Art on Fishing Bay, one of Middlesex Countys premier art shows, has teamed up again with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society on this 13th anniversary year of the Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup series. Art on Fishing Bay continues to exceed attendance expectations year over year. So mark your calendar for Friday, June 3, 6:00 9:00 PM, at the Fishing Bay Yacht Club in Deltaville and arrive early to have your pick of arts and crafts produced by many local and regional exhibiting artists.
Talented exhibitors will again display their creations to both browsers and buyers. Each will generously contribute one item to the popular Leukemia Cup Auction to be held at the Stingray Point Marina on Friday …
After a weekend of big breeze and dramatic windshifts on Chesapeake Bay, you might not expect an out-of-towner to come out on top of the Sperry Top-Sider Annapolis NOOD, where members of the Capital City's strong racing community accounted for the majority of the 220-boat fleet. Nonetheless, when the overall winner was announced, it was Copenhagen resident Thomas Klokwhose team won a three-way tie for first place in the 29-boat J/80 divisionwho came bounding up to accept the silver dish, as well as the real prize, an invitation to join the winners of seven other NOOD regattas at the Sperry Top-Sider NOOD Championship, hosted by Sunsail in the British Virgin Islands …
The following report came in from Thomas Klok, brother of Marie Crump, Will Crump's wife. I am told the fleet included 6 former J80 World Champions.
Results available here.
Marie Klok Crump, Will Crump. Thomas Klok, and Scott Collins are pictured - left to right.
"In light of all the bad news with the recent tornado, here are some good
news.
As you know, I am campaigning my J/80 Guldfaxe for the Worlds in
Copenhagen later this year. As part of the preparation I had entered
this years Annapolis NOOD.
I have previously relied on sailing rockstars to provide the boat with
the edge to win races, but have so far failed to win any regattas.
As a look out the window and see two Osprey hard at work rebuilding their half destroyed nest I am glad they survived and how lucky we all were just 36 hours ago they seem quite content as they now have an unlimited supply of building material nearby. I decided this was the best time to put to paper the events while still fresh at mind. With the gale force winds Saturdays day of sailboat racing was cancelled so the Double Eagle crew went different ways with Sam and Carey Mitchener and Carrie Russell having a shrimp and crab cake dinner at my house. With the high winds and statewide threat of Tornadoes the conversation turned to what to …
After a weekend of unprecedented weather in Deltaville that caused the cancellation of both opening day (storm) and spring series number one (tornado), the offshore fleet got what it hoped for all along, a bright sunny day with 15-20 knot winds oscillating just enough to make it interesting, and coming on just strongly enough to uncover the flaws in every crews' winter preparations. At the end of the day, Craig Wright's AFTERTHOUGHT took top honors in PHRF-A, Miles Booth's SHENANIGAN stood atop the PHRF-B fleet, and Brad Miller's SCHIEHALLION won PHRF-C.
Notable for her years of prior anonimity, Strother Scott's LOOSE CANNON arrived on course with letterring on her hull! LOOSE CANNON finished first in the J-105 fleet, as did …
Fishing Bay racing begins. FBYC Spring Series
got underway after having postponed opening day a
week because of the tornados.After a
stressful week of dealing with storm damages suffered throughout Deltaville and
beyond, the FBYC fleet got down to racing Saturday. They got in three
races. RESULTS: PHRF A (7 boats) 1.Craig
Wright, Afterthought; 2.Sam Mitchener,
Double Eagle; 3.Strother Scott, Loose
Cannon. PHRF B (6 boats) 1.Miles Booth,
Shenanigan; 2.Wayland Rennie,
Trilogy; 3.David Hinckle,
Elancer. PHRF C (5 boats) 1.Brad Miller,
Schiehallion; 2.Noel Clinard,
Prophet; 3.Denton Roberts,
Ardent. Sherard Cole, Nutcracker,
was the only PHRF Non-Spin boat on the water …
DELTAVILLE TORNADO - Message from Vice Commodore, Alex Alvis
As most of us are aware, a devastating tornado struck Deltaville on Saturday evening, April 16th. The Opening Day celebration was in progress at the club at the time. Many of our members sustained property damage of varying degrees. There are personal accounts of those directly witnessing and encountering the wind damage. At the time of this writing, no reports have been made of serious injury or fatalities in Deltaville. Gloucester County was not so fortunate.
FBYC is a neighbor and an integral member of the community. A fund raising effort has begun to benefit the Deltaville Community Center conducted by the Deltaville Community Association. The DCA is a central hub responsible …
Open to Members and Non-Members: After the days racing (or yard work), grab your favorite beverage and kick back in the Clubhouse with John McCarthy as he enlightens us on the practical procedures for a proper Protest. Let John demystify the process, because after all Gentlemen Protest Too! The discussion will include information on preparing, filing, and participating in the protest hearing so you know what to expect when you need to.
Well serve a delicious lasagna and salad dinner immediately following the discussion to cap off the evening. Dinner is open to Members and Non-Members: $5 per person Advanced reservations required at
http://www.fbyc.net/Registration/rememberEvent?event_id=1089.
