This Saturday, April 16, will be a day of tune-up sailing. We'll plan to arrive at the club around 10 and be on the water by 11. We'll do some drills, pratice starts and do some very short races. We'll stay close to the dock and just get out there to get the cobwebs out. If you can make it, or might be coming, please email Jon (jon-fbyc@jdeutsch.com, 804-305-1244) and let him know.
If you don't have a boat, come anyway. I'm sure at least 2 out of the 3 club boats will be sailable and we should be able to borrow/loan boats as well. Dress warmly with at least a ball …
SUNDAY, APRIL 17 IS CCV SPRING SERIES RACE #1 - ALL
RACERS MUST:
(1) Have a valid, current, 2005 PHRF rating
certificate showing the boat's rating and that it meets PHRF 4P Equipment
and Accommodations Standards; and
(2) Have an entry form in the hands of the
Principal Race Officer, John McCarthy, by 1300 hours on Saturday, April
16. (CCV Racing Members already have fulfilled this
requirement).
(3) NOTE: No boat may change fleets once
the Race Committee boat has left the dock.
The "Dirty Dozen" + 1 Got Tuned-Up Sunday -
13 race boats busted out to play in the CCV annual TUNE-UP
RACES in Hampton Roads yesterday and were rewarded with absolutely perfect
conditions - flat …
Cruisers from the Netherlands who are "on the hard" at Deltaville Boatyard are seeking a set of used cruising guides for the areas from Cape May to New York and Cape Cod to Maine. Please call Sharon Bauer at 804-697-7044 or 804-769-4293 if you have some that you no longer need.
The annual Merrimac Memorial Regatta will again be
held in
the waters of the Elizabeth River
off of Portsmouth City
Park in Portsmouth,
VA.
The regatta is open to all sailboats 22’and under.
Any 4 boats of the same class will receive
their own start. The open fleet will be
scored under the Portsmouth Handicap system.
Trophies will be awarded to the top 3 finishers in all fleets. The skipper’s meeting is at 09:30.
The first gun is at 10:00. A Memorial Day cookout will be held at
lunch. Racing will resume after
lunch. Awards will be given out later in
the afternoon.
There is a new sail loft on the main drag in
Deltaville. Jerry Latell, manager and owner of
the Ullman/Skelley loft in Irvington, has expanded his
operation to include a larger and more convenient location on Route 33 (the main
street through Deltaville - aka General Puller Highway) in Deltaville. The
Irvington Ullman/Skelley location will stay open as a canvas shop and as a pick
up and drop off point for Jerry's customers' convenience. For info
contact Jerry Latell at (804) 776-6151.
FLYING SCOT WORKSHOP, Sunday, April 10, at Fishing Bay
Yacht Club. Well know top one-design sailor Greg
Fisher will conduct the workshop. Open to all interested Flying
Scot racers and …
The second annual Virginia Institute for Marine Science raftup will be held May 21st on the grounds of VIMS @ Gloucester Point in conjunction with Marine Science Day. FBYC sponsored the first raftup last year, successfully attracting a large turnout from sailors around the Southern Bay. With the addition of more marine science demonstrations and great catering, this year's event promises something for every cruiser in the family. Visit the April FBYC Log for details and application forms or call Mimi Beckwth, VIMS Office of Development, 804-684-7784.
Tuesday night Laser sailing begins this Tuesday, April 5 and will continue throughout the summer. We will start at 6pm and race from the FBYC beach to the designated starting area, government marker, or other suitable pre-selected marker with consideration of the weather conditions. There will be a 1-minute countdown to a rabbit start sequence. Sailors will rotate being the rabbit and will take turns setting the weather mark as necessary. Races will be Windward-Leward-Windward or about 15 minutes max. Thank Alain Vincey for getting this organized, you'll see him along with John Hubbard, Dave Porter and Jerry Dennison out there, so come on our and join them. For more information contact Alain Vincey anvincey@comcast.net or Jon …
The amazing thing about Michael Blackburn's "conquering" the Bass Strait isn't that he sailed single-handed across the Bass Strait--that's been done before--it's that he averaged 8.6 knots in a Laser for 13 hours. No, Blackburn didn't pick the Bass Straits because of daring-do, but because it's one of the few places in the world where you could pull this off. See photographs, videos, and a piece Alden Bugly wrote about it here.
A US Sailing Level 1 course will be given on four weekday evenings in Charlottesville (April 11, April 13, April 18 and April 20) and at Fishing Bay Yacht Club all day on Saturday April 23 with Sunday April 24 as a rain date.
This course leads to certification as a US Sailing Level I dinghy instructor, and provides the instructor with personal liability insurance, as well as instruction information. Our instructor has promised to make this course very oriented to Optimist sailing, so attendees will learn proper rigging, and Optimist sail control, topics that are not covered when the course material must be more general.
The instructor has a two-week work commitment in Charlottesville, and so is able to …
The location of the Cruising Class gathering for this coming Saturday, April 2, has been changed from the FBYC second floor facility, to the Deltaville cottage of Tony and Kate Sakowski, 76 Sunrise Lane. Brief directions to the cottage would include taking a left at Ruarks Marina, and then going three speed bumps until you see Sunrise Lane on the left (200 yards). Turn left and park after going up the hill, but be sure to leave room for our neighbors to pass. Parking will be available at the very end of Sunrise Lane (Hay Hardy cottage) if there are no areas open. Please dont park in the large field in front of our cottage.
