Nanuq, Glen Doncaster’s Sabre 42, is set to take place in the Ft. Lauderdale to Key West Race that starts today and will end in Key West in 2 1/2 – 3 days. Nanuq is competing in the 9-boat PRHF fleet and is looking to repeat last year’s podium finish. The crew mostly from FBYC are finishing their final preparations for a 1pm EST start. Track their progress here or visit the regatta website: http://keywestrace.org. Updates from the crews and the race organizers will be posted on the SORC Facebook Page.
Crew are: Glen Doncaster,Narda Roja, Emily Doncaster, Kelly O’Toole, Alex O’Toole, Janet Moyers, Amy McGlynn, Stephanie Sweeney, John Behen, Matt Newborn, Andrew …
On March 10th, the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary will be conducting the "Safety-at-Sea" course at our clubhouse for the benefit of our members and their families. The Commonwealth of Virginia has now begun requiring passage of this course for operators of all vessels powered by motors of 10 horsepower or larger. Beginning July 31st, all such operators 30 years of age or younger will be required to present a card/license showing successful completion when stopped.
Participation in this year's course will be limited to 50 attendees. Last year was a complete sellout so be sure to sign up on the website at your earliest convenience.
Coffee and Danish plus a light lunch will be served …
History-Making Flying Scot #6000 On Display in Chicago
Deep Creek, MD - The 6000th Flying Scot has been built and will be on display at Chicago's Strictly Sail boat show January 26-29 at the Navy Pier. After the show it will be delivered to its new owner, Dan Koules, who requested the number and ordered the boat more than two years ago. Koules sails out of Sheridan Shores Yacht Club in Wilmette, Illinois, where Flying Scots are the most active fleet in club racing.
January 10, 2012 - TOMORROWGary Jobson - Sailing: Speed and Passion - (NOTE - Tickets will be available to the door). OPEN TO ALL - hosted by FISHING BAY YACHT CLUB at the Hilton Garden Inn(Richmond) - Cocktails at 5:30pm, program at 6:30pm. Cost includes light hors d'ouvres, coffee, tea, soft drinks (there will be a cash bar) - $20 per person, FBYC members $15. Gary, in his own special, comfortable style, will cover the America's Cup, preview the 2012 Olympics, and talk ocean racing.
Southern Bay Racers will soon be racing in Florida.Fort Lauderdale to Key West Race - start is THIS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11. There are three (3) southern Bay boats racing …
CORUM Cup High Point results for 2011 have just recently been released. FBYC had fantastic results in both Opti and Laser Radial classes.
All ten FBYC Opti Race Team sailors finished in the top half (out of 129), with three in the top 10.
Our Laser Race Team sailors finished in the top 5 out of 62 sailors total.
I extend a special congratulations to Opti Race Team member Jed Londry, who finished 1st in the Opti class, and to Jeremy Herrin, who finished 1st in the Laser Radial class.
CBYRA Region 4 (Southern Chesapeake Bay) Scorer, Tom Roberts, has completed the scoring for the region NORTH and SOUTH Divisions for the High Point Awards. These are preliminary results and show only the top contenders in each fleet (CBYRA members). Eventually, all will be posted at the CBYRA website. Congratulations!
REG 4 - SOUTH DIVISION (from Hampton Roads/North Carolina to north of the York River) PHRF A: 1.David Eberwine (HYC), Sea Star; 2.Phil Briggs (HYC), Feather; 3.Bob Mosby (HYC), Cyrano: 4.Leroi Lissenden (HYC), Voodoo2PHRF B: 1.Bob Archer (HYC), Bad Habit; 2.Dennis Hannick (DYC), Goin'; 3.Greg Cutter (HYC), Gremlin. PHRF C: 1.Justin Morris (HYC), The …
Not much more than a year ago, 26 year old Walker Potts and his cousin Rives’ ocean racing experience was focussed on Newport, Rhode Island and especially the annual Newport-Bermuda ocean race.
By the time they get back to Newport in June next year, they will have seen much of the world and racked up an exponentially expanded racing and ocean passage CV that wasn’t even on the radar a year ago,
The Transatlantic Race. The Rolex Fastnet Race. Now the Rolex Sydney Hobart. And the thousands of …
SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK 2012 (Welcome and check-in, Thursday, May 31 with racing June 1, 2,& 3) has again partnered with the downtown Hampton Crowne Plaza Marina Hotel to accommodate racers at a special basic per night rate of $110, which includes parking. Make your ressies now - go to www.hamptonmarinahotel.com and use the special booking code SBR to book on line or call 1-888-233-9527 and say you are coming to Southern Bay Race Week 2012. The Crowne Plaza is on the waterfront and within an easy walk of regatta headquarters at Hampton Yacht Club.
