Round Britain Relay

We will be hosting a small group of sailors and volunteers of the Ellen Macarthur Cancer Trust in the Clubhouse and hopefully on the water on Friday 18th August. This is a real honour for the Club and we are delighted to be involved in the Trust's ambitious and challenging Round Britain Relay. The sailors will be arriving fresh from their leg along the south coast from Devon so we hope that you will understand that we will need to restrict numbers in the Clubhouse.

Each year 2,800 young people in the UK finish treatment for cancer. A chasm exists between treatment and young people successfully re-engaging with social, emotional, educational and employment norms. This is a gap the Trust fills and there are more young people than ever in recovery who need the Trust's help.

The Trust use sailing as a medium for assisting these children and young adults. Sailing produces and develops positive individual characteristics, such as leadership, self-esteem, feelings of control, attitudes and fitness On the boat everyone has a role and new skills may be developed, boosting confidence.

As a special Return To Sail project for 2017, 100 young people who have sailed with the Trust in recovery from cancer will participate in a national relay challenge Round Britain to celebrate achievement and potential.

Every week during May and September, the Trust's 44ft voyage yacht, Moonspray, will dock at a major coastal town or city to handover to the next crew of local young people and will be in Falmouth 18th–20th August. Moonspray will be open to the public on Saturday 19th August and will be based at Port Pendennis Marina.

The evening is being sponsored by Pendennis Super Yachts Charity Fund and an anonymous member of the Club for which we are very grateful.

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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 iconic 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 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 amazing number of yachts setting sail for their Saturday afternoon races. They make a fine 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 was honoured to host the main prizegiving for the whole of Falmouth week during August 2015 and 2016. They were days to remember for all competing sailors and families. We look forward to hostng the 2017 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.

Join

We are a friendly sailing club and always welcome new members. If you would like to join, please download the membership form using the link below. Or come along any Tuesday evening, or on a Saturday afternoon through the sailing season. You will be guaranteed a warm welcome. Download Membership Form (pdf).

Looking for crew?

Check out the list in the Members' Area. If you have forgotten the access details, use the Contact Us tab to request them.

Falmouth Week: FSC's day

Falmouth Week culminates in our big day, Saturday 12th, when in addition to the usual daily prize giving, which each club hosts on its day, we host the overall prizegiving for the week. The Club will be thronged. And we have the famous Flushing raFFle!

Amendment to Sailing Instructions

An amendment to the Sailing Instructions was issued on July 30th. Details here.

Urgent: Sponsorship

The International Mirror Class GUL British Open National and GUL World Championships will be held at Restronguet Sailing Club from Monday 24th July to Friday 4th August 2017.

The event attracts competitors from all over the world, including South Africa. The South African team includes six young men from disadvantaged backgrounds in townships near Cape Town. Their lives have been transformed by sailing.

They need sponsorship to help cover their expenses. More details can be found here. Let them return to South Africa singing the praises not only of our beautiful Cornwall, our magnificent sailing area, but the generosity they found here.