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We have results!

We have results! The Winter Series finished this weekend with the largest turnout of Flying Fifteens for some time – 17 boats participated, sometimes with different helms resulting in a total of 23...

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Competition Table Update….!!

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2016 Fairweather Series – Final Result

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Flying Fifteen 2016 events

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Bottle Race & Pink Elephant Race

Wishing you all a Happy Christmas and looking forward to seeing you on Boxing day and New Years Day. Love and Kisses Mervyn

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Flying Fifteen fleet results update

This is my first attempt at pasting a blog to the new website – so apologies if it doesn’t work!  The fleet results sheet is update to include the Autumn Series results, including the Ridgeway Trophy,...

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Notices of Race and Sailing Instructions posted for FF Midwinters and...

With a lot of help from Gabrielle and Tristan, I have uploaded the NoR’s and SI’s for the Flying Fifteen Midwinter Championship (which will draw results from the WInter Warm Up in February) and the...

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Flying Fifteen Fairweather Series Notice of Race

Attached is the NoR for this year’s Flying FFairweather Series – which will combine the FF results for the Sunday am races on 22nd May, 12th June, 24th July, 14th August, 11th September and 9th October...

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Flying Fifteen parking/ launching for the UK Marblehead Nationals – 15th to...

Flying Fifteen parking/ launching for the UK Marblehead Nationals – 15th to 17th July Datchet is hosting UK Marblehead Nationals this weekend – expecting 60 boats. Their course may be set near our...

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How to win a prize at the Flying Fifteen Nationals

John Christensen and Jonathan Baggot have sent a of their Hayling Bay adventure last weekend – with a description of the thought process that led them to deciding to go to the Nationals, what they did...

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Sunday Series update

We had 8 boats out in a fantastic wind last Sunday (out of 21 club boats – that’s nearly 40%). Even Tony Copper commented on how good it looked. Mike and Phil roared away in the first race but everyone...

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John and Helen take 4th place at Bassenthwaite

John and Helen continue their journey round the UK in Hakuna Kutoa Katika. Last weekend they were at Bassenthwaite in the Lake District (a beautiful setting with 180 degree wind shifts!) where they...

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Feeling inspired to travel by John/ Jon’s report from the Nationals? – try...

The Burnham-on-Crouch open meeting (aka the East Coast Championship) has been rescheduled for September 17th/ 18th. This is a great venue – sailing on a big river with waves that warrant a chute cover...

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New SI’s for Sunday am

The observant amongst you may have noticed a new course being used a couple of weeks ago – a triangle-sausage-triangle with start/ gate half way up the beat. This is the result of the Sailing Committee...

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Fairweather Series and pm racing next Sunday (24th)

The forecast for next Sunday is for a Force 3 and a positively lukewarm 23°C – perfect for the next instalment of the Fairweather Series and also the next Sunday pm race date. It would be great to see...

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We’re growing

Another 8 boat day last Sunday – ok, so not all at the same time, but we had seven FF’s out in the morning with Ian and Sophia Bland joining the fleet in 3384 Let’s Cruise, and an eighth turning out in...

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New courses for Sunday am (Take 2)

Apologies to those confused by my blog of 20th July with an unhelpfully incorrect summary of the new courses in the Sunday am series SI’s. I have attached a corrected table – feel free to print and...

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Summer Series Update

Yesterday was a great day not to be RO – the weather was lovely and the wind built to a reasonable force 3 but it sure didn’t know where it wanted to blow! 6 boats battled the flukey winds (up/down,...

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