Share the Pure Joy of Sailing  with Someone Special

Sailing in circles (AKA: Racing) not your thing?   Need a low-pressure way to give someone (Grandchild, friend, etc) a Fishing Bay/Piankatank experience?

The Club Boat and Adult Sailing Festival is your answer!  Bring your own boat & crew (Melges or any small boat, preferably beachable) will do. A limited number of Club Boats are available to subscribers.    

All of our in-boat instructors are booked (so the training option is closed)-- but our awesome sailing waters have lots of room for you and your boat.

Saturday, June 10, 10 AM - 430PM. Start with an optional on-shore briefing--sail to a secret beach--burn some marshmallows.

Then sail back to the Main Clubhouse for …

You never know what old pics you may find cleaning house. Larry Pardey presenting the 2000 Hospice Turkey Shoot Regatta 1st Place Overall trophy (120 boats) to Wayland Rennie/Trilogy at Yankee Point Yacht Club. Pardey was inducted into the Cruising World Hall of Fame that year, and was inducted into the US National Sailing Hall of Fame in 2022, two years after passing from Parkinson's. 

Pardey: "We did okay today, but a San Juan beat the hell out of us. How'd you do?"

Wayland: "We beat the hell out of the San Juan that beat the hell out of you!"

LOL

At the National Hospice Regatta Championship later that spring in J105's at Fort Lauderdale, where we …

A handful of M15s hit the water yesterday for some free-styling in the "sporty" conditions - needless to say a good time was had by all!   A few more cameos available on the flickr site.... M15 Fun.

This weekend PRO 's, Social Chairs and club leadership are closely monitoring the coastal storm forecast to hit the area over the weekend. We do plan to hold landside social events as scheduled on Sunday rain or shine!

The PRO's for the Family Regatta on Saturday and the Open House regatta are closely monitoring the weather (with the support of David Lee) and will likely make decisions about each event the day of the event.The safety of RC members and capability of club equipment will drive race decisions.

The raft up may be postponed even if racing does occur on Sunday.

We will do our best to post timely updates on the club website.

One things is guaranteed - we …

FBYC has made two changes for this season to our Portsmouth Handicap racing for small boats to improve the racing and make it easier to register for and (score these) events.

First, FBYC is adopting the DPN-2 handicap numbers for Portsmouth racing this season in place of the base DPN numbers we’ve traditionally used. The reason for this is that the base number is calculated for a very low wind range, and it’s very rare that we see that wind for the whole of our race days. Some of our participating boats have very different (higher) performance characteristics in more wind and the base rating wasn’t as fair to the other boats. Using DPN-2 – which is a …

Please join us for the 2023 Mid-year Membership Update on Monday, May 29^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
• Annual Awards Alignment Project
• Summary and Questions

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

Thanks to Rick Klein's amazing RC team (and his apparent ability to control the weather) and Rick Peterson's culinary expertise, OD Spring 3 was a fantastic day of fun on and off the water -  with 6 Flying Scots, 7 M15s, and a San Juan 21 "showing and going" under ideal temps and winds.   Thanks to ALL who volunteered and participated!

If you are not smiling in the picture below - you should be.  OD - Spring 4 is 6/11 so register early and often!

Spring offshore racing finale promises Great Sailing,
Food, Fun and Friends!

The Offshore Spring Open Race is two days of back-to-back races open to everyone from A-fleet to Cruising class!
This includes all FBYC club member and non-member boats, interested in racing their sailboat and developing their sailing skills. The races are Saturday and Sunday with awards for each day of racing. Dinner Saturday includes Paul Wash’s traditional smoked pork butts and fixings. Don't miss this chance to test your mettle sailing in a fantastic venue with great food and camaraderie.

Dinner will start at 6:30 PM.

Menu:

- Pork Butt

- Mac n' Cheese

- Beans

- Cole Slaw

- Pound Cake

- Rum Cake

Register here at Regatta Network

Purchase Dinner Tickets …

Join us for a fun-filled day of racing, raft up, dinner and DJ music.

**EVENT UPDATE: RACE and Sailing Events are canceled due to Weather**
Landside party and activities are still ON!

The winds may blow but the rain looks pretty light. This will still be a great party.

As Scheduled:

• 1630- Meet and Greet with Sailing Division representatives 
• 1800- Fried Chicken dinner and DJ

Everyone is encouraged to invite friends as this event will serve as a showcase for all that FBYC has to offer. 

This is a chance to explore new ways to get out on the water or to get out on the water for the first time!
Mix and mingle with Division members from the following …

After a rained out attempt at Spring Series 1 last weekend, the One Design season officially got underway with Spring Series #2 and 20 boats in 3 fleets enjoying 5-10 knots of breeze out of the south and mostly cloudy skies.  PRO David Clark and his team got in 4 races for the fleets.

The 5-boat Flying Scot fleet was led by Len & Barb Guenther who took home bullets in 3 of the races. Hal Stark/Rick Peters and Phil Webb tied for 2^nd with the tiebreaker going to Hal/Rick on account of their win in the final race.

