Junior Week is almost upon us and we're gearing up for another great season of junior sailing. Opti Kids is already underway and giving our beginners the chance to launch their lifetime sailing careers. The remaining sessions will be held this weekend. Our coaches have begun their treks to Fishing Bay from places as far away as Buenos Aires and Rosario Argentina and we've already held five sucessful spring practice sessions since the end of April.
This coming Sunday (June 17th) we'll host our annual "Meet the Coaches Day" from 1:00 pm till 4:00 pm. This is a free event for all juniors that would like a chance to meet FBYC's four fabulous coaches …
After a congenial welcome party in the Goslings Rum tent the night before, some
eighty race boats motored out of Hampton Yacht Club and other local marinas on Friday,
June 1, to begin three days of two-a-day racing at Southern Bay Race Week. The day
began with the United States Navy providing a certain amount of local color. As the
large fleet prepared to cross the busy ship channel at the mouth of Hampton Roads, many
boats found that they had to alter course to make way for the aircraft carrier USS
ENTERPRISE (CVN-65), which was returning to Naval Station Norfolk after conducting …
NEW on the Racing Schedule: 1st Annual Sail
Against SIDS, Saturday, June 30 at Fishing
Bay. Proceeds from this event will go toward research and
prevention of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). FBYC is hosting
this annual event. Invited classes include Optis, 420s, Lasers, Mobjacks,
Frontrunners, Flying Scots, and others with a Portsmouth Yardstick
D-PN. Also, there will be a Team Racing Clinic and family cruises and
moonlight racing is planned for the evening. The regatta is OPEN TO
ALL. Prizes, food, refreshments, more food (BBQ Buffet served
continuously from 6:00pm to 9:00pm) and evening activities. Planned
as a "sail yourself silly" day long regatta. For info and to register,
contact …
SOUTHERN BAY RACING JUNIORS: The Virginia
State Junior Championships are all set for Saturday, June 23, at Fishing Bay
Yacht Club. This regatta is open to all junior sailors.
Optimist, 420, Laser, and Laser Radial racers are invited. There WILL be a
separate Optimist Green Fleet. Get the details and get registered at the
FBYC website www.fbyc.net
WAIRERE Wins SBRW "Boat of the
Week": Pete Hunter, and the Wairere crew came up
out of Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, and won a tie for first place in the
PHRF A fleet, taking home "Boat of the Week" honors and the Black Seal
Cup. Wairere had a finish string of 1-2-2-1. …
The deadline for Early Registration for the Flying Scot North Americans passes tonight with the following Registrations for 88 Boats!
Challenger Fleet - 28
Championship Fleet - 60
Womens - 4
Junior - 7
On-Line Registration continues until Friday June 22 and in-person registration until 1700 on June 24.
The entire list of Registrations can be seen
Here. Because we will have more than 60 boats in the Championship Fleet, we expect the double round-robin format will be used in which all boats in that Division will be divided into four fleets, A - B - C - D, and sail in a 6 race rotation as specified in the Notice of Race.
In addition, Ric Bauer has finalized the site layout - who parks where, and how …
What started as an informal invitation to Kathleen Noffsinger to show her work to the Wednesday night group at the Fishing Bay Yacht Club in Deltaville several years ago, has turned into a huge annual art show. It now features the best artists and craftsmen in the middle peninsula region and in conjunction with The Leukemia Cup Regatta is a benefit to raise money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
On Friday, June 8, 2007 from 5:30 9:00 PM at the Fishing Bay Yacht Club in Deltaville, Kathleen and 25 other artists and artisans will offer their creations to the public. More than just an art show, music and refreshments highlight this increasingly popular charitable and social event …
Today is Memorial Day.
Thank you to those who did once and those who still do "stand
on the wall" for us.