This coming Friday, APRIL 1st, is
National Sailboat Racers Day, aka April Fool's Day! Get foolish - go
sailing!
Last Reminder:CCV - HYC
Race Management Workshop, Saturday, April 2, at Hampton Yacht Club, check-in at
0830, start at 0900. No charge, OPEN TO ALL. Pre-registration
guarantees you a 2005 CCV Race Management
Manual. To pre-register, just call (757) 850-4225. If
you have your RRS 2005-2008 (current rule book), bring it. There
will be rule books for sale at the workshop for those who need
them.
Mark your calendars: SOUTHERN BAY
RACE WEEK, June 3-5: Southern Bay Race Week is in countdown
mode. Event Chairman Leigh Morgan promises great racing …
DO NOT BE AN APRIL
FOOL - Get your PHRF 2005 certificate now!
Racing starts early in April. If you do not have your 2005 PHRF
certificate, you will not be able to do a sanctioned race. Once April
arrives, all the Johnny-Come-Latelies will slow down the system.
Send in your certificate application/renewal form today.
Last Reminder: On
Friday, March 25, Gary Jobson will speak at the University of
Richmond. His 7:00pm talk will be in the Moot Courtroom of
the T.C. Williams School of Law. If you have ever enjoyed one of Gary Jobson's
appearances, you know that his sailing topics know no boundaries. No
matter how many others attend …
* From Michelle Slade (edited to our 250 word limit): I just attended the
Corinthian YC (Tiburon, Calif), first evening of its 2005 speaker series
with Gary Jobson. I know this has been said before but it simply can never
be said enough - Gary is truly a gift to the sport we all love. It's been
both a heart rending and heart warming experience to watch him over the
past few years battle through his illness. To see him healthy and happy
today, his humor-incensed enthusiasm for the sport a complete inspiration
is awesome. I wonder how often we stop and appreciate how much he's brought
to this sport in this …
Greg Fisher will be conducting a workshop on successfully racing Flying Scots.
This will be held on Sunday, April 10th from 11:00 to around 4:00 at FBYC.
A $5.00 per person fee will include lunch.
Greg is one of the top One-Design sailors around and is head of the O/D Loft at North Sails in Annapolis. He has won over 36 Nationals, North Americans, and Midwinters Championships in 9 One-Design Classes - including the Flying Scots five times (the most recent this year's Midwinters)!
This will NOT be an on-the-water clinic but we will have a Flying Scot rigged in the parking lot for demonstrations. Among the topics of the day will be a discussion on …
Since the Laser was introduced in 1972 more than 180,000 boats have been built and are sailed in every country in the world. Adding to the Laser as the established men's single-handed Olympic boat the Laser Radial has been selected as the women's single-handed class for the next Olymics in place of the Europe. A major reason for this change was the ready availability of Lasers on a world-wide basis as well as their lower cost.
Along with other major classes Lasers hold Mid-winters regattas each year, and in the case of Lasers these are held on both the East and West coasts. An unusual incident earlier this month at the Mid-winters West at the California YC …
Fishing Bay was fortunate to host John McCarthy for two seminars on Saturday March 12th. Fifty members and guests attended the morning session on the Rules. Attendees included at least one Junior racer and 9 former Commodores -- we can all use a little refresher. John's presentation was informative and entertaining and should add to the quality of our racing in 2005 with a focus on not only the rules, but how they should figure into strategy on the course. He encourages communication between the racers and recognizes that some issues are not black and white and simply must be handled in the protest room.
Twenty-eight stayed for the afternoon session on Race Management. The session focused on the mechanics …
On Friday, March 25, Gary Jobson will speak at the
University of Richmond. His 7:00pm talk will be in the Moot
Courtroom of the T.C. Williams School of Law. If you have ever enjoyed one of
Gary Jobson's appearances, you know that his sailing topics know no
boundaries. No matter how many others attend, you will feel like he is a
friend stopping by your digs for a friendly chat about sailing.
For tickets ( and price info) call the Leukemia Society in Richmond,
(804) 627-0400, ext 15, or (800) 766-0797.
When the National Hospice
Championship boats hit the starting line on April 15-17 in
Annapolis, there will be three southern Bay representatives on the …
Don't be caught with your
PHRF cert down! You must have a valid 2005 PHRF rating certificate
to race in sanctioned (as well as many other) events. Check the
expiration date on any special or provisional rating you may have
obtained late in the 2004 season; chances are it will not cover you for the 2005
season.
SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK 2005: The
organizing committee is hard at work on this year's rendition of this great
event set for June 3-4-5. 2005 Event Chairman Leigh Morgan says the
"big boat" fleet can expect the venues to remain in the same locations as last
year - the PHRF A, B and C Spinnaker fleets and One-Design classes …
Two independent sources have confirmed that the Middlesex County Cable TV people were on site last week and have now buried the Cable TV line to Stove Point as it crosses the FBYC property. They successfully avoided cutting all water lines that we knew about. Apparantly some water lines were unknown! The next step is to remove the old above ground cable TV wire, which might be done Monday.
Great job and thanks to Chip Hall, Grounds Chair, for getting this long awaited project underway.
