COCK ISLAND RACE -
Saturday, June 26, 2004. Pull out your crazy chicken suit and get yourself
down to ICW Mile Marker Zero. This is the 17th annual Cock Island
Race; non-sanctioned, mono-hull only, a race surrounded by a party.
Skippers Meeting and race check-in are Friday, June 25, at
Portsmouth's North Landing area on the seawall. For info contact
PortsEvents at (757) 393-9933.
Kahuna wins A
Fleet HYC Big Boat Annual and Defiant Defies C
Fleet: The HYC Big Boat Annual Regatta ran Saturday off
Willoughby Spit on the Big Bay side. Winds with more shifts than
a NASCAR pole sitter led to three mark moves during …
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Nereid in 12th position (217 n.m. from Bermuda) by distance at 8pm Tuesday night, but possibly with a little personal wind, while others in light air or becalmed. Lead boat is 157 n.m. out.
The 2004 Spring
Series came to an end for the Laser Fleet with 5 boats participating. The
shifty and unpredictable winds kept the racing close and the solid breeze made
the reaching legs a lot of fun. In the first race Brad Squires got an
early lead and held on throughout the rest of the race. He was followed by
Alain, Jon and Dave.
The rest of the day
belonged to late-comer James Jacobs who won all of the last three
races. With Brad, Jon and Dave on his heels, James was never able to get
too far out ahead waving to passing motor boats as he seemed to motor between
the marks. In the …
COMING UP THIS SATURDAY -
HYC ANNUAL BIG BOAT REGATTA: CBYRA
sanctioned event, valid 2004 PHRF certificate required; first warning is
at 1155; racing venue will be off of Ocean View; expect drop mark
courses; starts for all PHRF classes. NOTE: for this
race, if there is a General Recall, all other fleets that have
not started will wait until the recalled fleet returns and is restarted.
There is a time limit of 1730 hours. . For info contact; Dick
Boykin, at 890-0093.
INDEPENDENCE WINS CULPEPPER TROPHY AT HOMETOWNE
REGATTA: Graham Field and his crew won the Garland
Culpepper Trophy by finishing the furthest ahead of the 2nd place boat in …
As of 1840 hours, Sunday evening, Eric and crew were 398 nautical miles out from Bermuda (596 total distance.) The lead boat was at 353 nautical miles.
Eric Powers is skipper. The crew includes three FBYCers Ric Bauer, Jon Moody & Jim Morrison. Dyk Luben and Jeff Sigmon round out the crew.
To make it interesting, Glory Days (a boat out of Norfolk/Hampton) is also in the race and has the same PHRF rating of 114. It will be fun to watch how those two do in a little head-to-head racing.
BLACK SEAL CUP-SOUTHERN BAY RACE
WEEK: TITILLATION WINS OVERALL TITLE, DOMINATES 17 BOAT PHRF
B: Chessie served up a varied menu over the three day event.
56 "big boats" sailed on two venues in all kinds of
conditions over the weekend. BSC-SBRW opened Friday on a wild and wooly
day, winds averaging a steady mid to high teens (highest gust reported was 25
knots) with wind against current making for significant square waves (three and
one-half feet). The second day Chessie offered up perfect racing
conditions with breezes going southwest in the 10-14 range. And,
Day 3 brought frustration because of the light and variable
conditions. The RC did get in one race on each venue on Sunday …
The FBYC Laser fleet
once again saw great racing in some fluky winds on Fishing Bay.
The first
race was one to play the shifts on and Alain played best; Jon, Brad and Dave
weren't far behind.
The north-west wind
lightened for the 2nd race and all of the boats had trouble 'beating' to the
first 'weather' mark. The fleet eventually rounded and Brad found a slight
breeze way out in the middle of the channel while the rest of the lasers drifted
about in the middle of the course. Despite protest to the committee to
wave off the race, the boats continued on their slow journey to the bottom
mark. Sure enough …
FBYC will be hosting a sailing performance clinic this Saturday, June 5th. If you've been wanting to take the step up to racing your boat, or want to get more comfortable and improve on your racing skills, this is the time and place to do it. Instruction and guidance will be provided by two staff members from Steve Colgate's well-known, Offshore Sailing School, along with several experienced, FBYC racers. The platform for instruction will be two Colgate 26 boats, along with Flying Scots. The clinic will start at 10 am, so whether your interest is offshore or one-design racing, come on out and learn more about racing and how to race well.
BLACK SEAL CUP -
SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK (BSC-SBRW) is here! - June 4, 5, & 6,
2004. Racing begins Friday, June 4, for "big boats", and Saturday,
June 5, for one-design (dinghy). On the "big boat" courses, expect 2 races
each of the three days (conditions permitting). For info go to the web
site at www.blacksealcup.com.
Entries were due May 28th, BUT, with a late entry fee, there is still time to
enter. Contact: Martin Holland at (757)
726-0289.
