The ILCA Summer Regatta I on Saturday saw beautiful weather – mostly sunny with winds starting around 12 and building to about 15-16 knots out of the south west. We had 14 boats with 9 ILCA 7 (Standard) and 4 ILCA 6 (Radial) all starting on the same line making things more fun with more boats to race with around the course. Some of the Radial sailors were really fast and were nearby and beating many of the standards around the course. It kept things interesting at mark roundings.

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The July 4^th FBYC sunflower raft up was a big hit with boats of all sizes participating and numerous visitors from shore.

Sunday the 4th of July was a beautiful day for a yacht race.  Ten boats, all less than 24 feet, competed under a Portsmouth Handicapped 6-mile distance race.  Top honors went to Mike Chesser in Scuba Kat followed by Lucky Dog with John Wake and 9Iron with Kevin Cross.  Full results a can be found on the events page. Race committee was the Catitude Crew and Friends …

It's been a busy June at the club - here are some photo galleries of what's happened:

June 12 - Cut Channel Race

Photos by Jon Deutsch

Jun 12,13, 19, 20 Opti Kids

Photos by Paul Almany

Junior Week

Photos by Paul Almany

June 26-27 VA Commonwealth Cup

Photos by Paul Almany

Photos by Jon Deutsch

We hope you and your family and friends will join us for a relaxed family friendly 4th of July party at FBYC.  Of course, we can't offer these fabulous events without a little help from our members - and we are still looking for some help to serve food, tend the grill, and everyone's favorite job - serve up the drinks.  Can you give us 30-60 minutes of your time on Sunday, July 4th to help make this another great FBYC social event?  Volunteering is a great way to meet other members …

Come join the celebration this weekend at FBYC with some great activities both on and off the water.

Adult Sail Training -July 3^rd : Learn whatever you'd like to know about making our club boats go

Long distance race- July 4^th : Portsmouth race open to boats 24’ or less at the waterline

Sunflower raft up- July 4^th: Enjoy the water, visit friends, meet new people – shuttle will be running from FBYC dock

Cook out and music July 4^th : A relaxed family cookout with food, drinks, music and …

First, sign-up for Saturday's Family-friendly Flying Scot Training Day, right here:  https://www.fbyc.net/events/2021/210703-training-adult-sail-training/

This day of instruction begins at 1 PM and you'll learn whatever you'd like to know about making our club boats go.  Bring your family and guests...our Scots can seat four adults for "social sails."

Then get ready to celebrate our nation's birthday with a full day of racing, food, music and games.  We need you to sign-up to prepare enough food.  And volunteers are always needed to help make …

We hope you and your family and friends will join us for a relaxed family friendly 4th of July party at FBYC.  Registration for the party is now live on the website - register by the early-bird deadline of 6/30 at 8 p.m. to take advantage of our very reasonable picnic party price of $7 for adults and $5 for kids.  We kindly ask that all attendees pre-register and pre-pay to ensure we have food and fun for all!  Hop on over to our Sign-up page to select your …

Come join the fun this July 4^th at FBYC.   It will all kick off with the start to the Long-Distance Race. This Portsmouth race is open to boats 24’ or less at the waterline.  For those who wish to kick back for an afternoon on the water, there will be a sunflower raft up in Fishing Bay. What a great way to enjoy the water, visit friends, meet new people and view the racers as they finish and return to FBYC. All boats – Offshore, Cruisers. and the racers are …

****DUE TO WEATHER THIS HAS BEEN MOVED TO THURSDAY JUNE 24TH****

Next week is Junior Week and even though our focus is getting our juniors on the water, we invite the whole club to join us for our family night on Thursday June 24th from 4pm - 7pm. We will have three food trucks at the club with live music by Johnathan Meadows. This is going to be a great night on the bay

On the Flip Side Food Truck

Serving Specialty & Delicious food like Lumpia, Pancit, Hibachi Rice …