J/29s will gather for the Annual J/29
Invitational at Fishing Bay Yacht Club this coming weekend (Friday -
Sunday). For info contact Case Whittemore at (804)
285-4632.
IMPORTANT REGION IV (Southern Bay) PHRF MEETING -
Wednesday, October 26, 2005, 6 - 8 PM, Hampton Library (main Branch), 4207
Victoria Blvd. This is where members of PHRF in the
southern Bay have a chance at input on fleet splits for 2006, policy
changes, etc. and let delegates know opinions and comments. This is
not where individual ratings are discussed; that is strictly for the
handicappers. The Region IV input goes forward to the 2005 Annual Meeting
of PHRF Delegates from all over the Bay (Annapolis, November 19 …
TURKEY SHOOT OVERALL WINNER IS....LEE
WILLIAMS, POE BIRD, a Raven 24. Lee is the first
skipper to win the Turkey Shoot three times. Lee, along with his crew,
will compete in the National Hospice Alliance Championship Regatta in Annapolis
this coming Spring. Two glorious autumn days of racing on the southern
Chesapeake Bay. Eighty - five classy classic boats and wooden boats and
unusual boats filled the Rappahannock River between the Corrotoman and Carter's
Creek. And, the 2005 regatta raised more than $30,000 for northern neck
hospice services on both sides of the River.
Turkey Shoot Sightings: Rob Powell,
formerly manager of the Norfolk Boat Works, was there. All is …
The Second Annual Flying Scot Atlantic Coast Championship was held this past weekend at the Fishing Bay Yacht Club. Thirty-five boats came from New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina to compete in the five race series.
Near perfect conditions - both on the water and off - made for a very memorable weekend. Saturday's three races were held in conditions that made for some exciting racing with winds up to 20 knots. Sunday's two races saw about 10 knots for a calmer pace.
In the twenty-three boat Championship Division, David and Allyson Neff from the Selby Bay Sailing Center in Maryland, continued their winning ways to take top honors for their second ACC title, Capitol District Championship, and the …
Flying Scot Atlantic Coast Championship
Regatta: 35 skippers and crew were at Fishing BayYacht
Club this past weekend to race Flying Scots for 2 days. There was good
wind, especially on Saturday, (up to 20 knots). There were a few "kisses"
in the heavy air, but when all was said and done three southern Bay Flying Scot
teams finished in the top 10 of the 23 boat Championship Division:
5th - John Hubbard/Michael Miller/Ellis Hubbard
(FBYC); 8th - Blake and Lud Kimbrough (FBYC); and, 9th -
Jerry and Andrea Latell (RRYC). Frank Birdsall
and Jane Ryan (RRYC) won the 12 boat Challenger Division followed
by 2nd place Phil Webb and Owen Davidson (FBYC), and 3rd place
Jay Buhl …
After the Annual Regatta, Lud Kimbrough distributed a survey to the participants.
59 people completed the survey, and of them, 52 participated in the Regatta. 28 had attended the 2004 Regatta, and 22 had not been with us the previous year. 32 of the respondents registered on-line; and 17 registered for the event at the door at the event. 42 of the respondents attended the Luau, and 10 did not.
Overall, we were thrilled with the responses, and the full survey responses are being shared with our flag officers and event managers. There were sections in the survey for comments, and we received numerous constructive comments and suggestions. They will be recorded and shared and will be taken into consideration …
The following eight crews have qualified for the 38th Annual
U. S. Match Racing Championship for the Prince of Wales Bowl
which is being held at the
Newport Harbor Yacht Club
in California on September 20-24, 2005:
Brian Angel - King Harbor Yacht Club
Christopher Van Tol - Bayview Yacht Club
David Rosow - Pequot Yacht Club
Geoff Ewenson - Eastern Yacht Club
John Loe - Southern Yacht Club
Karl Zielger - Seawanhaka Corinthian YC
Marie Klok Crump - Fishing Bay Yacht Club
Scott Dickson - Long Beach Yacht Club
After one day of racing, each boat had won a race and lost a race so they all have one point. - according to
Results Day 1
Chris Rouzie (Front Runner), John
Hubbard (Flying Scot), Dan Herlihy (Laser) and
Jerry Deservine (Mobjack), were all fleet winners yesterday at
Fishing Bay YC Fall Series Day 2.
Remember the US SAILING Match Racing Championship
Quarterfinals sailed off Hampton Flats back in May? HYC hosted
the event and J/24 Fleet 71 provided the boats. The winner, Marie
Klok Crump, sailing with her husband Will Crump
(Fishing Bay YC) and her brother Thomas Klok, has won her way
to the National Finals. That team will be competing this Wednesday
through Saturday for the US Match Racing Championship for the Prince of Wales
Trophy. Karl Ziegler is the defending champion and has won his way
back to …
Mother Nature was smiling down on Deltaville Virginia this weekend with beautiful conditions while Laser Masters sailors competed in the 24th Annual Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championship. Eighteen sailors got in 9 races in two days to sail for the championship in 10-15 knot breezes and sunny skies throughout the weekend.
