On Friday July 2, eight FBYC Juniors participated in the Hampton Yacht Club Junior Regatta. William and Natalie Wirt participated in the 30 boat Opti Fleet, and FBYC entered 3 of the Club 420s in a fleet of 12 420s. Our 420s included Alex OToole and Eliza Strickland, Strother Scott and Thomas Jenkins, and Kathryn Clinard and Lina Scott. Coach Rob Wright accompanied the race team.
In the first 420 race, Alex and Eliza has a great start and had clear air in the light conditions. Strother was in equally good position, until he and Thomas ran into problems with a port-starboard situation and had to do a 720 (the boat they hit went on to win the race …
Sailing Instructions for the PHRF boats for the 6th ANNUAL LEUKEMIA CUP REGATTA SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE SAILING SERIES have been posted, as well as Leukemia Class Sailing Instructions, which are for the Cruising/Classic boat class.
There is a special sailing instruction ammendment to the course. 2004 Moonlight Regatta SSI
There will be a dinner at the main clubhouse beginning at 5pm. Ice cream to follow the race, back at the clubhouse, as your reward.
Come on out for a great evening, this Saturday, with a full moon and the possibility of fireworks on the water!!
On Saturday, June 26, FBYC held the combined Junior Regatta and Virginia State Opti Championships. There was a terrific turnout. There were 31 Optis on the Championship Course, including top Opti Red and Blue Fleet sailors from all over the Bay, plus four intrepid FBYC White Fleeters: Ben Buhl; Kramer Koedel; Austin Powers and Alex Jacob. As a new FBYC record, there were 15 Optis in the Green Fleet, all but one of which were from FBYC. FBYC's Alex Jacob and Austin Powers were 2nd and 3rd in the White Fleet and all Green Fleet sailors received Participation Awards.
In the Junior Regatta, there were eight 420s, including four from FBYC sailed by Alex O'Toole/Chris Fehn; Kathryn …
Just a heads-up to folks who want to get their boat name included on this year's official Leukemia Cup tee shirt, you must be registered by Thursday, July 1st...
6th Annual SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY LEUKEMIA CUP
REGATTA is all set for racing on Saturday, July 10. CBYRA
sanctioned event for appropriate fleets plus a cruising fleet and a classics
classes division. For those from the mid and southern parts of our region,
this is also a chance to "race your way" to Screwpile. Stop in Fishing Bay
to do the Leukemia Cup Regatta, leave the boat there until the appropriate day
the following week, and then move on up to Screwpile. Now, there's
a nugget of a plan! For info on the LCR contact Judy Buis at (804)
358-9475 or by email at judybuis@comcast.net.
There
have been a few changes made on our cruising schedule for the remainder of the
year. Please review the updated schedule, and notify the Event Chairmen
of your intention to participate as early as possible. We hope to see you
on the Bay!
June 25-27 St. Marys River Charlie and
Stella Jones
July 9-10 Leukemia Cup Race
July 17-25 Cruise to the North
Bay Gordon
& Shelia Nelson
Mark
Wheeler, at his base of operations in Virginia Beach (wishing he was
with his mates on Pat Patterson's Orion in the Newport
to Bermuda Race), reports that as of this morning's position reports,
ORION is leading her fleet boat for boat into Bermuda and the finish
line. With 40 nautical miles to go the southern Bay homies
(Norfolk/Hampton) had a 9 nm lead on
FireFly.
COCK ISLAND RACE -
Saturday, June 26, 2004. Pull out your crazy chicken suit and get yourself
down to ICW Mile Marker Zero. This is the 17th annual Cock Island
Race; non-sanctioned, mono-hull only, a race surrounded by a party.
Skippers Meeting and race check-in are Friday, June 25, at
Portsmouth's North Landing area on the seawall. For info contact
PortsEvents at (757) 393-9933.
