ROCKET J, J70-68, CREAMPUFF, AFTERTHOUGHT, MAD HATTER, AND CHEEKY MONKEY WIN ONE-DESIGN & PHRF FLEETS AT LEUKEMIA CUP. After four races over two days, 34 boats settled the 2013 Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup competition in the racing fleets. An additional 22 boats sailed in three Leukemia Cruising fleets, led in the final standings by JOIE DE VIE, OSPREY, and SHERPA. This was the 15th Annual Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup Regatta and people turned out for a number of event fundraising activities for this worthy cause. RESULTS: J24 Class (5boats): 1.Neil Ford and Lis Biondi, Rocket J; 2.Scott Collins, Kobayashi Maru; 3.Alan Bomar, roundabout.J70 …
There will be no ice in the ice machine at the club until Saturday afternoon. If you need ice for your cooler on Saturday morning, pick some up before coming to the club.
If you are looking for crew for this weekend's Leukemia Cup, please contact me at paul.wash@webnext.net. We have several people interested who really want to get on a boat.
The Leukemia Cup preliminary scratch sheet has been posted. Look for updates during the week as more boats enter and we refine OD classes and sub classes. There will once again be two courses. One for the PHRF and OD classes and then one for the Classic and Cruising boats, including the Typhoon OD class. If you have any questions, please contact me at paul.wash@webnext.net.
Keep your eyes on thesesouthern Bay youngsters, who distinguished themselves by finishing in their fleet top 10 at the recent Junior Olympics in Baltimore. In the 51 boat Optimist Fleet, Brenton Amthor took 1st overall and won the Chesapeake Bay Optimist Open Championship Trophy; Garett Levy finished 4th and Trent Levy 7th. Among the 45 Laser Radials, Alexander Hanna finished 2nd, Hannah Steadman was 6th (and top girl) and Gray Kiger was 7th. Among the 21 C420s, Jacob Marquardt and Anna Patterson were 7th and Victor Lane and Nicholas Baker were 9th.
10 knots steady from the West makes for a nice racing day and that’s how the …
Join us for the 15th Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup Regatta – voted Best Regatta on the Bay by readers of Chesapeake Bay Magazine! Come and race. Or come and party. Or both!
JULY 12-14 in Deltaville, Virginia
Onshore events at Stingray Point Marina Racing organized by Fishing Bay Yacht Club
Friday Dinner, July 12
Catered Crabcake Dinner at 5:30pm. Cash Bar. Sailing Panel. Auction Preview. $15pp.
Saturday Racing & Gala, July 13
Racing. Gala starting at 5pm. Silent and Live Auctions. Catered BBQ Dinner. Cash Bar. Awards. Live Music and Dancing. $20pp.
Interested in sailing lessons in a club-owned Laser or 420? Or do you have your own boat, and just need the extra training to master the sport on your own? The Junior Division is pleased to offer Private Sailing
Lessons for Adults from June 24 - August 16th.
Lessons will be tailored to your needs...whether you are learning to sail or a seasoned racer.
Coaching will be provided by accomplished instructors and can be scheduled in 4-hour blocks of time.
Pricing is as follows:
One 4-Hour Block ($25 / hour) = $100
Two 4-Hour Blocks (8 hours total / $20 / hour) = $160
Three 4-Hour Blocks (12 hours total / $15 / hour) = $180
[UPDATE: 6/22/2013 FBYC is no longer seeking additional applications and thanks those who have applied for their interest. We'll be in contact with applicants soon]
Fishing Bay Yacht Club (“FBYC”) is seeking a new Executive Secretary for a year-round parttime job. The position will be salaried with hours averaging approximately 15 per week. The work will generally be performed out of his/her home office, but will be expected to attend Board meetings in Richmond on the second Thursday of every month (6-8PM) and an annual meeting.
The salary will be commensurate with experience. The successful applicant must possess strong organizational skills, be a good problem solver, self-motivated, self-directed and able to work independently. …
This coming Saturday is our annual Moonlight Regatta. And yes just like last year we have a waxing gibbous to guide us through the night. Moonrise is at 7:49 PM and it sets at 4:57 AM - so plenty of moonshine and not the liquid kind. Unlike last year, let's plan on clear skies and no thunderstorms.
There is one important announcement: There will be NO dinner preceding the race this year due to Junior Week events. However, there WILL BE ice cream and Goslings post race. So please plan your own dinner accordingly.
