Wow what a Folkboat week that was !! it was amazing!!  the buzz in the harbour, on the race course and in the social events speaks for itself - The Folkboat Family truly is the best in sailing. I though now ...... a week on is a good time to reflect back on a successful 59th Folkboat week regatta. We had 39 Folkboats gathering for a week of great racing and fabulous friendly socials   - with a packed ever more competitive Nordic fleet of 32 duking it out over the west Solent and a great turnout of  7 in the Classic “Cruiser Racer” division. We kicked off the first Saturday with the Gold cup presentation to the Royal Solent as well as welcoming our many new crews to a super at the welcome supper. The Gold Cup is the World Cup of Folkboat racing and has been running since 1963…

James Walters and team Cidron Too won the HRSC Central Solent regatta Folkboat class after close battles with Svenja and Valhalla coming out with Four wins, to 1 apiece for Svenja and Valhalla. Freyilda also joined in the fun , but opted for white sails, as sailing with a novice crew, and Kindred's crew sailed on Valhalla to gain race experience. Great and challenging courses were set in variable wind conditions made for great one design racing , taking advantage of the low tide area off Hill Head with a mix of windward leewards and round the cans. Big call out to Mike Stoner epitomising the spirit of Folkboating , who raced with full family and friends including 3 little ones dangling bare feet over the side and a Skull and Crossbow Battle flag flying off the backstay !  - We thought we were re-enacting the Swallows and Amazons movie…

From our Winners Team Isobella "With thanks to Simon Osgood for the write up, Daniel Stenholm for the photos, to all UK competitors that joined in the adventure - led by our class chairman Kim Morley - and especially to Oliver Osgood, who became a folkboat legend, sailing in every race at the 2024 gold cup age 11 (including a race win), amazing achievement and all respect from team Isobella, you made our week! We all look forward to you winning one year soon Oliver, along with your mum and dad🙃" https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/277100/Nordic-Folkboat-Gold-Cup-2024