Signs of Spring: Five porpoise
spotted running along side the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel pilings; the
grinding gears of multi-ton lifts, hauling boats to be splashed; and sails
heading toward summer slips. Lots of sails heading toward slips. For
instance, on the Rappahannock tomorrow, watch for PHRF South Region VP,
Mike Dale, to be bringing his J/27, Juggernaut,
down the rivah from Urbanna.
SBRW Entry Up-date: The entry list at
theevent website is updated periodically. Go to
www.blacksealcup.com
for info. Remember, too, that there is a special additional
Early Bird Entry incentive- SBRNYCU
is sponsoring a set of regatta shirts as the prize for the winner of
a special …
WEATHER, WEATHER, WEATHER - the
bane of every sailor's existence, racer or cruiser. 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 known 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. Cost is $30 per person ($50 for
couples) and includes lunch along with coffee and morning pastries. For
info and to register contact George Burke at (804) 359-1187. Don't let
this one blow by …
Why does a great sailing club even need a swimming pool let alone worry about making it better?
For me its simple; because we have great families that love to be at the club while were sailing.
Thats why, after building the beach bulkhead and steps to the pool and seeing how good that made the pool area look and feel, I asked for a committee to review how we should finish the project. There were 9 committee members comprised of the Flag, frequent pool users, designers, artists and architects. They have designed a beautiful addition to the pool area that will be functional, attractive, durable, fun, exciting, exude that summer atmosphere and, I believe, will be well …
I am sure we will hear more later - but our boats at the Flying Scot Midwinters seemed to have done pretty well - looking at the
Results.
Mike Miller & John Wake were 7th and Travis Weisleder & Skip Dieball were 11th in the 34 boat Championship Division. Andrea Latell sailed with Hans Noordanus (5744) finished 17th in the Championship Fleet.
Noel Clinard & Mike Massie were 13th and Ric Bauer & Sharon Bauer were 15th in the 29 boat Challenger Division.
Well done!
P.S. - Pretty Good Pictures available at
The Photo Boat website. You can use the sail number to look at the sorted photos for Rick and Sharon Bauer, (5463), Travis Weisleder and Skip Dieball (5341), Mike Miller …
Write your senator now !
There is an extreme risk that all recreational boaters in the U.S. will be required to obtain a permit from the EPA to discharge bilge water or even rain water off their decks. This issue arose from a law intended to keep invasive species like zebra mussels from being discharged by cargo ships and cruise liners. In 2006, a U.S. District Court decision struck down the 34-year permit exemption for recreational boats within the Clean Water Act. This decision will require the EPA to develop and implement a permitting system for all boats in the U.S. by September 30, 2008.
A new bill, S. 2766 Clean Boating Act of 2008, has been introduced …
On Saturday, March 8, FBYC experienced high winds gusting over 50 MPH from the Southwest. As the pictures illustrate, it capsized and compacted the club's 420s, blew a catamaran off its trailer onto an adjacent boat, and spun the South row Flying Scots around on their nose wheels. This experience once again illustrates the need for ground tie down systems in the boat yard, including the nose wheels.
All nine pictures are available
here. They are under the Spring Cleanup Event - maybe there will be more work than we had hoped!
If you drive by the Lamar Billboard at Laburnum Avenue near the Richmond International Racetrack at the Fairgrounds, you would notice the flashing display with our Charles Lytton as Man of the Year for the The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Congratulations, Charles!
I hope they are unable to resell the space in which case they might leave you up there all summer!
This past year the southern Bay was graced with some
wonderful visiting racers. One of them has been named Rolex Yachtsman of
the Year. Jeff Linton won the Flying Scot North American
Championship, hosted by Fishing Bay Yacht Club in June, and
the Classic Moth National Championship at Elizabeth City, NC, this past
September. Rubbing elbows with the very best in the sport is always
a good thing. By the way, Jeff is 45 years old and often sails with his wife
Amy. In 2007 he "owned" the Lightning Class, too - won the Lightning
Worlds, South American, and Winter Championships. Yikes!
