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| Dawn & Strangler win Midland Area Championship 05 | Julian wins Travellers Trophy with Alex 3rd at MAC |
Travellers Trophy 2005 results
Results SGP
FD Newsletter - September 2005
Online Entry Forrm SGP 2005 Rutland 8/9 October
FD British Section - AGM Rutland - Sat 22 October 2005
FD Harken Clothing - more details soon
FD Worlds - 7 GBR - 83 entries - 15 nations
Tony & Colin receive prize as runners up - FD Euro Cup 2004
Southern Area Championship - 20/21 August 2005 - Lymington
Nationals Results &
Photos
Travellers Trophy 2005 updated
Bala Regatta (incl Long Distance race) 2/3 July 2005 Report. photos & results
NoR -
SGP 8/9 October 2005
FDs at Bala 28/30 May
Rutland 14/15 May
Try an FD training and short races
Programme Here
Oxford Tankards Results - 23/24 April 2005
Open Meetings 2005 updated
- new events added
Dry training event - Rutland
New Class rules including carbon masts - 1 March 2005
Travellers Trophy 2004 resultsMidland Area Championship & AGM Rutland 23/24 October
Oxford - 16/17 October 2004 Results
Symmetric Grand Prix - Rutland 10/11 July 2004 - Results
National Championships 29/31 May Whitstable - ResultsWorld Championships - Warnemunde Germany 27 July - 3 August 2004 Results
Southern Area Championships - Lee-on-the-Solent - 4/5 September 2004
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Julian Bridges, who owns and re decked the FD on display talking to David Wilkins (original owner) who campaigned the boat in 1979 and went on to win Silver Medal in 1980. |
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FDs at Bala
3/4 July 2004 Another great weekend of sailing on lake Bala saw 7 FDs taking part in the Annual Long distance race on 3 July and the Sunday racing which this year was a 3 hour pursuit race. The racing was excellent and the FD social in the Bala Pizza place on Saturday evening was enjoyed by all the FD sailors and the club rescue boat driver who had had a busy afternoon. Julian & Cathy had their first sail in their newly decked FD on the Sunday when the wind was (Julian will provide photos and details later in the year for winter reading). Jon Williams sailing with Alex Rogers (GBR 384) in one of Tony's boats was delighted to win his first FD event. |
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Welcome to FD UK News On this website (www.sailfd.org/GBR) you will find NEWS about FD sailing in the UK and links to stories, regatta reports, results, list of FDs for sale, details of FD UK Travellers Trophy, stories of sailing escapades and links to other websites.
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Ann Truett It is with regret that we report the tragic death of Ann Truett who was knocked over by a car in a high street and died in hospital shortly afterwards. Ann was an architect, keen sailor and General Secretary of IFDCO from 1996 -2000. She leaves her husband, John, who was a very active member of the FD class and two sons. We offer them our condolences |
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Key Dates 2005 25/26 June - Regional Event - Southwold 8/9 October - SGP - Rutland November - Awards |
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FD Training May 15/16 2004 Rutland Water RWSC |
Julian Bridges attends the RYA Class Coaching course and is
keen to obtain input from FD sailors in the UK.
Please look at his note by clicking here.
Julian has prepared a note about
analysing disasters,
trimming an FD and
there is an article aimed at new comers from Julian and Andrew Belford
AUS and about rigging an FD &
Winter tuning by Julian Training weekend 2003 - Rutland A very successful, enjoyable and productive weekend with on and off water training and sharing of ideas. Thanks to David Wilkins & Rutland Sailing Club for hosting and Julia, Cathy & Dawn for organising and taking video and still photos to discuss training issues. |
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IFDCO Website FD Bulletin FD Flyer FD Worlds 1999 77 FDs from 15 nations in UK |
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7 British FDs raced in WC 2005, Balatonfoldvar, Hungary - very varied and challenging wind conditions
WC 2005
www.sailfd.org/worlds05.htm
Full results FD Worlds 2005
Lake blaton - Results
Review weights/heights/age
of helms/crews
Worlds Women
7 British FDs raced in WC 2004 - Warnemunde, Germany - challenging sailing conditions - mainly light winds
UK
report & photos
WC 2004
www.sailfd.org/worlds04.htm
Full results FD Worlds 2004
Warnemünde - Results
More photos
Follow link
2 British FDs raced in WC 2003 - Melbourne, Australia - challenging sailing conditions, very varied and rapidly changing wind conditions
WC 2003
www.sailfd.org/worlds03.htm
Full results
www.sailfd.org/wc2003res.htm
Photos
Follow link
7 British FDs raced in EC 2003 on Lake Como. - Brilliant sailing conditions - fantastic racing - many lessons learned.
EC 2003
www.sailfd.org/ec03.htm
Full results
www.sailfd.org/fdec03res.htm
More Photos
www.sailfd.org/ec03photos.htm
also
www.sailfd.org/ec03photos1.htm
Travellers Trophy
The FD Class has a Travellers Trophy. All FD sailors are
welcome to participate. More details here
Click here for results
Travellers Trophy 2004
A total of 13 helms
participated and Toby Dale retained the Trophy after a very close series
down to the last day of the last event beating the 2003 winner Peter Doran by
3
points.
The highest placed woman helm was Rosie Pye beating Victoria Parry by one
point. The top mixed team was Julian & Cathy Bridges
(3rd overall) and top helm under 25 was Jamie Whitaker.
Second Hand Boat List
The second hand boat list is on the website
click here. If you have any FDs, sails or
equipment for sale please send an e-mail to the webmaster.
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Stolen boats register
If your boat is stolen you can register the details on the
website at www.stolenboatlist.co.uk
Sponsors wanted!
If you know of any organisation that would like to
sponsor any FD events in the UK or the Sailboat stand please contact the
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Try an
FD
If you would like to
try an FD send an email to the webmaster
mailto:Richard@sail-cd.demon.co.uk
The FD class rules can be found at www.sailfd.org/class.htm
British Section
Rules
A copy of the British section rules is
available on this website. click here
At the 2002 British Section AGM it was agreed to continue to allow carbon masts in British Section events until 31 December 2004 and for 2003 onwards this includes the National Championship.
Carbon masts need to comply with current rules for measurement but not weight nor position of centre of gravity until such time as IFDCO agrees a rule for carbon spars. See carbon spars page.
NB: carbon booms and carbon spinnaker poles are legal for FD events anywhere in the world.
77 FDs from 15 nations raced in Solent in 1999. For photos, reports and results see the FD Worlds 1999 website. Contents
IFDCO offers a limited number of travel grants to Young sailors to assist them attend World Championships.
Rules, dates of events and results
FD Bulletin
The latest edition of the FD Bulletin is Nr 150 - January 2004. It is available to all paid up members of IFDCO.
FD Flyer
The latest edition of the FD Flyer is No 6 February 2000
For International
sailing news and information:
see the ISAF website at
www.sailing.org
For photos and results of 50th Anniversary Regatta see Autumn 2002 News and IFDCO website
Please email any news, comments or suggestions to the Editor Richard Phillips
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For more information about sailing FDs in the UK or to arrange a sail in an FD - send an Email to Tony Lyall, FD UK Class Secretary. mailto:Tonylyall@msn.com