Autumn Series #2

Sunday 3rd May, Rig 8am for 9am Race Start

OOD Dave Erson ably assisted by Clive Brown as Race Officer with assistance from Yoka and Urban. Alan Longmire and Callum Gillespie are providing RIB support. Becky is up for galley duty. It's an early start with a 9am scheduled start; be down to rig by 8am. The tides at 10:05am and the forecast is between 5 and 8 knots from the west. It'll be chilly so bring along your warm gear.

Women out West

WoW, Saturday 2nd May 8:30am

A final invite to all our local ladies and their friends to come down and have a sail in one of our Topaz dinghies. Amanda is once again making sure everyone is well looked after on shore, Matt and Fergus will again be there to help you on the water. It's an early start 8:30am, the forecast is for light breezes from the west. Bring your warm gear as it's likely to be quite cold.

A big thank you to all Club members who assisted at the Women's Laser Regatta. Your help certainly made this a great event. It was a long day but "all hands on deck" made the event run smoothly and places the club in good shape for future regattas.

Hamish and Megan
revel in the breeze at Takapuna

ANZAC Weekend Regatta, Takapuna BC

French Bay sailors dominated the ANZAC Weekend Regatta. Megan sailing her Laser Radial and Hamish sailing his 3.7 both won their classes in big breeze in the regatta, held over two days at Takapuna Boating Club. Hamish scored a 1,1,3,1,1 beating the current National Champion four times and taking hold of a trophy which was first won by Bruce Farr. Meg, sailing her shiny new boat, closed her series out with a 2,1,2,1,1. Way to go! Thanks to The Watershed for the prizes and to Takapuna for putting on the racing. A great way for our youth sailors to close out the season!

Strategic Planning evening

Thank you all for participating!

A big thank you to all those who participated in Friday night's Strategic Planning evening and to Zoe, our convenor, for leading the club through this process. It was fantastic to see so many people down at the club showing a strong interest in continuing the good work carried out by the leadership team over the past five years. The amount of passion and enthusiasm shown for our little club was inspiring and it's hoped that this event will lay the foundations for the next phase of growth ... by doing things the French Bay way!

Boats + gear for sale

Scudy, $2000 ono

Perfect learn to sail and green fleet boat (2nd in Green Fleet Nationals 2014) Excellent sound condition some minor scratches that a good wet and dry sand will not remove.Has Optimax spars which were new in 2013. 2 training sails 1 regatta sail (nearly new). All fittings are in excellent condition. One brand new buoyancy tank, the other two in reasonable condition.Fibreglass foils. Sails, foils and spars all recently measured. Excellent beach trolley. Top and padded bottom boat covers.Price $2000 or nearest offer. More photos available if required call Paddy on 817 3379

Starling gear

Starling regatta sail in bag rolled on a tube with battens - used at about half dozen regattas by Megan over three years - asking $400
Starling mast blank (never used) - $75 o.n.o
Contact Fergus - 021 412 446 / 8178294 home

Starling 521, Spitfire, $2000

Download flyer here

Galley plates

FBYC need plates for the galley

If you have any plates of any sorts that are surplus at home, FBYC would love to take them off your hands to increase the supply at the Club. Some of our existing stock may have accidentally gone home after social events as well. If you have any of the Club plates, can you please return them as our supplies are nearly all gone.

Nosh Night + FBYC Winter Series

Nosh Night, 27th June 2105 4:30pm

Nosh Night, our close of season social and prizegiving, is coming up. Please keep the afternoon/evening of Sat 27th June free. There will be a small charge per head for food, and it's a BYO event. We look forward to seeing all members there to celebrate the wide ranging success that the club has enjoyed across senior, youth and junior sailing during the season.

Dates announced for FBYC's winter series

Dates for the winter series are now on the FBYC Calendar and provided here as a download The alternate date will be sailed if bad weather prevents the first series date being sailed.

More details at Nosh Night on how we will man safety boats and racing on these days.

Season Calendars

Full Sailing Calendar • Squad Calendar • FBYC Sailing Calendar Online
Remember that the Start Time on the Calendar is the ON THE WATER START so you need to arrive an hour ahead of this published time to get rigged!