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…

Moonraker FGBR 730 and Scaramouche FGBR 738 , both new Hamble Fleet Nordics, met up at the RAFYC pre- race to prepare for their first race of the season. Due to the complete absence of wind , and only an Easterly veering SE 3-4 kts forecast  - they made a plan to head out to Fumesy  -on the back end of the Flood ,  a good location  in the low tidal area north of Bramble , with an option for a beat into shore if the predicted SE’ly breeze developed. Funnily enough we weren’t the only fleet that had that plan – we were greeted by the massed drifting race boats of the Royal Southern and other clubs , with J70’s , IRC and a cruiser passage race all looking to get racing going.  We chose to head over to the vicinity of Sposa and Coronation where a pleasant  hour…