Posted by Strother Scott on Monday June 30, @03:54PM
Note: FBYC Members Marie Crump, and Strother and Evie Scott and twins Strother, Jr. and Lina sailed with FBYC Member Rives Potts in the Anniversary Regatta. Marie, Lina and Strother are the three backs on the starboard side in the picture under Read More.
Strother, Jr. and Marie also sailed on Carina in the 2008 Newport - Bermuda Race.
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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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).
The event website will be updated in mid-July with the NOR.
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Posted by Nica Waters on Friday June 27, @08:51AM
Change in time for July 4 social!
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.
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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.
NOR: http://www.fbyc.net/Events/2007/06.19.onedesign/ssi.dtml
Hope to see you out there!
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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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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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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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Posted by Al Ailsworth on Monday April 28, @02:38PM
A special thanks to all members that have assisted and made recommendations regarding our powerboat fleet. Continuous improvements have been planned and hopefully will be completed.
Again, thanks to all.
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Posted by Strother Scott on Tuesday April 22, @03:33PM
In accordance with the pricing policy, the Early Registration Pricing for the above three events has been removed. From now on, the pricing has increased $50 to $75 per event, and shown on the On-Line Entry Forms and on
http://www.fbyc.net/Juniors/2008/RegistrationTable
From now on, registration is available on a space available basis, and finally, all registration will be closed on May 15.
Many thanks to those who have signed up by the deadline. It certainly eases the planning for these events. As on today, we have 100 children signed up for Junior Week - a record number for this early in the spring.
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Posted by Strother Scott on Tuesday April 22, @02:26PM
Travis Weisleder won the Melges 24 Class at Charleston Race Week in Car Loan - and Car Loan was selected as Boat of the Week!
Quoting from the Press Release --
Travis Wiesleder and his all-pro crew on Carloan.com won the coveted Charleston Race Week Cup Perpetual Trophy for winning the most competitive One-Design class – this year, an easy choice for the 27-boat Melges 24 division. Carloan.com started off this morning in a tie with Kristen Lane's Out House, from Marin, California. “We needed one good start today, and we got it,” said Carloan tactician and top OD sailor Scott Nixon. This talent-laden class is always competitive, and at a big event like Charleston, it's doubly so. Even with a crew that included Nixon, Justin Chambers, and the legendary Skip Dieball, Wiesleder was “just one piece of sea breeze away from 2nd place,” but they took that sea breeze and turned it into the top prize at the event, which included a Raymarine electronics package worth over three thousand dollars.
For a complete copy of the press release, please visit www.charlestonraceweek.com.
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Posted by Sarah Carneal on Tuesday April 22, @02:01PM
FBYC IS ONCE AGAIN HOLDING AN OLD FASHION FLEA MARKET FOR MEMBERS TO SELL, BARTER OR TRADE THEIR BOATING STUFF. BOATING STUFF MAY BE ANY USED OR NEARLY NEW EQUIPMENT, MARINE SUPPLIES, ONE-DESIGN BOATS, OPTIS OR DINGHIES.
See Event page for more information. or email Sarah Carneal - (804) 272-5292, (804) 776-7607 Email:
sarahcarneal@hotmail.com
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