Offshore Long Distance Series Continues With Smith Point This Weekend

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Offshore Racing
812 Another chance to race under a full moon this Saturday with the third leg of the Offshore Long Distance Series, as well as, a chance to get things in order prior to Stingray. There's still time to be in the running for the prize in each class. Voodoo Chile, La Maga, Cefalu, and Nereid are leading the divisions at the halfway point. Complete standings are listed on the second page. If you haven't tried it, you can now register on line for this and other events, thanks to Strother Scott's efforts. Just click the link. on-line registration

2004 Offshore Long Distance Series Standings (through 2 races)

PHRF A: 1. Voodoo Chile - 3 points, 2. Shamrock - 6 points …

First “Dog Day Series” Held For Juniors

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Junior Activities
053 The Junior Program conducted the first of two Dog Days Series Sunday, August 22. The objective of Dog Days is to accomplish the goal of making sailing "more fun." While it is conducted in a "race" environment in which some racing fundamentals may be incidentally absorbed, the objective is to have a "Doggone Good Time". This event was for all FBYC Junior Sailors and included Dog Flag making, Dog Bone and Walk the Dog Race Courses, as well as a Pinata on shore. “Winners” were awarded trophy Dog Bowls full of candy

We had excellent participation on the first day with numerous Optis and three 420s. A highlight of the day was the appearance of an unidentified “canine” Race Committee …

#213 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

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SBR News You Can Use
J2456
Southern Bay J24 Match Racing Regatta made good use of Saturday and Sunday's great sailing breezes to complete a single round robin among 7 boats.  When all was said and done, Haywire, Tripp Behm and crew (HYC) trampled the rest, winning each of their races.  North Carolinian Ron Medlin (PSA), Bash,  was second, and Mark Wensell (FBYC) was third.  Race Chairman: Brooks Zerkle.  This is the second year for the J24 match racing event in the southern Bay, this year hosted by Fishing Bay YC.
 
RICE - WALLIO win 45th MOBJACK NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP:  Skipper Jim Rice (Newport News) and crew Pete Wallio (Hampton) came away with the 2004 Mobjack crown after 3 …

This is a sign of what is coming our way October 9-10

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Optimists
Please visit http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/photos/04/usodane/ to get some idea what 300 optis looked like at the USODA New England Championships a couple of weekends ago. Many of these young competitors will be attending the USODA Atlantic Coast Championships that we will host in October.

Sail Newport and nearly 100 volunteers ran the 2004 Optimist New England Championship Regatta from it’s headquarters in Fort Adams State Park. 245 Championship Fleet Sailors competed in the Gold Fleet and 64 new racers took part in the Green Fleet for beginner racers. Sailors and their families came from 12 US States, the USVI, Canada, Barbados, Bermuda, Spain and New Zealand. Many of the World’s best Opti sailors took …

Dog Days - August 22 and September 6

Noel Clinard on

Junior Activities
"Dog Days" a Fun Series of Races open to all Juniors Sunday August 22 and September 6th As promised in the Winter Junior Parents Meeting, the FBYC Junior Program will conduct the First Dog Days Series this year, beginning Sunday, August 22, with a follow-up Monday September 6. The objective is to accomplish the goal of making sailing "more fun." While it will be conducted in a "race" environment in which some racing fundamentals may be incidentally absorbed, the objective is to have a "Doggone Good Time". This event is suitable for all FBYC Junior Sailors. Hopefully, the older kids will participate in the fun.

The Junior Divison Staff has put a lot of effort into making this a memorable …

#212 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

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SBR News You Can Use
To Fiddler's Green:  Rudolph F. Lotz  -  June 18, 1906  to  August 11, 2004   Rudy Lotz was a special guidepost for racers in the southern Chesapeake Bay sailing community.  Most of today's racers knew him as one of the founders of CCV (Cruising Club of Virginia), a designer of sailboats, and skipper of Faith, his Seahorse 34.  However we knew him,  all of us will miss him and already know how fortunate we are to have shared any part of any moment of his extraordinary life.  
MOBJACK NATIONALS will take place this coming weekend (August 20-21-22, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) and recent class winners from the Governor's Cup and from the FBYC Annual OD Regatta …

annual cruising regatta

George Burke on

Cruising News
On July 31st the cruising division proved again that short handed racing, even with in-laws in the cockpit, even into a 25knt weather leg, can be construed as great fun. Eleven boats started and completed the 13.2nm course. 1st place went to Schiehallion (Brad Miller),2nd to Celebration (Gordon Nelson),3rd to Ishky Baha (John Koedel) and 4th to Snack Bar (Rus Dixon). Knowing one's PHRF rating proved to be a stumbling block for some entries. "Generic" PHRF ratings suitable for our cruising division can be estimated by comparing your boat to the valid ratings of similar boats on the PHRF of the Chesapeake, Inc. website. However, entering CBYRA sanctioned events (including most of FBYC's other offshore …

