Just a reminder that early registration for this season's Junior Programs is drawing to a close on April 25th so for those wanting to get in on the best summer sailing program on the Bay, please log on to www.fbyc.net and sign up for your choice of programs for both beginning and advanced, competitive and non-competitive sailors.
Registration will remain open till mid-May but with a modest increase in price. In case you havn't heard, we've signed three reknown junior coaches for Junior Week (June 19th-23th) and two of these will remain on until mid-August to teach the Race Team Extended Programs six days a week at FBYC and at junior regattas around the Bay …
FBYC Opening Day and Spring Series
1: Up on the "Rivah", at the mouth of the Rappahannock, that is,
Fishing Bay Yacht Club will run their Opening Day regatta on Saturday, April 22
and the first race of their Spring Series on Sunday, April 23. For Info
contact: Brooks Zerkel.
CCV SPRING SERIES OPENS SUNDAY: CCV
Spring Series Races #1 and #2 are set for this coming Sunday, April
23. They also mark the beginning of the 15 races, season long,
CCV High Point Championship Series. The Warning flag for race
#1 is scheduled for 1000. Both races will be in Hampton Roads
Harbor. There are starts for all PHRF classes. …
The Volvos are coming! Southern Bay racer Christian Schaumloffel (Mirage, Hobie 33) has devised a way to estimate their arrival time (at the Virginia Capes and further up the Bay) and has Volvo and NOAA sites he recommends using for your calculations - you can check out the info with Christian by calling him at (757) 496-3590. Christian estimates that the first two boats will have passed through The Capes close to the wee hours this morning, with others hot on their heels later today and early Tuesday morning. If there is any breeze, you better have a really hot sport fisher to keep up with these babies!
Today's posting on SBRNYCU prompts some thoughts. The babies as Lyn McCarthy …
Dave Pyron, US Sailing Judge and Umpire will provide us with a refresher on Protests and the Protest Process. Dave will provide us a discussion on the "how tos" of handling protests at a regatta - who needs to do what and how you get through the process.
Recommended attendees for this event are: Race Chairs, Racing Skippers, New Racers and Crew.
Seating is limited please register online for this event to ensure your place. Wednesday, April 26, 2006 6:30 PM 9:00 PM at Retreat Hospital Boardroom (ground floor)
David Pyron is a US Sailing Judge and Umpire and is currently finishing requirements for certification as an International Umpire. He began judging in 1997 and since then has …
Eight skippers helped get the off-shore racing program off to an early start
this past weekend. The forecast for Saturday afternoon was not encouraging
so seven boats went out at 10 am with a mix of regular crew and 14 crew
training candidates. With more boats available than crew Schiehallion
volunteered to distribute her skipper and crew between the other 7 boats.
Rain started to settle in after a little over 90 minutes and all the boats returned
for lunch at 12.30 courtesy of the Dennison's, Jere and Clark.
Three boats went
out again after lunch for a wet and windier ride. Sunday's forecast was for improving
conditions after noon, with the temperature moving out of the …
JAVARAMA: Tom Roberts, CBYRA vice pres
for Region 4, provided hands on assistance to 12+ scorers from area
clubs on the ins and outs of JAVASCORE. Participants had
a chance to actually try the program on their own or borrowed computers and
follow Tom's insightful instruction.
SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK Preliminary Sailing
Instruction is posted at the official website - www.blacksealcup.com Joining
the Early Bird entries are John Bergman, Bay
Dreamer (Niagara 31); Dave Eberwine, Sea Star
(J/36); Graham Field, Independence (Islander
36); Christian Schaumloffel, Mirage (Hobie 33);
John and Ben Ritger, Blew J (J/30); Mike
Nestor, Glory Days (Cal 39); Justin Morris,
The Hunter (Hunter 26.5); …
On Saturday April 1st, eager FBYC gardeners arrived with rakes and clippers in hand to clean, clear, carry, clip and cultivate, all for the sake of beautifying our grounds for Opening Day. Chip Hall's call for participation was a success, mustering almost fifty volunteers, all ready to do their part toward the minimum goal of two days of annual service to the club. Warmth and pleasant breezes cooperated to create a splendid day.
