Flushing Sailing Club

Let Sailing Commence

There will be no formal organized racing under the FSC banner until further notice.

Please continue to check the website regularly for updates

With due regard to the Government Guidelines on COVID-19 and with close attention to protecting members, volunteers and the residents of Flushing, the Committee and Trustees of FSC CIO have agreed the following measures:

1. The Clubhouse and facilities will remain closed until further notice.
2. The Club slipway will be cleared and made useable for members to launch their tenders. Please respect social distancing when doing so.
3. The Flushing launch will not be running for the time being.
4. Any racing which takes place will be limited and run under strict guidelines and in keeping with the requirement for social distancing.

Keep Safe

Get ready to race

FSC plans to start racing with pursuit races from the club start line or using the speed limit buoys if we have a lot of entries. A Covid NoR amendment is available here.

We think that any boat that with crew from one household can be covidly raced under current guidelines. Each skipper is responsible for crewing his boat and that his crew are happy with the arrangements. We will not be running the launch yet, so each boat will not come under the responsibility of the club, until they present at the start line. We particularly do not want to upset the residents of Flushing with sailors congregating on the quay and not social distancing. So please try to get to your boats from another place.

Now is the time to do the following:

• Enter your boat for racing with FSC (we need confirmation from you that you are properly insured for racing);
• Enter your boats details on the SWYTC web site and Malcolm Clark will give you a 2020 YTC number. There is no cost to doing this. Only boats on the 2020 list will get start times.

  Watch out for the web site updates and or email notification. The village regatta series has been cancelled so we plan to offer alternative racing from FSC to fill those dates. An Amendment to the NoR, detailing the changes is available here. It contains your instructions for the Simple Pursuits.

  We need to be cautious and avoid undue risk. We will probably cancel at a lower wind speed than you might normally expect. We want to avoid as far as possible damaged boats or injured crew. In the same vein please do turns and avoid the need for protests, these races are for fun and are not championships. In any case socially distanced yachts should not come together.

  Whatever the government’s Cummings and goings, the guidance keeps changing. At some point we will be able to resume our published program and be able to use a committee boat. Until then look out for the current notice on the web site and our emails.

  Contact our joint Sailing Secretaries and for more information.