The April issue of Sailing World devotes 12 pages, and the editorial to the Laser. It's described as a mere 14 feet long, has only four strings to pull, but it's simplicity breeds an addiction that makes it the most popular dinghy in the world.
Over 190,000 have been sold since 1969.
The 12 pages cover the intoduction of "The Weekender" and ends with an article by Dick Tillman, one of the first sailors to write a book on "Laser Sailing". Dick's subject is "The anti-aging antidote" in which he describes the regimen some recent Laser Masters world champions adopted to become first in class. Imagine training every day for a year! And one item in …
SAILBOAT RACERS NATIONAL HOLIDAY, aka APRIL FOOL'S
DAY, Sunday April 1. Do your part!
And, now there are three... VELUX 5
OCEANS racer Unai Basurko, 33, crossed the Leg 2 finish line Friday
evening and arrived at Waterside around midnight. That leaves one more
arrival prior to the re-start on April 15. Sir Robin
Knox-Johnson, 67, on SAGA INSURANCE, is expected in a
few days. However, the fifth racer still competing, Graham
Dalton, 54, aboard A Southern Man - AGD, in all
probability, will not arrive in time for the re-start for the final leg.
He could however, get to Norfolk in time to serve his penalty delay, and
perhaps, finish the event …
Fishing Bay Yacht Club is pleased to host Sea Safety and Seamanship: a Primer for Bay and Coastal sailors:
On April 14, 2007, Fishing Bay Yacht Club will host an all-day instructional course for cruising couples and distance racing sailors titled Sea safety and Seamanship: a Primer for Bay and Coastal Sailors. The curriculum will focus on teaching short handed crews how to handle selected challenges routinely encountered at sea as well as the unintended adventures. A panel of regional experts, along with Sheila McCurdy, chairman of the National Faculty for US Sailing and a US Sailing Passage Making Instructor, will guide the audience through a day of didactic sessions and live demonstrations to illustrate these lessons.
The restaurant is in a strip mall on Ridgefield Pkwy, about 1/2 mile west of Pump Road. Coming from the west the mall is about 3/4 mile east of John Rolfe Parkway. The mall is on the north side of Ridgefield Parkway. The name of the mall is "Glen Eagles" and Shackleford's is to the left of 'Food Lion'. Follow the shops to the left of 'Food Lion' and you should find Shacklefords at the end of the row. The shops bend around a slight corner which is why you can't see the restaurant from Ridgefield Parkway.
We look forward to seeing this coming Thursday.
Explorer made her first sail on February 24 in Jackson Creek with Stefan Auer, her builder, at the helm, and Kaptain Krunch, resplendent in his period costume. The crew also included Paul Garbett, Glen (Popeye) Northrop, and John Crown. With plenty of wind, the shallop sailed like a cup racer. The sail was provided by Jerry Latell of Ullman Sails in Deltaville. Explorer, a replica of John Smiths shallop, was built at the Deltaville Maritime Museum. The above photo was taken by Raynell Smith from Bob Walkers chase boat.
In preparation for
Friday Night's kickoff, I have directions to the University of Richmond
below. Additionally, I have attached a map of the campus. We will be
in the Moot Courtroom, in the Law School which is number 19 on the map. Once you
arrive on campus you should see directional signage with the Regatta logo to get
you to the building.
Please feel free to forward these direction on
to anyone else who may need them.
From the East: From
I-64 Head west on
I-64. As you approach the city of Richmond, I-64 west merges with I-95 north.
Take I-95 north to exit 79 back onto I-64 west. Take Exit 183-A/Glenside Drive …
Wake Up, Sleepyheads! If you didn't
notice, DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME began yesterday.
