This Saturday's Legacy Regatta honors former Commodore Jere Dennison's immense contribution to FBYC and is the opportunity to demonstrate that experience and knowledge beats youth every time!  This is a one-day event for Flying Scots, classic and one-design boats with skippers over 60 years of age.  

Get your crew together (it can be of any age) and sign-up now at:  https://www.fbyc.net/events/2020/200815-onedesign-jere-dennison-legacy-regatta/

The YAMs are hosting a Virtual Game Night on Thursday, August 20th. 

Bring your best trivia game face! We will start off the night at 7:45 pm with a Zoom call to gather into teams. At 8:00 pm we will log into the Let’s Roam link to play 5 rounds of fun games and trivia! Video chat and live scoring is embedded in the game so that we can interact with other players and view the scoreboard.

If you are interested in attending please reach out to …

It is August at FBYC, and Junior Week rolled right into AOD.  Things are somewhat different this year.  Throughout this spring and summer, numerous volunteers and our staff have worked hard reopening the facilities and modifying programs and activities to make them safe for our members, guests, staff and neighbors.  We have changed our habits to support social distancing, wearing masks and extended cleaning.  Now, as we continue to move through our season, we need to remain vigilant and continue to reinforce these new habits.

In this update, we wish …

Tropical Storm Isias has come and gone without significant damage to the Club.  Please note:

• Fishing Bay Road is currently passable with approximately 4-6 inches of water
• Power has been restored to the Clubhouse & Fannie's House
• Power is unavailable at the Pool, Docks, and in Bathhouse - the Bathhouse is closed
• We are operating the water filtration, treatment, and pump systems with a generator - Please conserve water!
• Safety Boats (Wildcat and Whaler) are available
• Pool will remain closed until power is restored 
• Club Scots will be available for reservation Friday …

Fortunately, Tropical Storm Isias passed over early this morning without significant damage to the Club.  Please note:

• Fishing Bay Road is currently under 10-12 inches of water
• All Docks' water has been restored
• Safety Boats (Wildcat and Whaler) will be unavailable until tomorrow (August 5)
• Pool will remain closed
• Club Scots will be available for reservation Friday
• Event Chairs can provide status updates for this weekend's Cruise, Junior, Offshore, and One-Design events
• Outdoor furnishings are being placed`

I will continue to provide updates throughout the storm here and on the …

Tropical Storm Isias is tracking toward Deltaville.  As such, we have prepared for the storm.  Please note:

• Fishing Bay Road is currently dry and clear
• All Docks' power and water will be turned off today (August 3) by 5:00 PM
• Safety Boats (Wildcat and Whaler) have been hauled and are unavailable
• East Floating Dock has no vacancies
• Pool is closed
• Club Scots are unavailable for reservation
• Event Chairs can provide status updates for this weekend's Cruise, Junior, Offshore, and One-Design events
• Outdoor furnishings have been brought inside

I will …

On Saturday July 25th some of the hardiest sailors at Fishing Bay joined together in the 95 degree heat to battle the forces of nature.  Equipped with gloves, pruners, rakes, and shovels, volunteers participated in the first 2020 Grounds Day event.  Around 25 members and non-members alike attacked areas of need across the FBYC campus. 

The day began with a socially distanced welcome by Steve Montgomery, Grounds Chair.  Steve thanked everyone for attending, briefed them on traditional as well as coronavirus safety issues, then laid out a well devised plan …

The fresh water system has been repaired and is up and running.  The storage tank is filling and water service is being restored across the campus.

Thanks you for your patience.

Joe Roos

Rear Commodore

The FBYC water system is experiencing problems with the feed to the treatment unit and currently cannot produce fresh water. We are running off the storage tank and have shut down water to several places throughout the campus. 

We are asking all members to make every effort to conserve water, essential use only.

We believe we have identified the failed equipment. We have a spare on hand and are currently waiting for the certified technician from our water contractor to conduct repairs.  If there are no other issues, the system …

Mark your calendars! FBYC grounds chair, Steve Montgomery and Katie Yudkin are looking for volunteers to help out with grounds cleanup and beautification.

Grounds work may include: weeding, trimming and pruning in preparation for new mulch and plants in the fall.

Some tools are provided but please bring gloves, clippers, trimmers, lopping shears and rakes if you have them.

The end of July will be hot so bring your reusable water bottles! Food, beer and other beverages are planned for a relaxing end of our day. 

In thinking about future …