The United States Optimist Dinghy Association (USODA)has announced its roster of members for the 2008 South American and Holland Teams and each team includes an FBYC junior Optimist sailor! We're very proud that our optimist team sailors Alex Jacob and Kendall Swenson have qualified for these two teams respectively. They both qualified earlier this month by performing exceptionally well at the USODA Atlantic Coast Championship held at Norfolk Yacht and Country Club October 6th-8th. Six other FBYC Optimist team members also raced in the event and did very well with one other (Austin Powers) missing the qualifier for the Holland team by only 11 places. Next summer, our two qualifiers will attend these very prestigious International Optimist Dinghy …
This is a heads up to what will be announced at the skipper's meeting at 0930 on Saturday morning. For the Closing Day Regatta we will have a Staggered Start Pursuit type race.
Some of us have learned the hard way, that one of the most important aspects of this race is to have a digital watch that is synchronized with the Race Committee's digital watch. If you refresh www.fbyc.net, you note the Race Committee time on the top left corner of the Home page. Knowing what time it is will be almost your only indicator as to the proper time to cross the starting line, as there are no sound or visual signals for your …
WAVELENGTH, LA MAGA, and CHECKO
Top Fishing Bay YC Fall Series Fleets. After racing
Saturday, the FBYC Fall Series final standings over the 9 race series were
tallied and bragging rights on the Rapp River are all set for the Winter.
RESULTS: PHRF A (6 boats) - 1. Wavelength, Rob
Whittet; 2.Blade Runner, Brad Davis;
3.Double Eagle, Sam Mitchner. PHRF B/C (7
boats) - 1.La Maga, Allan Heyward;
2.Elancer, David Hinckle; 3.Schiehallion,
Brad Miller. PHRF Non-Spin (5 boats) -
1.Checko, Steve Smith; 2.Mr Williams,
William Crudts; 3.Last Boat III, Frank
Murphy.
OLD SCHOOL and SALUTE
Win 2007 Rappahannock Cup. Jerry Latell, coming off a huge
win …
Virgina BeatsThe Pride! Schooner VIRGINIA Flies Down the
Bay in GCBSR! The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race started for
Virginia at 1340 on Thursday and Virginia was home in
Hampton Roads at 12:58:52, Friday morning! Along the way, she set a record
for fastest time down the Bay (11 hours 18 minutes 53 seconds), took line honors
at the Thimble Shoal finish line, and, to the pleasure of southern Bay sailors
and citizens, she beat The Pride of Baltimore. Always a
gentleman in this grand competition, Jan Miles, skipper of
The Pride, was the first to congratulate Virginia's skipper,
Nicholas Alley, and crew, on their win. Miles
radioed Virginia from up the …
"In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean
blue." We celebrate his discovery of our part of the world today,
having adjusted the date to suit the Federal holiday calendar. Take a sail
to honor Chris!
130 BOATS SHOOT THE BIRD! The 2007
HOSPICE TURKEY SHOOT REGATTA topped records for number of boats
(130) and amount of funds raised (more than $40,000).
130 boats (11 fleets) raced for two days on the Rappahannock River - drop
mark courses on Saturday and a pursuit race on Sunday. The event began
Friday night with the welcoming reception, competitors' briefing and food and
drink, including rock fish cooked on the Yankee Point Marina decks. More
than 450 …
Jon Deutsch sent the following article to both Club and District 11 Laser sailors. This District covers Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. The Regatta which started on September 29 runs through October 6 and is being held on the Mediterranean coast north of Barcelona, Spain..
Entries for Laser Masters Worlds Regattas are open to any Laser sailor over 35 and attracted over 400 boats, many trailiered in from all over Europe. when the Regatta was held at the Royal Cork YC in July, 2001. This was my final appearance in a Worlds Regatta and followed Cancun in March 2000, Melbourne Australia in January 1999, and Allgorobo, Chile in October 1997. In Chile I excelled myself with two mid-fleet finishes but …
This may interest some of you. About 2 weeks ago, the day I got back from Canada, the web site broke and would not allow on-line registrations because the hard disk was full. It was fixed promptly, like in a day, but more cleanup has now been done.
