Folkboat Fest Sept 2-4, 2022

Attendees Don and Joan Wilson (106)*, Otto Schrier (92), Will Clemens and Erika and their dog (74), Sean Svendsen (112), Roger Rapp (15), Dave Thompson and Evie Ashcroft (102), Laurie and Terri Chambers (123), Charlie Deist (77), Emma, Clare and Ben (77), Eric Kaiser...

Woodies 2022

The Woodies Regatta is always one of the highlights of the racing season and this one did not disappoint.  It is hard to beat three days of racing on the city front in both flood and ebb, with even the sun making an appearance on Saturday, and social events back on at...

The Fall Classic

The Fall Classic Regatta is often one of the highlights of the Folkboat racing season. This year was no exception.  The conditions were spectacular once the westerlies filled in around 1pm. The fleet racing was highly competitive with most teams finishing within a few...

The Woodies Regatta

Photo by Gerard Sheridan The Woodies Regatta has been held at St Francis Yacht Club for over 45 years, and this beautiful perpetual trophy awarded since 2000 when a young Peter Jeal won it.   Many of the boats may now be plastic but the classic lines of the IOD, Knarr...

Resin Regatta

We are back! And what a return to folkboat racing it was. Most of us had not raced in earnest with full crew since the Internationals in late September 2019.  Tom Reed (111) and Paul Dixon (105) had blown off the cobwebs with a warm-up the weekend before when some of...