Beat the summer heat and work on your moon tan during this Saturday night's Moonlight Race, which by the way counts in this season's long distance series. Before the race, make sure you check the special SIs for a slight course change that was requested by our deeper draft brethren to avoid rounding the shoal waters around Windmill Point Light. These instructions will be posted on the bulletin board under Fannie's house as well as on the course board aboard Mr. Roberts before the start. Beat the competition back to the dock to enjoy a late night ice cream social at the main clubhouse!
Don't forget, the third long distance series race is next weekend's …
Some food for thought from Scuttlebutt on why you should diversify your crew. But be careful, you could get more exposure than you want in the Southside Sentinel. And in terms of bringing a Junior onto Oracle two recent attempts of mine failed for a very simple reason; my invitations were intercepted by the young man's spam filter. The only time this happened to me before was when a bland joke poking fun at an '04 Presidential candidate was intercepted by an employers profanity filter. The intended recipient has since changed jobs but not because his mail was blocked. The lesson I have learned from these event is don't depend solely on e-mail.
FBYC members Marie Klok Crump and Will Crump repeated their feat from last month by winning the area ABC semi-finals in the Prince of Wales Trophy in Annapolis, MD. The POW is the US National Match Racing Championship which is raced annually as a cup system. Will and Marie were joined by Maries brother, Thomas Klok in both the qualifying victory in Hampton, VA last month as well as the semi-final victory this weekend in Annapolis.
The team raced a consistent event winning 7 out of 10 matches with plenty of close racing. Finishing second was Geoff Ewenson followed by Dan Wittig in third. Dan and team finished second in the Hampton qualifier.
We have had terrific photography submissions from both Jon Deutsch and David Dunigan. Jon's pictures were posted in the usual FBYC way - on a web page for the event.
I have posted David's pictures using www.flickr.com. They are easy for me to upload in volumne, and they product a neat slide show. You can reference them all at
Dunigans Pictures or you can go straight to the 4 different slide shows depending on your interest in
Schooner Virginia,
420s ,
Optis , or
Lasers .
Please enjoy, and let me know if you would prefer this format going forward.
SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY LEUKEMIA CUP
REGATTA: Voodoo Chile, Insatiable,The RedDragon, and Jaguar
tops in PHRF fleets. 60 entries supported the Fishing Bay YC
/ Stingray Point Marina sponsored Leukemia Cup Regatta Saturday. Most
fleets got in two races. At the same time in adjacent waters, the schooner
Virginia paid a call and did plenty of tour business while the
kids did the Bay Open and the Junior Olympics. Sailing chaos of the best
kind! RESULTS: PHRF A (6 boats): 1.Voodoo Chile,
Leroi Lissenden; 2.La Maga, Dabney
Overton; 3.Chilcoot, Alex Alvis.
PHRF B (6 boats): 1.Insatiable, Mike Karn;
2.Elancer, Dave Hinckle; 3.Trilogy,
Wayland Rennie. PHRF C …
On July 22 and 23, 2005, Fishing Bay Yacht Club (FBYC) is hosting a group practice (July 22) and an International Hi-performance Opti Clinic (July 23), providing Opti sailors with the opportunity to sharpen their skills before racing at the 2005 Opti Nationals to be held at Norfolk, VA. We have some of the best top optimist sailors coming from Ecuador (3rd place at the 2004 Opti Worlds Team Racing Championship) for the practice and clinic.
The clinic will be directed by FBYC Coach Juan Romero in conjunction with other CBYRA coaches who wish to participate. Juan is a well known South American national coach, who has coached at the best yacht clubs and Associations along the US …
Because of the weather conditions at FBYC anticipated for early Friday morning, Noel Clinard has decided that the start of the Midgets will be delayed. We wanted to communicate this now so that those who may be coming from a long distance could get up later and leave later tomorrow morning.
The revised times are:
Registration - noon
Skippers meeting - 1PM
First Start 2PM
Information also sent by email to registrants and some others.
Early reports from Hampton Yacht Club are that our team who attended the Virginia State Optimist Championships returned laden with silver. If you do not believe it, take a look at our Coach Juan Carlos Romeros and 4 of his competitors.
Left to right, we have Alex Jacob, Austin Powers, Juan Carlos Romero, Ben Buhl, and Madelaine Alderman.
