This coming Saturday is our annual Family Regatta - always a crowd pleasing one design event marked by tremendously casual yet competitive fun. Don’t forget to get your team registered and bring the whole family out for a great time on the water: https://www.regattanetwork.com/event/24653

We’d love to see an abundance of Melges 15s, Flying Scots, and perhaps other fleets out on the line. Skippers meeting is 10:30am followed by first gun at Noon.  Typical format is several short races to allow for plenty …

What is it? Its the last weekend of Offshore’s Spring Series of races? Whats the big deal? I just said, its the last of the Spring Series of races.

The long range forecast looks great. Warm temperatures with southeast winds. Come out for 2 days of big boat racing. If you can't make both days, come out for one( we'll cut your entry fee in half). Our plan is the spinnaker boats will race windward/leeward courses on Saturday while the Non-spinnaker and Cruising class boats will race a …

Please join us for the 2022 mid-year Membership Meeting on Monday, May 30^th (Memorial Day) from 10-11 am upstairs in the main Club House.  At this informal meeting we will provide updates on Membership and Club Operation with time reserved for questions. 

The agenda will include:

• Finance Update
• Membership Status
• Club Management/Facilities/Sailing Events
• Long Range Plan Process
• Summary and Questions

If you have specific questions you would like addressed, please send to commodore@fbyc.net

Looking to volunteer and want to know what opportunities are coming up soon?  Log on to FBYC.net and on the top menu on the Members tab, visit the volunteering link. You can also find volunteering opportunities on the FBYC Facebook page, and Event Pages.

Remember, our club is successful because of the generous gift of time of by our members.  We ask that all members sign up to volunteer at an event this year!  Thank you to all of those who have done so already!

The Start of the One Design Spring Series.

Saturday the 30^th of April was almost a picture-perfect day for the start of the One Design Spring Series. Goldilocks temperatures, forecasted for 7-10 kts of breeze, partly cloudy, in short, a beautiful day on the water.

Even better, we had 18 boats registered, 16 sailed in three (3) one design fleets with one (1) Portsmouth boat. The Flying Scots, with A and a B fleets (ability grouped), ICLA Dinghy’s (Lasers) and the new Melges fleet were all well represented …

FBYC Club Boat & Adult Sailing Festival

Saturday, May 14, 2022

Sail one of the club's Flying Scots or bring your own!  Learn how to sail them under expert instruction!  All members and non-members are welcome to this fun day of sailing and social events.  Learn more and sign-up at: 

 https://www.fbyc.net/events/2022/220514-onedesign-club-boat-adult-sailing-festival/

Open House Regatta, Raft-up and Party

Sunday, May 29  2022

Memorial Day will soon be upon us!  FBYC has a great day of offshore racing, raft-up, food and music.  This is the perfect …

FBYC had a great opening weekend. Here's some video aboard Mad Hatter.

2022 Mad Hatter Opening Day

This One Design Spring Race Day event is open to FBYC club members and all sailors interested in racing, developing their sailing skills and being part of a great sailing tradition on the Chesapeake Bay.  It's also a great opportunity to reserve one of the club's Flying Scots and join the new Melges 15 fleet and Lasers (ILCA) on a day that promises fun and looks like favorable weather.

Learn more and register at: https://www.fbyc.net/events/2022/220430-onedesign-od-spring-1-ilca-spring-regatta/

We welcome all racers, cruisers, their families, and guests to this family-friendly event to kick-start a great year of sailing.  A great tradition at Fishing Bay Yacht Club, Opening Day begins with an Offshore Regatta.

DESCRIPTION This regatta will consist of one race for PHRF (A, B, C, NON-SPIN, CC) sailboats holding a valid PHRF of the Chesapeake certificate, one-design classes, and cruising class sailboats having a provisional handicap rating assigned by FBYC.

The format for all boats will be one short-distance race around government and drop marks. PHRF NON-SPIN …

We all love the vibrant sailing culture at FBYC and 2022 will see the introduction of a new class for Offshore racing, the Offshore Division Cruising Class. This year, the new Offshore Division Cruising Class has been chosen as the class to compete for the Fishing Bay Challenge Bowl.  The award, to be presented at the Annual Awards, will go to the Offshore Cruising Class Skipper with the greatest boat days on the water in FBYC sponsored race events. The high point finish will be applied as a tie breaker …