It was a clear struggle for folks heading to Urbanna,
Saturday, via the Race to Urbanna (from Fishing Bay). Somebody forgot to
turn on the wind machine. The race officials shortened the course, but
even then it took some racers close to six hours to cover the 5.8 miles to the
shortened finish line. And, that was before they actually headed up Rapp
River! Racing on the Rappahannock on Sunday was abandoned, again because
of lack of wind. Saturday's RESULTS: PHRF A:
1. Leroi Lissenden, Voodoo 2 …
The Southside Sentinel reports on May 24, that that the ribbon cutting for the Eltham Bridge was to occur last night, and that the new bridge will be open to traffic beginning today!
When the Flying Scot North Americans come to
Fishing Bay in June, the FBYC FS racing contingent will be ready. Big
Ernie (Quantum Sails) and Greg Fisher (North Sails) have both given
clinics to the local fleet. Twenty Scots participated in the FBYC regular
spring series.
America's Cup Update: Ken
Saylor, southern Bay sailmaker (North Sails) and racer, was "on the
scene" in Valencia immediately prior to the start of the Louis Vuitton Cup
semifinals. Kenny has lots of "tales to tell" about Valencia and the
racing. He commented on how narrow the AC boats' hulls are as compared to
how wide the heads of the mains are. Picture …
They are preparing to unfurl their canvases and display their crafts at Art on Fishing Bay the evening of June 8, 5:30-9:00 PM, at the Fishing Bay Yacht Club in Deltaville. Artists from far and wide, local and regional, will again participate in one of the most popular Leukemia Cup events supporting victims with blood cancers. And this being the 9th year of Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup Regatta, the crowds are expected to exceed last years record setting attendance.
A total of 26 artists will exhibit their creations for purchase or perusal. Each will donate one item to the Leukemia Cup Auction to be held later this summer at the Stingray Harbor Marina.
Do you sometimes get the "after Rosegill Blues"? Does racing at RRYC or cruising home alone on Sunday leave you empty and unfulfilled? The Cruising Division has a cure for this, the After Rosegill Cruise to Yankee Point Yacht Club.
May 23 is the deadline for signing up for the Cruising Division's annual "after-Rosegill" event, this year a cruise from Rosegill to Yankee Point Yacht Club on Myers Creek just off the Corrotoman River. Slips will be limited so plan to anchor out. Bring beverages and hors d'oeuvre for cocktails at 6pm. Cruise chairmen Stella and Charlie Jones will supply dinner ( N.C. BBQ) at 7:15, assisted by FBYC member and YPYC Commodore Charles Lytton. Cruisers, racers …
A crew of modern-day explorers, historians, naturalists and educators are endeavoring to retrace Captain John Smith's incredible 1608 expedition. Traveling in a 28-foot reproduction of Smith's shallop, and living much as Smith and his men did 400 years ago, the shallop and her crew will spend 121-days voyaging to the headwaters of almost every tributary of the Chesapeake Bay. At more than 20 points along the route, the shallop and her crew will stop for public exhibitions so that people from all around the region can learn about this important episode in the history of the Chesapeake. For more information, please go to the John Smith 400 website at
www.johnsmith400.org
or the Sultana website at
www …
VERSUS TV COVERAGE OF THE 32ND AMERICA'S
CUP: You should check your VERSUS channel this morning -
0830. But, do not bet your ranch, and certainly not your boat, that the
coverage of the Louis Vuitton Cup will be there - intergalactic steer wrestling,
maybe. That said, however, Cox Cable has published
that LV Cup coverage will run TODAY, Monday (RACE 1), Tuesday (RACE 2),
Wednesday (Race 3), Friday (RACE 4) and Saturday (RACE 5). The times for
each day are 8:30am-11am; noon -2:30pm, and 4:30pm -
7:00pm Or, if you are internet savvy, go to the
Versus website, www.versus.com and see if you can
muck around enough to get their internet …
Just a quick recap
of the events this weekend! We had good weather on Saturday and a great
turnout for both the Kayak and Jr. Challenge.
Kayak:
We had 20 people for
the tour which is a great turnout! With registration and fundraising money the
event brought in a total of $2,536! The water was very calm and great for
kayaking and the group even saw a bald eagle!
Jr.
Challenge:
We had 5 teams:
Christchurch School, Norfolk Collegiate, Poquoson H.S., Smithfield H.S., and St.
