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2026 MYA Scottish District Wooden Hull IOM Championship at Greenock Model Yacht and Power Boat Club

by Simon Thomson 6 May 17:46 BST 2 May 2026

Greenock MY&PBC hosted the 2026 MYA Scottish District Wooden Hull IOM Championship on 2nd May 2026 at Murdieston Dam. The event drew 15 skippers from 7 different clubs from across Scotland and Northern Ireland, from Buchanness to North Down in Ireland. There were 11 different designs on show including 2 new designs including Ian Dundas with his Nexus and Ian Davidson with his IDIOM.

Despite the distinct lack of wind and cloudy conditions before the scheduled start time the wind gods played ball with the forecasted south-west wind of 4 knots gusting to 9 knots for the rest of the day. RO Gordon Allison set a windward-leeward course with a port rounding at the windward mark to a spreader and then an inward-outward gate following the downwind leg with two long beats and a start/finish line.

The morning session proved to be tricky with sometimes subtle and sometimes quite large wind shifts resulting in 6 different skippers taking 1st places and large scores for all. Steve Taylor 43 with his Corbie 1 proving to be the most consistent. He was closely followed by Ian Dundas 38, Brian Summers 07 and John Owens 33.

The Greenock Club special lunch of pie, beans, mash and gravy was served by volunteers Margaret, Scott and the well-known model yachting veteran and MYA Vice President, Hughie Shields.

The afternoon session began with the sun trying to burn off the cloud, the wind remained stable from the south west and the Race Officer deciding to move the weather marks to lengthen the windward leg. During the afternoon session Richard Rowan 86 began to find form after a slow start as he put together a series of scores, which rapidly started to close the gap amongst the leading skippers. Steve Taylor 43 and Ian Dundas 38 maintained their consistency throughout the afternoon session. To close out the day Malcolm Worsley 13, won the last race to become the 7th skipper to claim a first place.

After 16 races and with the sun out, the RO was happy to end the successful event at 16.30. With 3 discards the overall results were calculated and in 3rd place was Richard Rowan with his Alternative. In 2nd place was Ian Dundas who performed well with his brand-new Nexus design. Winning by a margin of 8 points, as well as retaining and winning the 2026 MYA Scottish District Wooden Hull IOM Championship Trophy for the tenth time, was Steve Taylor proving consistency is key.

Steve thanked the RO Gordon Alison, the Race Team and Greenock MY&PBC for a wonderful day of competitive racing in challenging conditions with these beautifully built and fast boats.

2026 MYA Scottish District Wooden Hull IOM Championship - photo © Gordon Allison
2026 MYA Scottish District Wooden Hull IOM Championship - photo © Gordon Allison

Overall Results:

PosSkipperSail NoBoat DesignClubR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11R12R13R14R15R16Pts
1Steve Taylor43Corbie 1Buchanness MYC33110252241075121233
2Ian Dundas38NexusBuchanness MYC16549161113114444341
3Richard Rowan86AlternativeGreenock MY&PBC13810531711337512746
4Brian Summers07Buzz 6Tayside RSC2283826510253.5257952.5
5John Owens33Corbie 1Buchanness MYC814258312278433121158
6Simon Thomson101Corbie 5Greenock MY&PBC4561416138792171231671
7Colin McGinnis45Buzz 3cTayside RSC51311110344666611911475
8Malcolm Worsley13Buzz 3Tayside RSC9421161656941391075177
9David Redpath40Corbie 6Kinghorn RSC111414137411388488106896
10David Stewart30Corbie 1Tayside RSC71115941010755101096910101
11Richard Ennos84ReasonKinghorn RSC10977117910111411213886105
12Ian Davidson39IDIOMPaisley MYC1210981291291313163611135119
13Desmond Howell78GilletteNorth Down MYC141212614118141212121212131412148
14David Smith89Corbie 4Paisley MYC1616131213121413141191116161013161
15Robert Rooney71CorbiePaisley MYC67316161616161616161616161616176

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