By sunset, weary gardeners were rewarded with wine, appetizers and a hearty meal at the Welcome Cruisers party. The Cruising Division program included a brief discussion of strategies to improve the Division's relevance to small boat cruisers and families with children as well as ringside …
On-the water Crew Training starts this coming Saturday and a list of registrants can be seen on the home page of the FBYC web site. We are expecting at least 6 boats to be out on Saurday with over 25 candidates aboard. Not all participants have registered on line so the turnout will almost certainly be higher than the number you see listed as registered.
A notice that was sent out to all candidates follows in the main body of this posting. For anyone who wants to see the list of registrants on the new Crew Finder list directions are shown in the notice. It's early days for this new list and much of the information was taken directly …
CBYRA Region 4 JAVARAMA - April
8, Saturday, 0900-1200, at Fishing Bay Yacht Club. There is no
cost for the clinic. CBRYA vice-pres for Region 4, Tom Roberts,
says JAVARAMA is open to all Region 4 clubs that want
to learn about and/or to use JAVASCORE to score races. Interested
participants may bring a laptop computer. Wireless internet access is
available to anyone so equipped. If you intend to bring a regular
computer, you should bring an insulating power strip and arrive early so you can
get set up. Tom plans to make this a hands-on
experience where participants learn to use, really use, JAVASCORE, from
registering boats and skippers all the way to entering scores …
From Scuttlebutt March 29, a perspective on racing on the Chesapeake Bay in case anyone needs the reminders.
VOR: CHESAPEAKE CHALLENGES
Leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean Race brings many challenges. Skippers and
navigators must negotiate the southeast and northeast tradewinds, cross
through the dreaded doldrums and Bermuda Triangle then play the strong
currents of the Gulf Stream. There are many decisions to be made during the
5,000-nautical mile leg from Rio de Janeiro to Baltimore, but it's the
final 120 miles that concern skippers and navigators the most. "There could
be some serious reshuffling in the Chesapeake Bay," Pirates of the
Caribbean skipper Paul Cayard said yesterday. "Anything can happen in the
Bay, and that's good …
Wednesday, April 5, Steve Cockerill, an internationally known dinghy sailor, will be giving a talk at Severn Sailing Association. Steve has won many World, European and National titles in both single and doublehanded classes. Although the talk will be mostly geared towards lasers, it will be applicable to other one-design classes as well. I'll be putting a carpool together to go up and see the talk. We'll depart Richmond around 3. There will be a small fee and it does include a simple dinner and beverages. For more information see the Laser District 11 Website. If you are interested, please shoot me an email or give me a call. -Jon Deutsch jon@jdeutsch.com 804-305-1244
SUNDAY, APRIL 2 - DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
begins at 2AM - Spring ahead - set your clocks ahead one hour. You
lose one hour of sleep, but you gain one hour of daylight time to sail
!
2006 CCV RACING CLINIC and Racing Guide
Distribution: April 4, Tuesday, 6:30 pm, at The Mariners' Museum (Newport
News, Virginia). OPEN TO ALL and FREE. This is one
pre-season gathering southern Bay racers, skippers, crews, friends, family, and
curious sailors do not want to miss. John McCarthy, PRO for the CCV season
long, 15 race High Point Series, will hit the key points of the 2006 Sailing
Instruction from the racers' perspective . The Sailing Instructions,
which CCV as well as …
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Members and friends of the Deltaville Maritime Museum celebrated the Laying of the Keel last Saturday at the museum in Deltaville. Above, the keel is carried on the shoulders of volunteers to start the construction of a replica of the Explorer, a 30-foot sailing barge used by Captain John Smith to explore the Chesapeake Bay region.
And now there at 19 - days, that is, until the first
racing in the 2006 southern Bay season!
NORTH CAROLINA boats take two first-in-class at Miami
Race Week -Judd Smith (Oriental, NC) sailed his
Oriental Express to first place in the 28 boat Etchells fleet, beating
the 2nd place boat by 11 points. Worth Harris (Beaufort,
NC), Rum at Six , trounced the 7 boat J/105 fleet.
