For everyone who will be joining us for the Chesapeake Bay Laser Master's Championship this weekend I would like to welcome you to Fishing Bay Yacht Club. We have a great regatta planned and a great group of competitors coming so it should be a lot of fun.
A few notes for those who are new to FBYC or reminders for those who have been here before:
This is notification of the Oct. 24th Oyster Roast and Share Dish Social. FBYC will provide beer, soft drinks and oysters.
Please bring a share dish for +/- 8 people such as soup, stew, brats and dogs with kraut, etc. and a means to serve it. If you have oyster knives and work gloves, bring them too.
Please sign up on line for the race. If you're not racing use the word "simply" as your boat name. This will give us a head count for the social.
CCV AWARDS AND YEAR END
BASH - Friday, November 6, Crowne Plaza on the downtown Hampton
waterfront. Save $5 - be an Early Bird
by making your reservations before October
14. This is the
season wrap-up and celebration where the 2009 CCV High Point Award winners
are recognized. It is a racers' P-A-R-T-Y! In addition
to the awards presentations, there will be heavy hors d'oeuvres, free wine
and keg beer, cash bar, and live entertainment by THE PHUN
DOCTORS. Get out your party duds and dancin' shoes. Crew,
skippers, friends, and families - everyone is welcome. Early Bird ressies
are $35 per person; cost jumps to $40 after the 14th. Contact …
Pioneer Theatre Company opens season with A Chorus Line'
Full story with VIDEO - Elizabeth can be seen in pink top and burgundy bikini bottom http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=8062497
The audition: what every aspiring or veteran Broadway dancer experiences. After more than 30 years, each new cast member of "A Chorus Line" can relate personally to the true stories the characters tell on stage.
"I think I've gotten to play this character as much as I have because I don't have to act. I can just kind of walk on stage and access 98 percent of what he has to say," says actor Miguel Angel Falcon.
Actress Elizabeth Clinard says her character is "sort of a …
The Notice of Race is up and Online Registration is now open for the Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championship to be held October 17-18 at Fishing Bay Yacht Club. Come for the racing, come for the great food, come for a great time. Hope to see you there!
Good Grief! It will officially be
FALL tomorrow, September 22nd! Better get in all
the racing you can before 2009 expires!
RACERS AND THE RULES QUIZ:
If you miss a mark of the course and no one protests, did you
break a rule? (Answer follows in this issue of
SBRNYCU.)
FBYC Fall Series got in two
short races Sunday with LOOSE CANNON and HORIZON
winning their fleets. Loose Cannon, Strother
Scott, and Blade Runner, Brad Davis, tied for
first for the day in PHRF A, but Loose Cannon won the tie
breaker by virtue of his first place in the second race.
SamMichener's Double Eagle took
third place with a …
Saturday, October 3, 2009
****Reservations requested by September 24, 2009****
One Design Sailors and Juniors are invited to enjoy a weekend of fall SAILING AND FUN. The races and associated activities are to raise awareness and resources to benefit the research and prevention of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). SIDS is the leading cause of death in infants between the ages of 1 and 12 months. There is currently no known cause or cure. All proceeds will go to the either the Maxwell Raymond Braun Memorial Fund or Hayes Hitzeman Foundation (www.hayesfoundation.org) whose vision is a future in which no one experiences the loss of a baby to SIDS. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Starts …
Please vote for Murray Fisher at http://thegentlemensfund.com/final_vote.asp GQ asked readers to nominate an agent of change striving for the betterment of society through charitable work, volunteerism, and/or community involvementsomeone who is working hard to make this a better world. GQ selected the five best submissions as finalists and readers have determined the potential winner by popular vote.
One if the five finalists of the 2009 Better Men Better World Search is an old Friend of FBYC. Vote now.
Murray Fisher has dedicated his life to the environment and education. His greatest and proudest achievement is the New York Harbor School, a public New York City high school he started at the age of 28 …
We have 148 Fans at this time - some Juniors, but many adult members.
I'm not real sure what is will do for us, but web theoreticians might tell us that it may be the best way to market our selves and our events to the world. Thanks to Jon Deutsch for setting it up. He and I are the admins, if anyone else wants to be an admin, please contact Jon, as he may know how to add you!!
Mathews Yacht Club is having an event on Saturday morning, October 3, 2009, and wishes to invite you and your members at Fishing Bay Yacht Club to join us. NOTE: SAME DAY AS FBYC'S INDIAN SUMMER REGATTA
I am attaching two flyers for your information and ask that you please share them with your members. Bob and Sandy Warren are coordinating the paddle event and I, along with our manager Suzette Edwards, am working on the nautical yard sale. Please contact any of us if you need additional information or to make reservations.
Warm Regards,
John Caperton
Fleet Captain
Mathews Yacht Club
www.mathewsyachtclub.com
TO OUR PADDLING FRIENDS
Your club and your family and friends are cordially invited …
Next Wednesday, September 16th, is the first day of racing for all competitors in the
NYYC Invitational Cup,
sponsored by Rolex, Sperry Top-Sider and Nautors Swan. Beginning at 1100, 19 amateur teams from 14 countries will cross the starting line in NYYC Swan 42s, and many months of preparation will come to fruition as this exciting event gets underway.
