Racing at FFSC takes place on Wednesday evenings and there is a monthly series of mini regattas held on Saturday afternoons. There are several special events during the season as well including long distance and pursuit races. The slow handicap is made up of monohulls including but not limited to Laser Ones, Laser 2000s, OKs, B14s. The …
The long distance race took place on the 26th of August. Previously moved from earlier in the year there were once again some high winds. Not to be deterred the course was changed to be up the river to Methersgate Quay rather than to race out to Orford Haven and Cobbold Point as previously planned. …
The weekend of the 23/24th of June saw a brand new open meeting hit the calendars of many catamaran classes. The Felixstowe Ferry Cat Open was to be the first in the clubs history which has come into existence to cater for the enthusiasm from the youth club members who have rented the clubs Dart …
FFSC holds its first ever catamaran open meeting including the following events: Dart 16 National Championships UKCRA Junior Championships F18 TT Spitfire TT Nacra 15 TT Entry is £60 for double handers and £45 for single handers. This includes a two course evening meal on Saturday evening and post-sailing BBQ on Sunday. Breakfast will also …
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Sunday the 24th of September is one of the last racing dates in the club calendar and it is of course the third year of Barts Bash. This year the Andrew Simpson Foundation would be donating to victims of Hurricane Irma. Entrants world wide appeared to be down this year just as the second year …
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 …
The long distance race took place on Bank Holiday Monday the 28th of August. Previously moved from earlier in the year the change of date proved to be good with sun and light winds. With 11 entrants the race was as popular as previous years but this time with even more of our young cat …
For the first time FFSC ran an Easter Sunday Race. A request to members came up with the name “The Easter Bonnet Race”. The Day of the “Easter Bonnet Race” arrived and a crowd amassed on the shore to watch the fleet of boats make off from the start. After an initial postponement to let …
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 …