Fishing Bay Yacht Club:

The July/August issue of R-Home magazine features FBYC and Stove Point. The article entitled "Sail Away - A tiny peninsula in the Bay with a sailing tradition offers a slice of Americana and innocence" by managing editor Carrie Nieman Culpepper offers eight pages of text and 20 photographs. Included are racing photographs taken during one of our O-D Spring Series events as well as pictures of club grounds, the clubhouse interior, and cottages owned by FBYC club members. Run, don't walk, to the nearest bookstore to get a copy...it is well worth the price of purchase.

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VOODOO 2, INEVITABLE, BOOMERANG, BATTLEWAGON, and LAST BOAT III won the racing fleets at the 2008 Southern Chesapeake Bay Leukemia Cup Regatta hosted this past weekend at Fishing Bay Yacht Club. A total of 35 PHRF and one-design racers took to the course to support the Leukemia Cup, a two day event. Racing Fleet Results: PHRF A (6 boats): 1.VooDoo 2, Leroi Lissenden; 2.Midnight Rider, John Haracivet; 3.Double Eagle, Sam Mitchener. J/105 (6 boats): 1.Inevitable, Mike Karn; 2.Loose Cannon, Strother Scott; 3.Blade Runner, Brad Davis. PHRF B/C (9 boats): 1.Boomerang, Jerry Latell; 2.La Maga, Allan Heyward; 3.Shenanigan, Miles Booth. PHRF Non-Spin (A) (9 boats): 1.Battlewagon, Paul Cross; 2.Namesake, Craig Olsen; 3.Temptress, Robert DeJong. PHRF Non-Spin (B) (7 boats): 1.Last Boat III, Frank Murphy; 2.Shockwave, Don Deese; 3.Cats Pajamas, Drake Johnstone. In addition to the racing fleet, there were 54 entries in the Cruising fleet - results of the cruising competition were not available as of SBRNYCU publication time. Principal Race Officers - Brooks Zerkel and Lud Kimbrough

T.L.Sea, Tony Thornton's Cal 31, makes it 22 Southern Bay and Beyond Racers Headed for Screwpile. Already entered and headed up to Solomons are: Cash Flow (Hadley 40), Lloyd Griffin; Double Eagle (J-109), Sam Mitchener; Chilcoot (Quest 30), Alex Alvis; PF Flyer (Pearson 30), Larry Preddy; Wavelength (C&C 37), Rob Whittet; Inevitable (J/105), Mike Karn; Wairere (Thompson 30), Pete Hunter; Black Widow (Irwin 38), Leo Wardrup; The Hunter (Hunter 26.5), Justin Morris; After Thought (J109), Craig Wright; Boomerang (B25), Jerry Latell; Pegasus (J24), David Kelsey; Flying Colors (J105), Richard Payne; Namesake (Olson 30), Craig Olsen; Voodoo 2 (Tripp 38), Lissenden-Birch-Krushelnisky; Corryvreckan (J105), David Clark; Blade Runner (J105), Brad Davis; Meridian 2 (Farr 36), Sledd Shelhorse; Schiehallion (Beneteau 30), Brad Miller; Lola (Thompson T750), Dennis Hannick; and Midnight Mistress (C&C 35), Jake and Pat Brodersen. And, former southern Bay stalwart, Kahuna (Farr 395), Sanford Richardson. The DEADLINE FOR SCREWPILE ENTRIES IS WEDNESDAY, JULY 16th. Go to www.screwpile.net or www.splc.us for entry forms and "how to".

HURRICANE BERTHA OFFSHORE, REMINDING BOATERS TO PREPARE FOR STORM SEASON

Posted by Boat US on Tuesday July 08, @11:01AM

Four Tips from BoatU.S. to Prevent Hurricane Damage

HURRICANE ALLEY, VA, July 8, 2008 -- With the first storm of the year, Hurricane Bertha, lurking offshore, Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatU.S.), with 40 years of experience gained from post-storm recovery efforts and thousands of hurricane-related insurance claims files, has four tips that can help your boat make it through this storm season.

� Make your hurricane plan now, before hurricane warnings are posted. Year after year, some boaters are lulled into believing a storm won't come their way and fail to make a serious effort until a hurricane is forecast. However, by then there may be no one available to haul their boat ashore and stores may be sold out of basic hurricane supplies such as rope, anchors or fenders. Whether you are new to boating or been on the water for years, waiting until the last moment and making only a token effort is tempting fate. If you're likely to be away from your boat during hurricane season, make arrangements ahead of time for someone else to prepare your boat - many insurance policies provide coverage for professional evacuation to a hurricane hole or other storm preparation efforts.

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Note: FBYC Members Marie Crump, and Strother and Evie Scott and twins Strother, Jr. and Lina sailed with FBYC Members Rives, Walker and Allen Potts in the Anniversary Regatta. Rives is holding the trophy, Allen is kneeling and Walker is furthest to the right. Marie, Lina and Strother are the three backs on the starboard side in the picture under Read More. Strother, Jr. and Marie also sailed with the three Potts on Carina in the 2008 Newport - Bermuda Race where there finished 3rd in Class.

Carina, a McCurdy & Rhodes 48 with a winning history going back to 1969, was the overall winner of the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Anniversary Regatta sailed Friday in Bermuda. As the top prize, Rives Potts’ and his crew won the New York Yacht Club Trophy with two bullets in Class 1, and a 1,3 in fleet for the day.

