FFI-V July 2025 Bulletin

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

·      Welcome to season from immediate past FFI-V President

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

·      Ossie McCutcheon race details

·      FFI-V States Dates and Venue set

·      Australian Sports Foundation (ASF) fundraising.

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

FFI-Queensland State Championships, 11^th & 12^th October 2025

FFI-V 2025-2026 Ossie McCutcheon Trophy, Davey’s Bay YC, 19^th Oct 2025

FFI-ACT Dinghy Championships, 15^th & 16^thNovember 2025

62^nd Australian Championships, Cruising YC of SA, from 11^th to 16^thJan 2026

FFI-V 2025-2026 State Championships, Mordialloc SC, 14 & 15^th Mar 2026

25^th FFI-World Champ’s, Royal Hong Kong YC, HKFF, March 2028

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Welcome to the new season and let's hope we get more sailing days in this year than we did for last year. A gentle reminder that FFIV fees are now due – you should have received an email invoice (if not renewed online, see below, by 5^th Oct.2025 ) which you can click through to the easy online payment options

The revised Ossie McCutcheon Trophy will be held on 19th October at Davey's Bay Yacht Club. It’s a full day event starting at 10am in the boat park with rigging and tuning, followed by a short sprint series of 5 races in the afternoon. Entry is just $10 per person or $20 per boat. The DBYC club F15 is available if you don’t have a boat, and we have skippers looking for crews – contact Lewy or myself if you’d like to join in. It will be a BYO lunch day as the Galley is not open.

This year Mordialloc Sailing Clubis hosting our State Championshipson the weekend of the 14^th & 15^th of March2026so mark this in your calendar. Stay tuned for the notice of race and other details for this event.

We have a freshly crowned new Commodore of Flying Fifteen Internationalin
Dean MacAulayfrom Western Australia. Many of you will have met Dean over the years at Flying Fifteen regattas everywhere. He sailed for many years with Grant Alderson and, with Grant, won the 2009 World Championship in Melbourne. More recently he sails with Philippa Packer and is at the front of the fleet on a regular basis. He is a former Commodore of Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club and brings a heap of knowledge and a fresh approach to the role of Commodore of our world body. 

Additionally, years of dedicated service to the Flying Fifteen class at International, National and State levels by Michael Clarkehas been recognised by being awarded the Uffa Fox Medal. Michael is currently the secretary of FFI and continues this work which follows a range of roles for the Australian and Victorian associations over many years. Michael is also the webmaster for the Australian website and his involvement and enthusiasm is great appreciated. 

On a more local level and on the sailing side, the Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia continue to prepare for our arrival at the 62^nd Australian Championships in January of 2026. The Notice of Race is in the final stages and entries are open. For those looking to secure their accommodation close to the action, CYCSA have a camping area within their grounds and, I believe, power is available.

Finally, a heartfelt thank you to all our volunteers and committee members who give so generously of their time throughout the season. Your efforts do not go unnoticed and are deeply appreciated by all of us who get to enjoy this wonderful class The Flying Fifteen.

Kind Regards, Cameron Taylor

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How to renew or register for FFI-V membership of season 2025-2026.

Click here 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.

For Online renewal you will need to use your Australian Sailing number
as previously advised to FFI-V.

If not renewed by 5^th October 2925 the FFI-V committee will trigger the Revolutionise SPORT – Australian Sailing Membership system to send out an Invoice.
Owner membership’s need to be renewed before 11^th November to enable sending of boat registration to FFI-A by 15^th November for eligibility to vote at next FFI-A AGM.

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The Ossie McCutcheon Trophy Regatta as FFI-V’s main coaching event is to be revised for this season into a single day event. With onshore rigging and boat tuning in the boat park in the morning. Davey’s Bay Yacht Club is the venue for this year’s Ossie McCutcheon event.

DBYC run their Sir John Madden Sprint Series in October with 5 short races each Sunday.FFI-V will use Sunday 19^th October 2025 to run the Ossie McCutcheon Trophy races (with Sunday 26^th as the backup day).

You will be able to enter right up till the briefing on the race day. But you do need to renew your FFI-V membership to be counted in the results. Your entry fee of $20- per boat will be going directly to after racing drinks and snacks (with sausage sizzle being proposed) and Prizes.

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The 62^nd FFI-V 2025-026 State Championshipsis FFI-Victoria’s principal event for the season and will be hosted by Mordialloc Sailing Club this season.Full Notice of Race to issue with next FFI-V News Bulletin.Lock in 14^th and 15^th March 2026 with following weekend available for a resail if needed.

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Fundraising via the Australian Sports Foundation (ASF).

When renewing your membership Online you may notice an additional option to make donations via the ASF. This is a new option which we are in the process of setting up and will be done over the next month.

In the interests of passing on useful information to our membership the following has been copied from communication provided for this new feature. You will see that FFI-V satisfies all the first three dot points in the first paragraph.

However, our members may also qualify as individuals, per the second paragraph:

Am I eligible to sign up with the ASF?

Organisations are eligible to sign up with the ASF if they:

• Are an incorporated* entity,
• Have an ABN and bank account, and
• Are looking to fundraise to develop sport in Australia.

*Some entity types are not eligible to fundraise with the ASF, including sole traders, Personal/Family Trusts, Funds and Estates.

Individuals** are eligible to sign up with the ASF if they:

• Are an Australian citizen or permanent resident, and
• Are raising funds to participate in their chosen sport.

** The ASF platform is not limited to athletes. It is also open to coaches, officials and support staff.

Signing up with the ASF is free and it takes 5-10 minutes at: https://asf.org.au/sign-up

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From Dale Collings

On Behalf of FFI-V