Ninety-three boats and their crews raced on August 10-11 in Fishing Bays very successful 63rd Annual One Design Regatta. Dick Cole was the Event Chair and organized and ran a large one design regatta that was thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended. Thank you Dick!
On the day prior to the Regatta, Harry Carpenter was invited by John Beery and our Flying Scot fleet to conduct a clinic on Flying Scots. The Flying Scot Fleet must be applauded for getting 25 boats on the line. Harry stayed over for the racing, and after a slow start (5th), he went on to get 5 First Places to win the Flying Scot Fleet for the regatta. David Lee, on Floozies Little …
Case Whittemore, Bob Wardwell and Ron Buchanan traveled to North American Championships in August
From Rochester, NY..in the J/29 Fleet Fishing Bays Case Whittemore placed 2nd in the J/29 North Americans, Bob Wardwell finished 4th.
Top 5 finishers were 5th Bruce Lockwoods Tomahawk, 4th Bob Wardwells Killshot, 3rd John Lavins Dirty Harry, 2nd Case Whittemores Patriot and 1st John Espositos Hustler.
In the Lighting Fleet Ron Buchanan and Bob Wardwell traveled to North Cape, Michigan to sail the Lightning North Americans. 116 boats registered for the fierce competition. Bob Wardwell sneaked in to the top flight (North Americans) and Ron Buchanan qualified for the 2nd flight (Presidents Cup …
Come join us as the Club hosts its premiere offshore regatta of the year at the new clubhouse. This year's event is shaping up to be one of the finest yet. We should have eight classes racing on two courses on Saturday, August 31 and Sunday, September 1. The racing will be exciting but you can bet things will be hopping on shore as well. FBYC is hosting dinner and entertainment on Saturday evening for all regatta participants and Fishing Bay Yacht Club members. If you don't plan on racing, we still welcome you to join us Saturday night.
Racers should get those completed entry forms in as soon as possible. Non-racers can use the same form to …
Two Fishing Bay Mobjacks competed in the 43rd Mobjack Nationals in Lewes, Delaware August 16-18. Meg and Tom Roberts placed 6th and Jerry and Cheryl Desvernine placed ninth in the three-day five-race series. Perry and Bev Jones attended as Class Measurer. Meg was earned the Stephanie Anne Ives Memorial Trophy as top Junior skipper and the Top Woman Skipper award. Jerry and Cheryl earned the top husband-wife team award. Results are posted at the Mobjack Web Site (http://mobjack.tripod.com) and the Lewes Yacht Club site (http://www.lewesyc.com). Check out the photo there of the Mobjacks sailing with Delaware's Tall Ship!
This past Tuesday and Wednesday we traveled to Hampton for the Junior Olympic Festival. We brought Ashton Hudgins, Meg Roberts, Franny
Kupersmith and Quentin Jenkins out for this fantastic festival. Highlights included Franny Kupersmith placing second overall in the Byte
fleet, only a couple points away from winning the whole regatta!
See Results for Bytes.
She received a huge cup and an elegant medal. Also, Meg Roberts despite many
boat difficulties, managed to place fourth overall in the competitive Byte fleet.
See Pictures at HYC Web site.I would like to put out a special thank you to the Hudgins for having us
stay with them for the duration of the regatta. Between their big screen
TV and swimming pool …
According to the official Screwpile Results Case Whittemore and Patriot received a First in Class among 7 J-29s at Screwpile. He was followed closely by Paul Anderson - 2nd - on Tittilation . Congratualtions to them both.
Patriot will soon be on its way soon to the J-29 North Americans to be held in Rochester, NY on August 16-18. Good Luck!
Some 67 members ranging from grandparents, who never miss an opportunity to be with their off-spring, parents who clearly enjoy their tasks, and kids who just roll with every punch, filled Fishing Bay with joy last Saturday. The event that brought the crowd together was a "Cruise with Kids" event Chaired by Kara and John Koedel, and Carey and Chris Gaenzle. There is little doubt that there will be a demand for a repeat in 2002. The crowd was supplemented on Saturday afternoon by the crews of 5 Flying Scots and 3 Lasers, after racing in the final Summer Seabreeze Regatta, ably managed by Debbie Cycotte and her crew as Race Committee and Brooks Zerkel as Social Chair. Somehow or …
After braving a fierce lightning storm to start the race, the Solomons race fleet was becalmed just north of Windmill Point early Friday night. With predictions of light winds through the night, the fleet conferred by VHF, then a spokesman informed the event chair by cell phone that as of 2047 they were starting engines and withdrawing from the race. We wish them all good luck at the Screwpile Lighthouse Regatta and hope for better conditions next year.
Strong breezes and small waves made for an exciting West River Junior
Regatta Tuesday, July 16th. We took Mark Buchanan, Kathryn Clinard, Annie
MacKinnon, Quentin Jenkins, Strother Scott, Ashton Hudgins, Eliza
Strickland, Franny Kupersmith and Miles Kimborugh to the regatta.
Highlights included Mark Buchanan placing third in the over twenty boat
green fleet. Way to go Mark! Franny Kupersmith placed third while Eliza
Strickland placed fourth in the competitive 10 boat byte fleet. Kathryn
Clinard and Annie MacKinnon had an absolute blast. Quentin Jenkins got a
taste of what being in the front of the pack is about when he rounded the
weather mark 11th out of the fourty boat Opti red, white and blue fleet.
