The Cowes Corinthian Yacht Club (CCYC) is looking forward to welcoming 70 Flying Fifteens for the 2022 European Championship to be sailed in the Solent from 21 - 25 August. The regatta will mark the 75th anniversary of the design by the legendary Uffa Fox.
Entries have come from all over the world including all parts of the UK, Australia, Hong Kong, South Africa, Spain, Belgium and Ireland.
The European Championship will consist of 8 races over 4 days and will be split by a special one-off race on Tuesday 23 August, started from the Royal Yacht Squadron line on a traditional Solent course around the cans with the prize-giving for that race to be held at the Commodore's House, Uffa's last residence, after racing that day.
CCYC is the home of Flying Fifteens in Cowes and currently has a fleet of a dozen boats. The club is adjacent to where Uffa had his last boatyard and where the royal yacht Coweslip was built. Coweslip was presented to the Queen and Prince Philip by the people of Cowes as a wedding gift and was raced in Cowes Week by Prince Philip and Uffa from the early 1950s until the late 1960s when Uffa's health deteriorated.
The typically challenging waters of the Solent are sure to test the skills of all Flying Fifteen crews and a true European Champion will be a crew who show a mixture of experience, boat speed, handling skills with a sprinkling of tactical genius thrown in!
CCYC relies heavily on volunteers and has around 50 ready to support the regatta.
Details of the championship can be found at www.ff75.org.
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