The Saturday before Barts Bash was a busy one with Youth Sailing taking place in the morning and a combination of two sailing events taking place in the afternoon. The first scheduled event was race training for Barts Bash the next day. The second was a new members afternoon to give our new members the …
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GJW Direct Firefly National Championship at Felixstowe Ferry SC – Days 1-3 After Saturday’s practice race sailed in a shifty force 3 breeze, competitors at the GJW Direct Firefly National Championship hosted by Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club spent Sunday morning waiting for the breeze to appear. Eventually it did, and the fleet set out at …
This was the second planned training day for multihulls. Inside the clubhouse 10 young sailors added their names to the list of people going afloat, this time we had a dart 18, all three club dart 16’s, a dart 15, and even a laser 2000 joining the fleet with a new club member wishing to …
The classroom otherwise known as “Riverside” adjacent has stood the test of time. Following the floods several years ago the frame and floor remains solid but the walls and general aesthetics had really suffered. It hasnt been feasible to replace the building as any new building will require additional permissions along with the issue of …
What is Riverside and why are we purchasing it? For those of you who were unable to attend the EGM on Sunday 12th March, we thought it might be helpful to explain that Riverside is the plot of land adjacent to the Clubhouse on which sits our Classroom, Beer patio, RIB storage, Tractor storage and …
The first weekend of March always sees the UKs leading Dinghy Show take over Alexandra Palace. Manufacturers, clubs, sail makers and chandlers take over 3 halls to show off their latest products. Sam Rowell was there representing the British Spitfire Class Association with his boat on stand C62 and grabbed some highlights from the show. …
The New Years Day race is a new fixture in the FFSC calendar and has been several months in the making. Sailors pre-entered in order to gauge the numbers and with good numbers registered the fate of the race lay in the hands of the weather gods. Come the morning of the 1st of January …
A cloudy start to Sunday the 18th saw the crews gather for another legendary Tim O’leary briefing . The course was set to run from the club line across the bar and round a few cans out to sea. With the now immortal words of “just follow me” Tim closed the briefing and the crews …
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club will be held at the clubhouse on 20th November 2016 at 1430 hours. In accordance with rule 2.2.1 candidates for Officers for election at the AGM shall be nominated and seconded in writing by members entitled to vote and the nomination, …
On the 29th of July several FFSC members (Sam Rowell, Mark Stones, Mark Patterson, Sonia Hare, James Head, Howard Head) started packing and travelling to Medemblik for the 2016 Dart 18 World Championships. Most took the Harwich ferry to the Hook whilst others took the longer way round and hit delays at Calais. Medemblik itself …