by First Class Sailing | Nov 26, 2018 | ARC Rally, Atlantic Adventures, Racing
Day One – The Arc Rally of 2018 Begins In this blog, Marsh and Wendy describe the excitement of crossing the ARC’s start line and the routine of the watch systems aboard. Skipper Ricky sets out his race strategy at the end. “Large...
by First Class Sailing | Jul 19, 2017 | ARC Rally, Atlantic Adventures, FCS News, Racing, Sailing Holidays
This is open to anyone. Although, as you will likely be 14 days non stop on a boat, it helps if you know you like sailing! But it doesn’t matter if you haven’t got a lot of experience providing you have some. The Race is actually a Rally. The...
by First Class Sailing | Jun 2, 2017 | Fastnet Race, Racing
Crew of Challenger 3 on deck during Myth of Malham The training continues, the tactics and race are planned, the crew ready for anything and last weekend in the Myth of Malham everything was thrown at FCS crew on Challenger 3, everything apart from the wind....
by First Class Sailing | May 2, 2017 | Fastnet Race, Racing, Sailing Events
Preparing for the Rolex Fastnet in August, the First Class Sailing crew will enter three races and last weekend they competed in the opener – the Cervantes Trophy Race. Below is skipper Ricky Chalmers’ report of how the action unfurled and how the FCS crew fared...