Flying Scots Get Slammed at Marblehead 2006 North
American Championships: Late Tuesday afternoon of what was
to be a week long regatta, Mother Nature threw a major hissy-fit, in
the form of a micro-burst tornado, at host Corinthian Yacht Club and Marblehead
(Massachusetts) Harbor. Boats were flipped, rigs mangled, and docks
tortured. As far as the Rappahannock River area contingent, damages ran
the gambit from "not too bad" to "a total mess". Luckily
the communication from the shore support people to the RC folks on the water was
excellent and when the damaging cell (a micro-burst tornado) popped up on
the weather radar, the racers were sent / towed in. All the boats were …
SCREWPILE BEGINS THIS COMING WEEKEND! As of last
night 138 boats are registered and race ready! Check-in
is Saturday, July 15; RACING Sunday, Monday, Tuesday - July 16, 17,
18. At this point the Southern Bay Brigade includes 24
boats; they are: from Hampton Yacht Club (11) -
Midnight Mistress (Jake and Pat Brodersen);
Impulse (Tom Peddy); Kahuna (Sanford
Richardson); Sea Star (Bumps and Dave
Eberwine); Namesake (Craig Olsen);
Cyrano (Bob Mosby); Feather (Phil
Briggs); Meridian 2 (Sledd Shelhorse;
Gremlyn (Greg Cutter); Cool Change
(Rusty Burshell); and Valkyrie (Karl
Petersen); from Fishing Bay Yacht Club (6) - Voodoo
Chile (Leroi Lissenden and D Krushelnisky;
Corryvreckan (David Clark); Schiehallion
(Brad Miller); Blade Runner (Brad
Davis); Double Eagle (Jim Mitchner …
You've all seen the website news about the microburst tornado we experienced at the Corinthian Yacht Club in Marblehead, MA on Tuesday afternoon. Here are a few photos of the scene before and after.
Before - was taken on Saturday afternoon. You can see that CYC is the picture of order. The first 9 Flying Scots launched were assigned spots at the dock. The remaining 55 were assigned moorings in the harbor. We felt so "special" to be at the dock along with several members of the Board of Governors.
After - shows how the docks looked not long after the storm. Boat number 10 is our "3Sixty5". Yes, that's her mast bent like an "L" across the dinghy rack …
Seven FBYC Juniors raced their way to multiple awards at West River Sailing Club's Junior Regatta and Maryland State Championship on Tuesday. Winds were light and fluky on the West River near Galesville, MD but Alex Jacob still managed to pull out a 1st overall among 66 boats after three racesin the Optimist fleet. Madeleine Alderman continued her winnning performance with a 3rd in class (Red) and 5th overall finish in the Optimist fleet while also becoming the first recipient of West River Sailing Club's Joan Watts Memorial Trophy, which honors top performing women youth sailors. Austin Powers took a 5th out of the 30 boat Optimist Blue Fleet and a 15th overall. One of our star performers …
2006 North American Championship Regatta, Corinthian Yacht Club, Marblehead, MA, July 9-14, 2006
The third qualifying race was held today. This afternoon, July 11th, shortly after all Flying Scots had been towed or sailed to safety at the Corinthian Yacht Club in Marblehead, MA, harbor by the Corinthian Race Committee, a micro-burst tornado devastated the Flying Scot fleet and many of the Yacht Clubs' boats and docks. The above photo shows just a sample of the carnage that occurred. Scots on the the dock, such as 34 in the photograph above, were flipped 8 to ten feet in the air, with results seen above. Out of 63 Scots a conservative count would say 30 of those boats were turtled, with …
Sudden extreme weather, including hail and a twister, possibly a tornado, abrubtly ended the 2006 Flying Scot North American Championships in Marblehead, Mass., yesterday afternoon. At the end of two days of qualifying races in which Len Guenther was in the low twenties out of sixty-some boats, John Hubbard was around thirtieth with the Bauers close behind, a hail storm brought the fleet off the water and drove them into the clubhouse. This fortunate sequence prevented personal injury from the following twister, but left the fleet rafted up and exposed on the Corinthian waterfront. Numerous Scots, perhaps a dozen, were lifted from the water, dismasted and overturned. Hubbard's boat was saved by what had been thought a disfavored mooring …
