This Sunday’s Laser Summer Regatta was well attended and everybody seemed to enjoy themselves. The conditions challenged 10 full rigs, and one radial with very shifty wind that got lighter as the day went on. All this kept the RC busy dealing with wind readings between 45 degrees and 125 degrees.
All of the races were very competitive, with numerous position and lead changes, as well as photo finishes. This close racing carried through to the end, as the overall standings for positions 2-5 were not decided until the last 100 yards of the last leg of the last race. The top 5 finishes after 5 races were:
Come Laser sailing with us at FBYC Sunday! Weather looks great and we are expecting a solid turnout.
Schedule is registration at 9, Skippers Meeting @ 10, 1st gun @ 11, no races starting after 1600. Register free online. The social folks would appreciate this, to know how many to buy for.
The forecast is calling for high 80's. Hopefully we get a day like today, which Alain will tell you, was about picture perfect. He got three hours of fine sailing in this afternoon in a solid 15 knots of breeze.
Brad Squires is in charge of social, so count on some good stuff. No pressure there, Brad.
Last week, twenty-one area youth participated in the Middlesex Family YMCA’s junior sailing camp hosted by FBYC. Head Coach Eric Bokinsky and YMCA Director Rosabeth Kisman led the program with coaches Nick Baez, Will Bomar, Ben Buhl, Sam Russell, and Conrad Roos managing the mayhem. Some participants were returning veterans looking to improve their skills, but most of the attendees learned to sail for the first time. This year, two YMCA members who attended FBYC’s Junior Week assisted the YMCA coaches as Counselors in Training. This year the teacher/student ratio was dramatically increased so class could be divided into three sections, according to age. This provided more intensive training and much greater learning accomplishment, as well as improved safety …
During several islands stops on Virgin Gorda, Marina Cay and Jost Van Dyke, we noticed that other visting yacht clubs had left a momento of their home club. Not to be outdone from our friends in Annapolis, we decided to leave our own tribute to FBYC.
May 5th -12th - Chartering a boat in the British Virgin Islands has got to be one of the pinnacle vacations a sailor can plan, and for our family this was a trip we had planned for years.
This May, we chartered two 44ft catamarans from Sunsail out of Tortola. FBYC families Kathryn and Jason Angus with Richard and Kay Clary on one boat; Patti and Will Angus on the other.The week was spent …
Congratulations to Clark Dennison, along with his able crew Jen Holzer, for handily winning the 2012 FS Spring Series. Thirteen boats participated in the series. Phil Webb edged out Jay Buhl for 2nd place and 3rd place.
“Mad Dogs and Englishmen [and sailboat racers] go out in the mid day sun”, or words to that effect, and seventy (70), some meeting overlapping criteria, went out on a sizzling race course off Stingray Point both days this past weekend for a very good cause – the 14th Annual Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup Regatta. The event was two days of racing and additional days of shore side happenings, including a Friday evening special “Meet and Mingle” with Gary Jobson, National Chair of The Leukemia Cup Regatta. The record setting heat conditions required some chutzpah on the part of the racers and some creativity on the part of race officials. Nevertheless, each of the fleets got in …
Did you know that our CBYRA Delegate, Tom Roberts, was actually Dr. Lyman Hall, signer of the Declaration of Independence as the Georgia Delegate to the 1776 Continental Congress!! Tom/Dr. Hall in full regalia after the sold-out closing performance last night of "1776, America's Musical", at the Kimball Theatre in Colonial Williamsburg. Ask Tom to show you a little minuet two step.
Social Chair Jon Moody will host an informal 4th of July cookout at the club on the afternoon of the 4th. The cost of admission is a side dish of some sort. The club will provide dogs and drinks plus beer for the racers. If you are interested in attending the cookout, contact Jon at themoody5@msn.com or call his cell at (804) 334-0893.
4TH OF JULY – INDEPENDENCE DAY – Celebrate yours – go sailing!
As southern Bay racers we sometimes suffer tornados, hurricanes, storm surges, nor’easters, thunder boomers, hot spells, windless days, and gales. All of which are cancelled out by one day as glorious as this past Wednesday, when close to 40 boats raced in Hampton Roads and more raced in other groups including those off Little Creek, in the York River, and elsewhere. All were accompanied by race committees and spectator fleets. Mid-week casual racing at its most enjoyable. Get it while you can! SCREWPILE LIGHTHOUSE CHALLENGE entries hit 109 and still climbing! SPLC continues to accept entries until noon, Wednesday, July 11th …
Ever wonder what a waxing gibbous is? Well here's your chance to find out…and no it’s not rubbing compound...
This Saturday is the Moonlight Regatta and it all starts with a $5 (payable at the event) per head dinner at 5 pm in the main clubhouse. The first starting signal is at 7:30 pm.
