Welcome to the Holm Sailing Club web site
Holm Sailing Club is based in the village of St. Mary's. Points racing is held during the summer in Snipe dinghies on Tuesday evenings.
Club News
Holm Sailing Club held it's AGM on 7 March, more details to follow.
The summer points racing will start in May. Holm Sailing Club will be taking part in the annual Bag the Bruck on 20 April. This is a beach clean along the shore of St. Mary's and over the barrier. The Holm Sailing Club events calendar can be seen here. In addition to the Tuesday evening points racing the club will be hosting mixed sailing in various different classes of boat on Wednesday evening. Come along if you are interested!
Local News
Regatta Dates for 2024:
| Date | Regatta | |
| 19 June | Burray | The first regatta of 2024, supported by Burray Boat Yard and the Sands Hotel. |
| 6 July | Holm | Always a big Snipe event, but a good venue for all types of dinghies |
| 13 July | Longhope | A great sailing venue, back by popular demand! |
| 20 July | Stromness | Dinghies, Stromness has many active Snipes but 2024 may see a few Lasers too. |
| 20 July | Rousay | Yachts |
| 27 July | Westray | A beautiful sailing venue and legendary hospitality, 100 years anniversary. |
| 3 August | Kirkwall | Yachts and Dinghies |
| 14 September | Kemp Cup | To round off the Orkney regatta season. |
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Snipe News
The Snipe UK National Championships and the European Cup will be hosted by Stone Sailing Club this year:
St. Lawrence, UK, August 15-18, 2024
Marlin Spike Rum are sponsoring The John Broughton Snipe European Cup (4 day event) taking place 15th – 18th August 2024 at Stone sailing club, Essex, and is being run in conjunction with the UK Snipe Nationals (3 day event) which starts on Fri 16th August. More information here. Teams from Orkney will be making the journey.
Various Snipe Class Rule changes have been proposed, learn more here.