James Jacob (FBYC) finished with 3 firsts to win the event by 3 points over the next closest finishers. Chris Legg (SSA), Mike Schmidt (MRSA) and Henry Amthor (HYC) all tied for 2nd place which was decided in favor of Chris Legg on the tiebreaker. The fact that the top four spots were decided by only 3 points is a testament to the closeness of the …
Assuming Ophelia skips town this coming weekend we'll all have a chance to redeem ourselves for last year's scrape with her bully brother Ivan during the 2004 Wolf Trap Race. This will also be our last chance this season to pinch points for the Offshore Long Distance Series, which by then will include five events. With a few notable exceptions, this 24+ nautical mile race is usually accompanied by pleasant late summer breezes and sparkling seas. May the Big Bad Wolf stay trapped beneath the shoals this time around. Anyone wanting to taste the hair of the dog and/or engage the upcoming Fall Series should make a point to register on line and make sure your PHRF …
Five Fishing Bay Juniors tacked their way through the pumpkin patch this Sunday in search of fairer winds at Corsica River Yacht Club. Light and fickle winds teased the 45+ boat Optimist fleet with surprise shifts and puffs throughout the four race series. Parents and sailors alike were rewarded for their patience with a big tent cookout after the race. Top honors went to two Fishing Bay sailors with Alex Jacob in 1st and Kyle Swenson in 3rd for overalls in the red/blue/white fleets. Austin Powers and Kendall Swenson lined up for 1st and 4th respectively in the white fleet and Erin Jacob climbed well up into the pack of green fleeters.
JAMES JACOB WINS CHESAPEAKE BAY LASER MASTERS
CHAMPIONSHIPS: Two southern Bay homies finished in the top 5 at
the 2005 Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championships hosted by Fishing Bay on
Saturday. James Jacob from Fishing Bay YC took the top
honors among the fleet of 18 competitors. Henry Amthor
from Hampton YC was tied for 2nd in points, but after the tie breaker rules were
applied, finished 4th. For detailed results see www.fbyc.net
CCV FALL SERIES Begins this coming
Sunday! Race #1 (Sunday, September 18); Race #2 (Sunday, September
25); Races #3 and #4 (Sunday, October 9) All races are
counted toward the CCV High Point Championship awards; all races …
VIMS After Hours Lecture Series presents:
Coastal Virginia: Hub for Bird Migration
Thursday, September 29 2005, 7-8:30 pm
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Watermen's Hall, Gloucester Point CampusVIMS After Hours Lecture Series presents:
Coastal Virginia: Hub for Bird Migration
Thursday, September 29 2005, 7-8:30 pm
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Watermen's Hall, Gloucester Point Campus
Coastal Virginia is the hub for the most significant concentration of migrating birds in eastern North America. Each year millions of birds traveling the Atlantic Flyway stop to rest and refuel within the waters, marshes, and uplands of Virginia's Eastern Shore. Join us as Michael Wilson from the Center for Conservation Biology, College of William & Mary, describes the ecological …
An extra edition of Scuttlebutt today reported on the tragedy at the Southern Yacht Club in New Orleans. We join all friends of sailing by putting them in our
thoughts and prayers
The recent landing of Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast of the United
States is appearing to be a significant tragedy, with the ripple effect
likely to extend throughout North America. To those directly touched by
this catastrophe, we here at Scuttlebutt wish you strength and
determination as you seek to recover. - The Curmudgeon
For a good aerial picture of where the club is
Go to Google Map. The 17th street levee break on Lake Pontchartrain was just SW of the club and its harbor.
Daniel Bagbey and Cori Radtke raced August 23-24 in the Midget Regatta at Bellport Yacht Club on Long Island. This was a major adventure for these two young sailors who had put in as much time in practice as any of the FBYC racing team. Daniel and Cori were accompanied by Arel English, the club 420 coach, whose was thanked for his efforts in an e-mail from Daniel's father, Robert Bagbey, who is presently serving with his USN reserve unit in Baghdad. We wish Robert a safe return home next February.
Flying Scot, Front Runner, Laser, and Mobjack Fall
Series at FBYC: 23 small boats took advantage of yesterday's
racing conditions in the FBYC Fall Series competition. Winners of the
classes were: Flying Scot - John Hubbard (with 4
bullets); Front Runner - Bill Spencer; Laser - Mark
Saunders; Mobjack - Jerry Deservine
LABOR DAY WEEKEND SOUTHERN BAY RACING
OPPORTUNITIES: One day, two days, or all weekend long,
racers will be racing!!
