5th-6th October: Froidchapelle, Lac de la Plate Taille
The annual Belgian National Championships are as ever on the first weekend of October. This is a friendly event fuelled by Chimay beer!
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September 7th-8th; Bassenthwaite SC
An excellent turnout of 50 boats for the Flying 15 northern championship, after high winds over the last couple of days, were greeted with plenty of sunshine and a mirror like lake, with a forecast of F1 from the east.
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It's a Summer Of Sport says Bill...
I’m writing this the day after the Olympics ended in Paris (and Marseilles, or even Tahiti…), the weather seems to have picked up here in the UK, and it feels like a summer of sports is well underway
The recent 2024 Nationals saw a remarkable six sailmakers in the top ten
There aren’t many fleets with such a wealth of sailmakers supporting the class, and even fewer producing so many competitive boats as we see in the UKFFA fleets
Rupert Mander sailing a Flying 15, won not only White Group (that is, all Keel and sports boats), but also the whole event Cowes Week for all vessels. Click to read the whole story.