"For much of the year, I live on the Chesapeake Bay. The view from our house on Stove Point is unencumbered by land—just a jut of Gwynn Island to the right and Stingray Point to the left. In the distance almost directly in front of the house is Marker Number 6, a small black channel marker that blinks a red light at night. This marker is a beacon—a constant in an expanse of ever-changing light, wind, and color. Several years ago I decided to take a photo of this panorama every morning at dawn. While undertaking this project, I found that my long-time fascination with observing water and weather and sky turned into a …
As a result of a new proposal to use radio bandwidth right next to the existing GPS service, the future reliability of the GPS system across the United States is now in question. We encourage you to contact the FCC during a short 30-day public comment period, to help them understand the public’s need for continued, reliable GPS signals for safe navigation on boats, in cars, and for so many other daily uses.
Background: Earlier this year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) gave conditional approval to a private company, LightSquared, to begin a nationwide broadband service adjacent to the radio spectrum used for GPS. After concerns from user groups (including BoatU.S.), the …
The J80 team of Thomas Klok, Scott Collins, Will and Marie Crump topped the deep 29 boat fleet with style, speed and patience. I was able to catch up with my old friend Will Crump to get an update on their team and how things have progressed in the last year. With only a couple of events under their belts they seem to be just hitting their stride!
What do you feel were the big keys to your win at the Annapolis NOOD regatta? Will: We really looked at the fleet and the race area with a great deal of respect. Despite speed in past regattas, we never …
The most anticipated event of the summer is just around the corner for the Club’s sexagenarian set. (For the clueless, this means 60 years old and over and has absolutely nothing whatever to do with ‘sex.’) The ranks of Club membership are swelling with a growing number of candidates for the Geezer Regatta on August 27…that’s just one week before the big Stingray Regatta over Labor Day weekend.
Being a brand new event for FBYC and wishing to host a big bash on Saturday night for participants and their friends, we need a headcount fast to determine our food and beverage and trophy requirements for this first annual regatta designed specifically for us older folks.
Qualifying races concluded today at Cedar Point YC in Westport, Ct. The stage is now set for the trophy round and everyone starts with a clean slate. FBYC participants, Len and Barb Guenther and Mike and Amy Miller, will now be racing in the heavily competitive Championship Division. John Wake is crewing for AYC member John Aras. Of special interest -- Mike grew up racing out of Cedar Point YC.
July 12, 2011 Contact: Jere Dennison Publicity Chairman Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup Regatta 804.288.6323 jerepaula@verizon.net
Leukemia Cup Experiences an Active Weekend in Deltaville
The 13th Annual Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup Regatta held in Deltaville over the weekend of July 8-10 was another huge success with 77 registered yachts and enthusiastic crowds at the Auction and Gala helping to raise $112,000 in cash and $20,000 in kind donations, based on preliminary numbers, to support patients with blood cancers.
Typically the Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup Regatta is one of the most financially successful Leukemia Cup Regattas in the country in spite of being one of the smallest of such national venues. And tornado …
The 2011 Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup Regatta pulled off three races over Saturday and Sunday and gathered together plenty of folks in an effort to raise funds for a worthy cause. Fishing Bay Yacht Club and Stingray Harbour Yacht Club coordinated efforts on the weekend regatta that produced a total of 65 boats racing in PHRF, One-Design, Classic and Cruising fleets. Race officials got off two 4+ nm miles races on Saturday and were able to slip in a 2 miler in yesterdays very light conditions. RESULTS:PHRF A (4 boats): 1.Sam Mitchener, Double Eagle; 2.Leroi Lissenden, Voodoo 2.PHRF B (5 boats): 1.Jerry Latell, Chupacabra; 2.David Hinckle, Elancer; 3.Miles Booth …
Fishing Bay Yacht Club was proud to participate in the Deltaville Heritage Day Parade on Saturday, July 2nd. Approximately 16 FBYC members turned out to represent our club; the kids had a blast throwing candy to the throngs of spectators lining Chesty Puller's highway. With a Laser focus and traditional 4th of July decorations, the parents and kids all helped to produce a stunning float.