Saturday (Sept 3) Event in Hampton
Roads: Norfolk Yacht & Country Club is hosting the Annual
Labor Day Regatta for "big boats" and folding into the race the
competition for the Dink Vail Perpetual Trophy. This is a CBYRA sanctioned event. Racing takes place …
For the last week or so we have had a link to Take Survey
Here on the top of the web page. So far we have had 46 responses, which is excellent. We encourage anyone who has not yet responded to take the survey soon before we close it down on Wednesday August 30.
It is easy to take and the information gained should be helpful to us as we try to run events that people enjoy. Thanks very much.
The survey results will be professionally analyzed and recommendations for improvement will be made to FBYC's regatta committee and to the Long-Range Planning committee. In addition, a summary of the survey results will be sent to all participants.
FBYCs Juniors excelled at the 2005 Optimist National Championship held July 25-29 at the Norfolk Yacht & Country Club. Three of four who sailed in the Championship Fleets (Red, Blue and White) qualified for the Optimist National Team Trials to be held in New York the first week of May 2006, by finishing above 230 out of 317 boats, some well above that mark.
Those who qualified for the Team Trials were Madeleine Alderman, age 12, who finished 64 for the week Overall; Kyle Swenson, age 12, finishing 117, and Alex Jacob, age 11, finishing 120.
Austin Powers, age 10, just missed the team trial cut by only four places with an overall place of 234 in the 317 …
Over a dozen FBYC Juniors braved the heat index over 100 degrees on Sunday, August 21, 2005, to attend the 2nd Annual Dog Days Regatta, an event planned to "make sailing more fun." Under supervision of a costumed Canine PRO, dog masked Juniors sailed several unique races held in light air, including "Fetch" in which Juniors retrieved thrown retriever trainer toys, "Milkbone Mark" in which they removed a Dog Milkbone taped to the "Barkward Mark" and crossed the finish line with the treat in their teeth, "Pick Up Dog Toys" in which each contestant sailed to a thrown dog toy; "Catch" in which they sailed in pairs throwing the Frisbee, and other events. In view of heat and light air …
Racing Rules
Quiz: Is it necessary for the Race Committee to notify
the boats of a shortened course as they round the mark
beginning what will be the final leg? (Answer is at end of this
issue.)
2005 Mobjack National Champions are Trey Smith and
crew Jordan Wintringham, both of Virginia Beach. This is the 4th
National Championship title for Trey and the third with Jordan as crew;
their string of finishes was 3-4-1 [6] 4-1-4. The pair beat the 2nd place
finishers, Joe and Tracy Kubinec, by 3 points and
defending champions, Jim Rice and Pete Wallio by 8
points. Fifteen Mobjack teams raced in the 46th National Championship
Regatta. The event was hosted by Ware River …
We had a pretty good turnout for the 24 Hour Cruise on July 23/24. The following boats joined the raft in Cobbs Creek:
Boat Owner (Adults / Kids)
Ishky Baha Koedel, III (3/2)
Wings Koedel, Jr. (2/0)
Northstar Moody (2/3)
Miss Kate Sakowski (3/3)
Soulemate Soule (2/2)
Infusion Maurer (2/5)
Crush Cost (2/2)
We left FBYC around 2:30pm, sailed our way up the Piankatank and arrived around 5 PM for cocktails and shared appetizers. We ate our meals and made the cockpit rounds. The kids had fun in the dinghies while exploring and engaging in water battles.
The Second Annual Flying Scot Atlantic Coast Championship was held this past weekend at the Fishing Bay Yacht Club. Thirty-five boats came from New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina to compete in the five race series.
An extra edition of Scuttlebutt today reported on the tragedy at the Southern Yacht Club in New Orleans. We join all friends of sailing by putting them in our
thoughts and prayers
FBYCs Juniors excelled at the 2005 Optimist National Championship held July 25-29 at the Norfolk Yacht & Country Club. Three of four who sailed in the Championship Fleets (Red, Blue and White) qualified for the Optimist National Team Trials to be held in New York the first week of May 2006, by finishing above 230 out of 317 boats, some well above that mark.
Over a dozen FBYC Juniors braved the heat index over 100 degrees on Sunday, August 21, 2005, to attend the 2nd Annual Dog Days Regatta, an event planned to "make sailing more fun." Under supervision of a costumed Canine PRO, dog masked Juniors sailed several unique races held in light air, including "Fetch" in which Juniors retrieved thrown retriever trainer toys, "Milkbone Mark" in which they removed a Dog Milkbone taped to the "Barkward Mark" and crossed the finish line with the treat in their teeth, "Pick Up Dog Toys" in which each contestant sailed to a thrown dog toy; "Catch" in which they sailed in pairs throwing the Frisbee, and other events. In view of heat and light air …