In memory of Philip Barnard, FFSC Life Member and lifetime supporter of the Club, who sadly passed away on 12th August 2024, his widow Sheila is paying for the Club’s entrance hall and Bar areas to be refurbished. This is a significant project for which Sheila engaged the services of the industry experienced interior designer …
Every year we celebrate the end of the sailing season by giving our dinghy sailing winners their trophies at our Laying Up Supper. This was no different, what a great night, we had taking the mick out of a few and celebrating our sailors’ success. The food was fabulous and was served by our brilliant …
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Sunday Roasts are back by popular demand. We absolutely love to see you our members, their guests and the public on a Sunday. Our team (lead by Lynne and Gavin) look forward to greeting our guests for a wonderful Sunday Roast. The food and views are fantastic, the service is second to none, so why …
Barts Bash is the world’s largest sailing event in memory of multi-hull sailor Andrew Simpson. The Andrew Simpson Foundation is a charity fundraising to help all people, whatever background, to have the opportunity to sail or just get out on the water in any vessel. Andrew ‘Bart’ Simpson was an Olympic Gold and Silver medallist …
What a fantastic event, so great to see many young enthusiastic sailors at our club enjoying our small stretch of the North Sea. Thank you so much to all our volunteers (on and off the water) & our lovely club bar and galley staff, you really did make the event a great one for all …
The annual trip to Cowes to race onboard Z75 ‘zilch’ a Victory class one design comes around very quickly, always applying pressure to get sails ready, so I can close Suffolk Sails for a week of top racing. Cowes week has shrunk significantly since my first week where over 1000 yachts took part; however, the …
We set off from Felixstowe on Monday 23rd June reaching Ostend at around 11 pm local time. Although the weather was relatively calm when we set off it did pick up close to the Belgium coast with the gusts hitting 30 knots and relatively big sees. With these conditions it was Ocean Dancer did manage to …
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Part 1 Sealarc has made it to the Baltic and the first crew change at Kiel after 12 days and 520 miles. The weather has been challenging albeit with strong mainly following winds. We’ve had to change our plans in that we have only been in 3 ports on the days we had planned to …
A second Season Cruising in Scotland – Bob and Lynne James Week 1 Bob and Lynne left Nirvana in Stornoway inner harbour over the winter. This was a great choice. Well sheltered and they check all the boats daily. We took out a years berthing, being a lot cheaper than monthly or seasonal. I would …