Harbour Court will see plenty of action on and off the water, and NYYC members have been invited to enjoy watching the teams racing from spectator boats that have been generously provided by fellow members. In addition, members are invited to join in the social activities that are planned throughout the week.
BATTLEWAGON Wins
Halsey Trophy at
Stingray.Paul
Cross' Battlewagon swept the PHRF Non-Spin
Division at the 2009 Stingray Point Regatta - five bullets in
five races over two days of racing. A total of 35 boats were
at the Fishing Bay Yacht Club annual Labor Day weekend regatta, got in some
nice racing on Saturday and Sunday and, those who had deliveries to accomplish,
dodged gentle rain showers on Monday on the way home. Here's how things
shook out when all was said and done: RESULTS:
PHRF A (9 boats) - 1.Leroi Lissenden, Voodoo
2; 2.Bob Mosby, Cyrano; 3.Sam
Mitchener, Double Eagle. J/105 One Design
(6 …
Six FBYC Juniors have formed the Richmond High School Sailing Association (RHSSA) sponsored by FBYC and Deep Run High School. Madeleine and Graeme Alderman, Conrad and Eric Roos, Jeremy Herrin and Ben Buhl will sail on Saturdays this fall and compete within the Virginia Interscholastic Sailing Association (VISA). Other schools include, Norfolk Collegiate, Hampton Roads Academy, Christ Church, Maury, Poquoson , Walsingham, and a few others.
FBYC Juniors in the greater Richmond area are starving for a venue to sail in the fall and spring. Randy Stokes, President of VISA was instrumental helping to pave the way for FBYC Juniors to gain an incredible opportunity. Additionally, with the help of Hampton Yacht Club, John Hanna, FBYC friend , David Revill, HYC …
$85 per boat ($100 as of August 31). Entry fee includes Friday welcome reception, continental breakfast Saturday and live music Saturday night by Cashmere Jungle Lords.
OTHER COSTS:
Saturday Night Dinner (Adult) $20
Saturday Night Dinner (Child under 6) $10
Sunday Breakfast $ 8
Event T-Shirts $17
Wicking Tee Long Sleeve Shirts $30
Dinner tickets are limited and may not be available at the door. Please buy your dinner and breakfast tickets in advance.
Come join the premier regatta on the middle Chesapeake Bay!
On Friday August 14th, the night before the Annual One Design Regatta, the Opti Development Team, and the Opti and Laser Race Teams celebrated a successful season during the Race Team Awards Dinner.
Each of the three teams gave gifts to respective coaches, coaches gave certificates and made comments about progress made by each sailor.
Jay Buhl thanked parents for their dedication and awarded Dale Alderman with the Mother Duck Award for taking such good care of our kids. Jay also thanked coaches and made a few announcements about the 2010 program.
Watch Out - Summer is trying to slip away.
Go racing now!!
FBYC 70th ANNUAL ONE-DESIGN REGATTA -
It was a big weekend for small boat one-design racing on the Rappahannock River
this past weekend. An assortment of 56 Albacores, Flying Scots,
Frontrunners, Mobjacks, Typhoons and San Juan 21s showed up to race in
this 70 year old event. Even though Saturday, like just
about everywhere south of the Virginia-Maryland border, proved to be a challenge
weather-wise on the Rapp, the fleets got in 5 or 6 races and
competition in each fleet was hot and heavy. For a detailed report of each
of the fleets, please check out the Fishing Bay Yacht Club website at www.fbyc.net …
Staying close by home for LABOR DAY
WEEKEND? Here a couple of special southern Bay options that will
help balance budgets as well as family end-of-summer demands. Both events
have been around for awhile:
15th ANNUAL STINGRAY POINT REGATTA
- Saturday, September 5 and Sunday, September 6): Since its
beginning 15 years ago, the Stingray Point Regatta has been near and
dear in southern Bay racers' hearts. The unique setting at
Fishing Bay Yacht Club, the special attention to pre-and post-race social
activities, and two-days (Saturday and Sunday) of good, round-the-buoys racing
guarantees a great weekend. And, organizers have left Monday, the
actual holiday, open for a return delivery home. Stingray
Point offers starts for all PHRF classes …
The Ephraim Yacht Club, Ephraim WI, is hosting the Flying Scot NACs August 1-7, 2009 and they have a pretty good event web site located at http://www.eyc.org/fsnac/.
Please vote for Murray Fisher at 
Next Wednesday, September 16th, is the first day of racing for all competitors in the
The Ephraim Yacht Club, Ephraim WI, is hosting the Flying Scot NACs August 1-7, 2009 and they have a pretty good event web site located at 
A helicopter shot of the two fleets. The start of the second fleet with first starters out front.