Activities will start after the Offshore racing, but …
By Andy Jenks
DELTAVILLE, VA (WWBT) Tuesday, the National Weather Service confirmed a separate, EF2 strength tornado (winds up to 135 miles per hour) was responsible for widespread damage in Deltaville, part of Middlesex County.
Deltaville is known for the water and the boats until Saturday, when it became known for something else.
"As you can see, all the trees are destroyed and splintered," said resident Lydia Strickland.
It seems as if the entire town is cleaning up now. And really, there isn't much choice. Lydia gave us a tour of the worst areas.
"It's just hard to believe that there were two people in that house," Lydia said pointing out a residence where the exterior walls were …
The Blue Shape is path observed on ground and in WAVY video by Strother Scott. Yellow lines are the edges of the path per Glenn Nix's map in the Southside Sentinel - Red Crosses are "approx" location of destroyed houses marked on the Glenn Nix map. It is very difficult to match up the houses on the map with the Glenn Nix destroyed houses - so please interpret a Red Cross as a "House near the cross was destroyed".
Facebook Notes written by two members - first Carrie Russell from early this morning - talking about dinner at Mayo's house:
After "Blessing of the Fleet" today, Deltaville was hit by a tornado. It really sounds like a train racing towards you. Having dinner at friend's on Moore's Point, I felt the wind velocity intensify and saw a "white hole" ...not a hole really but the tornado. We literally dove for cover in the basement and a split second later, the tornado touched down on my friend's home and blew the doors, windows out. Looks like a war zone. Much of the contents of the house were strewn across the front yard and huge tree tops twisted off …
Alex asked that those in Deltaville today dedicate their efforts to helping those in need in town and cleaning up the club. If you do drive around, please be careful about downed power lines.
A tornado went through Deltaville around 8pm this evening. Fishing Bay Rd is currently blocked between Powells Marina Rd and Deagles rd. Everyone at opening dinner/party is safe. There are reports of homes near 33 that were leveled. Stayed tuned to our facebook page and twitter feed for further updates.
Update 10:55 pm, based on various reports of damage, here is where *I think* the tornado went through from south west to north east
Update 11:35 pm: based on more recent reports the path would have been a smidge to the right as if the line were directly over the road name 'general' at the top of the image.
Racers, Cruisers, and Jrs, everyone is invited and encouraged to bless the fleet and enjoy this incredible event. Make Plans to attend!
Blessing of the Fleet 5:00 pm Dinner 6:00 pm-8:00 pm by White House Catering Music and Dancing 7:00 pm-10:00 pm
Delicious Cocktail Buffet Served Continuously from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Cajun Shrimp and Cheese Grits Beef Brisket Fresh Veggies, Cheese, Fruit and Dessert Cheddar Scallion Scalloped Potatoes Classic Garden Salad French Fries and Chips
Refreshments include: Soft Drinks, Beer and Wine
Back by popular demand from the 2010 July 4th bash is Out on a …
After suffering a mell of a hess last spring upon encountering
"an uncharted rock in the Baltimore Channel entrance of the Chesapeake Bay
Bridge-Tunnel. . . ", Flying Colors, Richard Payne's
J105, is home and racing. That's a good thing!
Try sailing - it's NOT easy! -
Bill Schanen, SAILING
Magazine
CCV Spring Series opened
yesterday to near perfect breezes and tolerable temperatures.
Twenty-eight (28) race boats, crews, and skippers took to the course and got
in two races in Hampton Roads harbor. While all five (5)
Spring Series races are scored separately for final Series awards, there are
also daily awards for each of the three days of racing. Award winners
for …
SunTrust Bank, repeating Presenting Sponsor of this years Leukemia Cup, will host Tom & Mel Neale for the Cups kickoff event at the banks corporate office in downtown Richmond on Thursday evening, May 19. Mark your calendars now!
Tom and Mel Neale have lived and cruised aboard since 1979, averaging 3,000 to 5,000 miles per year, including 19 winters in the Bahamas. They raised and home schooled two daughters aboard. Tom has owned over 25 boats since the early 1950s, from 8 to 53 feet long. Mel has also boated and cruised since the early 1950s.
Tom and Mel write the Tom Neales Cruising for You section for BoatUS @ www.boatus.com. Tom is …
Art on Fishing Bay, one of Middlesex Countys premier art shows, has teamed up again with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society on this 13th anniversary year of the Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup series. Art on Fishing Bay continues to exceed attendance expectations year over year. So mark your calendar for Friday, June 3, 6:00 9:00 PM, at the Fishing Bay Yacht Club in Deltaville and arrive early to have your pick of arts and crafts produced by many local and regional exhibiting artists.
The following report came in from Thomas Klok, brother of Marie Crump, Will Crump's wife. I am told the fleet included 6 former J80 World Champions.
SunTrust Bank, repeating Presenting Sponsor of this years Leukemia Cup, will host Tom & Mel Neale for the Cups kickoff event at the banks corporate office in downtown Richmond on Thursday evening, May 19. Mark your calendars now!