The Melges 15 Fleet had some close racing with the Garrett/Patrick clan aboard 3 of the boats …

After a rainy attempt at starting the one design season at Fishing Bay last weekend - we’ll give it another go this Sunday, May 7 with Spring Series #2 (Flying Scot/Melges 15).  The ILCA Fleet will also be along for their Spring Regatta.

A couple notes about this weekend:

• Please do register before you arrive at the club. If you need to correct any registration info, you can do that online or come to the main clubhouse porch shortly before the skippers meeting so that we can properly account for who is on the water and score everyone correctly.
• The NOR and Sailing Instructions (and amendment) are posted on Regatta Network.
• The schedule (as amended)
• 1000 late registration
• 1030 …

Join us for a fun-filled day of racing, raft up, dinner and DJ music.

Important: Everyone is encouraged to invite friends as this event will serve as a showcase for all that FBYC has to offer. 

This is a chance to explore new ways to get out on the water or to get out on the water for the first time!
Mix and mingle with Division members from the following programs:

• One Design: Check out some One Design boats including the new Melges 15
• Cruising Division: Take a look at some cruising boats and hear what's planned for 2023
• Offshore Racing: for potential Skippers and Crew
• Junior Sailing: Jr Week, Opti Kids and Sailing Teams
• Adult Sailing: Upcoming classes and …

Don't miss out on a fantastic FBYC tradition! What is better than a day on the water? – Well, a great time eating, drinking and socializing. Come join us to race or if you are looking for something fun to do late afternoon / early evening, come on out!

This year we will be enjoying the music of Second Wind - a band based out of Williamsburg, VA. If you are interested in volunteering to help with the social side there are lots of great opportunities including hanging out at the bar serving drinks. It is a great way to meet new people and catch up with old friends. Looking forward to seeing everyone at Opening Day. We welcome all racers, cruisers, their …

Many Hands Make Light Work - Don't miss your opportunity to help!

Saturday, March 25th from 8:30AM - 12 Noon.
We will be sprucing up the Club! Bring work gloves, rakes, comfortable shoes, and come hang out with friends and make the Club gorgeous and ready for a new year! Please review the available slots on SignUp Genius below and click on the button to sign up. Thank you!

Please bring work gloves and any yard tools (well-labeled) that you have, such as rakes, shovels, trimmers, etc.

SignUp Genius Link

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

For more info on volunteering and event registration Click Here

Are you as grateful as I am that our annual dues stay so low, thanks to the hard work of all of our volunteers pitching in throughout the year?  Staffing events, sprucing up the club, running race committees. . . so many great ways that our members contribute.  As a reminder, we do ask our members to volunteer three times a year, but so many of them do even more! The signups for many of this year's events are starting to go up.  We  encourage you to check the  Volunteering page on the FBYC webpage to find the newest signup genius for different events. There are even new categories listed on the right that allow you to signup to be called for …

Many Hands Make Light Work - Don't miss your opportunity to help!

Saturday, March 25th from 8:30AM - 12 Noon.
We will be sprucing up the Club! Bring work gloves, rakes, comfortable shoes, and come hang out with friends and make the Club gorgeous and ready for a new year! Please review the available slots on SignUp Genius below and click on the button to sign up. Thank you!

Please bring work gloves and any yard tools (well-labeled) that you have, such as rakes, shovels, trimmers, etc.

SignUp Genius Link

Some of you will remember Toots, who worked on Albemarle Pippin at FBYC from 1983-1994, and was beloved by many of us.
David John Dunigan III, 74, Annapolis yacht captain, photographer, film maker and noted yachtsman, died Jan 31 aboard his yacht "Kingfish" at Annapolis of natural causes.

Eldest son in a renowned Annapolis sailing family. (His father David J. Dunigan Jr was Star class champion at the Gibson Island Yacht Squadron.) David Dunigan is best known for his photography work with several magazines, including the local "Spin Sheet" and for his films recording sailing fleets up and down the East Coast and as far afield as Cuba. On film he helped record many of the racing activities of local …

The FBYC Junior Programs Committee has been hard at work making preparations for an
exciting summer of Junior Sailing. Registration is now open and many programs are filling up fast!
Registration will be managed by CampDocs, our camp registration and health forms application.
This simple, easy-to-use site allows for registering for camps and teams, collecting health forms,
and ordering t-shirts. Member registration opened on February 1st and non-member registration
opens on March 1st.  Register Here.  Programs are filling up fast! Don't wait!

All registrations must be completed by a parent or legal guardian. Member registration provides
a discount to FBYC members by using coupon code FBYC. Member grandparents no longer
need to register their grandchildren. Simply have your grandchildren&#39 …

Join FBYC club members David and Alison Lennarz as they recount their story of building a Balance 526

catamaran in St. Francis, on the Eastern Cape, South Africa, and sailing it across the South Atlantic last

summer. The journey of over 6,500 nautical miles took them to Cape Town; the British island, St.

Helena; and the Brazilian island, Fernando de Noronha, and ending in the Caribbean at Grenada.

Saturday Feb 25, 2023 from 4:30-7:00PM

Westwood Club 6200 West Club Lane, Richmond, VA

$20 per person both member and non-member

Light appetizers provided with a cash bar.

Registration deadline: Saturday, February 18, 2023

Register Here

Sponsored by: The Lindbloom Group of Janney Montgomery Scott