VELUX 5 OCEANS Update: The
second finisher on the second leg of this around the world solo event
is due to arrive in Norfolk Wednesday, March 14. Kojiro Shiraishi,
Sprit of Yukoh, should cross the finish line, at Cape
Henry, and proceed to a welcome ceremony at Waterside, downtown Norfolk, on
Wednesday, IF nothing untoward occurs. But, this is a sailboat race with
very fast boats and a lot of ocean. For up-to-date arrival time
information, you can visit http://www.velux5oceans.com
From there, click on "Norfolk Stopover" for local updates as they become
available. Join in the …
Gary Jobson will be speaking at
the University of Richmond on Friday, March 16th,
7-9pm. This is the Kick Off Event for the Southern
Chesapeake Leukemia Cup Regatta set for July 6 - 8, 2007.
Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students (Yes, college kids are
considered students!) Fishing Bay Yacht Club is sponsoring Gary's
presentation and you may make reservations on line at the FBYC website or call
Sue Willis at 800-866-4483 to make "pay at the door" ressies.
TICK - TOCK: SPRING AHEAD 1 HOUR THIS
COMING SUNDAY (March 11). DAYLIGHT SAVING (aka SAILING) TIME.
This is good news, even for sleepy-heads. SBRNYCU
AOT (Arbiter of Time), Jimmie Mock …
More than 30 race managers interested in becoming
certified Club Race Officers filled the Fishing Bay YC clubhouse
Saturday for the US SAILING Race Management Course. John
McCarthy and Brooks Zerkel presented the course to the SRO crowd.
COMING UP IN MARCH:
March 16 - Gary Jobson will be speaking at
the University of Richmond on Friday, March 16th,
7-9pm. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students (Yes,
college kids are considered students!) Fishing Bay Yacht Club is
sponsoring Gary's presentation and you may make reservations on line at the FBYC
website or call Sue Willis at 800-866-4483 to make "pay at the door"
ressies. Seating is limited, so if you plan to go, get on …
CBYRA REGION 4 HIGH POINT AWARD WINNERS -
SEA STAR amassed the highest point total for the entire
Region (PHRF): Saturday, VP for Region 4, Tom
Roberts, and his wife Elaine, honcho-ed the annual Region 4 awards
dinner soiree at Fishing Bay Yacht Club in Deltaville, VA. Fifty-five and
one-half attended either to receive or to support those receiving awards
based on the entire 2006 season performance. Here's how the "big boats"
stacked up in each of the Region divisions. The number in parentheses
denotes the number of qualifiers in the fleet.: NORTH DIVISION:
PHRF Spinnaker (13) - 1.Voodoo Chile, Leroi Lissenden
and Bob Krushelnisky; 2.Loose Cannon, Strother
Scott; 3.La Maga, Allan Heyward …
CBYRA REGION 4 celebrates and
presents trophies to Region High Point Award Winners this coming Saturday,
February 3rd, at Fishing Bay Yacht Club, Deltaville, VA. Contact Tom
Roberts at (804) 843-2682.
Heads-up: Gary Jobson will be
speaking at the University of Richmond on Friday, March 16th,
7-9pm. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students (Yes, college
kids are considered students!) Fishing Bay Yacht Club is sponsoring Gary's
presentation and you may make reservations on line at the FBYC website or call
Sue Willis at 800-866-4483 to make "pay at the door" ressies. Seating is
limited, so if you plan to go, get on it now!
For those who ski in the winter you go north or west unless you leave North America, but for sailing you go south. Key West Race week is a thing of the past for 2007 but there are still other opportunities in Florida. A good friend and Laser Masters sailor posted an item on the Laser web site which makes Laser sailing in Florida in February sound too good to be true
Dear frozen or semi-frozen Laser sailors.
I just wanted to remind you that those of us smart or lucky enough to be living in Florida are enjoying fantastic sailing weather. My Farmers Almanac and long range NOAA forecast promise 12 - 18 kts of breeze out of the South-east …
TWO NORTH CAROLINIANS TAKE TOP SPOTS at KEY
WEST!! Pete Hunter, of Kill Devil Hill, sailing his Thompson 30,
WAIRERE, crushed his fleet and Lloyd Griffin,
of Elizabeth City, sailing his Hadley 40, CASH
FLOW, won his. Even with a DSQ in the
first race, the Wairere team came back to win the fleet by 11
points. Wairere put together a string of
9(dsq)-3-3-1-2-2-3-1-1 and, using their throw-out for the dsq, finished with 16
points. The second place boat amassed a total of 27 points.
