Monthly Archives: February 2012

Graham Vials Speaks on the Alto Section Rig !!……

Posted on February 28, 2012 by

We initially chose the Alto rig because we were a little lighter than the other leading teams.  The Epsilon is very well proven with teams that are 27-30 stone combined, but we were approaching the worlds with crew weight nearer 25 stone.  People … Continue reading →

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FF Promotional Video…

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

If you are a regular reader of the BIFFA website, you will have noticed the promotional video that we loaded on the news page.  Although it’s from the Cowes Worlds, it all looks very current and has great impact – … Continue reading →

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Datchet – last weekend of the FF Winter Warmup….

Posted on February 26, 2012 by

Bright sun, blue skies and no wind !!!….  You can read the report here

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Reflections on Datchet this morning

Posted on February 26, 2012 by
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Weymouth 2012 and… The Wimbledon Effect…!!!

Posted on February 26, 2012 by

Many of our Clubs, and maybe FF Fleets, have tried running Open Days. Certainly each April Datchet runs an open day and has done for some years. We get a reasonable turnout when the weather obliges. If  ’our Ben’ does … Continue reading →

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Minimum Weather Thresholds for Flying Fifteen Racing….

Posted on February 25, 2012 by

We had some discussion at The Midwinters about what conditions to send the fleet out (we had a wind free Sunday)…. I gave my usual position which is we go if we have  ”5 knots or above across the whole … Continue reading →

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Flying Fifteen Personal Handicaps…

Posted on February 24, 2012 by

For some years, we in the Datchet Fleet have run a personal handicap system quite diligently. I think it was started during my first stint as Fleet Captain, so it was a while ago. We still sporadically award the Trophy … Continue reading →

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Ivan on the Carbon…..

Posted on February 23, 2012 by

Happy to back Phil on this one, having laid up the 15 laminates myself, I suspect for the first boat the carbon skin was added after the hull had been laminated conventionally, meaning the laminate needed wetting out afresh. With … Continue reading →

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Fly Away Pole Fans… Seen This??

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

I must admit that we’ve tried fly away poles on two of our Fifteens and not got on with them. Charles is dead keen, so it must be us obviously…!! Aside from the details, I just don’t like kit in … Continue reading →

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The Datchet Chandlery – FF Update….

Posted on February 21, 2012 by

The Datchet Club has the good fortune to have an onsite chandlery run by Purple Marine. We mentioned recently that Phil Tinsley has been working with them to start to stock FF specific accessories and products. They’ve made a start … Continue reading →

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FF4000 Coming Up….!!

Posted on February 20, 2012 by

As I write (17th Feb) I think the latest sail number issued is 3993. Ovington’s build programs are usually in batches of five, I believe. So we are within stone’s throw of FF4000. So what kind of fuss do we … Continue reading →

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