The hard disk is 73GB, so I was amazed it could be full. A couple of months ago, BM deleted a Qmail log file which recorded the time stamps and other data of all the email that comes and goes from the web site - which as you may know is about 1% real email using our mailing lists and 99% spam. The log file was 4-5GB recording about 4 years data, none …
IMPORTANT NOTICE:PHRF RACERS
- here is your chance to be heard where it matters. If you
hold a valid PHRF certificate, list a Region IV club as your "home" club
on your PHRF cert, and have anything on your mind that relates to fleet
splits or anything else that you think can be done to improve PHRF racing on
the Chesapeake, grab your club's Delegate or Handicapper or contact Mike
Dale, Region IV Vice President, at J27166@aol.com and let
your thoughts be known. On Thursday, October 18, the PHRF
Delegates and Handicappers for Region IV will meet in order to determine
fleet splits for 2008 and discuss other items and issues of concern …
Yesterday, September 23rd, was officially the first
day of Autumn. Don't be alarmed; we don't end Daylight Savings Time
until November 4th. Keep on sailing!
Hospice Turkey Shoot update -
(Racing Sat, October 6 and Sunday, October 7) There are more than 100 boats on the
regatta T-shirt (early entries), and it looks like this is going to be
quite a happening up on the Rap Rivah! The Rappahannock River
at its most beautiful time, three days of socializing, a Friday evening
Competitors Clinic led by event Principal Race Officer John McCarthy,
racing on Saturday and Sunday, the historic yacht Miss Ann
from Tides Inn (Irvington, VA) serving as the official spectators
boat, and …
Important Address Update: CBYRA Region 4
Official Scorer, Dick Boykin, has changed his email address to dboy24@verizon.net
Fishing Bay Yacht Club Fall Series Begins Sunday,
September 23rd. For info contact Sharon Bauer at 769-4293 (Aylett,
VA).
CASH FLOWand
ROUNDABOUT WIN in the first day of CCV Fall Series with
two bullets- Bang! Bang! - in PHRF A and PHRF C
respectively. A beautiful day, wind, and 33 PHRF boats ready to go at
some real racing. There were 4 boats tied for 3rd in PHRF A.
Cyrano, won the tiebreaker by virtue of having a third in the second
race. RESULTS: PHRF A: 1.Cash Flow (1-1),
Lloyd …
Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters
Championship Won by JamesJacob for 6th
Time. Jacob won the 2007 title in his home waters; he sails
out of Fishing Bay Yacht Club and FBYC hosted the event. Three other
southern Bay sailors finished in the top 10 of the 33 competitors - Henry Amthor
(HYC, 5th), Alain Vincey (FBYC, 6th), and Mike Toms (FBYC, 9th). Laser
racers traveled from parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and
Maryland to race in the event.
GABRIELLE WHO?? What a nice Monday morning!
CCV FALL SERIES begins this coming Sunday. Two
races in the Hampton Roads harbor area. The 2007 CCV Fall Series
schedule is: Races I & 2, September 16 …
STINGRAY POINT REGATTA: Christian Schaumloffel, Mirage, Hobie 33, won the
PHRF A fleet in Fishing Bay and took home the Halsey Memorial Trophy as
well. The 13th Annual Stingray Point Regatta offered up 5 races over
Saturday and Sunday in great racing conditions. In the
recent past the regatta has endured impending or passing hurricanes and
other dire weather conditions, but not this year! There was food and
refreshments, there was live music, there was competitive racing, and there were
awards. It really don't get no better. RESULTS: PHRF A (5
boats): 1.Mirage, Christian Schaumloffel;
2.Cash Flow, Lloyd Griffin; 3.Feather,
Phil Briggs. PHRF B (9 boats): 1.Radio
Flyer …
38 skippers and crews enjoyed two glorious days of racing at the 13th Annual Stingray Point Regatta. Great winds and moderate temperatures combined with an excellent racecourse left little for competitors to ask for. One skipper commented, If you dont like this, you probably dont like ice cream either!
Christian Schaumloffel and the crew of Mirage took top honors winning the Brent Halsey Jr. Memorial Trophy.
The Hampton team of Mirage (PHRF A), PF Flyer (PHRF B) and Blue Bus (PHRF C) took home the Potts Trophy. Congratulation guys!
Of course it would not be the Stingray Point Regatta without a great party! Good food, a terrific band and lots of Mount Gay rum had folks dancing until …
FBYC Juniors slipped in one last travel event before the end of the summer attending Severn Sailing Association's End of Summer Optimist Regatta this past weekend. Thirty-three Optimist sailors attended the two-day regatta held on Saturday and Sunday, August 22nd/23rd. On Saturday, the east to southeast breeze filled in nicely and the sailors had to slog it out through five races in choppy seas near the mouth of the Severn River.
