TODAY is the final day for entries for CAPE CHARLES CUP, which is this coming weekend.

CAPE CHARLES CUP  (Saturday, Aug 20 - Sunday, Aug 21), the event where cruisers race and racers cruise [almost]  begins this Friday evening with the skippers meeting in Norfolk at Bay Point Marina, continues on Saturday with racing from Little Creek to Cape Charles, overnights (aka party) at Bay Creek Marina, and finishes with racing  from Cape Charles to Hampton (finish line off Buckroe area) on Sunday.   So, if point-to-point racing, a great party, great awards, T-shirts, hats, and all kinds of regatta stuff fits in your bag, the Cape Charles Cup is for you and your crew.  For details contact Scott Almond at (757) 471-2663 or CCCup …

Many of our visitors need overnight accomodations near Fishing Bay Yacht Club, so we try to keep an up-to-date list on our Accommodations page.   Last week the Southside Sentinel had an article about a new one, the Bethany Inn at Leafwood - in Saluda.  We have added it to the list we maintain.

We hope this list helps our visitors find places to stay near FBYC.

We are cutting off the on-line registraton for the 72nd Annual One Design Regatta at 8am on Friday morning.  If you don't register by the cut-off, you are invited to show up in Deltaville and register and pay at the event.  Many Thanks.

ALBACORES and BARNEY HARRIS win 47th VIRGINIA GOVERNOR'S CUP.  Sailing in extremely stiff wind (18 - 25 knots) and rough seas on Saturday, and in extremely hot temperatures Sunday, a tough group of 55 small boat sailors raced their brains out on the Ware River over the weekend.   At the end of it all, the Albacore Class got in the most individual starts (among class members) and, therefore, the winner of that class, Barney Harris and crew Leigh (1-2-1-1-1) carried home the  Gov Cup keeper.   This was the 47th time Ware River Yacht Club has run the Governor's Cup.  CLASS WINNERS:  Albacore (12 boats): Barney Harris and Leigh;  Buccaneer (7 boats): Jeffrey Moore and Jolie Homsher;  …

Pictures of the Dredging of Jackson Creek that is still underway:

The crew of "Prophet" (Sonar 725) enjoyed the 2011 Marblehead NOOD on July 28-31 at the splendid Corinthian Yacht Club at the tip of the Neck in Marblehead, MA.  Noel Clinard and Lud Kimbrough towed the boat up, and Noel back, for a trip of 1465 miles.  Mike Karn flew in to Boston and Paul and Julie Ann Wash drove separately.  Lud, Noel, Mike and Paul sailed in a fleet of 24 Sonars skippered by many of the best members of the class, while Julie Ann tended our needs ashore and saw every sight (and whale) withoin 100 miles.  Although the results were humbling: (22-22-18-20-21-23-12-[24]-24) they improved their understanding of the finer points of …

72^nd ANNUAL ONE DESIGN REGATTA
For the John R. Hawksworth Memorial Trophy
August 13 & 14, 2011

FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 2011
Registration 1900

http://www.fbyc.net

Advance Registration Is Encouraged

SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 2011
Continental Breakfast 0800
Registration 0900
Skippers’ Meeting 1030/First Warning Signal 1130
Dinner and Entertainment 1800

DINNER
Pasta Dinner - Adults $15 / Children under 8 Free

SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2011
Continental Breakfast 0800
First Warning Signal 1000
Refreshments and awards following the last race

 CLASSES 

420, Albacore, Hampton, Flying Scot, Front Runner, San Juan 21, Typhoon, Windmill, Laser, Laser Radial, and Optimist (Red, Blue, White and Green fleets). Additional classes may be added at the discretion of the Event Chair or One Design …

Eight updates for the Geezer Regatta on August 27:

1) The event is planned for Flying Scots and all other One-Design fleets that can muster three or more boats. If you can't get on a Scot, consider Lasers, Mobjacks, 420s, and even Optis for grins. (Optis will have a separate, shorter, and more docile course.) If you can't bring your own vessel there is no excuse: the Club has four to five Lasers, seven 420s, and 16 Optis available for use. Alain Vincey is trying to encourage the Lasers,  Perry Guy the 420s, Gordon Cutler the Optis, and Case Whittemore the Mobjacks.

2) If a sufficient number of Flying Scots register, the Committee will consider breaking this …

The Progressive Dinner Cocktail Party will begin at 5 PM, July 23, at Brent and Lindsay Halsey's home on Fishing Bay.  It is suggested that those who have officially registered to attend the Progressive events park in the Yacht Club parking lot, and walk to the Halsey home.