Kahuna wins A
Fleet HYC Big Boat Annual and Defiant Defies C
Fleet: The HYC Big Boat Annual Regatta ran Saturday off
Willoughby Spit on the Big Bay side. Winds with more shifts than
a NASCAR pole sitter led to three mark moves during …
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Nereid in 12th position (217 n.m. from Bermuda) by distance at 8pm Tuesday night, but possibly with a little personal wind, while others in light air or becalmed. Lead boat is 157 n.m. out.
The 2004 Spring
Series came to an end for the Laser Fleet with 5 boats participating. The
shifty and unpredictable winds kept the racing close and the solid breeze made
the reaching legs a lot of fun. In the first race Brad Squires got an
early lead and held on throughout the rest of the race. He was followed by
Alain, Jon and Dave.
The rest of the day
belonged to late-comer James Jacobs who won all of the last three
races. With Brad, Jon and Dave on his heels, James was never able to get
too far out ahead waving to passing motor boats as he seemed to motor between
the marks. In the …
COMING UP THIS SATURDAY -
HYC ANNUAL BIG BOAT REGATTA: CBYRA
sanctioned event, valid 2004 PHRF certificate required; first warning is
at 1155; racing venue will be off of Ocean View; expect drop mark
courses; starts for all PHRF classes. NOTE: for this
race, if there is a General Recall, all other fleets that have
not started will wait until the recalled fleet returns and is restarted.
There is a time limit of 1730 hours. . For info contact; Dick
Boykin, at 890-0093.
INDEPENDENCE WINS CULPEPPER TROPHY AT HOMETOWNE
REGATTA: Graham Field and his crew won the Garland
Culpepper Trophy by finishing the furthest ahead of the 2nd place boat in …
As of 1840 hours, Sunday evening, Eric and crew were 398 nautical miles out from Bermuda (596 total distance.) The lead boat was at 353 nautical miles.
Eric Powers is skipper. The crew includes three FBYCers Ric Bauer, Jon Moody & Jim Morrison. Dyk Luben and Jeff Sigmon round out the crew.
To make it interesting, Glory Days (a boat out of Norfolk/Hampton) is also in the race and has the same PHRF rating of 114. It will be fun to watch how those two do in a little head-to-head racing.
BLACK SEAL CUP-SOUTHERN BAY RACE
WEEK: TITILLATION WINS OVERALL TITLE, DOMINATES 17 BOAT PHRF
B: Chessie served up a varied menu over the three day event.
56 "big boats" sailed on two venues in all kinds of
conditions over the weekend. BSC-SBRW opened Friday on a wild and wooly
day, winds averaging a steady mid to high teens (highest gust reported was 25
knots) with wind against current making for significant square waves (three and
one-half feet). The second day Chessie offered up perfect racing
conditions with breezes going southwest in the 10-14 range. And,
Day 3 brought frustration because of the light and variable
conditions. The RC did get in one race on each venue on Sunday …
The FBYC Laser fleet
once again saw great racing in some fluky winds on Fishing Bay.
The first
race was one to play the shifts on and Alain played best; Jon, Brad and Dave
weren't far behind.
The north-west wind
lightened for the 2nd race and all of the boats had trouble 'beating' to the
first 'weather' mark. The fleet eventually rounded and Brad found a slight
breeze way out in the middle of the channel while the rest of the lasers drifted
about in the middle of the course. Despite protest to the committee to
wave off the race, the boats continued on their slow journey to the bottom
mark. Sure enough …
FBYC will be hosting a sailing performance clinic this Saturday, June 5th. If you've been wanting to take the step up to racing your boat, or want to get more comfortable and improve on your racing skills, this is the time and place to do it. Instruction and guidance will be provided by two staff members from Steve Colgate's well-known, Offshore Sailing School, along with several experienced, FBYC racers. The platform for instruction will be two Colgate 26 boats, along with Flying Scots. The clinic will start at 10 am, so whether your interest is offshore or one-design racing, come on out and learn more about racing and how to race well.
