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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On the Afternoon of Saturday the 5th and Sunday the 20th of May FFSC will open its doors to the public as part of the RYA Push The Boat Out Scheme. Fancied sailing? Now is your chance and best of all its free! The events will be held from 2 til 5.30 with half hour …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
Dear all, We are running a seamanship race during RNLI weekend, using our four Dart 16 catamarans. High water is at approx 1500 hrs, so we are aiming to run two races, between 1430 and 1530 hrs. Minimum two crew including the helm, per boat. Briefly, this will be run off the beach in front …
Each year the Youth Sailing instructors have gone on an overnight cruise to the Walton Backwaters. This year the event was opened up to all club members and the destination changed to camping at Slaughden Sailing Club but also trying to get as far up the Alde as possible with the aim of making it …
Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club has recently expanded its fleet of club boats by purchasing two dart 16 catamarans for this sailing season. Along with two laser single handed dinghies and a laser 2000, all these boats are available for club members to hire. The club now has 8 boats which are available for members to hire …
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 …