WEST MARINE AND BOAT U.S. STORES DONATE PORTION OF SALES
ON FRIDAY, JULY 8
TO THE LEUKEMIA CUP REGATTA IN DELTAVILLE, VA
WATSONVILLE, Calif. (July 1, 2005) On Friday, July 8, 2005, West Marine and Boat U.S Marine Center locations in Deltaville, Glen Allen, Gloucester Point and Hampton, Virginia will donate five percent of sales to the Leukemia Cup Regatta in Deltaville, Virginia.
West Marine and Boat U.S. Marine Center locations are making this donation to support the seventh annual Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup Regatta taking place in Deltaville on July 9. To show support for this local group and to find a nearby location, refer to the list below or visit westmarine.com for store hours …
Yesterday the FBYC junior race team sent 4 420s, 3 Optis, and One Laser Radial (along with 2 coaches, 3 motorboats, and about 10 parents) to the Annapolis Yacht Club Junior Regatta. In the photo Quentin Jenkins displays a big smile and two thumbs up, indicating his pleasure at his first place finish in the previous race. On the day he ended up with a 3rd in class after about seven races.
In the 420s, Alex O'Toole and Sophie Massie sailed the best of the FBYC boats, yet the competition was very numerous and tough. They finished about the middle of the 18 boat fleet. The rest of the FBYC sailors, Kathryn Clinard and Lina Scott, Annie MacKinnon and …
IMPORTANT REMINDER: Don't let the 7th
ANNUAL SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY LEUKEMIA CUP REGATTA slip by you.
All set to go for Saturday, July 9th, this event includes a
skippers' breakfast, CBYRA sanctioned racing, and a Grand Gala & Awards
Ceremony after the day's racing. Entry deadline is Wednesday, July
6th. This is an event that is certainly for a worthy cause. It is
also perfectly positioned on the racing calendar, so that racers traveling from
the "far southern" part of Bay can use it as a weekend stop before jumping off
to Screwpile in Solomons the following weekend. For info contact event
chairman Judy Buis at (804) 358-9475 or (804) 725-0218 Hosted by
Fishing …
Fishing Bay Yacht Club and Hampton Yacht Club are the first
southern Bay clubs to qualify to challenge for the BATTLE OF THE
CHESAPEAKE TROPHY at Screwpile 2005. In order to be eligible to
wrest the coveted trophy from last year's winner, Annapolis YC, a club must have
at least 5 boats entered in the Screwpile Light House Challenge. In
addition to HYC (7 entries) and FBYC (6 entries), there are four more southern
Bay clubs with completed entries; they are: CCV (1); DYC (2); OBSA (1); BBSA
(1). The more boats racing, the better your club's chances of bringing
back the BOC Trophy. Get you buddies together. Round 'em up and head 'em …
This item was part of the June 15 Scuttlebutt and is an interesting perspective on this extravaganza. In particular note the comment on other ways to spend $300MM.
* From Stephen Wells: While I have totally lost interest in the cup it was
interesting to read the AP (story in the New York Times (Little Things Mean
a Lot). One really wonders how someone who could amass the necessary $300
million could spend it so foolishly. We are really lucky on the other hand
that they didn't decide to spend it on running for president. The weight
issue is really stupid. With over 50,000 pounds on the starting line and
they are willing to risk a breakdown for a …
What a great Friday evening the Arts on Fishing Bay turned out to be! The 4th Annual Arts on Fishing Bay event in support of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society was held June 10 in spectacular weather, with over 350 attendees throughout the evening. Thanks to Bob Kates, Judy Buis, and Carolyn Schmalenberger for organizing this beautiful event enjoyed by members of FBYC and the surrounding communities.
Each of the artists donated works to be auctioned at the upcoming Leukemia Cup fundraising auction to be held at the Deltaville Fire Department July 8, and we are very grateful to these artists for their generosity. Numerous attendees also made cash contributions to the Leukemia Society.
Artists in attendance included Kathleen Noffsinger …
Here comes 2005 SCREWPILE LIGHTHOUSE
CHALLENGE! July 17 - 19 in Solomons, Maryland. Hosted by
the Southern Maryland Sailing Association. THE racing showdown on the
Chesapeake Bay. Get your boat, get your skipper, get your crew, get your
ressies, get your lucky racing duds and your party sandals, and get
entered! This is the regatta you have just gotta do! Check the
web site at www.screwpile.com To save the late entry fee, submit your SCREWPILE CHALLENGE 2005 entry
form now - it must be received by June 29. For additional
info, please call (301) 862-3100.
