Hosted by the Royal Lymington Yacht Club: The countdown to the Folkboat Nationals 2024 is on, with less than five weeks remaining until the event at Lymington. The finest Folkboat sailors will convene for five races across two days in the West Solent, vying for the title of National Champion for 2024. Please book your spot and help make this a memorable event. This is also the first of this seasons weekend regatta series    

Congratulations to Mark Hall's Raev FB767 for a start to finish race win in the first of the FBA's new 3 part Saturday race series, The Long Race East. In a nail biting finish after racing the length of the Solent from Alasdair Maclean's Eala Bheag FB754 narrowly edged out Claire and Julian Sowry's  Mistral FB732 by a mere 7 seconds for second and third places. Full race report by Claire and Julian below Prince Consort Charity Race, now known as the Long Race East – Saturday, 11 May 2024 Champagne conditions, sunny, with a nice 10-15 knots Easterly breeze, greeted Mistral as we sailed across the Solent to Yarmouth for the start, organised by the Royal Solent Yacht Club.  Warning Signal for XOD’s, YOD’s and Folkboats was at 11.00 with a strong flood tide, to be more than warry of, at the line!  Course – Start, Bouldner Bay, 3S…

The Hadvaeker Cup is the first regatta of the season in Denmark, hosted by Jaegerspris Sailing Club, 4/5 May. Attracts the top Danish boats. 8 races, 1 discard. Wind variable F1-F6, E and S and everything in between! Negligible current. Excellent courses, with places being changed every leg to the finish line. Saturday 4th May sea trials for Isobella FGBR 808 and new team (John Wulff helm, Ed mainsheet, Cameron Tweedle jibs/ tactics) coming together. Great BBQ after racing followed by supper and social. Sunday went racing. 7th OA for the event, and but for a man overboard in the last race when in 1st place blowing F6, could have been 4th OA. We recovered to finish the race. Great racing, great social, great fun! Special thanks to the Danish fleet for making us feel so welcome. Next stop RTIR, UK Nationals, Danish Nationals and Gold Cup.🙃