Most Recent Results: Sat Apr 14 - Opening Day- Opening Day Standings - Final Sat Apr 14 - Opening Day- Opening Day - Race 1 Sun Apr 15 - Spring Series 1- Race 1 Sun Apr 15 - Spring Series 1- Race 2 Sun Apr 15 - Spring Series 1- Race 3 Sun Apr 15 - Spring Series 1- Standings Sat Apr 21 - Spring Series 2- Race 4 Sat Apr 21 - Spring Series 2- Race 5 Sat Apr 21 - Spring Series 2- Race 6 Sat Apr 21 - Spring Series 2- Race 7 Sat Apr 21 - Spring Series 2- Standings Sat Apr 28 - Spring Series 3- Race 8 Sat Apr 28 - Spring Series 3- Standings Sat May 12 - Stew Pot Regatta (FS/FR)- OD-2 (1)

Most Recent ~ Photos Sat Mar 10 - Safety at Sea Program - Va Boaters Card - Video Sat Mar 17 - Spring Cleanup - Photos Sat Apr 14 - Opening Day - Photos by Andrea Winner Sun Apr 15 - Spring Series 1 - Photos by Andrea Winner Sun Apr 15 - Spring Series 1 - Photos by Roger Craver Sat Apr 21 - Spring Series 2 - Photos by Andrea Winner Sat Apr 28 - Spring Series 3 - Photos by Andrea Winner   More Photos Apr 29 - Laser Clinic

Flying Scot Spring Series Opener

We finally got in the water.

The one-design fleets have suffered cabin fever long enough.  On Saturday, May 12^th, the weather gods smiled down on us and we got in five good races on what was simply a gorgeous day.

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Family Picnic at Rosegill Farm

Bring your blankets and lawn chairs and get ready to bring in summer with a bang at Rosegill Farm. Best Picnic set up gets dinner for four free!

FBYC will host an awesome family picnic for all members and guests of the club. We plan to have a great picnic dinner, refreshments, music and lots of fun for juniors. This year we will feature Chris Stanley and Sky Run. This band plays a great mix of music that all should enjoy! So mark your calendars now to come out and enjoy this great event with family and friends at Rosegill Farm!
 
5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Cocktails and Refreshments
6:00 PM-9:00 PM: Music and fun for juniors
6:00PM: Picnic Dinner on the lawn Catered by White House Catering
(please remember to bring your blankets and chairs)

MENU (Preliminary):
Classic Garden Salad
Peeled and Spiced Jumbo Shrimp
Steamed in Ale and Served with Sweet Vinegar Cocktail Sauce.
Fried Chicken Breast Strips.
Cheeseburger sliders.
Crab Cake Sliders
Summer Pasta Salad
Sweet Vinegar Slaw
Assorted Brownies and Cookies

COST:
Club Members $25
Non-Club Adults $30
Teenagers $10
Children 12 and under $5
Social Pass Only (No Dinner) $10

EASY RESERVATIONS:
Register and pay online at http://www.fbyc.net/Registration/rememberEvent?event_id=1165
or
Mail checks and reservations to:
Mr. & Mrs. Carl Simon
11349 Lady Slipper Lane
Richmond, VA, 23236
 
Race Chair: Brooks Zerkel
See website http://www.fbyc.net/Events/2012/05.26.offshore/ssi.dtml for race details.

2012 Great 48 Regatta at Lake Norman Yacht Club

This past weekend Kevin Clark and I packed up Flying Scot 5566 and headed down to Lake Norman just northwest of Charlotte for an annual stop on the Flying Scot circuit, the Great 48 regatta. Due to work commitments we were not able to get on the road early enough to arrive in time for the clinic hosted on Friday afternoon by Dieball Sailing’s Paul Abdullah. The clinic was a mixture of both on the water and off the water coaching. Paul plans to get the video of the clinic up on the internet for everyone’s benefit. We arrived at the club just in time to see hull numbers 1 and 2 heading out for a photo shoot in a really nice late afternoon breeze.

