The celebrations of the 60th Folkboat Week started on the Saturday with the first day of  the Walcon Cup. With five two boat teams competing in windward/leeward races out in Christchurch Bay. The second day of the Walcon Cup was incorporated into the first day of Folkboat Week with two Solent races. The Walcon Cup, sponsored by Walcon Engineering has only ever been won by a Danish team and there was a strong team including Per Buch, the recent past chairman of the Nordic Folkboat International International Association and Ditte Andreasen the daughter of Erik Andreasen (the first winner of the Walcon Cup in 1989). Both days saw close racing but for the first time a UK team came out on top; with team 'Gybeng Swan' comprising GBR F669 Gybe n' helmed by Cy Grisley and GBR F702 'Svane' helmed by Harry Hall taking the honours.

Photo by: Aurelia Hall Twenty four folk boats entered for this year's Royal Solent Yacht Club Taittinger Regatta, the second of three in the Folkboat 2025 Regatta Series. The winds were much stronger than last year, but all three races were completed with a different winner for each race. Harry Hall's Svane won the first race, Jack Davis in Raev won the second race, and Crackerjack (Stuart Watson and Matthew Jones) won the third on Sunday. Overall Harry Hall in Svane was the outright winner, with Raev second and Gybe n' (Cy Grisley) third. Full results available on the RSYC website.

Saturday 16th - Friday 22nd August 2025 With 9 races  over 5 days, fantastic racing and amazing social events were enjoyed by all.  The Week started on Saturday evening with a Welcome Party and Dinner, the Commodore of the Royal Solent Yacht Club welcomed the President of the UK Folkboat Association, Graham Coulter, all the partisipating sailors and friends. Graham thanked Lymington Yacht Havens for their support of the event. Before the racing started on Sunday there was a Sail Past, with the Isle of Wight Lord Lieutenant, Susie Sheldon taking the salute from the end of Yarmouth pier. With a variety of races, a long race to Christchurch ledge and back, around the cans in the Solent and windward/leeward races Folkboat Week is a test of skill and stamina! The racing in the Open Division was so close that there was a different winner each day. In the end…