Finally, Miles experienced why …
The Sailing Instructions for the race to Solomons Island, July 19-20, 2002, are attached as a PDF to this article. Important times include:
Friday, July 19
1700 Race entries due on board FBYC race committee boat, Mr. Roberts, located on the FBYC middle dock on Jackson Creek.
1700 Skippers meeting at FBYC on the lawn under the flag pole adjacent to Jackson Creek
1900 Warning gun for first class
For further info contact Stuart Burnett, Solomons Race Event Chair at stuart@nkvb.net or (804) 240-8368.The attached PDF contains the Sailing Instructions for the FBYC 2002 Solomons Island Race.
The 43rd National Championship for the Mobjacks will be held on August 16-18 at the Lewes Yacht Club in Lewes, Delaware. Lewes is located on the South shore of the Delaware Bay at the mouth - opposite Cape May, NJ and just north of Rehoboth Beach. For more information check out the Mobjack Web Site and the
Notice of Race which has been posted.
In big wind that made them forget the heat, Quentin Jenkins, Annie MacKinnon, Lina and Strother Scott sailed in the Virginia State Optimist Championships, Eliza Strickland, Andrew Wilton and Meg Roberts raced Bytes and Robbie Walker and Justin Wilton raced full rig Lasers. Eric Bokinsky organized the trip and coached while Alex MacKinnon, Ruthanna and Ron Jenkins, Strother Scott, Dick Cole and Tom Roberts spectated and helped out. There was big wind that kept racers from feeling the heat. They are shown relaxing on the lawn after racing. Great group of sailors!
Yesterday Blake and Eric led our Junior Team to the Sandy MacVickar Junior Regatta at Severn Sailing Association in Annapolis, Maryland. Strother and Lina Scott sailed their Optis in windy cool conditions with a large fleet. They are shown getting a little advice from Blake and Eric between races.
Eliza Strickland and Frannie Kupersmith participated in the Byte Class. At the request of some members who felt the picture of last year's coaches on every Junior Racing Article of the web site was a little dated - I have replaced it with an image of Frannie and Eliza in their Bytes at SSA. As with any subject image, you can click on the picture to find all articles on the …
*BREAKING NEWS*
The Jury has reinstated Emily East and Hartley Meric (Fairhope YC) into race 5. East and Meric were recorded OCS by the Race Committee, but filed for redress claiming the the OCS was not warranted. The Jury agreed and has given the team their 2nd place finish for the race. This moves East and Meric into first place, just one point ahead of Derby Anderson and Lucy Kupersmith (Annapolis, MD). With one race to go today, only the top two teams of East/Meric (19pts) and Anderson/Kupersmith (20pts) have a mathmatical chance to take home the Ida Lewis Trophy.
THE RACE FOR PORTUGAL!
While the top two teams battle it out today, another race of significance will …
According to The Newport Harbor Yacht Club Website FBYC Junior member Lucy Kupersmith and her partner lead the U.S. Sailing Junior Womens Double-Handed Championship For the Ida Lewis Trophy being held July 5-10th, 2002 at the Newport Harbor Yacht Club, Balboa, California.
The Race Committee has held the competitors on the water for a 4th race. The wind continues to be steady at 15 knots with an occasional lull to 13 knots. The south south easterly breeze direction continued, however the velocity slowly dropped during the race from 15 knots down to 8-10 by the finish. That didn't seem to bother Derby Anderson and Lucy Kupersmith (Annapolis, MD) who sailed …
We had a great day today.
Catherine Clinard sailed well in green fleet and came home with a fourth
place trophy, which she was so proud of she cradled it in her hands the
entire drive home! Unfortunately she will need to have some fiberglass
work done on the boat bow - she was on starboard tack and the little kid
who hit her who was on port tack & did not respond to her yelling
"starboard" at him.
Quentin Jenkins got a third place trophy in blue fleet.
Eliza Strickland and Miles Kimbrough sailed an FJ belonging to NYCC
because there weren't any other Bytes - they sailed without the plugs,
which provided the coach boat an opportunity to help …
Ninety-three boats and their crews raced on August 10-11 in Fishing Bays very successful 63rd Annual One Design Regatta. Dick Cole was the Event Chair and organized and ran a large one design regatta that was thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended. Thank you Dick!
On the day prior to the Regatta, Harry Carpenter was invited by John Beery and our Flying Scot fleet to conduct a clinic on Flying Scots. The Flying Scot Fleet must be applauded for getting 25 boats on the line. Harry stayed over for the racing, and after a slow start (5th), he went on to get 5 First Places to win the Flying Scot Fleet for the regatta. David Lee, on Floozies Little …
Yesterday Blake and Eric led our Junior Team to the Sandy MacVickar Junior Regatta at Severn Sailing Association in Annapolis, Maryland. Strother and Lina Scott sailed their Optis in windy cool conditions with a large fleet. They are shown getting a little advice from Blake and Eric between races. 
Eliza Strickland and Frannie Kupersmith participated in the Byte Class. At the request of some members who felt the picture of last year's coaches on every Junior Racing Article of the web site was a little dated - I have replaced it with an image of Frannie and Eliza in their Bytes at SSA. As with any subject image, you can click on the picture to find all articles on the …
On Sunday morning July 7, 
According to 
"7th Race