The day one schedule was relaxed allowing some teams to arrive in the morning with the skipper’s meeting not until 11:00 with the first race starting at 13:00. There were 43 boats in all registered for the event. We arrived at the club surprised to see a nice 8-10 knot breeze. As the morning wore on the breeze died and at the time of the skipper’s meeting there was barely anything left. But after a short on the water postponement the breeze filled in and we got going.

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J70 Demo planned at FBYC May 19 and 20

Plans are underway with North Point Yacht Sales of Annapolis for a J70 demo at FBYC on May 19 and 20, during OD and Offshore racing.  Anyone curious about the new J Boat will be given a ride.  The FBYC RIB will be used to shuttle sailors to the J70, before, during, between or after racing.  In addition, Team FBYC, preparing to race J70s in the NYYC USQS, will get some “time in the boat.”  Lud Kimbrough will be the on-site coordinator for the demo program.  Watch this space for details and email Noel Clinard now, saying “I want a ride!”  See “Read More” below for more exciting news on the J70 racing circuit in 2013.

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Sunday Laser Clinic

On Sunday the Laser Fleet hosted a Laser clinic for a dozen sailors on a cool windless day.  Mike Toms and Jon Deutsch took the sailors through the various simple, intermediate and advanced ways to rig a Laser and covered topics on the methods of dress and techniques for the various maneuvers.  After a break for Lunch Jon demonstrated various aspects of boat handling while Mike narrated from the dock.  After that the boats rigged and everyone got a chance to try out a boat while drifting Fishing Bay.  While it wasn't the best sailing day, it was a great day for sharing and learning knowledge about the Laser.

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Rosegill Weekend for Cruisers

Calling all Cruisers!   We will start our weekend off with a dinner on Friday night at the club, complete with karaoke, so bring your voices and something to drink! The latter helps a lot! The cruise chair will provide the main dish and participants will bring a side dish to share. You will be contacted to bring a salad, veggie, or desert. BYOB.

If you prefer to dock on Saturday rather than drop the hook at Rosegill, Urbanna Town Marina is a good choice. They have 15 transient slips with 30 and 50 amp service. $1.50 per foot. A dinghy dock is available. Call 804 758-5440 to make your own reservation.

On Sunday afternoon we will head over to Yankee Point on Myer Creek off the Corrottoman River (37 41.6N, 76 29.4W). You can drop the hook or dock at the marina. $1.40 a foot with free plug-in. They have a new restaurant upstairs where the yacht club used to be. Please contact us if you desire to dock so we can provide an accurate count, otherwise we will assume that you will anchor out. We will have cocktails as a group prior to dinner. Please bring an hors d'oeuvre to share.

We are looking forward to a fun weekend!

Registration is available at http://www.fbyc.net/Registration/rememberEvent?event_id=1208  where you can also indicate how many are coming to the Friday and Sunday Dinners by how many dinners you buy at a zero cost. 

Please understand that the Saturday night FBYC event at Rosegill is a separate registration.

Dan and Barbara Lindsey - (952) 905-4250 

J-Boats' New J-70 Speedster - The Inside Scoop

Recently on a typical April, fog-laden Saturday morning in Newport I packed my sailing bag and headed up to Bristol, RI.  Agenda for the day included a private tour, led by Jeff Johnstone, of the factory and build process for the new J-70 ‘Speedster,’ and later sneaking onto the prototype hull #1 for a test sail.  The J-70 is J-Boats’ most recent installment and much hyped design representing their first new small keelboat one-design in 18 years (since the J-80 from the early 90s).  She’s a 22.75ft asymmetrical keelboat sporting a trailer-launch able lifting bulb keel with an all carbon, deck-stepped masthead rig with furling jib.

