RNLI Lifejacket Clinic

Posted on 18th April 2018 by Jim Glass

The Lifejacket Clinic is on Saturday 21st April

The RNLI will be at the RFYC Clubhouse from 2pm onwards. Pop in to get your lifejackets checked for the season.

All welcome

RFYC services offered to FCYC 2018

Posted on 24th March 2018 by Jim Glass

Members may be interested in the attached notice (see link below) which gives information about the services offered by RFYC to FCYC members.

RFYC services to FCYC

Sails: Come and find out how to manage them

Posted on 6th February 2018 by Jim Glass

The Sail Doctor Team from Port Edgar are coming along to lead our Training……

7:30pm Tuesday 27th March 2018 in the Bell Block

At our first Off the Water Training in January, we discussed our next session which is on Sails and how they work! There was a lot of enthusiasm and lots of questions put forward:

We will have 30 minutes very basic chat. There will be something for everyone!
Here are some of the questions:

How do you set up a rig?

Light wind sailing…Is it best to have the main outhaul on tight…Downwind or outhaul eased?

Best way to increase luff tension in foresail: Tighten halyard or pull on backstay?

When do you employ kicker?

Tips for light airs sailing…..

Do you have to do anything different when trimming a furling foresail than you do when using standard genoa?

How do all the different tell tails work?

How do you get the best out of old sails and what can the Sail Doctor offer to do to upgrade old sails, if anything?