Recall all of those friends who think what we do at FBYC is pretty amazing?  Now is your chance! 

Send them to sign up for Crew Training 2024!

https://www.fbyc.net/events/2024/240305-training-crew-training-class-1/

FBYC is again offering our popular annual crew training sailing course for anyone interested in a team sport that will challenge the most competitive and give a lifetime of enjoyment to anyone who loves outdoor sports and good fun.  Sailing is a lifelong sport and racing only makes it even more enjoyable!

Sign Up Here

The course consists of three classroom sessions and two on-the-water practice sessions in Deltaville (about 70 minutes east of Richmond) aboard racing sailboats. Classroom instruction is provided by FBYC racing …

Join us as Peter Gibbons-Neff from Annapolis recounts his 4050-nautical-mile race solo handed in a 21 foot Class Mini 6.50. Peter was the only American racer to finish the La Boulangere Mini Transat Race on November 15th.

Sign up to attend on fbyc.net

March 6th, 6:30pm-8:30pm – Presentation starts at 7PM

Hardywood Park Brewing Company --- Barrel Room

2410 Ownby Lane

Richmond, VA 23220

$20 per person

Light hors d'oeuvres and cash bar

For more details please contact the event chair.

Registration has just opened for Junior Sailing 2024

Make sure to get your Junior sailors signed up for Junior Week, Development, Race Teams and more!

FBYC Member priority: members get priority for access to all classes before March 1 if the class were to fill.  

Member discount: use coupon code FBYC when it asks during the registration process.  This saves members from $50 up to $850 (The $850 is for summer race teams).  

Register Now

Saturday March 23rd, 9am - 1pm

We will be sprucing up the Club! 

Bring work gloves, any yard tools (such as wheelbarrows, pitchforks, rakes, shovels, cordless drills and trimmers, etc and please label well), comfortable shoes, and come hang out with friends and make the Club gorgeous and ready for a new year! Yes, you can operate your own items and keep track of them. Please sign up on this Sign Up Genius page. 

We will meet at the main clubhouse at 9:00 am for direction and tasks.
Lunch and drinks will be provided this year!
When we break for lunch, we can look back and see the beautiful progress made from the morning's work.

After lunch, follow your friends …

FBYC members Jon Moody and Brad Miller, along with former member Eric Powers and their professional captain, are en route from Cape Town, South Africa aboard the Moodys' newly-built Balance Catamaran, Hokule'a.  They plan a provisioning stop at the island of St. Helena then on to Brazil with their last stop in Grenada.  Jon reports conditions have been favorable so far.  They hope to reach Grenada by March and invite FBYC members to follow their track on Predict Wind and read their log entries at:            https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/display/SV-Hokulea/

Fair winds Jon and crew!

2024 Junior Program Save the Dates:

OPTI KIDS
June 8-9 and June 15-16

JUNIOR WEEK

June 17 - 21

Registration goes live in February.

2023 Commodore’s Ball Annual Awards and Photos 

Country Club of Virginia (CCV) St. Andrews - Saturday, November 11, 2023

Full event photo gallery HERE

2023 FISHING BAY YACHT CLUB TROPHY WINNERS

Junior Division

HENRY E. HUTCHESON, Jr. MEMORIAL TROPHY - Henry Latell

L. WOOD BEDELL TROPHY - for Opti - Levi Dalsaso (not present); Laser - Finn McKinster

ROBERTS BOWL - Opti: Sebastian Angus; Laser: William Sutten; 420:  Justinus Petkauskas (not present) & Madeleine Garrett

REID A. DUNN TROPHY- Laser: Noah Wensell, C420: Justinus Petkauskas (not present) & Madeleine Garrett

JUNIOR COMPETITION TROPHY - Opti: Clark Garrett, Laser: Noah Wensell, C420: Bo Angus

CAROLINE COLLINS TROPHY - C420: Madeleine Garrett

YOUNG SALT TROPHY - Wyatt Call (not present)

UP AND COMING TROPHY - Parker Edwards (not present)

BECCA BOAT …

SIS BOOM BALL!

Commodore's Ball 2023 Event Recap

What a great time everyone had at the 2023 Commodore’s
Ball! We commenced the evening with our FBYC Annual
Meeting to provide a year in review of the successes
of 2023 and plans for 2024. Then, the very important
and honorable exchange of Flag Officer Patches and
presentation of our 2023 American and FBYC Flags
(which flew over our beloved campus during 2023) to
our outgoing Commodore Mark Wensell. The meeting
was extremely well attended by over 75---demonstrating
positive interests in FBYC Leadership and ongoing
management.

We took a different course this year by returning back to
the beautiful Country Club of Virginia. We tried something
new by switching to Action …

Foggy day of sailing for the final winter series day on Saturday.  More Pictures.

More Pictures.

View on YouTube

Some footage of the 2000 US Laser Masters has been re-digitized and is available for viewing on YouTube. This was one of the last major events in the old club house before it was torn down to make way for the new one.  Check out the footage to see some of what things looked like and some of the people who helped put on this 92-boat event or sailed in it.  The video is not short, so use the text in the description to jump around and find the parts you want to see.

Also if you have any video footage of the club or club events that is 20+ years old, let me know and I …

The club was decked out in fall colors Sunday morning ahead of the One Design Frostbite Regatta.