The FBYC Junior Race Team hauled the silver home again this past Friday, July 7th at the Severn Sailing Association Sandy MacVickar Junior Regatta. After sailing her Optimist Dinghy through five races in light to moderate conditions off the US Naval Academy, Madeleine Alderman came away with a 2nd Place overall and 2nd in Red Fleet out of a fleet 54 of some the Bay's best sailed Optimists. She was followed closely by Austin Powers who grabbed 5th overall and 2nd in Blue Fleet. Aiden Toms and Graeme Alderman snitched 3rd and 4th respectively in the Optimist White Fleet. Quinton Jenkins came away with a 4th in the laser Radials. Other FBYC kids made their marks including Eric and …
Arrrgh! A crew of eleven FBYC Junior sailors recovered Blackbeard's head after three long days of racing off the pirate infested waters off Hampton Yacht Club. In spite of missing everything from the waist down, Blackbeard managed a big smile from his engraved silver punch bowl presented to Madeliene Alderman for being the overall winner of Hampton YC's Annual One Design Regatta on July 2nd. This, just two days after she claimed overall honors for the Optimist class in Hampton YC's Friday Junior Regatta. Madeliene had lots of company to help her bring home the booty though. The FBYC Team came home with a chest of awards during the three days of racing. Her brother Graeme pillaged …
When Ted and Myra Bennett led their convoy of cruisers to Cape Charles on Saturday June 24, modest breezes were predicted for their return. But the only thing modest about the journey home for our cruisers on Sunday was the understated way that Ted describes it. Ted writes:
"A fleet of 8 boats made the trip across the bay to Kings Creek Marina at Cape Charles on Sat June 24. Boats that made the crossing were: Battlewagon, Paul & Freda Cross Celebration, Gordon & Sheila Nelson Miss Kate, Tony & Kate Sakowski Nugget, Charlie & Stella Jones Obsession, Joe & Carolyn Schott Pharos, Ted & Myra Bennett Reflections, Sam & Nancy Stoakley Wings, John & Fay Koedel.
The wind was …
We must be living right. For nearly all of Junior Week we had beautiful warm weather including a full range of wind conditions on Fishing Bay from a 15-knot souwester to a full fish frying drifter at midweek. Sure the nettles made a prematurely prolific appearance along with fiesty hords of noseeums in the evening on a night or two, but by and large we were living very large. The kids tried on their sailing shoes with the help of some of the best coaches you'll find anywhere and I can't believe they didn't make some new friends. Best of all, they added to their enjoyment of the sport of sailing with memories that should last them …
Due to the weather
and complications please be advised the AYC Jr Regatta scheduled for
tomorrow is CANCELLED . Please pass the word to your
junior sailors. My apologies if you are erroneously receiving this
message.
David M. McClatchy, Jr., Chair, CBYRA Jr. Division
What race this year put more boats on the starting line than any other so far? How about the Parents' Races during Junior Week, June 20?
Maybe it was the Kool-Aid, maybe the relentless recruiting by Jon Deutsch and Alain Vincey, but I'd lay odds on plain old jealousy. Who wants to sit around checking email when the kids are having all that fun? Whatever it was, parents racing was one of the most fun evenings I've spent on or off a sailboat.
No less than 20 boats sailed eight or so races using rabbit starts in light and shifty conditions about a hundred yards off the FBYC pier. In the first race or two no one really …
Sam Stoakely reports on the Captain's Choice Cruise:
"An enthusiastic group of cruisers met Saturday morning, June 17, for a light breakfast at Fannys House before departing for their chosen destination, the East River off Mobjack Bay. They enjoyed a fresh June breeze of 10 to 18 knots from either side of South that enabled most of the boats to sail two long tacks to New Point Comfort before turning downwind for a peaceful leg to their anchorage off Williams Wharf.
The fleet of 9 sailboats and the M/V Danny A formed up into two large rafts and then gathered for a friendly cocktail party on the fantail of the flagship Destiny (25 total revelers). Cruisers …
Anyone driving along Fishing Bay on the past 2 weekends might have slowed down to watch the fleet of Optimists, each sailed by a pair of tiny sailors, snaking its way across the water. Those intrepid salts (age 4-9) were this years crop of Opti Kids, and they really came a long way in their 4 days of sailing.