MARINE EVENT APPLICATIONS -The Coast Guard has set up a user friendly electronic system for submitting Marine Event Applications …
Ullman Sails presents a new seminar that gives you an inside look into how sailing’s top competitors tackle the racecourse. With insight from some of our most decorated sailors, “Unlocking the Racecourse” will walk you through each stage of a typical race day and cover key strategies used by the pros to sail and win consistently. Our panel of experts will cover all types of racing and positions, whether you sail a dinghy, sportboats, handicap or one design.
When: February 15, 2012 Cocktails 5:30-6:30 pm Program 6:30 pm Where: Doubletree by Hilton Hotel - Richmond Airport Map link From the West: Take I-64 East to Exit …
KUDOS are in order for your CBYRA. The 2011 Board of Directors reported at the annual meeting Saturday that the organization's previously overwhelming debt (many thousands of dollars) has been paid off. Under the leadership of CBYRA President Karin Mazi, the organization reported a final figure in the black for the first time in a number of years. And, it was done without dues increases - "We made difficult cuts," Mazi said, "and we had a very successful CBYRA (Annapolis) Race Week."
JINGLE YOUR HOLIDAY SPIRIT BELLS! Mike Veraldi, J24, Quicky, is the main man behind a drive to collect toys for the FOR KIDS organization, serving families all year and with this special effort in the holiday …
When: January 10, 2012 Cocktails 5:30-6:30 pm Program 6:30 pm
Where: Hilton Garden Inn – Downtown Richmond 501 East Broad St. - the former Miller & Rhodes building
Cost: $15 Members $20 Non Members (Includes light hors d’ouvres, coffee, tea soft drinks, cash bar)
Optional Book: "Gary Jobson An American Sailing Story" $26.95 Program and book would make a great Christmas gift for the sailor on your list! Gary will be autographing books at the event.
To Fiddler's Green. This past week Lester L. Hudgins, Jr., succumbed to cancer. Lester was a southern Bay legend who will be fondly remembered especially for his time racing his C&C, Defiance,on the Bay and beyond. Lester turned a lot of folks on to competitive sailing and there will be many a toast raised in his honor and his memory.
OP SAIL coming in June 2012. OpSail 2012 Virginia™ organizers have announced the first participating ships, including fourteen tall ships and naval vessels from eleven different countries, and more ships are expected to announce in coming weeks. OpSail 2012 Virginia™ events will span the Commonwealth. Affiliate ports include the cities of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake …
The 2012 sailing events committee, led by vice commodore George Burke, has been meeting over the couple of weeks to set the schedule for 2012. There may still be a view changes, but as this is finalized it will be loaded permanently on the website.
2012 Fishing Bay Yacht Club Sailing Events Schedule
Your PHRF at work. As a follow-up on the PHRF Annual General Meeting, from Mike Dale, President of PHRF of the Chesapeake comes a brief update on the southern Bay area, CBYRA Region 4.First , for 2012 fleet splits for Region 4, both North and South Divisions, will remain the same as in 2011. Keep the fleet splits in your pocket when you go to talk to the boat broker.Second, if you provide spinnaker information on your rating application, both ratings (spin and non-spin) will be assigned automatically. It is on you to provide required rig/sail dimension information.Handicappers know a lot, they say, but they cannot provide numbers only you have. Third …
Having successfully tested the next Zope upgrade, we plan to install it on the web site over the next few days. We do expect that it will cause some breakage which we will fix as they arise.
Please let Strother know if you run across any errors.
When this last upgade is installed, we will have our web software entirely up to date.
TARTAN TEN Class reactivating Fleet 10 on the Chesapeake. The T-10s hope to have a fleet in place to race in the Annapolis NOODs in early Spring. Plans are to have an organizational meeting in December or January to encourage members' discussion, election of a Fleet Captain and Fleet Measurer, and finalize a schedule for 2012. Miles Booth has contact info and can point interested folks in the right direction. Miles' email address is danagay@juno.com This is a great opportunity for Tartan 10 owners. FROSTBITE #3 is in the books - good racing, plenty of wind. The breeze climbed to 20+ when the clouds rolled in and boats and crews had a good romp …
Highlight video from our Annual Meeting & Awards dinner:
New flag officers:
The following awards were given at the Annual Awards Ceremony on Saturday, November 12. A complete set of pictures can be found here.
Matthew Fontaine Maury Bowl – FBYC’s Highest Award: awarded for outstanding contributions to FBYC – Not Awarded
Piankatank Trophy - awarded to the skipper who most exemplifies the principle that "all is not lost until the boat sinks" – Wayland R. Rennie
Commodore's Bowl - awarded on an alternating year basis to the outstanding skipper in Offshore and One-Design events for the year based on performance and participation - D. Bradford Miller
Annual Race Committee Trophy - awarded to the FBYC member who has made the greatest …
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Ullman Sails presents a new seminar that gives you an inside look into how sailing’s top competitors tackle the racecourse. With insight from some of our most decorated sailors, “Unlocking the Racecourse” will walk you through each stage of a typical race day and cover key strategies used by the pros to sail and win consistently. Our panel of experts will cover all types of racing and positions, whether you sail a dinghy, sportboats, handicap or one design.
