On August 20th and 21st FFSC will hold the FFSC Regatta including the Dart 16 National Championships. This is an updated format to the previous Catamaran Open to now allow monohulls to come out and compete on the water. The event is open to both club members and visiting sailors. Club Member – Single Hander …
Story from Peter White. 1972 With the 505 fleet at Felixstowe Ferry becoming more and more competitive, John Davies and myself decided that early summer in La Rochelle was a good place to go, to try our luck. The French 505 federation were giving some sponsorship towards the Ferry crossing and free entry to any …
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 …
Story from David White The Ferry had entered the Wilson Team Trophy in about 1973 or thereabout. This was an event for 3-boat teams and held on the marine lake at West Kirby. The host club supplied all of the Fireflies and also accommodation in members’ homes, which invariably was quite grand. I travelled up …
Hi All. Its a challenging time and whilst we had published dates to run courses this year this has obviously changed. All our Dinghy and Powerboat instructors are on standby to run courses once the lockdown is lifted. Hopefully there will be some summer left and it will be as good as the weather this …
Sailing at Felixstowe Ferry on the River Deben and the North Sea has been going on since the 1920’s and it continues to thrive with good numbers of junior and adult sailors. Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club (FFSC) was established in 1931. The premier sailing venue on the East Coast. The membership for FFSC has grown …