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.
Local News
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 |
3 August | Kirkwall | Yachts and Dinghies |
14 September | Kemp Cup | To round off the Orkney regatta season. |
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New members are welcome!
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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.