Annual One Design Regatta - Weather Notice

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One Design Racing
Rain, rain go away... The regatta committee will not make any early decision to cancel this regatta due to weather predictions. Any decisions that may need to be made will be announced during the skippers meeting on Saturday morning. Keep your plans to come to Fishing Bay and participate in this great event!

Fishing Bay Yacht Club was successfully defended from pirates!

Jon Moody on

Cruising News

FBYC was again successfully defended from pirates this past weekend during the annual Kids Kruz. Thirteen families and eight boats formed a flotilla off of Stove Point and engaged the pirates at close range under full sail. For their part, the pirates came well armed with water balloons and water canon. The fighting was fierce and at times the sky seemed to be filled with water balloons. One sailor was heard saying that he had shrapnel all over his decks.

After the battle, the defending ships headed over to Fishing Bay to anchor out and or raft up for the night. Upon making landfall, the pint-sized pirates went to work painting and rigging (with a little help from their parents …

#211 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

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ONE DESIGN REGATTAGANZA!  One-design racers will want to head over to Fishing Bay Yacht Club to the 65th ANNUAL ONE-DESIGN REGATTA, Saturday and Sunday, August 14th and 15th.  Here's a two day, multiple race series for FrontRunner, Mobjack, Flying Scot, Hampton, Albacore, Laser, Laser Radial, 420, Byte and Optimist on 3 separate race courses.  So, head for the Little Sue on the outskirts of Deltaville and follow Stove Point Road to FBYC.  For info contact:  Lori Moyer at (804) 342-7404.   Yes, camping is allowed.  Yes, there will be dinner and music, you provide the dancin', on Saturday!  And, Mobjackers, are invited to leave their boats at FBYC for the MOBJACK NATIONALS:  …

Scuttlebutt

David Hazlehurst on

Offshore Racing
Some years ago Bay clubs, including our own, arranged a bus trip to Baltimore to meet the winners of the Volvo around the world race for the leg ending that ended in that city. One of the crew of the Dutch boat, Assa Abloy, skippered by Roy Heiner, that won that leg was a UK resident who was retiring from racing to become manager of Cowes week. According to today's Scuttlebutt, this years races have had more than their share of SNAFU's so he's had his hands full. First a new Swan 60 ran into a chain between two buoys that protects the wreck of the Mary Rose. A sure way to slow a boat down. There …

#210 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

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SBR News You Can Use
After the Virginia Governor's Cup, one-design racers will want to head over to Fishing Bay Yacht Club to the 65th ANNUAL ONE-DESIGN REGATTA, Saturday and Sunday, August 14th and 15th.  Here's another two day, multiple race series for FrontRunner, Mobjack, Flying Scot, Hampton, Albacore, Laser, Laser Radial, 420, Byte and Optimist.  Three separate race courses.  What's not to like???!  So, head for the Little Sue on the outskirts of Deltaville and follow Stove Point Road to FBYC.  For info contact:  Lori Moyer at (804) 342-7404.   Yes, camping is allowed.  Yes, on Saturday there will be dinner and music; you provide the dancin' !
 
Southern hospitality!  FBYC invites racers …

Stingray Point Regatta Information

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Club News

The following is the official Schedule Of Events for the Stingray Point Regatta. At the bottom of this notice, please find links to the entry form, NOR, and information on accommodations and directions to Fishing Bay Yacht Club. Further information is also available on the Events page: 10th ANNUAL STINGRAY POINT REGATTA

2004 Stingray Point Regatta Schedule of Events
Friday, September 3, 2004

1800 – 2100              Registration and Welcome Party

Saturday, September 4, 2004

0730 – 0900              Registration and Continental Breakfast
0900                           Skipper’s Meeting
1100                           Warning Gun for First Race of the Day
1800 – 2200              Cash Bar Tent featuring Mount Gay Rum
1830 – 2230              Dinner, Awards and Live Entertainment

