FFSC are holding an afternoon of shanties, sea songs and maritime merriment on the banks of the River Deben, featuring seven shanty crews from the UK and The Netherlands. This event starts at 1pm at FFSC clubhouse and finishes at 7pm. Here is the line up: The Felix Stowaways – UK The Forebitter Men – …
Suffolk Sails continue to support Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club. Suffolk Sails and FFSC have had a long association since Simon Scammell (owner of Suffolk Sails) moved to the area (actually to a houseboat at the ferry) and he bought a 505 to sail, “the only place to sail according to local legends was ‘The Ferry’” …
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Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club will be hosting the 3rd Art at the Ferry in 2020. With the great success in the last 2 years, FFSC decided to extend the event in 2020 to a 2 day event. It will be held on Friday, 10th April and Saturday, 11th April 2020 (Easter weekend) between 10am and …
Billie Box is kindly sponsoring our Safety boat named: Carl Giles. Carl Giles OBE, was the world famous Cartoonist! Giles as he was commonly known was the President of the Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club (FFSC) from 1984 – 1995. FFSC own a number of Giles’ cartoons and many of his cartoon characters were members of …
FIREWORK PARTY – Saturday 9th November 2019 Bar & Galley open from 6pm Food will be available, as follows – Soup, Hot Dogs, Burgers, Chicken Nuggets, Chips Tea & Coffee The Fireworks will begin at 7.30 pm We will be collecting donations during the evening to cover the cost of the Fireworks All Welcome!
Bart’s Bash has come around which gave us another opportunity to remember the life of Andrew Simpson and also raise some money for the Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation. FFSC chose to do this by participating in the worldwide annual Bart’s Bash race. As well as this it was also part of the clubs on Special …
FFSC held its second ever catamaran open last weekend hosting a wide variety of catamarans. The event included the Dart 16 National Championships and was a part of the Formula 18, Shearwater and Catapult Traveler Series. Last year 15 boats were sat atop the sea wall but this year 30 boats arrived and were in …
This Sunday saw the first formal running of the Methersgate Race. Last year this was an alternative course for the Long Distance Race due to high winds, however this year we decided to make it a race of its own. Racers started to arrive and rig up there boats ready for the briefing at 1pm. …
On Monday the 6th and Monday the 27th of May FFSC opens its doors to the public as part of the nationwide RYA Push The Boat Out scheme. Come down and get on the water! The Galley & Bar will be open from Noon till 3pm so please feel free to join us for lunch …
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Easter Sunday dawned and the Billie Box flag indicated a light East North East 8 knot breeze accompanied by beaming sunshine and high temperatures. This called for a long course out to sea – channel course out followed by a triangle sausage course between Haven, Dip and Cobbolds Point and then heading back up to …