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Snipe 75th Year

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Welcome to the Holm Sailing Club website. Holm Sailing club is based in the village of St. Mary's. Points racing is held during the summer in Snipe dinghies. In 2008 Holm Regatta is due to be held on Saturday 16th August. This is an open event, all sailing craft are welcome. Contact Andrew Leslie for more information.

If you have any old photos of sailing in St. Mary's please contact Brendan Fletcher on 07796523736, he is making up a photo history of the club.

News

Stromness Regatta has been postponed, till 23rd August. Check the regatta reports page for detailed results.

Check out the results page for details of the summer points races. The next Orkney regatta will be the Westray Regatta on Saturday 26th July.

Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions PDF format for the Holm Yachts and Singlehanders Regatta.

Check the calendar page for information on the summer sailing events.

Alan Williams and Liz Crouch have won the Snipe UK Nationals in 2008. The event was held in Abersoch, North Wales.

Mark Antonelli sailed his snipe round Anglesey and raised some money for the RNLI in the process. See report on the SCIRA website.

World News

The Snipe Masters World Championships is to be held in Malmo, Sweden from August 31 to September 3.

The 2009 Island Games will be hosted by Aland, near Sweden. Lasers (Radial and Standard rigs) will be used in the sailing event.

For Sale:

Brendan Fletcher has made up a DVD of photos he has taken. Most of the photos are of Holm Snipes in 2007. These discs can be bought for two quid, contact Andrew Leslie if you want a copy.

OSC is selling two club wayfarers. If you are interested contact Willie Pottinger.

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