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
20th-21st July 2024
2024 is a worlds qualifying year for the Flying 15 class and not surprisingly, a large and high quality fleet of 40 boats turned up at Grafham to find the sun shining and some wind blowing.
Principal Race Officer Nigel Denchfield told the assembled sailors at the briefing to expect some possible windshifts on the race course- how right he was!
Read more for the full report.
19th-22nd June
A very competitive championships despite the lower than usual numbers. Graham Vialls and Chris Turner ended up worthy champions (again!). Read the full report for race by race details.
A mixed bag with some highly frustrated sailors in the bar
There are some high scores showing after the first day of the British Isles Championships in Strangford Lough. Read more for full report.
Thoughts from Bill about last week's Southerns and an International Regatta next year..?
So that’s the first Championship event done, and what an event it was. 57 boats entered for the Southerns at Parkstone last weekend, a remarkable number for a weekend open.