KEY WEST RACE WEEK OPENS TODAY! Keep a
watch on southern Bay boats Meridian (Sledd
Shelhorse), Horizon …
PHRF SPLITS update: A week ago (January
7) PHRF delegates from the SOUTH DIVISION of the southern Bay met to
consider two proposals for changes in the 2007 fleet splits for 2008. The
meeting was open to all PHRF members. No decision was made as of the close
of the meeting. The splits will be determined by the delegates.
Change or not to change and, if to change, to what to change... all have
ramifications. The delegates are working on it, but there is no white
smoke from the chimney yet.
The warning signal for the Lauderdale to Key West
Race goes up tomorrow afternoon, Jan 16. Acura Key West Race Week …
TONIGHT!!! PHRF FLEET SPLITS
MEETING - JANUARY 7, 6:30 pm. PHRF members from Region 4 SOUTH are invited to attend this
PHRF delegates meeting, the singular objective of which is to determine the
fleet splits for use in 2008 in Region 4 SOUTH. Attendees
may offer comment and discussion. The meeting will be held in Meeting
Room B at the Hampton Public Library, 4207 Victoria Boulevard, Hampton.
(That's a couple blocks down from the cannon at HYC. The Library is
at the corner of Victoria and Kecoughtan). Get there early to get a
good seat!
SBRNYCU MURPHY GOES RACING -
2008: "Going Faster - It's All About the
People" February 2 …
ANNA TUNNICLIFFE - US SAILING
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR! US SAILING says about our former
ODU All-American, "Laser Radial sailor Anna Tunnicliffe has had a year of
stellar success, which when factored against all other racers competing in this
single-handed dinghy class has made Tunnicliffe the number-one ranked
Laser Radial sailor in the world in 2007...Tunnicliffe has been a
member of the US Sailing Team since 2005. " Anna will be sailing for the USA in
the Olympics in China this summer. And, Anna has been nominated for
the [yet to be named] US SAILING Rolex Yachtswomen of the
Year.
PHRF FLEET SPLITS MEETING SET FOR
MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 6:30 pm. PHRF
members …
Recently, Fishing Bay Yacht Club Members, Gil, Kay and Ashley Miles were aboard the super carrier USS George Washington as guests of her captain and Kyle Reynolds.
Boarding at 0430 on a beautiful Virginia morning, the 1200 foot carrier slipped from her birth and traveled 60 nm to sea where the guests were treated to an awesome show of American Naval firepower. The air show that followed was up close-up and personally very inspiring.
The F-18 Super Hornets were breath taking in their maneuvers. Every form of roll, turn, vertical stall, and inverted flight at super sonic speed was eye-popping. The heroic Iraqi-Veteran Naval Aviators demonstrated numerous touch-and-goes on the flight deck within tossing distance. At several points the Hornets …
The Sailing Events Committee has drafted the
2008 FBYC Sailing Events Schedule - in Excel - now UPDATED THRU 12-20, which the Board has approved, subject to modification in publishing the Sailing Events Book. The Committee is now laboring to conform the book to the new schedule and recruiting volunteers for Race Committee and Social positions. The book must be finalized for the printer by the end of January.
If you are interested in volunteering, please contact the commands of the various club divisions who have responsibility for staffing the events, or give generously of your time when they call you for assistance. The club could not maintain its full schedule of events without your support. The schedule is a complex undertaking …
2008 CBYRA REGION 4 SCHEDULE IS
READY: The "big boat" racing schedule is ready, thanks
to the diligent work of 30-some southern Bay yacht club, sailing association,
and event representatives (and all the people with whom each of them
worked). So, it you want the 2008 schedule, contact your club's
racing rep. Or, if you like,email SBRNYCU
atmcbear@earthlink.net,
on the subject: line put "I need the 2008 Racing
Schedule", and you'll get the whole schedule by return
email.
