The first Club Cruise of the year Report. It’s always tricky to plan cruises when the British weather is so unpredictable. When we first drafted the club’s sailing programme, Ramsgate was the destination. This was later changed to Calais, but as the date drew nearer and the forecast became clearer, we decided that a trip…
This weekend marks the start of the NFYC sailing season with the shakedown cruise, during which owners check that their boats are Rigged correctly, safe, and in good working order. The weekend started the evening before in the Ferry Boat Inn, where club members took the opportunity to catch up with other members. In reality,…
The fleet left NFYC at 20.30 on Friday after pizza & passage planning in the club house. This was a new experience for 2 crews as it was dark and navigating the River Crouch through Burnham to the River Roach of a night was not something they had previously done. This was our first stop…
It was a very busy weekend for the members of the NFYC with lots going’s on. On Friday 12th May Menhic left for Brightlingsea, Jo and John had taken on a spare deck hand, his task’s were taking photos of his feet and getting a sun tan, eating and drinking as much as Jo could…
At the weekend had a cruise over to Queensbrough in Kent, this took in 4 Rivers, twice in 2 days, river Crouch Thames Medway and Swale, I would like to thank my crew for the weekend Janet and Teri who improved my knowledge of horse, to know end, and I in-return taught them about WW2…
Summer, sailing shenanigans around the East coast for the NFYC members. Intrepide explorers venturing North for the tranquility of Scotland or South to Devon & Cornwall and some even making it to The Scilly Isles. It’s been a busy July for the NFYC cruisers. We still have the Medway Cruise to come rounding off an…
The fleet was split with Flyer & Obsession spending the night at anchor in the River Roach and the rest of the fleet including Kokomo, Ithuna & Lunan deciding to leave North Fambridge at a misty 05.00am on Thursday morning. Unfortunately a few boats decided not to come at the last minute due to the…
The first Club cruise was last weekend with a mini cruise to Burnham and a meal in the Swallowtail Restaurant. 4 yachts left the moorings for a day sail on the river; the sun was out and just the right amount of wind to get them down to Burnham Marina. On mooring up Off Piste…
We would like to thank all the club members that turn out for the final cruising event of 2021. However, we still have the Winter Series to look forward to, a series of races open to all, see www.nfycwinterseries.co.uk for details. 7 NFYC Yachts gathered at Burnham Marina at 17:00 for a safe arrival…