2018 Cruising Programme
Our new 2018 Cruising Programme has now been published. Here is a useful link to 2018 Tidal Predictions for Harwich.
2017 Cruising Summary
The 2017 Cruising Programme concluded with a two-day cruise to Orford on Sunday/Monday 24/25 September. The 2017 Cruising Programme 29 April-1 May Ipswich Haven Marina/Shotley 27-29 May Titchmarsh Marina 9/10 June Ore and Alde 24-26 June Lowestoft 14-22 July London 14-22 July Medway 18-21 August Ipswich Maritime 27-28 August Brightlingsea and Titchmarsh 9/10 September Woodbridge …
Barts Bash 2017
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 …
New Members Afternoon & Barts Bash Race Training
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 Championships 2017
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 …
Long Distance Race 2017
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 …
Seamanship Race – Sunday 24th September
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 …
RNLI Day – Sailing Taser Sessions
On the Afternoon of Saturday the 23rd of September as part of RNLI weekend FFSC will be offering sailing taster sessions to the public. Now is your chance to get afloat and best of all it only requires a donation. The event will be held from 1.30 til 5.30 with half hour slots (depending on …
Wilford Bridge Cruise 2017
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 …