World Tin Bath Championships taking place today
The 53rd World Tin Bath Championships will take place in Castletown today (Saturday, 7 September).
Hundreds of competitors are expected to enter the Middle Harbour to compete in a series of races.
Organised by the Castletown Real Ale Drinkers Society the event aims to raise money for a number of Manx charities.
As well as the tin bath racing there will be a man powered flight attempt as organisers Boris Kitching and Cheryl Killey Myers explain:
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