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.🙃

So far we have 3 Nordics entered for this prestigious regatta - and we are looking for more - and indeed to create this as a regular on our racing calenda. This is in line with our ambition to support the development of emerging competitive racing fleets  - so for those based in the Solent ,  Lymington , Yarmouth Hamble and Portsmouth - please take a look and see if you can make it and support Simon Flack is doing a great job promoting Folkboat racing out of Poole. If we can get to 4 we will have OD racing and results. If we get to 6 then will also earn our own start. Racing is over three days. All launching and berthing can be accommodated. Website for the regatta info and entry is https://pooleregatta.co.uk/entry-information/.