Dr John Harvey passed away on October 23, 2021.

John was a long-time member of RFBYC and FFIWA making a significant contribution to the Class. He won the 1969 State Championship. He was a member of the FFIWA Committee for a number of years, and served as President in the 1970s. He was awarded Life Membership of the Association in 1982.

We offer our condolences to his family and honour his contribution to our class.

The FFI Ballot was completed on 11 October 2021  and all items were approved.

The Class Rule Changes are subject to  approval by World Sailing,  once they approve the changes they will come into effect on 1 March 2022. 

The first two items related to the FFI Constitution can come into effect immediately and will be updated on the FFI website very shortly.

The response to the ballot was 50% of the voting members, this compares with 40% who voted in the 2019 ballot.

 

Item	Total FOR	Total Against
ITEM 1: CONSTITUTION CLAUSE 9.10 Changes to the Class Rules shall take effect from 1 March 2022, rather than on (or after) 1 March 2023.	234	30
ITEM 1 A: CONSTITUTION CLAUSE 8.1.(d) Deletes part of the wording to make the website the Main source for class information	244	19
ITEM 2: A 4 SAIL ENDORSEMENTS In-House Certificate numbers may be used on sails, and on Measurement Certificates.	248	16
ITEM 3: B 8.1 B 8.2 WEIGHT  Hull weight reduced from 138 kg to 133 kg minimum and maximum corrector weight also reduced by 5 kg, to 16 kg.	140	124
ITEM 4: B 11.6 SPINNAKER POLE(S) Spinnaker pole length retained at 2000 mm, with the length of pole clarified to include attached end items.	248	16
ITEM 5: B 13.5.1(e) MAINSAIL CONSTRUCTION Mainsail windows increased in number to 3 windows, from 2 windows. Total window area is unchanged.	242	24
ITEM 6: B 13.8.2(a)(i) SAIL LIMITATIONS Sail limitation changed to any four sails per year, from one set of 3 sails per year (mainsail, jib & spinnaker).	228	36
ITEM 7: B 14.5 PROHIBITIONS Prohibition on radio communications may be changed by the Notice of Race or the Sailing Instructions.	252	12
ITEM 8: B 15.3 EQUIPMENT Requirement to carry an anchor may be changed by the Notice of Race or the Sailing Instructions.	233	31

The Tally Hobbs Memorial Regatta is sailed each year to celebrate the introduction of the Flying Fifteen class to Western Australia in the late 1950’s and to remember the man who did the introducing, Tally Hobbs.

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Due to lack of numbers, the costs associated with running an offshore event out of Fremantle Sailing Club, and clashes with the AFL Grand Final, the 2021/2022 Tally Hobbs series will now be sailed at Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club on Sunday September 26 and Monday September 27, 2021.

An updated Notice of Race is available here.

Registrations are being accepted here.  Note that if you have previously entered for the event at Fremantle Sailing Club you will need to enter again.  There is now no entry fee for the regatta.  Those that paid their entry fee for the Fremantle Sailing Club event will have their entry fee refunded.

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