Monthly Archives: December 2011

New Flying Fifteen Video – Onboard for 13 minutes of Fast Planing Action!!…..

John Hanson has just pointed me to this newish piece of YouTube video footage – quite possibly the best we have to date of a Flying Fifteen at Speed. Filmed at Draycote on a pretty breezy day – quite a … Continue reading

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FF Brand Image …!! The “Old Man’s Boat”, Eh ??!!…

The ff image I have recently had a very illuminating conversation with a fleet captain of a club which has a dozen or so ffs in the boat park. In his club, there have been few/no new members for some … Continue reading

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The 2012 Belgian Championship – and their Fabulous New Clubhouse!!…

You may recall that we had UK winners of the Belgian Championship in 2011… That reminds me – Andy,  are you coming back to Datchet for this winter?? . The dates for the 2012 Belgian Championships have been announced at … Continue reading

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New P&B General Tuning Guide…..

In addition to their excellent FF Tuning Guide, P&B also publish a more ‘first principles’ kind of guide to setting your rig up.  It has just been revised and you can see it here

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Tip of The Week….. Keep Those Sailboxes….

Have you ordered your 2012 sails on Winter Discount from P&B or Goacher Sails??? Well, we suggest you keep a hold of the cardboard boxes they came in…  If you ever want to send them off for repair, they come … Continue reading

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Mylar in the Fireballs….

(first published in Dec 09 on the old website) I have had a telephone conversation with Tim Saunders, Chairman of the UK Fireball Association. The Fireballs changed their rules to allow mylar for the mainsail and the first new sails were … Continue reading

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Datchetman’s Christmas Offer….

From a humble start (and false start) in January, the FF Blog has come along quite well.  Our fleet is modestly proud of the fact that our blog is looked at 5000-7000 times a month at the moment. Do you … Continue reading

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Weymouth Olympics and Beyond – an NZ View…

I must say I am beginning to wonder if Olympic Sailing is losing its way.  I sort of understand where they are going in 2016 and some of it is laudable. But basically now the Finn is the only real … Continue reading

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Why Choose to Sail an FF – Chapter 2 !!!….

This arrived today from David Duke of Parkstone and RMYC…. and once a Datchet Man !! I read with interest the comings and goings at DWSC put out on the blog particularly as I used to sail with the fleet … Continue reading

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Getting to Garda – the FF Europeans in 2012….!!

There has been a flurry of comments in the blog about the best way to get your boat to Garda and back.  How about getting it delivered??  This item came into the blog’s Facebook page last week….. It’s obviously written … Continue reading

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Datchet FF’s – Winter Program….

As usual, the Datchet Winter Program is shaping up to be the best part of the Year! We kick off with the FF Midwinters on January 28th and 29th.  We’ll be hoping that visitors will leave their boats with us … Continue reading

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