The first warning is at 1930 hours or 7:30 PM. Hope to see everyone there. If you have any …
The Parent's Race is coming up on Wednesday, June 22. This is a fun opportunity for parents of junior week sailors and other sailors to get out on the water for some fun mid-week sailing. We'll sail right off the dock in Fishing Bay.
We welcome anyone interested in sailing a laser or 420 to come out and join us. For anyone who does not have a boat, we will do our best to find one for the evening. Jon will help find boats, so send an email to jon@jdeutsch.com if you are in need of a boat for the evening.
The club is in need of people who would like to learn how to score using our scoring program JavaScore. One of the most critical members of the race committee is the person who sets up races to be scored, gathers the results electronically, double checks the results for inconsistencies, and posts the results for all to view. This is a different role than the recorders who capture the live finishes, although some people do both. Learning how to score gives you an appreciation for how our sport works and is a very active part of the race committee.
The first step is to get a list of people interested in learning this skill. The second step is to hold training sessions to teach people …
SBRW in a nutshell – 89 big boat skippers and crew sailed their brains out for three days in beautiful weather, partied their brains out with rockin’ bands and Gosling’s rum, partook of the downtown pirate festival street skirmishes and swashbucklin’ fun, tried out vendor standup paddle boards, laughed, sang and danced with one another, watched fireworks from the host yacht club lawn and raced, and raced, and raced. The courses were different each day and to take home an award was no easy task. The challenges were in the harbor (triangles – multiple races), off Buckroe in the Bay (a distance race) and off Ocean View in the Bay (windward-leewards – multiple races). The winds were …
In order to bring improvements and needed changes to the FBYC website, we're going to make the site unavailable for a few hours beginning sometime after 10am on Monday, June 3. We hope to complete our work in a few hours, but more time – days - may well be needed. Viewing content on the site may work normally or the site may be simply down. Please expect “Zope Errors”, to have trouble logging in to the site and not being able to register for events or post results.
We have been transitioning from our original Zope platform www.fbyc.net to a newer Django framework http://new.fbyc.net/news/ that serves up the news and …
The 2013 Down The Bay Race was one for the record books. It was an epic downwind race that smashed the 30-year old record. FBYC boats taking part included Excitation, Nanuq, Mad Hatter, Wind Dancer & Schiehallion.
Bob Fleck's Mad Hatter won the PHRF-B division and finished 8th overall. Brad Miller's Schiehallion finished 2nd in PHRF-C and was 12th overall. Glen Doncaster's Nanuq was 3rd in A2 and 13th overall. Complete Results.
Here's a writeup that sums it up pretty well from Jon Deutsch who sailed aboard Excitation:
Friday morning we set out on Excitation – a Farr-Dickinson 37 for the Down The Bay Race from Annapolis to Hampton in what would …
The Deltaville to Urbanna Race scheduled for today, May 25th, has been canceled because of high winds blowing down the river. The social event at Rosegill this afternoon and night will take place as scheduled.
A word to the wise:Driving under the influence this weekend will be severly punished in Middlesex County.
Memorial Day Weekend Private Events: During the upcoming Memorial Day weekend there will be two private events taking place in the main clubhouse. The first event begins Saturday, May 25, at 6:00 p.m. and the second Sunday, May 26, beginning at 5:00 p.m. Although members will not have full access to the main clubhouse during those events, they will have access to all other facilities including the pool, beaches, main clubhouse bathrooms via exterior doors, grills, and cook-out tent on the Fishing Bay side and all Jackson Creek facilities unencumbered. If you have any questions or comments, please contact Rear Commodore Matt Braun at (804)-640-3184 or matt.braun@thalhimer.com.
The final high point standings are posted. Awards will be presented at Rosegill this coming Saturday. Congratulations to the skippers who placed in their classes. Thanks to everyone for a successful 2013 Spring Series. Don’t forget that this weekend is Race to Urbanna. The list of racing entries is a little light so if you intend to race please sign up. While you are at it, remember to sign up for the Long Distance series that starts June 22nd with the Moonlight Regatta followed by ice cream with Goslings topping. Finally, good luck to those doing Down the Bay starting this Friday.
The interim high point results have been posted to the FBYC web site. This is for informational purposes only and the scores are not final. The results are organized by fleet. There are 3 pages in each result set. The first page is the summary of daily scores as recorded in low point. The second page is the raw high point conversions, scores, and calculated participation. The third page is the current standings summary and ranking; excluding boats whose participation level did not meet the 51% or greater eligibility requirement. The third page is the page that shows the "final" series results once they are final of course.
Overall, I realize the computation here is different from the …