Posts for November 2005

Scuttlebutt provides intereting reading with the final resuts of the Lightning Worlds sailed in Chile in yesterdays issue. Bob Wardwell finished a very respectable 10th. The winner, Tito Gonzalez, a perpetual winner in several classes sails out of Miami. One of his crew, Christian Herman, was first in the Apprentice Division at the Laser Masters Worlds sailed in Algarrobo, Chile in October '97, and is a good friend of Senor Juan Romero, our Opti coach in '05, and our two coaches for the coming season. One of the techniques South American countries use to develop world class sailors like Robert Scheidt and Torben Grael from Brazil, is to select promising sailors and put them on the water five or more …

FBYC Three Week Italian Cruise/Tour April 29-May 20, 2006

The FBYC Cruising Division is going to Italy for a tour and cruise in 2006 that you won’t want to miss! Wayland Rennie has developed a land tour that will include the regions of Tuscany and Umbria, as well as four days in Rome. The one week cruise on 40’ plus yachts will depart from Naples and tour the Bay of Naples with anchorages at such scenic spots as Capri, Amalfi, Ischia, Sorrento, and Procida. You may evaluate some of the cruise destinations by going to www.capriweb.com. There are multiple photos and itineraries to provide ample information on the wonderful historical areas that we will visit.

The …

This item is from today's Scuttlebutt and is a good example of what can happen if you encourage your kids to sail. Our daughter after time out to provide us with two grand daughters sails a white boat with pink stripes and a spinnaker you'll never forget. Think about it, sailing is for life and what better way to keep your family together than on the water.

EARNING HER STRIPES

Nashotah, Wis. -- Sally Barkow was a kid when she first flashed the competitive spirit that would help make her a world champion sailor. Her older brother, Carl, could not skipper a sailboat for a regatta on tiny Pine Lake where the family lived 30 miles west of Milwaukee …

THE EVENT

This past Sat. & Sun, Nov. 5-6, two FBYC Flying Scots traveled to LNYC (Lake Norman Yacht Club) in Mooresville, North Carolina. Noel Clinard’s, “Doubloon” and John Hubbard’s, “Fathom Knot II”, traveled in convoy 6 hrs. to compete at LNYC 8th Annual Fall 48 & Carolina District Flying Scot Championships. Forty-five Scots competed over two beautiful days in winds from 2 to 18 knots.

LNYC & THE BURGEE SWAP

Larry Vitez, Flying Scot Fleet Captain, and LNYC were excellent hosts. They provided accommodations on the clubs 25 acre site for many of the sailors and provided a good meal and revelry Saturday night. Larry and other Scot sailors gave us the royal treatment as several of …

On Sunday, October 30, three Flying Scots from FBYC and three Scots from RRYC (Rappahannock River Yacht Club) traveled to LOWSC (Lake of The Woods Sailing Club) just west of Fredericksburg, to compete for LOWSC's Fall Invitational Team Racing. FBYC was represented by Noel Clinard &M ike Schmidt, Len & Barbara Guenther, John Hubbard & Debbie Cycotte. All together 9 Scots (3 teams of 3) were involved in a series of races to determine the best team. It was great fun, and involved strategies foreign to typical regatta racing, like doubling back on the race course to block and slow opponents while team mates advanced. Fortunately, no spinnakers were used or things could have gotten hairy quickly! FBYC won …

On October 29, I served as the Race Committee for the Closing Day Regatta at Fishing Bay Yacht Club. The Closing Day Regatta is a staggered start race. This means that the slowest boats start first and are given a head start equal to their rating difference on the larger and faster boats. Calculating the starting advantage relative to the handicap requires knowing the length of the course. I had distributed to each boat an excel spreadsheet that gave starting times for any course length from 7 to 18 miles. The conditions were 15 - 20 knot Northwesterly winds, a clear blue sky, and temperatures in the 50s, so I decided on a 16 mile course with a nice windward starting …

Our Leukemia Cup Regatta again is one of the Top Six Regattas in the Nation. We are getting close to being the top fundraiser. This year's top Fundraiser was San Diego Yacht Club with $236,000. That is only $30,000 less than what we raised, hard to believe we are in the same league with one of the most well known yacht clubs in the world. You should be proud of your contributions, FBYC has truly made a name for itself within the Leukemia Regattas around the country.

I was honored to be asked to speak at the conference as to the success of our regatta. They were all curious as to how a small yacht club in …

An article in a recent Scuttlebutt described how clubs on the Gulf Coast were recovering from Katrina; it takes a lot to keep committed sailors off the water!

BACK ON THE WATER
While South Florida was scrambling to prepare for Hurricane Wilma, and then to recover from the hit, the hard working sailors of the Gulf Coast were getting themselves back on the water in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. In some cases, they've been sailing for weeks, and in all cases, they are sailing in spite of huge challenges.

Mobile Yacht Club Commodore James Green reports that, six weeks on, the owners of boats that were scattered into the trees and up-bayou by Katrina now face costs of …

Photographer Jon Deutsch is a laser sailor out of Fishing Bay Yacht Club. Whenever there wasn't Laser sailing going on, he always found himself at the club helping out with race committee at whatever regatta happened to be going on. He toted a camera with him and tried to snap a few pictures to show the folks who didn't come how much fun they were missing. That's how he got into photography. He's recently photographed events such as the US Laser Masters, Optimist Nationals, Flying Scot ACC's and the Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters. Jon, welcome to photoGray

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