Hayling Ferry Sailing Club is a small, friendly club, superbly located at the western tip of Hayling Island. From our well equipped club house, our fleet of catamarans and monohulls enjoys some of the best sailing in the Solent and the south coast of England.
New members are always welcome whether you own a boat or not.
The Club has been informed of the sudden and unexpected passing of Clive Wright.
Clive was a keen, active and well-liked club member and was currently serving on the Club’s management committee.
Details of funeral arrangements will be made known to club members once they become available.
Well done to the 5 brave crews that ventured out today. Chimet and Cambermet both show sustained F5 with F6 gusts for the duration of the race which combined with significant swell in the Langstone channel to make for some spectacular sailing and fraught landings at the finish. Only 3 boats completed both legs. Richard and Justin completed a particularly rapid 2nd leg to take 1st place overall after placing second behind Steve and Jennie on the first leg. Of note were 3rd place finishers Kieron and Ben putting winter training to good use.
After a dramatic start to the season (Woody won the first race in his brand new boat), normal service was resumed last Sunday with Richard and Justin taking the win on a club SL16, closely followed by Clive W on his FX One.
Conditions were a bit lighter than forecast (F2-3) - but there was enough to complete 2 laps of inner, outer, wreck with a fairway finish in 2 hours or less.
A good start to the season with a few boats braving the chilly NNE wind. After an upwind start, the course was set to head toward the harbour to round the new "Mulberry" starboard channel marker before heading back out of the channel to the Fairway mark. 2 laps of Outer -> Inner -> Wreck followed, before a final upwind leg to the finish line. The wind was consistently F4-5 blowing offshore with the inevitable wind shifts, gusts, and holes.
