Origins of the Club Newsletter by I R E Member Over the last few weeks during the “lock down” it inspired me to start getting rid of out of date paper work which included old FFSC related material. Suffice to say a vast amount of rubbish was discarded and shredded. However I did unearth a …
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 Mike Nunn It was Deben “Regatta” Week in the long distance past and I’d been racing my Popcorn mini tonner named “Cornunndrum” at Waldringfield, it was blowing quite hard and raining and I needed to get the boat down river to Felixstowe Ferry where the Regatta was continuing the following day. Not wanting …
Story from Jenny Storer We have all read the Yachting Monthly “confessional “ pages, well this is mine: When my first husband and myself bought our first yacht, a 19 ft , 4 berth, Seawitch as a “finish at home” kit, it was delivered on a pallet to our front lawn at Kirton. Some months …
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 …
FIREWORK PARTY – Saturday 9th November 2019 Bar & Galley open from 6pm Food will be available, as follows – Soup, Hot Dogs, Burgers, Chicken Nuggets, Chips Tea & Coffee The Fireworks will begin at 7.30 pm We will be collecting donations during the evening to cover the cost of the Fireworks All Welcome!