Felixstowe Ferry Rowing Group Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club (FFSC) is delighted to announce the inception of a new rowing group based at the FFSC. The Felixstowe Ferry Rowing Group (FFRG) will offer coastal rowing, primarily in a pilot gig (fixed-seat rowing, 1 cox, 6 rowers). Pilot gig rowing involves a full body rowing technique. For …
Happy New Year, we hope 2021 will be a fantastic year for you and your family. Are you looking to take up a new sport in 2021? Well we may have just the answer for you, when it gets warmer! Sailing at Felixstowe Ferry on the River Deben and the North Sea has been going …
Fun Workgroups! Would you like to be part of one of the following fun workgroups? Membership Finance Social Clubhouse (inc. Bar and Galley) Each group consists of 3-4 members. The group has at least 1 if not 2 General committee members and other members are assisting. Of course at the moment these groups can only meet electronically, …
Fun Workgroups! We, as a committee, have made some positive changes to the way the club is run. We have created a number of workgroups that cover certain areas of the club: So far we have created the following: Membership Finance Social Clubhouse (inc. Bar and Galley) Each group consists of 3-4 members. The group has …
Hi everyone, a warm welcome to a leap of faith that we will be able to get some great cruising and sailing in this coming season. It goes without saying that this is very much a provisional and flexible programme, which as well as the usual proviso of reasonable weather, may also be subject to …
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by Clifford H Wright (Robert C A Wright) This is an extract from the log book of a cruise from the Ferry in August 1934 made by my father and his friend John. My father was one of the very early members of the club. The boat that they completed their epic journey in was …
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 …