  Sunday, September 5, 2004

0730  – 0900             Continental Breakfast
1000 …

Accommodations Available for USODA Opti ACCs October 8, 9, 10, 2004

Noel Clinard on

Optimists
FBYC will host the USODA 2004 Atlantic Coast Championships on October 9-10, 2004 (race days). Many visiting sailors from the Atlantic Coast are expected to need accomodations at least the nights of October 8 and 9. We are hearing from registrants that there is concern about accomodations for this event in the immediate area. While there are limited accomodations in Deltaville, there are plenty of rooms in the surrounding area within 25 miles on high quality, fast moving, rural highways, particularly in the Gloucester (Comfort Inn), Kilmarnock (Holiday Inn Express), Irvington (Tides Lodge), Topping (Pilot House Inn), and White Stone (Whispering Pines Motel)areas. A number of currently available accomodations (totaling 145 rooms) within 25 miles (and within 30 minutes …

WOmen's 420 regatta, Sunday, August 1

Nica Waters on

One Design Racing
Sunday morning, August 1, dawned bright and sunny, although without the heralded winds of Saturday. Six intrepid sailors braved the windless morn, some taking refuge in the shade as others fine-tuned the rigs. Well stocked with water and a hearty dose of good cheer, the boats pushed off from the beach at around noon, blowing heavily into the sails to get some momentum going. The abbreviated race committee (Mike and Chris Fehn) set the course and blew a whistle start . . . the race was on!

We sailed three races in ever-increasing wind, fighting wind shifts and errantly anchoring boats. The afternoon was spiced with close mark roundings, two photo-finishes, a dragging leeward mark, and lots of fun and companionship. Lightning precipitated …

August Spinsheet

Randy Alley on

Club News
The new August Spinsheet provides some good coverage of FBYC interests with Nereid and Eric Powers and crew pictured at the start of the Annapolis to Bermuda race, great pics from the Virginia State Optimist Championship, and a write-up from the Leukemia Cup.

Flying Scotts in Annual Regatta

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One Design Racing
I'm looking for a Flying Scott to borrow for the Annual Regatta this August. If anyone has a boat, isn't sailing the regatta, and is willing to let me and my dad (Lud) race it, please email me at MrByteMan@aol.com. Thanks a bunch.

#209 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

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SBR News You Can Use
NOT SMITH POINT - PLENTY OF WIND - AHHHHHHHHHHH!   CCV's NOT SMITH POINT RACE was a tour around southern Bay marks, a break from the windward-leeward routine.  Yesterday Sea Star, Rhumb Line, Movin' On and Black Widow were the tour leaders.  32 boats refused to listen to the "We're doomed, doomed"  talk on the weather channels  and got in a great day of racing in winds that built from 8-10 at the start to 16 true when the first boat  to finish (Scherherazade) crossed the line.  Fleets A and B  ran  an 18.54 nm course that included a nice 6 mile power reach, and Fleets C and Non-Spin went 15.49 nm.  RESULTS:  PHRF …

Register on line for the Annual Regatta

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One Design Racing
At the FBYC Cluhbouse today, using the new wireless high speed connection, we finally set up on Line Registration for the upcoming Annual regatta on August 14. There is a link to the event and the On Line Registration at the top left corner of the web page.

bannanapeel Austin Powers was the first to register. Please click Here to see List of Participants. New names are added to the page as they register.

Please try out the system. If you have any problems, or if it breaks, please let Jon Deutsch jon-fbyc@jdeutsch.com know. He learned a little about the system today, and knows how to reach the technical expert.

SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE - ZAP FLASH!

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SBR News You Can Use
SCREWPILE WRAP UP:  Each morning the wind had the makings of a nice racing breeze, but by each mid-afternoon the wind took a powder, and left racers wishing for more than they had.   Hard working race committees got in 4 races (1 on Sunday, 2 on Monday, and 1 on Tuesday).  The parties were top of the line and event organizers have been showered with positive comments from racers.  After all, wind is wind and no matter what, "you play the cards you're dealt" , as Maverick would say.
Three southern Bay boats did especially well:  John Hanna's Battlewagon, Pearson 37, finished 2nd in the largest fleet (PHRF 4 - 23 boats),  Paul Anderson …
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