by mfranks | Aug 30, 2025 | Uncategorised
The remnants of hurricane ‘Erin’ passed over Falmouth on Saturday 30th. August. Flushing Sailing Club sensibly cancelled afternoon racing as the worst of the wind and rain swept through. The memorial race was scheduled and was to be hosted by The Seven Stars Inn on...
by mfranks | Aug 29, 2025 | Uncategorised
Portscatho Regatta 25 The week before started with several days of full on easterly gales resulting in no boats able to sail to Fowey for their regatta week, a big disappointment as it is a huge tradition in the Working Boat calendar. The wind eased in the middle of...
by mfranks | Aug 19, 2025 | Uncategorised
Falmouth Week 2025 Twelve 28ft B. Class boats and five 23ft. C. Class boats entered for the week. Unfortunately daily entries were not permitted this year by the organisers, the Port of Falmouth Sailing Association (POFSA), which meant a few boats who had crew...
by mfranks | Aug 6, 2025 | Uncategorised
Air Ambulance A special race took place on Sunday morning 20 July, after Arfie’s Race. It was a rather special race organised by John Andrew, Commodore at St. Mawes Sailing Club and David Richards on behalf of a fund-raising regatta in support of The Cornwall...
by mfranks | Aug 6, 2025 | Uncategorised
Flushing Village Regatta 2025 Always one of the most popular of the local events, Flushing is always well attended, and this year was no exception. A turnout of eleven B Class 28 footers and six C Class 23 footers. A bit of surprise to see four hung over 28’s from...
by mfranks | Jul 30, 2025 | Uncategorised
2025 Falmouth Working Boats Championships The annual Working Boat Championships held over 3 days at the end of July was organised by the St. Mawes Sailing Club. With twenty boats entered it was another splendid spectacle in the Carrick Roads. Spectators lined the...
by mfranks | Jul 22, 2025 | Uncategorised
Penrose Sailmakers To celebrate 200 years of trading Penrose Sailmakers sponsored an all classes regatta on the longest day of the year Saturday 21st. June 2025. Penrose’s have been making sails for two hundred years (since 1825) in Falmouth. They had lofts at...
by mfranks | Jul 20, 2025 | Uncategorised
Arfie’s Race This special race organised in honour of Arfie Treneer was held on Saturday 19 July at Mylor Yacht Club. Arfie was born within hailing distance from the Yacht Club and grew up on the Mylor waterfront. Fishing at a young age and learning through the...
by mfranks | Jul 14, 2025 | Uncategorised
The unpredictable weather at the end of a record breaking heatwave was forecasting strong easterly winds and possible showers. It was not to be, the Sunday turned out to have a moderate to light easterly wind and sunshine. Perfect! Starting on the Flushing outer line...
by mfranks | May 15, 2025 | Uncategorised
Working Boat Handling The document below is a transcript of a talk given by John Peters at the May 2025 Pre Season Rules and Safety talk. The meeting was attended by 99% of the representatives from all the fleet. At the meeting each boat represented was issued with a...
by mfranks | Nov 22, 2024 | Uncategorised
The last race of the 2024 Season held on Saturday 12 October should have been the race sponsored by St. Michaels Hotel ‘Oyster Festival’. Unfortunately the Festival had to be cancelled at the last minute due to spiralling costs. The origin of the Festival was to...
by mfranks | Nov 22, 2024 | Uncategorised
Saturday 28 September 2024 squeezed in between autumnal gales and rain to deliver a spectacular sunny day with hardly any wind. The race was scheduled to start at 14.45 to avoid interfering with Flushing Sailing Clubs Autumn Pursuit races which turned out to be an...