The dinner includes an Italian feast of spaghetti and meat sauce, garlic bread, and salad. After the race we will continue the tradition of ice cream and Goslings Black Seal rum topping to help beat the heat.
If you haven’t done so, please let us know how many people will attend dinner by replying directly to me (paul.wash@webnext.net or 804.399 …
The 14th Annual Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup Regatta is more than having a great time on the water. It's about winning the race to cures for leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma. If you have not already done so, register and start fundraising now for the July 6-8 Leukemia Cup Regatta. Free or reduced rate slips will be available at Stingray Point Marina. Our weekend will include a Meet And Greet with sailing legend Gary Jobson ( VIP opportunities available) and a barbecue dinner and auction for sailors and non-sailors alike. Learn more.
MIHILLS win TYPHOON NATIONALS. Ron Mihills (Irvington, VA) and his sons, Rick Mihills (Annapolis, MD) and Brent Mihills (Morattico, VA) won the last three races of the two-day …
For the second race in a row, Carina has been scored First in Class 3 and First in Fleet in the 2012 Newport-Bermuda Race. This video analyses the race.
It may seem a little boring: one long, 635-mile port-tack reach in a 15-25 knot northeasterly, sailing mostly under jib and main. But only the big boats saw those conditions all the way through the 2012 Newport Bermuda Race as they systematically disassembled the old elapsed time records. The fact is that the smaller boats had a lot more complicated challenge, and they’re the ones that did well …
Thanks to those who notified me that on-line registration for the Moonlight Race was producing errors. It did not offer you a chance to enter your Boat info, then complained that you had failed to supply the required data. Our programmer is tweaking things in our process to make it easier for the admins to configure registrations, and this error surfaced. I found the culprit this morning, and now it seems to be fixed.
AFTERTHOUGHT, GOIN’, SCHIEHALLION, and LAST BOAT III take firsts in fleets for Cut Channel Race. It was a wild and wooly 28 mile long race Saturday. Boats reported winds mostly at 20 knots and seas at 3-4 feet. The Cut Channel is the first race of the Fishing Bay Yacht Club Long Distance Series. Fifteen (15) hearty skippers and crew ventured out, Results: PHRF A (4 boats): 1.Craig Wright, Afterthought; 2.Catherine Clark, Corryvreckan. PHRF B (6 boats): 1.Dennis Hannick, Goin’; 2.Bob Fleck, Mad Hatter; 3.Miles Booth, Shenanigan. PHRF C (3 boats): 1.Brad Miller, Schiehallion; 2.Russ Collins, Morningtide. PHRF Non-Spinnaker (2 boats): 1 …
Fishing Bay Yacht Club's 2012 Annual Junior Regatta hosts the COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP REGATTA at the end of Junior Week on SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 2012 – SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2012. There have been some difficulties with on line registration but they have now been resolved. Date of birth is required of registrants and we've had some difficulty collecting this online. So we've removed it and it'll be collected at check in. Anyone who has had problems registering the past week or two is asked to try registering again and it should go through without any problems.
If you have not signed up for the Cut Channel long distance race this Saturday, you should! Currently, there are 15 boats signed up and the weather as of 1000 Wednesday is calling for winds out of the NE, sunny skies, and temperatures in the 70s. Cut Channel is a medium distance race of 28.4 nm. The first warning is at 1100. For course information, please visit the NOR on the FBYC web site.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: There has been a change to the social event...Due to the Opti Kids Saturday night events in the main clubhouse, dinner will not be served after the Cut Channel race. However, we will have a post race social event at Fannie …
We will sail north around Windmill Point and settle into anchorage in Little Bay at the mouth of Antipoison Creek. This is a 3 hour trip or less. Once there, we will dinghy to the north face where there is a beach like you would find in the Caribbean. A shack has been built there out of lumber washed up on the shore. It has now been standing for 2 years. We plan to find more materials and add on. We call it the "Tiki Bra" due to its decorations. This beach is also known for its sharks’ teeth. At the end of the day we will assemble for a bonfire and roasted …
SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK 2012 - Everything was fine . . . until the tornado hit. SBRW 2012, got off to a great start: Thursday night skippers meeting, Friday a day of perfect racing, awards presentation at the regatta headquarters Hampton Yacht Club and then . . . the tornado cut a swath through adjoining neighborhoods, slammed HYC, and spun along the Hampton waterfront. By early Saturday morning it was crystal clear that there was no way to support further regatta activities. Mercifully, no one was killed or reported seriously injured. Literally seconds before the beast hit, racers, volunteers, the band and friends were evacuated by the alert HYC and security staff from the tent into the interior halls of …
Cause of devastation at the Deltaville Maritime Museum on July 18 is being investigated. Building and collections considered a total loss.