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DCA List of Tornado rebuilding Donors

The DCA published a 2 page insert in the Southside Sentinel thanking the community for the many contributions towards rebuilding after the April 16, 2011 tornado.  A 1.2MB download of the two pages is available for FBYC members only here or in a larger format from http://deltavilleva.com/2012/04/18/a-word-of-thanks-from-the-dca/

#588 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

Sunday, the rains came, but at least there was no  s-n-o-w  on the southern Bay.  Lasers, big boats, and one-designs, hunkered down to buckets of rain, north winds, and warnings for small crafty people.  On Saturday, though, the FBYC Spring Series (Day 2) completed 4 races and 19 boats had a great pre-storm day.  Craig Wright, Afterthought (J109) won the day in PHRF A and has the lead in the Series.  Close behind Afterthought in PHRF A is another J109, Sam Mitchener's Double Eagle in second and Rob Whittet's and Steve Utley's Wavelength in third.  In PHRF B, Miles Booth, Shenanigan, had a 2-1-1-1 day and is atop his fleet, followed by Eric Powers in Nereid, second, and Dave Hinckle's Elancer in third.  In the PHRF C fleet, Noel Clinard's Prophet had a grand day in ideal conditions, taking 4 first places.  Prophet moved to the top of the fleet standings, followed by Sam Marshall's Play it Again and Denton Roberts' Ardent.  In the PHRF Non-Spin fleet, George Burke, Reville, has a one point lead over Sherard Cole's Nutcracker.  Among the four J105's racing in the FBYC Series, Strother Scott, Loose Cannon, leads the pack.  Principal Race Officer - Mike Chesser    The FBYC Spring Series (Day 3) continues this coming Saturday, April 28.  Go to www.fbyc.net for info and to enter.
 
At Charleston Race Week:  A number of southern Bay (and beyond) racers were competing in Charleston this past weekend in a variety of fleets. Here is how they did.  Ken Saylor (Hampton, HYC) was aboard Bruce Gardner's (Annapolis) L'Outrage as tactician; she won the extremely competitive PHRF D fleet of 12 boats by one point over 9 races.  Complete results are available at www.yachtscoring.com .  Travis Weisleder (Deltaville, FBYC) finished 2nd in the Melges 20 thirty (30) boat fleet.  Sled Shelhorse' (Virginia Beach, HYC) Meridian X finished 4th in PHRF A,  Robin Team's Teamwork (Lexington. NC) took 2nd in PHRF B, Pete Hunter's (Kill Devil Hills, NC) Wairere finished 3rd overall in PHRF E, and Dennis Hannick, (King George, DYC), Goin' was 7th overall in PHRF F.  In the one-design fleets, Ron Medlin, Bash took 7th and Mike Veraldi (Virginia Beach, HYC) Quicky, was 9th in the 23 boat J24 fleet.  And, in the 40 boat Viper 640 fleet, Tyler and crewbie Jane Moore  (Hampton, HYC) finished 9th overall.  

TODAY is the last day of  SBRW Early Bird Entry Special Savings.  Save $10 on the entry fee, receive 10 free regatta drink tickets in your welcome package, and, SBRW 2011 returnees also receive the $5 returnee discount. Click on  www.blacksealcup.com  or contact Lin McCarthy at (757) 850-4225, if you have questions or a "the-dog-ate-my-Early-Bird-entry" story.  Y'all come racing!

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One Design Racing Sunday April 22 abandoned

I have decided to abandon all One Design Races scheduled for tomorrow for the One Design Opening Day Regatta.  A Notice to all One Design competitors that abandons all races tomorrow, will be posted on the One Design Official Bulletin Board shortly.

Abandoning racing before the scheduled race day is difficult, but I am attempting to save all involved time and gas required to drive to Deltaville when there is no reasonable expectation of racing tomorrow.  The reasons for this decision at this time are as follows:

NOAA's latest forecast has been trending to more wind and rain.  Small Craft advisories are posted for tomorrow afternoon and winds are now forecast to be NE 15-20 tomorrow, increasing to 20-25 knots, with gusts to 30 in the afternoon.

Sailflow, which accurately forecast today's wind, shows wind at 0900 N at 25 knots increasing to 30 knots and shifting NE by 1300.

Weather Channel and WAVY 10 shows we are in an area of severe thunderstorm risk all day tomorrow.

My guess, based on what we have seen develop so far, is that all of these forecasts could easily be exceeded.

Based upon all of this data, I believe the best course of action is to abandon at this time.

Thank you volunteering and participating and

Best regards,

David R. Lee
Principal Race Officer