LONG SUFFERING WIVES. Many of the “old” brigade will remember my father’s lovely old (Built in 1935) motor yacht Alvista and the many hours of enjoyment, some of it alcohol might have played a leading roll, and the many technicolour second breakfasts fed to the North Sea. But the time for her to go finally arrived …
First Sail Having sailed from the Ferry in spring of 2014, by July 2016 we had made it down the Atlantic coast of the Iberian peninsula to the marina at Rota, a nice little town in the bay opposite Cadiz. For the first time we had decided to have Fae’s two grandchildren on board for …
FIRST TIME FOREIGN This is a tale about the first time I sailed my own boat from Felixstowe Ferry across the North Sea to Belgium. I had crossed the North Sea only once before in the mid 80’s when I joined Fred Webb’s crew on board his Impala for a North Sea race to Ostend. …
Story by James & Jackie Parker It was August 2011 and we were approaching the end of a Round Britain cruise in our Starlight 39, Betelgeuse. We had left Felixstowe Ferry in early May, turned right and kept going for the next three months. We had enjoyed a fantastic voyage – the weather had been …
Story from Robin Whittle. For National Service I had managed to gain a place in the Fleet Air Arm to be a pilot. It started with six months training on the lower deck as a National Service Upper Yardman. There were two training ships at that time, light fleet aircraft carriers HMS Ocean and HMS …
Croatia Dalmatian Islands Charter September 2019 Sue and I flew Easyjet Southend to Dubrovnik, arriving Saturday around midday and got a taxi to the ACI marina, cost was 450 Kuna. Checked in and were handed the boat about 15.30, a Bavaria cruiser 34 run by dream charters. Probably the best equipped we’ve had. Mike and …
Saronic Gulf Charter September 2018 Hi guys, my attempt at a John Eggett style sailing blog! Sue and I arrived in Athens on Wednesday afternoon for a few days of sightseeing and booked into a small hotel in Plaka, in the old town below the Acropolis. I have to say, the Parthenon at the top is …
Origins of the Club Newsletter by I R E Member Over the last few weeks during the “lock down” it inspired me to start getting rid of out of date paper work which included old FFSC related material. Suffice to say a vast amount of rubbish was discarded and shredded. However I did unearth a …
Story from John White I started sailing in one of dad’s old dinghies, we had a broomstick mast and a piece of old canvas for a sail, I then started crewing in a national 12 for a man called Percy Hatfield, he was the wartime pilot who first spotted the Tirpitz in the western approaches before …
Although we are now immersed in the depths of winter spending most of our evenings around the fireside, it is, and I think you will agree, very pleasant to spend a few moments gazing into the flames letting the mind drift back to the Summer of ‘75. Yes it really was one of the finest …