Thu 26th Apr 2018
Saturday dawned – a fabulous day, simply perfect for the Firefly Junior Cup at Tamesis Club on the Thames. After several weeks of inclement weather, lacklustre winds and a raging stream on the Thames it looked set for a wonderful afternoon’s sailing. Unfortunately a large mass of grey cloud hovered menacingly over the Thames for […]
Tue 29th Aug 2017
Friday’s final race at the GJW Direct Firefly National Championships hosted by Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club would decide the overall champion for 2017 with three boats heading out to the start separated by only one point. In the end, it was Nigel Wakefield and Emily Saunderson sailing the recently restored Tip Top Too, which previously won the […]
Sun 9th Oct 2016
Papercourt Sailing Club held its inaugural Firefly Open meeting on Sunday 9th October. The lake was mirror like on arrival but by the time the free bacon rolls had been handed out and competitors been allocated their ‘Platinum Pam’ Firefly raffle tickets a perfect 2-3 was blowing down the lake accompanied by glorious autumnal sunshine. With fleets of boats from Surrey University and Royal Grammar School Guildford being sailed regularly at Papercourt their combination with the usual open meeting travellers swelled the fleet to a fantastic 24 boats for the start.
Thu 11th Feb 2016
Brian Heron, who has been a member of HLSC for nearly 70 years and was a past Commodore, died this morning in Rochdale Infirmary after a short illness. Brian was 83.
Thu 15th Oct 2015
The Firefly Class represented by National Champion Stuart Hudson and Hamish Walker came a fantastic 4th at the prestigious Endeavour Trophy this weekend. Sailed in RS200s from the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, Burnham-on-Crouch, the marathon event comprised 8 races, 7 to count to find the Champion of Champions. The trophy was won convincingly by Ben […]
Fri 31st Jul 2015
After a serious match racing start in light airs Fursty Ferret put Kong to the back of the fleet. Meanwhile the lighter boats made an escape. With a stunning start Nigel Wakefield and Emily Sanderson took a convincing lead. Ed Smith with his daughter and Alex Davies with young Thomas showed them the feel of […]
read more »Thu 30th Jul 2015
The GJW Direct 69th Firely National Championship Restronguet Sailing Club Crew’s race Crew’s – 30/7 at 1445 Start: Start 1, Finishes: Place Rank Boat Sail Number Club Crew Place Points 1 Fetherlite 2144 Lymington, Imperial Poona Jenny Vines 1 1.0 2 Doris 3671 Red Wharf Bay SC Jenn Lamb 2 2.0 3 Skirmish 3615 OCSS Jo McEwen 3 3.0 […]
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Race 7 Report (care of Jamie McEwen) Today the Fireflies were slightly relieved to be greeted by lighter winds than the previous few days – force 2-4 and glorious sunshine. In the first race the race officer had to abandon after a large shift came through; he then moved the course south to the Carrick Roads […]
read more »Wed 29th Jul 2015
To the setting of a stunning view of the Southern Cornish Coast the fleet sailed out to the bay for the long distance race. Originally the championship race now just a very coveted trophy. The day kindly sponsored by Marlow Ropes had sunshine, sparkling seas and perfect firefly planing conditions. The triangle course of over […]
read more »Tue 28th Jul 2015
Race 3 Moderate fresh northwesterly Barney Smith and Allanah Hebbert opened the gate and got the fleet started in very shifty conditions. The first beat was characterised by a long right hand shift that paid dividends for the late starters. First around the windward mark were the Vines again with the fleet closing in on […]
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