Photo by Jon Deutsch

The One Design Division ended the season with the frostbite regatta that wasn’t much of a frostbite.  Sailors were treated to temps in the low 70s and winds that reached the double digits.

After waiting about an hour for the sea breeze – it came and gave the 10 ILCA, 3 Flying Scots and 2 Melges 15s 4 nice races.

The Flying Scot fleet saw each boat win a race with Ric and Sharon Bauer winning the tiebreaker race to the dock to win the day.

The ILCA Fleet saw Scott Adam, James Jacob, Mike Moore and Holly Sears mixing it up at the front of the fleet.  James Jacob would win the day, followed by Scott Adam, Peter Ill …

We plan to start as soon as the racers get in roughly 2PM but no later than 3PM.  You MUST register by Thursday 10/26 - see below.

Fabulous End of Season Event you don’t wish to miss.  Reservations and tickets required—last chance to register is this Thursday at midnight 10/26.   Remember that if you are sailing in the event you must register for the race in Regatta Network and purchase your tickets through the storefront here:

Racers: Click here to register on Regatta Network 

Oyster Eaters: Click here to buy tickets 

Bring a Shared Dish to assist in coordination and enter to win Top Billing by Type (feeds 6-8 people) Savories, Chili/Crockpot-type food or Dessert    Click …

2023 Commodore’s Ball Annual Awards and Photos 

Country Club of Virginia (CCV) St. Andrews - Saturday, November 11, 2023

Photos by Paul Almany
Full photo gallery HERE

2023 FISHING BAY YACHT CLUB TROPHY WINNERS

Junior Division

HENRY E. HUTCHESON, Jr. MEMORIAL TROPHY - Henry Latell

L. WOOD BEDELL TROPHY - for Opti - Levi Dalsaso (not present); Laser - Finn McKinster

ROBERTS BOWL - Opti: Sebastian Angus; Laser: William Sutten; 420:  Justinus Petkauskas (not present) & Madeleine Garrett

REID A. DUNN TROPHY- Laser: Noah Wensell, C420: Justinus Petkauskas (not present) & Madeleine Garrett

JUNIOR COMPETITION TROPHY - Opti: Clark Garrett, Laser: Noah Wensell, C420: Bo Angus

CAROLINE COLLINS TROPHY - C420: Madeleine Garrett

YOUNG SALT TROPHY - Wyatt Call (not present)

UP AND COMING TROPHY - Parker Edwards (not …

 (DEADLINE TO BUY DINNER TICKETS IS THURSDAY OCTOBER 26)

Registration is now open. Remember that if you are sailing in the event you must register for the race in Regatta Network and purchase your tickets through the storefront here:

Racers: Click here to register on Regatta Network 

Oyster Eaters: Click here to buy tickets  (DEADLINE TO BUY TICKETS IS THURSDAY OCTOBER 26)

Bring a Shared Dish to assist in coordination and enter to win Top Billing by Type (feeds 6-8 people) Savories, Chili/Crockpot or Dessert    CLICK HERE TO ENTER YOUR SIDE DISH 

We are adding something new this year: A Members-Only Sailboat Stuff Swap Meet.  We have reserved 6 parking places in the Fannies Lot for anyone interested in …

The High Point awards for the Spring Series have been compiled and congratulations to our winners - Len Guenther in the Flying Scot and Justinas Petkauskas in the Melges 15. Both fleets had 6 competitors each that sailed in at least 50% of the races over the 3 race series (a 4th day was canceled due to weather).

Flying Scot

1. Len Guenther
2. Phil Webb
3. Joe Nelson
4. Hal Starke & Rick Peterson
5. Holly Sears
6. Ron Jenkins

Melges 15

1. Justinas Petkauskas & Madeleine Garrett
2. John Hubbard/Mike Miller
3. Caroline Garrett
4. Parker Garrett
5. Lud Kimbrough
6. Paul Almany

Congrats to all who participated!

Chesapeake Bay ILCA Masters Championship Video

On Saturday, September 16th the 2023 running of the Wolf Trap regatta nearly could have started with a bang but in actuality, it was a well-played reaching start in a fresh northwesterly breeze leading to a solid spinnaker leg south to the old lighthouse. The keyword for the windward (etc.) return leg was perseverance; Hats off to the B fleet boats that sailed smartly in the backing, clocking, and vanishing winds to best a foul current and finish within the time limit. It’s always a pleasure to watch skippers and crews work their boats from an RC point of view. 
Full race results HERE.

More Photos HERE.

Check out this aerial tour Fishing Bay Yacht Club thanks to Ned Rennolds.

Hurricane Lee is forecast to remain offshore as it passes Virginia.  But the storm may send higher winds & tides to Deltaville over the next few days.  We will be making a few preparations at the Club.  Please note:

Wind is predicted to reach 25-30, gusting 35 out of the North with an extra foot of tide Thursday & Friday.

- Fishing Bay Road drains have been cleared.

- West Dock power and water may be turned off pending high tides.

- Fishing Bay Dock power may be turned off pending high tides.

- Safety Boat Whaler has been hauled and is unavailable.

- East Floating Dock unfortunately has no vacancies.

- Club Scots will be unavailable Friday 9/15 due to high wind predictions.

Members …