On the 2nd of July Grafham Sailing Club celebrated their 50th anniversary with a nine hour race and FFSC sailors Sam Rowell and Nick Swain joined in on the action to be the only travelling sailors to enter. the forecast was 20 knots so it was marginal whether the team would attend. The trip started …
On the 21st of May from 2pm Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club ran its first Push The Boat Out event. This national nine-day campaign saw over 350 sailing clubs open their doors with Push The Boat Out “have a go” taster sessions for all. During the afternoon we saw around 30 people come down to the …
On the 21st May 2016 from 2pm we will be running an afternoon of free taster sessions open to club members, their friends and the general public. Complete novice or seasoned pro, you will be welcome. Please arrive between 2 and 5 pm on the day in clothes you don’t mind getting wet. Bring a …
The first Saturday Afternoon racing was scheduled for 2.30pm last bank holiday weekend. Upon arrival the wind was light and often dropped to nothing. With club sailors assembled it was agreed that we would cruise round to Felixstowe front using the newly purchased Dart 16s that had only been rigged for the first time that …
The Bar has always been tricky to navigate but with the use of a multi-rotor FFSC Sailing Captain Sam Rowell has been able to supply us with images which may be useful to our members. Full size images are available on request.
We are all familiar with Felixstowe Ferry. A place which many of us call home. But what does it look like from a different point of view? FFSC Sailing Captain Sam Rowell has been out with his multi-rotor. Full size images are available on request.
On Wednesday the 19th of August the Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club dinghy park welcomed the sight of the artic truck which had brought boats directly from the Europeans in Italy. It had been debated for several months which UKCRA Youth sailors would be attending the event but we had a healthy turn out and for …
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The finish of the 2015 Dart 18 Europeans in Grossetto, Italy only 2 weeks before the Nationals inevitably reduced the entry list, but the 37 boats who travelled to Felixstowe Ferry SC had a great Nationals both on the water and socially. Competitors arrived on the Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning for the usual round …
Welcome to the new Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club Website. The new website features a new design and all new back end which makes it easier for our club members to edit pages, post news and share images. Expect a whole load more news to be posted over the next few weeks. If you want to …
The Seamark Nunn Woolverstone Challenge Cup is an unique new inter-club event for east coast sailing clubs. THe event took place on Saturday May 9th and was organised by the Woolverstone Project (www.woolverstoneproject.org.uk) – an RYA Sailability and Training Centre based at Alton Water and at Woolverstone on the River Orwell. East coast clubs were …