Christopher's. Christchurch was the winner of the Top Fundraising Award
and Norfolk Collegiate won the sailing. In all this event brought in
$4,952.00 in …
DELTAVILLE Though the sea was a close companion while David Hazlehurst was growing up in western England, any hopes of learning to sail were distant.
"Sailing was sort of a rich man's sport. It wasn't something I aspired to in England," he said.
The wind shifted after he came to Virginia. Living in Martinsville gave him access to Smith Mountain Lake, and in 1974, he bought his first boat, a Laser dinghy.
His family was hooked, especially the two children.
An item from last night's Suttlebutt by Tucker Thompson follows. We see his writing from time to time in Spin Sheet and some of us will remember him talking twice at the 2002 Winter Program when Alain Vincey chaired this activity. We all have different passions, whether it be watching Royalty at the State Capital, NASCAR, or in the case of one of my old friends and past member, John Adams, living to beat Tim Blackwood just one more time. Whatever turns you on, you have to get a warm and fuzzy from reading Tucker's article. If you are not into warm and fuzzies stop reading right here.
SCUTTLEBUTT 2342 May 11, 2007 (www.sailingscuttlebutt.com)
MOTHER'S DAY is Sunday, May 13 - Invite her to
lunch, love her a bunch, and then..., take her sailing!
Brad Davis, Blade Runner,
took 1st in the 6th race of the Fishing Bay Yacht Club Spring
Series on Saturday, but Rob Whittet,
Wavelength, kept his grip on 1st overall in the PHRF A fleet.
Allan Heyward stayed way out in front in the PHRF B/C fleet by
driving La Maga to another first, ahead of David
Hinckle's 2nd place Elancer. This FBYC series
finishes up this coming Saturday, May 12. PRO - Brooks Zerkel
SBRW-Black Seal Cup: Time is drawing
near for organizers to make fleet assignments, determine whether there will
be sub-splits …
LOUIS VUITTON CUP taped coverage on the VERSUS NETWORK
at 4pm TODAY.
FBYC Spring Series:Rob
Whittet's Wavelength, strengthened his hold on the lead in
PHRF A by finishing 1-1-2 in Sunday's racing at Fishing
Bay. Alan Heyward's La Maga, has a
substantial lead in the combined PHRF B/C fleet; he went 1-2-4 in
yesterday's racing. PRO - Brooks Zerkel.
If you intend to have your SBRW-Black Seal Cup Crew
Shirts in time for the event (June 1-3), you need to get your
order in not later than May 1, as in TOMORROW! Go to www.blacksealcup.com and
hurry.
What started as an informal invitation to Kathleen Noffsinger to show her work to the Wednesday night group at the Fishing Bay Yacht Club in Deltaville several years ago, has turned into a huge annual art show. It now features the best artists and craftsmen in the middle peninsula region and in conjunction with The Leukemia Cup Regatta is a benefit to raise money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
They are preparing to unfurl their canvases and display their crafts at Art on Fishing Bay the evening of June 8, 5:30-9:00 PM, at the Fishing Bay Yacht Club in Deltaville. Artists from far and wide, local and regional, will again participate in one of the most popular Leukemia Cup events supporting victims with blood cancers. And this being the 9th year of Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup Regatta, the crowds are expected to exceed last years record setting attendance.
A total of 26 artists will exhibit their creations for purchase or perusal. Each will donate one item to the Leukemia Cup Auction to be held later this summer at the Stingray Harbor Marina.
A crew of modern-day explorers, historians, naturalists and educators are endeavoring to retrace Captain John Smith's incredible 1608 expedition. Traveling in a 28-foot reproduction of Smith's shallop, and living much as Smith and his men did 400 years ago, the shallop and her crew will spend 121-days voyaging to the headwaters of almost every tributary of the Chesapeake Bay. At more than 20 points along the route, the shallop and her crew will stop for public exhibitions so that people from all around the region can learn about this important episode in the history of the Chesapeake. For more information, please go to the John Smith 400 website at