On Sunday, the club held its first annual Family Fun Day. The day started with a non-traditional race. The kids began on land and sprinted to their rigged Opti’s and lasers on the beach. The sailing instructions called for a figure 8 course to be sailed. To finish …
The final three races of the One Design Spring Series were competed on Sunday July 3rd. Sunday’s racing was characterized by close racing, wind from around the compass and a different winning boat in nearly every race. On the whole, 8 skippers participated in the Front Runner series and the Flying Scot fleet saw 17 different skippers on the line. It was a fun series with a variety of conditions that challenged the sailors and the race committees. The Front Runner fleet series champion is Matt Braun followed by Mark Stephens and Kevin Cross. In the Flying Scot fleet, Len Guenther won the series followed by John Beery, Noel Clinard and Rob Whittemore. Complete series results are posted at …
SCREWPILE ENTRY PROCEDURES: Entries must be submitted on the Official Screwpile Challenge 2011 Entry Form, available at the official web site www.splc.us , and be accompanied by a check. The deadline for entry is July 13th. Make checks payable to Screwpile Challenge and mail with entry form to: SCREWPILE CHALLENGE 2011, PO BOX 66, HOLLYWOOD MD 20636
Heading for SCREWPILE: Here's how the numbers break down as far as boats coming out of southern Bay clubs/sailing associations: Hampton Yacht Club - 6; Fishing Bay Yacht Club - 4; Broad Bay Sailing Association - 3; Dahlgren Yacht Club - 2; SAYC - 1. Hampton Yacht Club won The Battle of the Chesapeake at Screwpile in …
Come join us for some family fun on Saturday and Sunday, July 2 & 3, 2011
Events include:
Saturday July 2 at Noon (No Cost)
Help us build and enter a FBYC float in the Deltaville parade which occurs on Saturday July 2. Decorating the float will begin at 12 noon at FBYC.
Sunday, July 3 (Cost: $10 for adults, $5 for children)
Parents and kids race at 12:00 Noon (race anything you have that floats)
Events we are considering beginning about 1:00 p.m. include:
An optical course or a treasure hunt
A dinghy race - might be blindfolded race with a spotter
Water battle (bio-degradable of course)
Three legged race, crab walk, other …
Reduced Registration Fee for the 13th Annual Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup Regatta, July 8 - 10, in Deltaville has been extended due to difficulties with processing registrations on the Leukemia Cup website. Now those who were unable to register by June 17 will be able to register at the lower entry fee of $125 either on line at www.leukemiacup.org/va or in person until registration closes on Friday evening, July 8, before the Auction & Crabcake Dinner at Stingray Point Marina.
Don't miss out on all the fun over Leukemia Cup weekend...almost 70 yachts so far have registered to participate in the Regatta. Thanks for supporting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and its effort to help patients …
NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office has a redesigned and reinvigorated website for its Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy Systemwww.buoybay.noaa.gov. In addition to a fresh new look, the site features streamlined navigation and offers users the often-requested ability to bookmark individual buoys data pages (so you can quickly get to info from the buoy closest to you, for example). The data download and graphing sections have been revamped, giving you more options for exploring CBIBS data.
The site now includes a frequently updated Buoy News area to keep the community CBIBS visitors up to date on the system, as well as a Featured User section that will highlight how people around the watershed use information from CBIBS. The old …
From the Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup Regatta
(racing July 9-10) comes word that Early Bird Pricing has been
extended! This event includes a Cruising Class and a
Classic Class for yachts designed by 1976 in addition to PHRF spinnaker and
non-spinnaker classes. Event officials are offering multiple races
each day; drop mark courses will be in the Chesapeake Bay off Stingray
Point. Fishing Bay Yacht Club and Stingray Harbour Yacht Club sponsor
this, the 13th edition, of the event. For info and/or to enter, please
contact Sue Willis at 800-766-0797 or sue.willis@LLS.org.
RUNNING TIDE, Waddy Garrett's J46,
was the only southern Bay boat in the 2011 Marion to Bermuda
Race. Running Tide finished …
Numerous photo galleries from Junior Week have been posted. Thanks again to all of our photographer who have contributed to them. Jenny M Photography Pictures are here (2 weeks only). Member photos are posted here.
In anticipation of a website upgrade, we have changed the usernames of 120 users - those with email addresses or two words as usernames - to single words with no "@" in the username. Those who are effected should have received an email from me on Wednesday June 22 announcing the change.
It also requires that I conform your "roles" from your old username to the new username. All members should be straight now, we will finish up non-member roles this morning. When you log in you should see the same links to Members, Board across the top that you used to see.
To retrieve your new username visit http://www.fbyc.net/ForgotUser ad enter the email address FBYC has on your …
The J80 team of Thomas Klok, Scott Collins, Will and Marie Crump topped the deep 29 boat fleet with style, speed and patience. I was able to catch up with my old friend Will Crump to get an update on their team and how things have progressed in the last year. With only a couple of events under their belts they seem to be just hitting their stride!
The most anticipated event of the summer is just around the corner for the Club’s sexagenarian set. (For the clueless, this means 60 years old and over and has absolutely nothing whatever to do with ‘sex.’) The ranks of Club membership are swelling with a growing number of candidates for the Geezer Regatta on August 27…that’s just one week before the big Stingray Regatta over Labor Day weekend.
Carina has been at sea on the Transatlantic Race since its start about 15 days ago - and she still has 485 miles to go to the finish.
We have 2 yachts in the 
NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office has a redesigned and reinvigorated website for its Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System
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