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Many of you are familiar with the intersection in the West End of Richmond where Grove Avenue dead ends into Three Chopt Road. A right turn will take you toward Village Shopping Center, and a left turn will head to CCV or across the Huguenot Bridge.
Eugene Sydnor, a member of FBYC for about 50 years, lived at the intersection of Three Chopt Road and St. Andrews Lane for many years until his death several years ago, when the house was sold. His back yard is fenced in and it extends to behind the intersection, and you will notice a newly installed section of wooded fence in the middle of this picture.
Last weekend, in a the late evening, a …
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The Maryland Dove, a floating exhibit of Historic St. Marys City, Maryland, will pay a visit to Deltaville during the John Smith Shallop Rendezvous scheduled for the weekend of August 25 & 26. The replica of a 50-ton 16th century British merchant ship will moor alongside the pier at the Fishing Bay Yacht Club to conduct free tours from 10 AM to 4 PM during both days of Rendezvous activities taking place on club grounds that weekend.
Named after the pinnace Dove that served colonists in Marylands first capitol in 1634, the 76-feet LOA Maryland Dove is a 3-masted bark spreading 1,965 square feet of sail area. An active sail-training program is part of her mission. She …
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If patience is a virtue then the FBYC Optimist Team was put to the virtual acid test after waiting two days just to see a race through on Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota last week. In spite of the weather, our stalwart sailors found lots of fun stuff to do from their lair on Bug Island including swimming, bailer fishing cards and best of all, the 2007 National Trash Boat Regatta.
We still dont know who won the trash boat regatta but on Wednesday the Lake Minnetonka Yacht Club R/C was able to punch out four races in one afternoon in light to moderate conditions. However, Wednesdays racing success was followed by yet another period of calm on Thursday …
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The Girls Optimist Nationals were sailed on Sunday with 90 participants who got in
4 races.
Madeline Alderman, Kendall Swenson and Erin Jacob participated (12th, 42nd, 48th). Conditions were fairly windy, very unsteady 8-12 knots, lulls below 7. Erin Jacob won 2nd in white fleet!
Congratulations!
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Michael and Cori found challenging conditions ranging from cold and wet with up to 25 knots on the first day to 2.5 knots on the second day.
We're all very proud of their fine efforts and look forward to seeing Cori and Kyle Swenson carry the FBYC burgee to the Hyannis Regatta this weekend.
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There are 8 FBYC sailors listed, with top 1/2 finishes by at least 4 of the sailors. Alex Jacob has an 8th overall, Ben Buhl is 65, Madelaine Alderman is 89, Austin Powers is 105, Conrad Roos is 147, and Madelaine Alderman is standing 12th out of 80 in the Girls Nationals.
The weather forcast for today shows continuing wind, so let's hope they can improve their postions before the awards ceremony this evening.
Good luck, guys and girls!
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Alex Jacob has just returned from the North American Optimist Championship held in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico between July 9th and the 14th. Alex competed with 191 sailors from 19 countries that qualified to sail in this event. The US team was comprised of 25 sailors selected at the US team trials held at Coral Reef Yacht Club in early May. Nuevo Vallarta is a new resort area of Puerto Vallarta featuring a large hotel and timeshare community.
The sailing conditions started daily with a light easterly coming off the land. As the noon temperatures passed 90 degrees the wind went dead …
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The FBYC Optimist Team coached by Diego Ravecca has shown top-to-bottom strength racing this season. Kendall Swenson competed as Blue Fleeter for the first time in the West River Regatta on July 10th and finished 11th overall out of 51 boats. The rest of the team stayed back in Deltaville to receive more outstanding coaching from Diego. The results were evident in the July 12th Sandy MacVickar Regatta. FBYC fielded 7 sailors out of 55 competitors. Their accomplishments speak for themselves! Madeleine Alderman (2nd overall, 2nd Red Fleet), Austin Powers (4th overall, 1st Blue Fleet), Kendall Swenson (7th overall, 3rd Blue Fleet), Ben Buhl ((14th overall, 7th Blue Fleet), Graeme Alderman (17th overall, 1st White Fleet), Conrad Roos (30th overall …on
The FBYC Laser Team coached by Dingo Luis Canuto has been delivering some outstanding results in Bay racing this past week! At the West River Regatta on July 10th, Kyle Swenson led the way with 1st place out of 22 boats! He was closely followed by Cori Radtke in 3rd place. Ben Shelton, competing in only his second big regatta, tied for 20th, an excellent start to his racing career. The Laser Team and Dingo continued their winning ways with at the Sandy MacVickar Regatta on July 12th. Out of 22 boats, Kyle finished 4th, Michael Keane 6th, and Cori 14th. Cori capped off the week by competing in the Junior Olympics July 14-15 at Corsica River. She was rewarded …on
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Competition was keen as the top three Optimist finishers fell within a point of each other. Austin Powers (2nd overall) was narrowly edged out of the first place slot by Billy VanBuren of NYCC. He tied for points with FBYC's …
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In the top five overall slots in the Optimist class at both events were Alex Jacob (1st in both), Ben Buhl (2nd and 3rd respectively) and Austin Powers (4th and 5th respectively). However, the FBYC team showed its real depth by having Graeme Alderman and Erin Jacob join the top ten overall …
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Enjoyed the race but missed seeing some of regular competitors.
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Last Night we haved a big storm in Deltaville Virginia. Maybe 40knots and raining. When the storm finish, Daniel come to our house and told me, "we need some help with boats". We going to the club and ....... 420 are moved!!! When i saw that 420, UOUOUOUOOOOOO!!!
Look some pictures of this morning !!!
Amazing!! Just Wind!!!
420 at FBYC After Big Storm