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 …
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Notice 2021 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2021 Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club will be held at the clubhouse on Sunday November 28th at 14.30 hours. In accordance with rule 2.2.1 candidates for Officers for election at the AGM shall be nominated and seconded in …
We have just had a very successful London cruise to St Katherine’s Dock with 8 member boats taking part at various times over a week. We welcomed new members Will Risdill-Smith and his lovely family to the group in their impressive trimaran. After a delayed start the weather mainly did us proud, though sailing itself …
Dinghy News The early summer series concluded last night, a good turnout and very challenging conditions, saw a long evening for most sailors. A few decided that after struggling to cross the start line it was probably better to take a beer and eat some home cooked lasagne. Well done to those that made ‘the …
We hope you are enjoying the fine weather and getting out on the water, Wednesday night racing continues to thrive with 18 boats out last wednesday and over 30 ‘teams’ taking part in at least one race, see the results here: https://ffsc.co.uk/sailing/results Sailing in company and cruising in company continues to grow with the warm weather, …
Drone footage and still photographs provided kindly by club member, John Ranson. Also worth checking https://www.debenestuarypilot.co.uk/ for the latest chartlet. There is also John’s footage from last year still up there to see how much the entrance has changed. Thank you John. River Ore drone footage
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 …
Lunch At the Maybush Saturday 21 April For those of us lucky enough to have their boats in the water before the end of April the weather as beautiful and the wind developed nicely over the morning. The A14 was an alternative to the Deben for many. PHOTO ALBUM Bank Holiday Cruise to Ipswich and …