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Welco me 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.

New Holm Sailing Club Trophies A summary of Holm Sailing Club trophies over sixty years.

Local News

The Rousay Watersports and Regatta will be held on Saturday 27th June. Note: this date has changed! The sailing starts at noon, and there will be a raft race and a barbeque. Check the Around Rousay website for more details.

Other Orkney Regatta dates to note:
4th July Longhope
11th July Holm Yachts and singlehanders Notice of Race
18th July Stromness
25th July Westray
1st August Kirkwall
22nd August Holm 60th Anniversary Regatta
12th September Kemp Cup

Tuesday evening points racing continues. For more details check the results 2009 page.

The main snipe events will be Holm, Longhope and Stromness regattas. Kirkwall and Westray are important local events too, well worth attending. Rousay tends to attract smaller fleet sizes, but is at a fantastic sailing venue. To make an outing to these events is a great way to see beautiful parts of Orkney.

Nyvaig, sailed by Angus MacDonald has won the 2009 Orkney Race from Granton. For more details see the Royal Forth Yacht Club web site.

The Convoy Cup is a new North Sea Race, starting in Skudefestivalen (Norway) on the 5th July, racing to Kirkwall.

Holm Sailing Club has a date booked at the Blue Door Shop for the 5th October, more details to follow.

Other News

The UK Snipe National Championships are to be held as part of Torbay Week in Cornwall. This will be a big sailing event, the Notice Of Race is available and there is an event website. The regatta runs from Friday 21st to Monday 24th August.

The 2009 Nat West Island Games will be hosted by Åland, near Sweden. 54 competitors from Orkney will be taking part in this international event. Lasers (Radial and Standard rigs) will be used in the sailing event. The results website is now up and running with information about all the competitors taking part.

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.