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 …
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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.
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.
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 …
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.
The 10th season of Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup activities begins next month in Deltaville. The fun starts with the Kayak Tour to be held again this year at the Deltaville Maritime Museum and Holly Point Nature Park from 9AM to Noon on Saturday, May 10. The launch site at idyllic Holly Park provides the perfect protected venue on Jackson Creek for this event while allowing convenient access to the big waters of Chesapeake Bay if conditions allow. This tour has become increasingly popular over the past years, and co-sponsor, Bay Trails Outfitters, will provide kayaks for newcomers and those without kayaks if you register early. Otherwise, bring your own kayak and gear.
Equally a fundraising event, kayakers are encouraged to …
The Deltaville Maritime Museum at Holly Point Nature Park announces a major waterfront enhancement project. A substantial 240 by 8 pier encircling the shoreline restoration area implanted last year will be constructed through the generosity of seven local benefactors.
Museum officials believe that the new pier will greatly augment the recreational and education missions of the museum. Not only will the pier offer expanded access for watercraft visiting Holly Point facilities through an exponential increase in dockage space but also will allow groups of educators, students, patrons, and visitors to study the shoreline restoration area from a safe and spacious platform enveloping the site.
The seven donors who are making this project possible are: Allen & Frances Krowe, Bob & …
Meanwhile, up on the Rappahannock River, the FBYC
SPRING SERIES got underway. Twenty-six (26) boats
started on Saturday with a weather related reduction of numbers returning on
Sunday. When all was said and done, for the weekend, the standings in the
fleets were: PHRF A: 1.Brad Davis, Blade
Runner; 2.David Clark, Corryvreckan;
3.Sam Mitchener, Double Eagle. PHRF BC:
1.Jerry Latell, Boomerang; 2.Drake
Johnstone, Cat's Pajamas; 3.Allan Heyward,
La Maga. PHRF Non-Spin: 1.Dick Cole,
Nutcracker; 2.Robert DeJong, Temptress.
PRO: Brooks Zerkel.
CCV SPRING SERIES, Race #3 - April 27, Hampton Roads
Harbor.CCV will run a middle distance race in
the Harbor using government marks …
The FBYC Store will be open before and after the Blessing of the Fleet during the Opening Day festivities on Saturday and throughout that evening. The newest offering will be insulated drinking glasses custom made by Tervis Tumblers for FBYC and containing an embroidered insert of the FBYC burgee. These will be available in both short and tall glasses. Get yours while they last! The other offerings will include the usual polos, hats, sweatshirts, belts, ties, scarves, as seen at prior store sessions. The colors of some of these items will be new. All proceeds of sales by the FBYC Store are used to support club programs.
Fishing Bay Yacht Clubopens their
sailing season and their Spring Series this coming weekend, April 19-20.
For details and to enter contact Mike Dale at (804)
347-7409. The FBYC Spring Series runs on weekends
through May 10.
Twenty (20) Southern Bay Teams Get Calibrated in
the CCV Tune-Up Races: Yesterday was perfect for a day of Spring
racing. Nineteen spinnaker and 1 non-spinnaker (Fins Up,
Tom Connors) finished two races in Hampton Roads
Harbor. Leading their fleets and looking to be in top form early
were: PHRF A - Sea Star, Dave Eberwine;
PHRF B - Wham Bam, Dave Taylor; PHRF C -
Incentive, Louie Lewis .PRO - John McCarthy.
Last Reminder: WEATHER, WEATHER, WEATHER
-April 12, 8:30am - 3:30pm, Fishing Bay
Yacht Club will host a seminar on the sport's great variable.
Pat Healy, Commanders' Weather Corporation and well
know weather guru, will lead the morning session on analyzing and understanding
marine weather. Ralph Naranjo, who is Practical
Sailor's technical editor, will speak in the afternoon on heavy
weather sailing and storm tactics. $30 per person ($50 for couples) includes
lunch and coffee and morning pastries. For info call George
Burke at (804) 359-1187.
John Dodge, past president
of CBYRA, sought after crew on top level national and international raceboats,
and son of the southern Bay, underwent extremely serious …
The James City County Shaping Our Shores planning commission is looking for comments about the redevelopment of 3 sites along the James River. Help get the county to include sailing in these plans by offering your comments.
Parks and Recreation patrons. We need your participation and support! Shaping Our Shores is the theme for the master planning project of three sites located along James City County waterways - the former Jamestown Beach Campground, Jamestown Yacht Basin and Chickahominy Riverfront Park. Share your thoughts on how these three sites should be developed over the next 20 years. Attend the Shaping Our Shores citizen and community group public input session on Wednesday, April 16, from 6:15-9pm. The meeting will be held at …
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.
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 …
Travis Weisleder won the Melges 24 Class at Charleston Race Week in Car Loan - and Car Loan was selected as Boat of the Week!
The 10th season of Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup activities begins next month in Deltaville. The fun starts with the Kayak Tour to be held again this year at the Deltaville Maritime Museum and Holly Point Nature Park from 9AM to Noon on Saturday, May 10. The launch site at idyllic Holly Park provides the perfect protected venue on Jackson Creek for this event while allowing convenient access to the big waters of Chesapeake Bay if conditions allow. This tour has become increasingly popular over the past years, and co-sponsor, Bay Trails Outfitters, will provide kayaks for newcomers and those without kayaks if you register early. Otherwise, bring your own kayak and gear.
The Deltaville Maritime Museum at Holly Point Nature Park announces a major waterfront enhancement project. A substantial 240 by 8 pier encircling the shoreline restoration area implanted last year will be constructed through the generosity of seven local benefactors.
