Our Club

Fishing Bay Yacht Club is a private sailing club located in Deltaville, Virginia. For over 50 years we have been located at the base of Stove Point Neck. We have a beautiful view over Fishing Bay for watching our One Design racers, our Juniors in the Optis and famous sunsets.

The original clubhouse on Fishing Bay was built in 1950 shortly after the club relocated from Urbanna. We replaced our clubhouse in 2002 and shown to the right is the second floor room in the new clubhouse.

The yacht club has water frontage on both Fishing Bay and Jackson Creek. Fishing Bay is a well-protected bay on the Piankatank River and Jackson Creeek provides a well protected location for the clubs slips. You can see an aerial photo of Fishing Bay, Stove Point & Jackson Creek here or Larger Format.

For a fuller description of our land, clubhouses, docks, etc. see Our Facilities and The New Building Project

Sailing

We operate our sailing activities through 4 divisions. Our Offshore Division conduct an extensive Sailing Events Schedule for boats rated for PHRF. We also have 6 active J-105s and a number of J-24s. Our Schedule includes a Spring Series and Fall Series and several summer regattas, including the Leukemia Cup Regatta and and the Stingray Point Regatta racing for the Brent Halsey, Jr. Memorial Trophy on Labor Day weekend.

Our Cruising Division organizes social activities and sailing cruises for those with live aboard sailboats who want to visit different places and get together with friends. Traditionally they have one, two or three day trips at the beginning and end of the season and longer trips in the summer – usually one to two week trips around the Chesapeake Bay and sometimes trips to New England, Maine, or North Carolina.

Our One Design Division has its own schedule of spring and fall series, and various summer races including our traditional Annual Regatta held in August. Racing is held in several areas of Fishing Bay. We usually have racing for the fleets of Lasers , Mobjacks , Front Runners , Flying Scots , 420s , and Optimists. Our Laser Fleet hosted the 2000 U. S. Laser Masters Regatta and hosts frequent Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championships. In 2004, the club hosted the Mobjack Nationals. In 2005 we hosted the Flying Scot Atlantic Coast Championships, and in 2007 we hosted the 2007 Flying Scot North American Championships which was awarded a trophy by US Sailing as the Winner of the 2007 One Design Regatta of the Year - See award here.

Our Junior Division runs a very popular Junior Week every year in June. It has grown to about 125 juniors, in classes ranging from Opti-Kids and Beginning Opti up to Racing Class, Team Sailing, and Windsurfing. The Junior Race Team travels with boats, coaches, and parents to Junior Regattas all over the Bay, and sometimes returns with silver - as witnessed by our team attending the 2005 Virginia State Optimists Championships in Hampton. The Juniors hosted the 2004 Optimist Atlantic Coast Championships, the 2005 Bay Open Championships and Junior Olympics. and the 2006 Virginia State Championships for Optimists, Lasers, and 420s.

Membership

The Club web site has significant additional information available to its members. However we have posted most of the information that prospective members might need at our public Membership pages and at Membership Frequently Asked Questions Pages. Membership application is encouraged from those interested in becoming actively involved in our sailing programs. Prospective members should contact our Secretary at secretary@fbyc.net. for information pertaining to the application process and obtaining a membership application. An applicant must be sponsored by two current members.

Fishing Bay Yacht Club has reciprocity arrangements with other clubs throughout the Chesapeake Bay and beyond. A full list is shown on Our Member's Only web pages at Reciprocity.

Organization

FBYC is a member of US Sailing and CBYRA . Fishing Bay Yacht Club's Historian has done a great job recording The History of the Club and interesting articles about the Club which have been published in our Log and on the website. The Board of Trustees meet monthly in Richmond, Virginia.