Thirty-three boats competed in the 2008 Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Anniversary Regatta which also forms the third event of the Onion Patch Series. Forty-four had entered the regatta, but eleven did not start following the long Newport Bermuda Race that brought them to the Island.

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FBYC to host Laser Masters Atlantic Coast Championship

Posted by Jon Deutsch on Monday June 30, @10:49AM

Fishing Bay Yacht Club has been selected to host the 2008 Laser Masters Atlantic Coast Championship on September 6-7 in Deltaville, Virgina. The ACC's will be held in place of FBYC's Annual Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championship and will follow the same format and setup.

FBYC has hosted an annual Laser Masters event since 1981 which was first won by Brent Halsey. This will be the 4th major Laser Masters event held at Fishing Bay Yacht Club in the last dozen years. FBYC has previously hosted the ACC's (1997, 1999, 2003) and the U.S. Master's Championship (2000).

In order to allow hard-working racers to participate in the fun-filled (and food-filled) social on July 4, the time has shifted from a late lunch of 2-4 to a later lunch (or early dinner) of 3-6. Mark your calendars and sign up to join us! (www.fbyc.net)

Drinks, burgers, and hotdogs provided. Each participant is asked to bring along a side dish to share.

Parent Laser and 420 Race

Posted by Jon Deutsch on Monday June 09, @03:49PM

The Parent's Race is coming up on Tuesday, June 17. This is a fun opportunity for parents of junior week sailors and other sailors to get out on the water for some fun mid-week sailing. We'll sail right off the dock in Fishing Bay.

We welcome anyone interested in sailing a laser or 420 to come out and join us. For anyone who does not have a boat, we will do our best to find one for the evening. Jon will help find boats, so send an email to jon-fbyc@jdeutsch.com if you are in need of a boat for the evening.

In order to get as many people on the water as possible we will be taking out the club lasers as well as the 420's. If anyone has a laser at the club that they will not be sailing and would be willing to loan it for the evening, please email Jon at jon-fbyc@jdeutsch.com.

The racing will be around a short course using rabbit starts. For anyone unfamiliar with rabbit, starts, we will have a review at 5pm on the back porch.

The first whistle warning will be at 1800 and we will race until we've had enough or we run out of daylight.

Tervis Tumblers Available at Rosegill

Posted by Noel Clinard on Tuesday May 20, @01:16PM

The FBYC Store will offer the pictured Tervis Tumblers containing the FBYC Burgee in 12 oz (short) and 16 oz (tall) sizes at the Rosegill Event and thereafter. They each come in sets of sets of 4. They are priced at $58 for the set of 4 tall tumblers and $48 for the 4 short tumblers. Get them while they last! Or to order, email or call Noel Clinard at his office address or number.

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Coach Mike Karn with St. Christopher's/St. Catherine's Sailing Team

Posted by Jere Dennison on Thursday May 15, @12:52PM

Coach Mike Karn poses with his Saints sailing team at Christ Church School on May 10 after competing in the Leukemia Cup Junior Challenge. Although his team did not win the regatta, the Saints team was the second highest fundraising school with $3,110. All of the participating eight high school teams raised over $10,800, a new record for this event according to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Other teams included Christ Church School, Norfolk Collegiate, Poquoson High, Maury High, Walsingham Academy, Hampton Roads Academy, and Smithfield High. Norfolk Collegiate was the winner on the course in a tie-breaker with Christ Church. Mike is to be congratualated for his dedication to youth sailing and his support of the Leukemia Cup effort.

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LLS One Design Challenge, May 31, 2008 at FBYC

Posted by Noel Clinard on Thursday May 08, @06:43AM

The 10th season of Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup activities begins this month in Deltaville. New this year, the One Design Challenge on Saturday, May 31, was created to give one design sailors an opportunity to support the overall event with their own races and fund raising. This was discussed briefly at the skippers' meeting on the first day of the One Design Spring Series. Separate daily place awards, apart from Spring Series dailies, will be given to the winning Challenge entries of each sailboat class, as a function of the number of entries as usual. Races will be run simultaneously with the FBYC Spring Series, but separate results will be recorded for entering Challenge boats.

To encourage participation and give experience to novice One Design racers, there will be a separate start for those who wish to have their first or early experiences on the starting line and around the buoys. This start will be a combined class start. Entrants to the novice race should print "Novice" in the memo line of their check. The starting signal for combined class novice race will be signal flags "L" and "S" for Leukemia Society.

Skippers are asked to register, paying a Registration Fee of only $10 per boat. In addition, skippers are asked to consider raising funds, in any amount, from their families, friends and crew to help fund research and find a cure for leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma. Prizes consisting of a set of 4 of the new 16 oz. FBYC Tervis Tumblers will be given to the top fundraiser and a set of 4 of the 12 oz. Tumblers will be given to the runner-up ( a $60 and $48 value, respectively). Novice racers and fundraisers are eligible for these top fundraising awards.

Contributions and entry fees can be paid on site before the skippers meeting, or can be mailed to the Event Chair, Noel Clinard at 6010 York Road, Richmond, VA 23226. Checks should be made payable to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Contributions are Tax Deductible. More information can be obtained from Noel Clinard, nclinard@hunton.com, or 804-788-8594 (Office).

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