Annapolis-Newport Update: This morning, shortly
after 5 AM, southern Bay homie Mike Nestor and his crew …
Who brought more Glassware home from Hampton over the past weekend, The five FBYC off-shore racers sailing in the Black Seal Cup, or the five FBYC Opti racers sailing in the Hampton Junior Regatta?
For the answer....The FBYC juniors represented this past Sunday at the HYC junior regatta with William Wirt taking second overall and second in the blue fleet, and Austin Powers winning third overall and first in the white fleet. Ben Buhl took third in the white fleet and Natalie Wirt was fourth. Newcomer Nick Howe was fith in the white fleet.
After the regatta the juniors took turns in the dunk tank with the Hampton sailors and ate much post-race pizza. The parents were seen under …
SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK 2005 BOAT of the
WEEK - Sledd Shelhorse's MERIDIAN takes bullets for all
five races. Racing in the 11 boat PHRF A class at SBRW,
Meridian trounced her fleet in extremely light air, huge currents, fog,
and eventually, on the third day of the event, perfect sailing
breezes. All the fleets battled fluky to non-existent wind the
first day, a slight improvement in conditions the second day, and after
a tenuous first race on Sunday, great easterly sea breezes that built to
10-12 knots and stayed. OVERALL RESULTS: Boat of the
Week: Meridian, Sledd Shelhorse, Taylor
40, as well as winner of PHRF
A: 2.Sea Star, David Eberwine, J/36;
3 …
At Rosegill, Rob Whittet noted to the FBYC webmaster who was serving beer on the 930-10pm shift that he could not make the links work on our Spring Series Results to the effect that he couldn't find the results for individual races in the Offshore Spring Series. I tried to explain the difficulty we have in posting results for multiple races without success at the hour. The basic problem is that the Homepage only displays files that are equal to type "Results" - and we are only allowed one "Results" file per event. The individual race results are added as type "Custom" files and do show up on the
Offshore Page .
SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK IS HERE! Racing is this
coming Friday, Saturday, and Sunday! The early birds have
registered - check out the website to see who is in which
fleet.It you have not yet entered, get on it
NOW! Contact event chairman, Leigh Morgan at (757) 726-9640
The website address is www.hamptonyc.com - click on the SBRW
logo at the center of the page.
SBRW Important Reminders:
(1) Go to the website and check your entry information (fleet, rating,
etc.); (2) Opening Night registration and Skippers Meeting is
Thursday evening at Regatta Headquarters, HYC, Victoria Boulevard, Hampton,
VA (6pm - 9pm). Skippers …
On Saturday, June 11th, the Stingray Harbour Yacht Club will hold its Annual Yard Sale which will be followed by an afternoon cookout. We all have those extra boat items we dont use and have been carrying around in out boats or stored in our garages for years. Well, your troubles are over because you can take the opportunity to place all your excess nautical items in the SHYC Yard Sale. Now is the time to clean out the boat and put all those items aside until June 11th. Remember, one boats upgrade could be anothers good deal.
Its a Family Affair!
We have had terrific photography submissions from both Jon Deutsch and David Dunigan. Jon's pictures were posted in the usual FBYC way - on a web page for the event.
On July 22 and 23, 2005, Fishing Bay Yacht Club (FBYC) is hosting a group practice (July 22) and an International Hi-performance Opti Clinic (July 23), providing Opti sailors with the opportunity to sharpen their skills before racing at the 2005 Opti Nationals to be held at Norfolk, VA. We have some of the best top optimist sailors coming from Ecuador (3rd place at the 2004 Opti Worlds Team Racing Championship) for the practice and clinic.
Early reports from Hampton Yacht Club are that our team who attended the Virginia State Optimist Championships returned laden with silver. If you do not believe it, take a look at our Coach Juan Carlos Romeros and 4 of his competitors.
Yesterday the FBYC junior race team sent 4 420s, 3 Optis, and One Laser Radial (along with 2 coaches, 3 motorboats, and about 10 parents) to the Annapolis Yacht Club Junior Regatta. In the photo Quentin Jenkins displays a big smile and two thumbs up, indicating his pleasure at his first place finish in the previous race. On the day he ended up with a 3rd in class after about seven races.