Wairere sailed in the PHRF-1 fleet (8 boats), and Cash Flow sailed
in the 12 boat PHRF-2 fleet. Cash Flow
experienced a bit of a rocky first race, finishing 7th, but …
YPYC is hosting a North U seminar in Feb - Trim and Mar.- Tactics. We need to get enough folks to sign up so they don't cance. I would be happy to write it up. Leroi
The 2006 Junior High Points standings are up and the top tiers include lots of FBYC junior racing sailors. In the Optimist Class, Madeleine Alderman swept top honors in Red Fleet and as top woman Optimist sailor in her class. She was third overall, just behind Alex Jacob who crowned the top overall spot as the best Optimist sailor on the Bay. The top ten overall positions also included Austin Powers, who took third in Blue Fleet and 10th overall. Kyle Swenson snatched 12th overall, while his sister Kendall was 24th but first in White Fleet. Ben Buhl ratcheted up the ranks with a 15th overall and 5th in the Blue fleet. Rookies Eric and Conrad Roos made their marks …
Courtesy of Carolyn and Ken Schmalenbeger the club had a booth at the Richmond Boat Show January 12-14 and recruited 33 crew candidates for the coming season. While the majority were interested in racing on off-shore boats the candidates included two Juniors interested in One Design Sailing and a retired USAF Navigator from Omaha whose sailing career started in Lasers in the mid-70's who may be interested in crewing on a Flying Scot.
For those who recruit crew from this group you owe thanks to Ed O'Connor, Mike Dale, Mike Miller, Sharon Bauer, Dennis and Kay King, Frank Reichel, Joe Roos, Brad Miller, Brooks Zerkel, Leroi Lissenden, Scott and Susan Birch, and John Wake for giving up their …
REGION 4 CBYRA HIGH POINT AWARDS
SOIREE: Saturday, February 3 - Fishing Bay Yacht Club -
refreshments at 5:00pm and dinner at 6:00pm - presentation of awards at
6:45pm. All inclusive cost - $20 per person, $15 for juniors. To
make reservations, contact Tom Roberts at (804) 843-2682. Deadline
for ressies is January 26.
February 17 - US SAILING BASIC RACE MANAGEMENT
COURSE - Hosted by Fishing Bay Yacht Club (Deltaville, VA) - this
is the official USSA course required for certification as USSA Club Race
Officer. The certification test will be give to those participants wishing
to take it. Registration fee ($40 for USSA members, $50 for
non-members) includes morning refreshments, lunch, and materials. Register
on line …
We are writing to advise you that the Virginia Legislature will soon consider a bill, House Bill 1627, Boating Safety Education, that would require all motorboat and PWC operators to take a boating safety course and carry a certificate showing successful completion of a written test.
BoatU.S. supports this legislation because we believe it will make our crowded waterways safer for everyone by helping insure that boaters know the basic rules of the road and because all of the surveys we have done over the years have told us that our members support phased-in mandatory education.
We have, however, asked for two clarifications: First, that if a boater has taken a course …
"Murphy Goes Racing", the annual SBRNYCU racing
seminar on Saturday, January 27, 2007. This year's
interactive and entertaining workshop is designed for all skippers
and crew interested in brushing up on racing fundamentals, to include sessions
on: boat optimization, crew organization, sail trim, starting
techniques, and general tactics and strategy. John McCarthy, US
Sailing Advanced Race Officer, Judge, and, first and foremost, racer and kindred
spirit of those who race, will conduct the workshop.This year
Broad Bay Sailing Association is hosting the one-day
event at the Old Dominion University Sailing Center, (Norfolk). The
$35 fee includes morning refreshments, lunch, and workshop materials. For
info and/or to pre-register, call (757) 850-4225 or email mcbear@earthlink …
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