MEMORIAL DAY. Thank
you to those who stood and those who are standing on the wall for us
all.
Media
Watch: Check out the June issue of Sailing World, page 16,
"Weekend …
2004 Junior Program Begins June 12 And Culminates With USODA ACCs In October
Noel Clinard
Junior Division Commander
The 2004 Jr. Program enrollment is complete, with splendid participation. We commence with 30 OptiKids and 29 Race Team Members on June 12. OptiKids also reconvenes on June 13, 19 and 20, and Race Team meets again on June 20. Junior Week follows with 81 additional participants from June 21-25, giving us a total of 140 Juniors in the program.
KEY PROGRAM EVENTS
Junior Week will be capped off by the VA State Opti Championships (and simultaneous FBYC Junior Regatta) on Saturday, June 26. Both events will have a separate Green Fleet for novices and less experienced sailors. Hopefully, many in Racing …
A few important notes about this weekend's racing and events.
The Urbanna Race is the the first leg of this year's Long Distance Series. The series' winners in each participating class will get a worthy award consisting of a Weems and Plath gimbal mounted lamp and placque, so, get off to a good start in the Series this weekend and/or at least assure your chances over the duration by at least competing on Saturday. These four races are a good test of local knowledge and a little more challenge to seamanship and strategy, so besides a nice trophy, some unique Club pride goes to the winners!
Strother Scott, Jr. and Lina have agreed to run shuttle service …
We have five cruising/racing events scheduled for the months of June and July, 2004. Plan to join the Cruising Division as we continue to explore the Chesapeake together, and push ourselves a little in racing with two different events. If you have your PHRF rating then join the non-spinnaker group of racers at the Leukemia Cup Regatta, or do a more leisurely sail/race at our Cruising Regatta that will be chaired by George and Lyons Burke. There is something for everyone. Please note the change in venue for the previously scheduled trip to Crisfield, that is now going to St. Marys City/Mill Creek on June 25-27 and will be chaired by Charlie and Stella Jones. The …
The Cruising Class has had a terrific time together in May. The first event was the VIMS Raft Up Rendezvous on May 8-9, which was attended by over 200 sailors from around the bay. Thirty-seven cruising boats made the trip to our club in the face of some very high winds. On Saturday, many of us attended exhibits, tasted Bay oysters, and were amazed by the size of the Asian species that is being studied by VIMS.
We toured the research vessel, Pelican, met new friends from other yacht clubs, and learned more about tidal surges associated with hurricanes. A silent auction was well attended and featured such fun times as …
FBYC SPRING SERIES - CEFALU,
WAVELENGTH, LA MAGA, and SCHIEHALLION WIN FLEET
TITLES: The final day of Fishing Bay Yacht Club's Spring
Series ended with a sea breeze that generated a lot of excitement
on the first windward leg of the second race Sunday. Almost everyone
(previously on a wind search all over the course) got to the rounding mark at
about the same time. Yeee-Haaaa - get that chute hoisted and do it
NOW!!! Here's how things shook out after the entire series.
RESULTS: MORC: 1. Cefalu, Blackwell
Nottingham; 2. Insatiable, Mike Karn;
3. Mojo, Mark Wensell. PHRF A: 1.
Wavelength, Rob Whittet; 2. Voodoo Chile,
Leroi Lissenden; 3.Loose Cannon, Strother
Scott. …
I've posted some pictures that I took from the race committee boat on Saturday of Offshore Spring Series #5. They can be found at http://www.jdeutsch.com/Pictures/20040522/
Enjoy, if you would like full resolution copies of any of these just email me.
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LASER SAILORS: Come out Monday, May 31 for Memorial Day Fun Races. We are expecting a good fleet and we'll have a good time with some short, fun races. NOR: http://www.fbyc.net/Events/2004/05.31.onedesign/ssi.dtml
Spring Series 4 & 5: June 6, 12.
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Please join us at the Deltaville Maritime Museum for the opening of our first permanent exhibit
History of Boat Building in Middlesex County
with a special section on Arts of the Watermen
Saturday, May 29, 2004
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Junior sailors from across Tidewater and Central Virginia out-did themselves in this year's Christchurch Leukemia Cup Junior Challenge, although the record-setting effort was not done on the water. Gusty ENE winds scrubbed the scheduled races on the Rappahannock River in this year's regatta at Christchurch, but the young sailors raised almost $21,000 to fight leukemia. "It was an awesome accomplishment," said Kristin Stokes, regatta coordinator for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. "This puts things into perspective when we look at what these kids can do."Overall, the 50 or so young sailors representing eight area schools took part. The leading fundraising schools were St. Christopher's of Richmond, Walsingham Academy of Williamsburg and regatta host, Christchurch School …
Please join us at the Deltaville Maritime Museum for the opening of our first permanent exhibit