FFI-V January 2026 Bulletin

·      Calendar dates next Worlds and Local
for 2025-2026 FFI-V Season

·      New FFI-V President

·      Notice of Racefor 62^nd VIC States event

·      Recap of Victorians in the 62^nd Australian Champs

·      FFI-V Membership Renewal is now due for 2025-2026 season

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Calendar dates – next Worlds, FFI-Australia & Local FFI-V:

FFI-V 2026 State Championships, Mordialloc SC, 14 & 15^th Mar 2026

63^rd Australian Champ’s, In Qld venue & dates TBA, Jan 2027

25^th FFI-World Champ’s, RHKYC, March 2028

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At our January FFI-V Committee meeting Ian Raineyhas accepted the role of
FFI-V Presidentand our thanks to Cam for holding the reigns since our last AGM.
Cam will continue to assist with promotion as an Ordinary Committee Member.

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The 62nd FFI-V 2026 State Championshipsis FFI-Vic’s principal event for the season and we are pleased to have Mordialloc Sailing Club (MSC) as this season’s host.

The Notice of Racecan be download from the FFI-V website event page (click here) Or from the MSC website Regatta page (click here).

Entry is via the “Sailor” App program on your phone. Go to “Regatta” and look up “2026 Flying 15 State Champs”. OR: from your PC go to the MSC website and from the dropdown options under Regatta select “2026 Flying 15 State Champs” (click here). OR: download the Notice of Race, print and complete the entry form at the end, then email and make your entry fee payment direct to MSC.

The MSC Regatta page (click here) will be updated with the Sailing Instructions and the “Sailor” App Regatta page will be updated with a list of entrants.

Contact Dale Collings on 0415 595754 (email: dalecollings3930@gmail.com) for queries on specifics not covered in the Notice of Race or to query an entry.

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The Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia ran a “first class” 2026 Australian Championshipsconducting 10 races in generally strong breezes.Nick and Enfys Jerwood in 4105 “Best Foot Forward” took out the Open title convincingly with 8 heat wins and only the Dunbar brothers Mike and Paul in 3986 “Ineffable” taking the other 2 heat wins to be second Overall.

FFI-V’s congratulations go to 3^rd placed Victorians Guy Bancroft and John Radnell in 3988 “Epiphany” (yes this is still Cam and Sue’s boat with Sue planning to sail with John but had a late injury). Guy stepped in on short notice having just finishing 7^th in the Sharpie Nationals with John as forward hand.Although this was Guys first experience in the Flying Fifteen class he comes with a lifetime of experience including winning the B14 World Championships 3 times. They sailed a very consistent regatta with a score card of (5),3,3,2, (4),3,2,3,2,2.[20 pts]

Next Victorians were the Rainey brothers Craig and Ian in 3880 “Where the Bloody Hell are You” coming in 5^th Overall losing 4^th place on a countback (both on 37 points) to David Tabb and Dave Bennett in 3941 “Ark” who were the only other boat outside the top 3 to grab a 2^nd place in one of the heats.

For a race by race summary go to the FFI-A News Page – for a report provided by outgoing FFI-A President Russell Dawes on this link.

John Radnell added that the social side of the regatta was fantastic as always, was great catching up with the fleet for drinks and nibbles at the yacht club campsite after racing and pub dinners multiple nights.

To see the full results go to this link

To see photos courtesy of the CYCSA Facebook Page go to this link.

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How to renew or register for FFI-V membership of season 2024-2025.

Boat Owners membership’s need to be renewed before your boat can enter any upcoming FFI events.

Click here to open the FFI-V websitethen go to the Membershippage.

At the bottom of this page, you will find a link for RETURNING MEMBER

To pay by Credit Card use this link to renew your membership online.

To pay by direct transfer download a membership form

from the bottom of the Membership page.

From Dale Collings

On Behalf of FFI-V