two races have been completed and further three races follow this afternoon.

This summer’s Youth Sailing Weeks are filling up pretty quickly. At the moment the calendar looks something like this:

31st May – 4th June (Practice Week): FULL
7th – 11th June (TT Week): 7 places available

5th – 9th July: 10 places available
12th – 16th July: FULL
19th – 23rd July: 4 places available
26th – 30th July: FULL
2nd – 6th August: 8 places now available (due to recent cancellations)
9th – 13th August: FULL
16th – 20th August: 2 places available (not beginners)
23rd – 27th August: FULL
30th Aug – 3rd Sept: 9 places available

For bookings please contact us.

Best of luck to 7th Wave sailors Matthew Petts and Ffinlo Wright who are competing at the IAPS Regatta in Weymouth today.

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It is a schools regatta so the boys are representing Buchan School. This competition is in Pico’s, so the IOMYC kindly lent us a Pico for a a fortnight at Easter which allowed Ffi and Matt to spend two weeks training in the boat prior to the regatta.

Saturday…….we’ve an RYA Powerboat Level 1 course all day and Saturday Club sailing sessions for juniors in the morning and afternoon.

Sunday is day one of this season’s first RYA Dinghy Sailing Level 1 course for adults. We will be using our new Topper Topaz dinghies 🙂

Just hoping for some good weather now! Forecast at the moment; mainly fair with NE winds….

The Tera Sport fleet had some incredibly close racing; Ffinlo Wright won Race 1, Amie Shute won Race 2 and Greg Kelly won Race 3. Ffinlo was in the lead overnight with five points, Greg and Amie were equal second with seven points each.

Three boats raced with the Tera Pro rig, Hannah Howitt, Izzy Sharpe and James Kelly each scored one win during the first day of racing. Hannah was leading overnight with five points, James second with six points and Izzy third with seven points.

The forecast was for a bit more wind on the Sunday, however by the start of race one the SW wind had dropped significantly, there were still some waves to play with outside the harbour. A course was set between Carthure Perch and Alfred Pier to try and give some shelter for the competitors. The result was some variable winds, waves on one side of the course and flat water on the other side, some tough decisions for the competitors and frequent position changes on the windward legs.

Ffinlo had to a good start in race one and finished in first place with Greg Kelly a close second, putting Ffinlo three points ahead at the start of Race 5. Then the positions were all to change. Ffinlo was over the start line and had to restart and Greg led the Sport fleet for the whole race. He had some stiff competition from newcomer Matthew Petts both were neck and neck at the last leeward mark. Greg finished in first place with Matthew a credible second and Ffinlo third. Greg now led the fleet and needed to keep Ffinlo behind him to win the series.

Greg had a poor start to Race 6 and battled up the first windward leg to regain his position at the front of the fleet. Meanwhile Harriet Quayle sailed an excellent race and finished in second place. Ffinlo finished third giving Greg Kelly the overall win for the series.

In the Pro fleet James sailed well and won Races 4 and 6, Hannah won Race 5 and Izzy sailed consistently finishing second in every race on Sunday. Overall James finished first, Hannah second and Izzy third.

It was great to see so many young people entering this regatta, on the whole there were some excellent performances and it is hoped that all the sailors will continue to race throughout the season.

Thanks to Race Officer Mick Kneale, Event Co-ordinator Cathie Ashurst, all the safety crews and 7th Wave for providing additional boats for competitors.

Overall Results:

RS Tera Sport Fleet
1st Greg Kelly 8 points
2nd Ffinlo Wright 9 points
3rd Amie Shute 15 points
4th Harriet Quayle 18 points
5th Matthew Petts 22 points
6th Imogen Wild 27 points
7th Michael Moore 31 points
8th Thomas Moulden 36 points
9th Tony Pitt 57 points

RS Tera Pro Fleet
1st James Kelly 8 points
2nd Hannah Howitt 9 points
3rd Izzy Sharpe 10 points