On the Afternoon of Saturday 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 event will be held from 1.30 til 5.30 with half hour slots (depending on time) …
The classroom otherwise known as “Riverside” adjacent has stood the test of time. Following the floods several years ago the frame and floor remains solid but the walls and general aesthetics had really suffered. It hasnt been feasible to replace the building as any new building will require additional permissions along with the issue of …
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 …
What is Riverside and why are we purchasing it? For those of you who were unable to attend the EGM on Sunday 12th March, we thought it might be helpful to explain that Riverside is the plot of land adjacent to the Clubhouse on which sits our Classroom, Beer patio, RIB storage, Tractor storage and …
The first weekend of March always sees the UKs leading Dinghy Show take over Alexandra Palace. Manufacturers, clubs, sail makers and chandlers take over 3 halls to show off their latest products. Sam Rowell was there representing the British Spitfire Class Association with his boat on stand C62 and grabbed some highlights from the show. …
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 …
Saturday 8th October was the final planned practice session of the season, we were joined by 8 youth sailors, and also welcomed Jeremy, who has recently joined the club. A quick practice on trapezing, and we trundled down to the launching ramps with the three club Dart 16’s. The weather forecast was suggesting very light winds, …
Sept 17/18 2016 End of season cruise to brand new facility at Woodbridge Tidemill.
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 …
We had originally planned to take two Dart 16’s, but with 6 youth sailors, and 7 adults, we decided to take the three club boats, and joined by a privately owned club members boat. As normal, we started with the basics of trapezing, for those who had not ever experienced this skill. Then it was rigging …