Starting with the basics of bow and stern, the kids (a morning group and an afternoon group) rapidly progressed to tacking and gybing, and even were introduced to some of the rules concerning right-of-way. By the end of the second Sunday, they could rig their own boats, sail around a set of marks, and even make their way towards buried …
The FBYC Protest Committee has granted redress for RFR 2006-1, filed by
Allan Heyward regarding the Moonlight Regatta Race 2006. Based on disposition of RFR-1, RFRs
2006-2 and 2006-3 filed by Paul Cross and Brad Miller are also granted. Pursuant to the discretion given to the
Protest Committee under RRS 64.2 to grant redress to all boats affected without
requiring additional requests for redress, the Protest Committee grants redress
to all boats in the PHRF-Spinnaker class sailing in the race in
question.
The redress granted is as follows: all boats in the PHRF-Spinnaker class
which started the Moonlight Regatta Race 2006 are to be scored for the race and
for the Long Distance Series as if …
The Newport to Bermuda race started July 16th. Larry Cohen of FBYC is competing on "Dawn Treader" in the SDL class along with "locals" Don Patterson of Virginia Beach on "Orion", Jim Muldoon of Washington, DC on "Donnybrook" (is John Dodge aboard?). All three are near the front of their class after three days. There are over 250 boats entered. You can track the progress at http://www.charthorizon.com/races/2006_newport_bermuda/htdocs/mapper.phtml# complete with Gulf Stream currents and wind patterns.
We have updated the instructions for this event
- to reflect these additions. Please go here to register.
July 15-16, 2006 Cruise to VIMS and Yorktown Riverwalk Landing
Plan to join the FBYC Cruisers when we embark on a trip down to VIMS (Virginia Institute of Marine Science) on early Saturday. We will stay at the Yorktown River Yacht Haven Marina on Sarah Creek. You will need to call the Marina with your reservation for a slip (804 642 2156) and identify yourself as a member of the FBYC cruising group. Provide the dockmaster with the length of your boat, draft, beam, sail/power, and power requirements. Id suggest you do this as early as possible to assure a slip …
The facts: 1.) One PHRF Spin
boat was initially "finished" within the first time limit. All remaining
PHRF Spin boats were finished within the latter time limit, but did not
finish within the initial time limit. 2.) The race was scored. 3.) No
protest or redress was filed. 4.) The initially "finished" boat later
admitted they did not sail the proper course (28.1). 5.) No PHRF Spin
boat finished the race within the prescribed time limit.
The race is
abandoned (32.1 (e) for any other reason directly affecting the safety or
fairness of the competition) for the PHRF Spin class by the Race Committee,
and consequently, the race is not officially scored for the PHRF Spin
class …
The 2006 Moonlight Race is abandoned (32.1 (e) for any other reason directly
affecting the safety or fairness of the competition) for the PHRF Spin class
(only) by the Race Committee, and consequently, the race will not be officially
scored for the PHRF Spin class. No boat in the PHRF Spin class sailed the proper
course and finished within the initial time limit. Randy Alley, Race Chair.
Arrrgh! A crew of eleven FBYC Junior sailors recovered Blackbeard's head after three long days of racing off the pirate infested waters off Hampton Yacht Club. In spite of missing everything from the waist down, Blackbeard managed a big smile from his engraved silver punch bowl presented to Madeliene Alderman for being the overall winner of Hampton YC's Annual One Design Regatta on July 2nd. This, just two days after she claimed overall honors for the Optimist class in Hampton YC's Friday Junior Regatta. Madeliene had lots of company to help her bring home the booty though. The FBYC Team came home with a chest of awards during the three days of racing. Her brother Graeme pillaged …
We must be living right. For nearly all of Junior Week we had beautiful warm weather including a full range of wind conditions on Fishing Bay from a 15-knot souwester to a full fish frying drifter at midweek. Sure the nettles made a prematurely prolific appearance along with fiesty hords of noseeums in the evening on a night or two, but by and large we were living very large. The kids tried on their sailing shoes with the help of some of the best coaches you'll find anywhere and I can't believe they didn't make some new friends. Best of all, they added to their enjoyment of the sport of sailing with memories that should last them …