Dinner will begin at 7 PM at Tony and Kate Sakowski's cottage, 76 Sunrise Point, which is about a 300 yard walk from the Halsey's.  Parking will be at a premium, and will be saved for those with difficulty making the walk from the Halsey's.  Contact Tony at 804 387 3875 if you need one of the few parking places that will be available.

Coffee …

Southern Chesapeake Bay racers were out and about  these past few days.  Southern Bay boats and crew sailed  in the Chicago - Mackinac Race (Meridian 2), the Marblehead to Halifax Ocean  Race (Nanuq), and, of course 16 were at Screwpile 2011 in Solomons, Maryland.

   Some of what happens at Screwpile stays at Screwpile. . .  but not all of it!

    Screwpile Lighthouse Challenge Regatta, aka Screwpile, always has been and still is the favorite destination regatta for southern Bay racers.  The event is a racer's paradise.  They take over the town, the headquarters hotel, and the hearts and minds of anyone within the environs of Solomons Island, Maryland.  There are party legends and there are …

We have several events coming up in quick fashion. The first is the Progressive dinner this weekend which is filled to capacity thanks to the deligence of Sarah Carneal. The next weekend June 30 is the cruising regatta. This is a pursuit type race officiated by Case Whittemore and has been a lot of fun in the past. Following will be a dinner hosted by Ric and Sharon Bauer with awards. Would be great to see 20 boats on the racecourse.

So sign up ASAP. The following weekend will be the Pirate Invasion at the Hole in the Wall hosted by Carl and Diane Simon. This year will be a joint venture with the one design sailors and cruisers-one big …

Attention Pirate wannabes!  The Cruising and One Design Fleets, co-hosts for the August 6^th Pirate Cruise, are looking for a great FBYC Club turnout for the beach gathering at the Hole-in-the-Wall beaches of Gwynn Island.  No race event is scheduled, but fun is!  We’re hoping to attract some dark-side power boaters in case the winds aren’t favorable for the One Design participants, but we will work it out regardless. Come One, Come ALL.

Leaving FBYC in order to gather around 1045 hours in the wide waters of Hill’s Bay, off Stove Point, the plan is for a brief seagoing water battle. Cruisers beware that the One Designer’s are planning a strafing run due to their potentially …

We have recently upgraded the way news is viewed and posted on www.fbyc.net.   The new technology eliminates the need for the news poster to be familiar with html, plus it includes new search capability, and the requisite “Like” and “Tweet” links for Facebook and Twitter.

The downside of the upgrade is it resides on a different server, and requires a different set of login credentials.  On the "posting of news articles" part of the web site the www is replaced by new so the site is  http://new.fbyc.net/news/

And you must login to the new server in order to post a news article.  Most of you are familiar with logging in to …

At Fishing Bay Yacht Club, the year 2011 will probably be remembered as the year the tornado wiped out numerous trees and more than 20 buildings in Deltaville the day of the Club’s Opening Day ceremonies in April. In July, the scars left behind by that event are still plainly evident, and the week preceding Leukemia Cup was notable for a humid and unstable air mass that hung over southeastern Virginia all week, delivering daily thunderstorms. Though the torrential downpour on Friday turned the grassy parking area at regatta headquarters into a morass (in places, a pond), a front passed through the area Friday night, and by Saturday morning, the weather had cleared, with clear skies and light to moderate …

CRUISE REGATTA

July 30, 2011

The annual Cruise Regatta is coming up on Saturday, July 30. Everyone is encouraged to participate in this low-key, fun regatta. To be sure there’s fair competition for all, including those who aren’t regular racers, each boat is asked to designate a non-racing helmsman.

The Race will be a staggered start (pursuit) race with Case Whittemore serving as PRO. In order to provide an appropriate handicap, each participant is asked to complete and return a spreadsheet to Case at whittemore.case@gmail.com by July 28. The spreadsheet can be obtained by contacting Case at the above address or Sharon Bauer at sharon.h.bauer@wellsfargo.com if you have not already received it by …

The leaderboard results look good, but I understand it is not official.  The Transatlantic Results page show Dawn Star in First, and Carina about an hour behind, in second, on corrected time.  Still pretty close after 19 days of racing.

Well done and congratulations to both Dawn Star (UVa law school grad skipper) and Carina (UVa business school grad skipper and UVa law scholl grad crew).

Congratulations to Jeremy Herrin who finished 10 in the Laser Radial Gold Fleet at the Laser North Americans at Brant Beach Yacht Club.  See Results here.