SEASON REVIEW by Chris Fox - Lymington FB Fleet Captain of the Folkboat Association supported Regattas and the Gold Cup The Folkboat Fleet has been really exciting this year with great competitive sailing, some new boats joining the fleet and a mix of winners across competitions from all the clubs across the Solent. The combination of Regattas in Lymington, Yarmouth and Hamble along with Saturday, Wednesday series and TEK racing has kept the fleet very busy. We also had 5 boats from the Solent clubs head off to the Gold Cup in Sweden, which is the pinnacle of Folkboat racing and Britain had our first Gold Cup Champion in Ed Donald, who has pushed the standards of Folkboating up for many years and has now taken the top prize. An amazing achievement. After the long winter break, the season started with the April Spring Series which saw 7 Folkboats out…

There is a great video of Folkboat Week produced by the Royal Solent Yacht Club. The link to the page is https://www.royalsolent.org/folkboat-week/folkboat-week-2024/  

The second running of the FBA Three regatta weekend series saw 29 Nordic Folkboats competing over the summer  -  establishing this as a great addition to the UK Nordic Folkboat racing calendar . Cidron Too followed up 2nd overall in the Nationals at Lymington with solid scores at the Taittinger and Battle of Britain regattas to clinch 1st Overall. The Otter finished second overall with 64 points and our National Champions Gybe 'N completed the podium with a close third overall on 71 points.   Full results can be found here https://www.folkboats.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Summer-Series-2024-Results-final.pdf   A Full race report on the final weekend event - the Battle of Britain Regatta  - held on 14th 15th September at the Royal Air Force Yacht Club will follow shortly