4th Annual Southern Chesapeake Volvo Leukemia Cup Regatta Wine Reception, Saturday, May 18
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The Charm of the Chesapeake is the theme for the 4th Annual Southern Chesapeake Volvo Leukemia Cup Regatta Wine Reception, Saturday, May 18, at the Mariners Museum in Newport News. Guest presenters for the event will be well-known Bay sailors and authors Dick and Dixie Goertemiller. The Goertemillers, who live in Reedville, are founders of Chesapeake Bay Magazine and for many years were editors of the popular Guide to Cruising Chesapeake Bay. They have sailed the Chesapeake for more than 35 years and have written hundreds of articles and stories covering their many cruising and sailing adventures. In addition to their cruising experiences, Dick Goertemiller, who is a leukemia survivor, is also a marine artist. Their presentation includes a unique …
Hustler, owned by John and Tony Esposito from New Rochelle, New York, won the FBYC J/29 Invitational Regatta, which was sailed on April 19-21. With this win, Hustler continues its dominance in 2002 of the J/29 circuit with earlier wins at the Key West and St. Petersburg regattas.The second place boat was Rhumb Punch, which is owned by John Edwards and skippered by Clark McKinney, both of whom are from the Solomons, MD area. The top placing FBYC boat was Titillation, which is owned and skippered by Paul Anderson. Titillation nosed out Patriot by one point. Patriot is owned and skippered by Case Whittemore. The other FBYC boats were Bob Wardwells Killshot (9th), Frank Glawsons …
Commissioning Prayer Fishing Bay Yacht Club Clubhouse Dedication
Twenty-five Past Commodores assembled for the Commissioning Ceremony in front of the new Clubhouse. 
Old Dominion recently qualified for the team nationals to be sailed at U. of Hawaii in early June. Anna Cobb, former Jr. Coach at FBYC, currently a coach at NYYC, is a member of the qualifying team. She is crew for Matt Allen from Beverly, MA. Also on the team are All Americans Brad Funk and Liz Biond, team captains Debbie Capozi and Ryan Thorvaldsen. Kenney, Jim and Malcolm plan to join Anna and her team in Honolulu. ODU is one of the premire sailing teams in the U.S.
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In the depths of World War II, the major efforts of all members of the fledgling Urbanna Yacht Club (predecessor to FBYC for those who didnt read last months column) were directed toward winning the War. However, the burgee continued to fly, and UYC did not cease operations as so many other clubs were forced to do.
Nevertheless, racing activity on the Chesapeake Bay was severely curtailed due to the many skippers and crews on military leave and due to travel constraints dictated by gas rationing.
FBYC Opening Day Commissioning Dinner invitations are in the mail.
After opening day racing, the ceremonies begin at 5:45pm. Proper attire requested.
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under the loom of imminent hostilities in Europe and Asia. Within a year, the Association incorporated as the Urbanna Yacht Club. The club had an enrollment of 35 sailing yachts and 63 members, had rented quarters in Urbanna, and had joined the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing Association. Within three years, an active racing program was severely curtailed by the outbreak of World War II, and many of our members joined the armed services, representing practically every branch of Americas fighting forces. Pictured here is the schooner Nighthawk shown on race committee duty for the cruising division during UYCs Virginia …
As you may know Jere Dennison and Mary Anne Hooker are a committee assigned the duty to approve decorations to be displayed in the new clubhouse. Jere has found an old burgee of our club when it was located in Urbanna at the time of its founding in 1939. A volunteer graphic artist has designed the image at the left which will be featured in the Commissioning of the new builing on April 13. Please save the date and plan to attend this once in a lifetime event.
A wonderful new setting has been created with the upstairs screen porch facing Fishing Bay. The railing has been installed - by the time the bugs are out we will have screening on the walls and ceiling fans to stir the air. 
The exterior of the building is almost finished. The upstairs porches will be getting railings. The beautiful 