On Sunday, the wind dropped to almost nil but eventually filled in very light and shifty from the northwest enough to sneak in three more races before the breeze went again went dead. In spite of the difficult conditions, FBYC sailors captured six of the ten top …
We congratulae former FBYC member and Stove Point resident on the following:
August 30, 2007 - Nantucket, MA - Great Harbor Yacht Club proudly announces the appointment of its first Commodore, Norwood H. Davis, Jr. of Richmond, Virginia and Nantucket, Massachusetts.
Davis, a founding member of the Great Harbor Yacht Club (GHYC) in 2003, has been instrumental in establishing GHYC as a competitive sailing club. He created the celebrity Pro-Am Regatta during Nantucket Race Week and chaired the event for 3 years. He also enlisted Gary Jobson, the pre-eminent ambassador for sailing in the U.S., as GHYC Executive Director of Sailing and Honorary Chairman of Nantucket Race Week.
GHYC is destined to be one of the premier yacht clubs in the …
The Rendezvous of the John Smith Shallops held this past weekend at the
Fishing Bay Yacht Club in Deltaville exceeded the expectations of event
participants and organizers. A
steady stream of enthusiastic visitors over the two-day event yielded attendance
estimates of between 2,500 and 3,000 people.
The celebration, co-hosted by the
Deltaville Community Association and FBYC, heralded the arrival in Deltaville of
the John Smith/Sultana Project shallop that has been retracing Captain John
Smiths 1608 voyage of discovery around Chesapeake
Bay. Smith visited the
Piankatank River on his historic 1,700-mile expedition to search
for the mythical Northwest Passage to the Pacific, establish trading
relationships with the native peoples for the fledgling …
On Saturday, August 25, Noel Clinard seized a last minute opportunity to take the day off from the FBYC Store during the Shallop Rendezvous at FBYC to sail with Mike Massie on his Rhodes 19 "Toni Too" (seen at left in a race earlier this summer) in the last race of the August Series at Nantucket Yacht Club. Mike and Noel were joined by Blake Kimbrough who happened to be coming to Nantucket for an IOD (International One Design) race on Sunday.
As preparation for the race, Mike and Noel swam to the mooring in the cold Nantucket waters. Mike, ever the preparer, had Noel scrub the bottom with an abrasive pad while Mike pumped the bilge and gave encouragement …
ANNA is GOLDEN! Anna Tunnicliffe
(former southern Bay 3-time All American collegian at Old Dominion University -
class of 2005) won a gold medal in the Laser Radial class at The Good
Luck Beijing - 2007 Qingdao International Regatta in
China. Anna is drawing a bead on the trials for the 2008
Olympics, hoping to return to China for the "big dance".
* STINGRAY POINT
REGATTA: Fishing Bay / mouth of the Piankatank in the
Chesapeake Bay. Hosted by Fishing Bay YC. Racing on Saturday and Sunday
with Monday intentionally left open for deliveries home or casual
sailing. Fishing Bay Yacht Club has been hosting this event for many …
FBYC Juniors slipped in one last travel event before the end of the summer attending Severn Sailing Association's End of Summer Optimist Regatta this past weekend. Thirty-three Optimist sailors attended the two-day regatta held on Saturday and Sunday, August 22nd/23rd. On Saturday, the east to southeast breeze filled in nicely and the sailors had to slog it out through five races in choppy seas near the mouth of the Severn River.
The Rendezvous of the John Smith Shallops held this past weekend at the
Fishing Bay Yacht Club in Deltaville exceeded the expectations of event
participants and organizers. A
steady stream of enthusiastic visitors over the two-day event yielded attendance
estimates of between 2,500 and 3,000 people. 
On Saturday, August 25, Noel Clinard seized a last minute opportunity to take the day off from the FBYC Store during the Shallop Rendezvous at FBYC to sail with Mike Massie on his Rhodes 19 "Toni Too" (seen at left in a race earlier this summer) in the last race of the August Series at Nantucket Yacht Club. Mike and Noel were joined by Blake Kimbrough who happened to be coming to Nantucket for an IOD (International One Design) race on Sunday.