Tripptease, the Miami based Tripp 33 on which southern Bay racers
Leroi Lissenden and Bob
Krushelnisky (Voodoo Chile) crewed, tied for first
in PHRF 3, but lost out when the tie was broken. Randall
White, another Etchells skipper from Oriental, finished 14th
overall in the large Etchells …
Noel Clinard and Mike Miller take on the Bounty in Tampa Bay, surviving to tell all! Doubloon can just be made out through the Bountys rigging as she prepares a volley.
As well, Wind Dancer (Len, Barb, & Heidi Guenther), Antonia (Mike and Sophie Massie), DouBloon (Noel Clinard & Mike Miller), and Fathom Knot II (John Hubbard, Ric & Sharon Bauer) competed in 4 days of racing in the Flying Scot Midwinter Regatta, hosted by the Saint Petersburg Yacht Club on Tampa Bay. For final race results click: RACE RESULTS
The Guenthers continue to transfer their formidable Mobjack skills to the Scot, as the rest of us watched their stern entirely too …
The Laser had it's 35th birthday recently and the Winter issue of the class magazine is loaded with happy memories of it's early days and reports on antics that famous names like Carl Buchan and Gary Jobsonwere involved in. Current hull numbers are in the mid 180,000 range and both the full and the radial rigs will be seen in the Beijing Oplympics. While most of the medalists in the mens event in recent years have been from outside the US there are two US women in contention for the US Olympic team, Paige Railey and Anna Tunniclife. Paige is in High School in Florida while Anna sailed out of Old Dominion University so she may be …
Mark your calendar! On April 1st at 9:00 am, we will have our Spring Clean-Up of the grounds. Some parts of the grounds are in turmoil from construction of the bulkhead on Jacksons Creek and ground clearing. The new land is slowly taking shape, but we really need to get some grass growing in lots of places. In spite of these circumstances, we have lots to do. Mulch spreading, pruning, the usual dose of raking and other spruce-up kinds of jobs are on the agenda. Well have coffee and maybe a doughnut or two to get you started. If enough hands show up, well be done by lunch. Bring a rake, pruning shears, some trash bags …
A number of FBYC boats went to
St. Petersburg Yacht Club for the Flying Scot Midwinters being held March 5-10. A close look at the
Results shows that John Hubbard is in the top half of the 35 boat Championship Fleet. I heard Friday night that his crew included our Rear Commodore Ric Bauer and Sharon. Noel Clinard is also competing in the Championship Fleet.
Mike Massie and daughter Sophie - on a break from UVa - is a consistent 11 in the Challenger Fleet.
In the spring of 1607 the first English settlers arrived in Jamestown with three large vessels and a knocked down and disassembled boat. This 30 barge was completed on the shore and immediately put in service exploring the myriad tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay. In the course of this exploration and mapping, Capt. John Smith was fatally stung by a Stingray off present day Stingray Point. Quick work by the ships surgeon (not Pocahontas, sorry Walt) saved his life.
To commemorate our first unhappy tourist the Deltaville Maritime Museum will construct what we believe is an authentic replica of Captain John Smiths Explorer.
This 30 open boat, propelled by oars and sail will be constructed with white oak …
Big News for Southern Bay J/24 Racers:
Fleet 71 Captain, Alan Bomar, has announced the move
of Fleet 71 (Hampton Roads) to USJCA District 6. That means the
southern-most Bay Js will join FBYC Fleet 107, Annapolis Fleet 8, and Havre de
Grace Fleet 15. And, even more significant, it means SOUTHERN BAY RACE
WEEK (for the Black Seal Cup) will be part of a series for the
District 6 World Qualifier. SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK (June
2-4) will join CBYRA Annapolis Race Week (Sep 2-4) and Havre de
Grace's Pink Moon Regatta (April 22-23) as the qualifier series
events.
IMPORTANT REMINDER: If you do not yet have your 2006 PHRF
Rating Certificate …
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In the spring of 1607 the first English settlers arrived in Jamestown with three large vessels and a knocked down and disassembled boat. This 30 barge was completed on the shore and immediately put in service exploring the myriad tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay. In the course of this exploration and mapping, Capt. John Smith was fatally stung by a Stingray off present day Stingray Point. Quick work by the ships surgeon (not Pocahontas, sorry Walt) saved his life.