Club at the Cove

On March 26th the Club's regular Tuesday event will be held at the Cove Restaurant, at the slightly earlier time of 7 for 7:30. Follow this link for the menu. As usual, everything in triplicate: three choices of starter, main and dessert. But you may tailor your choices for a two- or three-course meal at either £22.50 or £27.50. Once you have chosen contact Inez Thompson.

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Flushing Sailing Club is a truly amazing, flourishing, sailing club running the best yacht racing in the port of Falmouth.

Founded in 1921 for the benefit of Flushing residents, the club is situated on the New Quay commanding stunning and panoramic views of the inner Falmouth Harbour and the reaches of the Penryn River.

The club has a long history of providing exhilarating and competitive racing for yachts in and around the Carrick Roads as well as coastal and offshore events. A strong involvement with the Sunbeam class during the early years of both the Club and the Sunbeam class continues. We enjoy the full support and participation of the Falmouth Working Boats Association.

With their distinctive topsails, the working boats and the gaffers are a symbol of the region and continue a traditional form of sailing. But the club supports contemporary yachts too, providing competitive and friendly racing for many classes.

Most racing takes place in the Carrick Roads and Falmouth Bay, usually finishing on the club line (an imaginary line between ourselves and the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club). During the summer we can expect around 50 boats racing on a Tuesday evening, and an awesome number of yachts setting sail for their Saturday afternoon races. They make a grand sight as they come up the harbour to the finish line.

Members are joined together by their love of sailing, but being a visitor friendly club, non-members are also invited to share our facilities on Tuesday evening and Saturday afternoon racing throughout the season.

Flushing Sailing Club has been honoured to host the main prizegiving for the whole of Falmouth Sailing Week. It was a day to remember for all competing sailors and families. We look forward to hosting the 2019 prizegiving.

And we are inordinately proud that Pete Goss MBE consented to become an Honorary Life Member of the Club, together with Bill Hunt, Nessa Simcock and Harold Martin.

A potted history of the first 75 years of the Club is available here. We are looking forward to 2021, our centenary year.

Third Approximation

A new version of the website has just been released.

It is slightly restructured, but more importantly, should be easily readable on a wider variety of devices, from smart phones, to tablets and desktops. Some bits won't work, in the sense that some of the files may be missing. This should be rectified over the next couple of weeks.

Just Released

The Sailing Instructions and Start Times for the Mylor Chandlery & Rigging Spring Pursuit are now available at the Clubhouse.

The SOS/Membership cards are also available. Lots were handed out at the AGM, and they will also be available at the Race Officer & Skippers briefing on the 19th.

Spring clean

The website is currently going through its annual revision and maintenance cycle. New material has been added, and some obsolete information has been deleted. But to whet your appetite, have a look at the calendar, which lists the summer's events.

Join

We are a friendly sailing club and always welcome new members. If you would like to join, please follow this link for membership details. Or come along any Tuesday evening, or on a Saturday afternoon through the sailing season. You will be guaranteed a warm welcome.

A short (2 minutes) promotional video was created by Katie Barker and Nick Bray, journalism students at Falmouth University.

In Memoriam

Club members and anyone involved in sailing in the port will be saddened by the news of Jeff Martin's death on January 11th while he was on holiday in France. Our sympathies go out to his family. More

Development Plan

The Club's Development Plan is available here.

Tuesday talks

Throughout the winter, when we no longer have Tuesday evening racing, the Club is host to a bewildering variety of talks and events. This winter continues in that tradition. Highlights include every single talk and event. They all have something special. You will find the list in Tuesday talks and the programme leaflet.

Newsletter

We send out a newsletter to all Club members on a monthly basis to provide some up-to-date information on what is going on at the Club. Why haven't you received yours? Perhaps because you aren't a member, we don't have an email address for you, or it's in your spam folder. All three can be easily rectified.

Social Media

You can now follow the Club on Facebook. Simply click on the icon and ‘like’ the page, and news will be delivered to you:

The page features reminders and updates to all our activities.