PHRF FLEET SPLITS MEETING SET FOR
MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 6:30 pm. PHRF
members from Region 4 SOUTH are invited to attend this …
Good News for J/22 racers (and
others, too): PHRF of the Chesapeake has made an adjustment
to their 2008 Safety Requirements. It appears to allow boats who
meet everything but the lifeline requirement for Category 4P to sail in
Cat 4P races provided everyone on the boat wears a PFD. There are, of
course, details and explanations. So, read the info on the PHRF of the
Chesapeake Bay website, www.phrfchesbay.com, click on 2008 Special Regulations For Safety Requirements,
and check out paragraph 4.2. If you have questions and/or
concerns contact your club PHRF delegate.
IMPORTANT: SPLITS
DECISION: PHRF racers in the SOUTH DIVISION of Region 4 …
His comments in the full page color picture include:
Favorite Vacation Spot: Deltaville
Hobbies: Sailing, fishing, waterfowl hunting
What are the keys to being a successful real estate attorney? In my case because my practice involves commercial real estate, the transactions are usually complex and present unique challenges. My approach is to focus on the clients goals in crafting the structure and details of the transactions. Each real estate transaction usually involves interacting with multiple parties with differing interests, and I have …
Noel Clinard's daughter Elizabeth is a dancer in "White Christmas" in Denver at the Denver Center or the Performing Arts.
This link should open up Windows Movie Player and you can see the promo pictures for the event.
In the green and pink number, she both starts and ends up between the two guys;
In the train car scene in warm clothes, she is at far right holding some sort of white thing in a shadow;
In the tap number with Black dresses, she is second from left,
who knows in the white scene.
The blonde lead in the purple fan dance is the one she is understudies for.
Caribbean 1500 Update: Some are back
home from Tortola, the destination of the 1500 fleet, and some, aka the smart
ones, are still "down there". Of the 69 boat fleet, 39
approached the bluewater adventure from the racing angle. Some of the
southern Bay entries faired especially well in the 5 handicap
fleets. Phil Gillihan, who resides on Willoughby Spit
(Norfolk) and sails out of Smithfield, VA, brought his Corsair 3600 catamaran,
Parallax, in first in Class 2. Wesley
Jones, from Gloucester, VA, (FBYC) took second in Class 4 with
Valient, a Fast 40. Gordon and Eta
Johnson, of Hampton, VA, (OPYC) sailing out of Southall Landings,
finished second in Class 5 in …
Thats why, after building the beach bulkhead and steps to the pool and seeing how good that made the pool area look and feel, I asked for a committee to review how we should finish the project. There were 9 committee members comprised of the Flag, frequent pool users, designers, artists and architects. They have designed a beautiful addition to the pool area that will be functional, attractive, durable, fun, exciting, exude that summer atmosphere and, I believe, will be well …
On Saturday, March 8, FBYC experienced high winds gusting over 50 MPH from the Southwest. As the pictures illustrate, it capsized and compacted the club's 420s, blew a catamaran off its trailer onto an adjacent boat, and spun the South row Flying Scots around on their nose wheels. This experience once again illustrates the need for ground tie down systems in the boat yard, including the nose wheels.
If you drive by the Lamar Billboard at Laburnum Avenue near the Richmond International Racetrack at the Fairgrounds, you would notice the flashing display with our Charles Lytton as Man of the Year for the The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
The F-18 Super Hornets were breath taking in their maneuvers. Every form of roll, turn, vertical stall, and inverted flight at super sonic speed was eye-popping. The heroic Iraqi-Veteran Naval Aviators demonstrated numerous touch-and-goes on the flight deck within tossing distance. At several points the Hornets …
Commodore Bev Crump was selected in the December 2007 Virginia Business magazine as the Legal Elite - the best in the state for Real Estate and Land Use - -
And this is what they look like now that the Contractor has completed the construction work.
The railings will be the next stop.