The cruising regatta attracted 10 boats which turned into a drifting match but Chilcoot prevailed to finish first. The race committee of Ric and Sharon Bauer did a stellar job of running the race and attempting to fairly rate the boats. I think we learned a few things about handicapping this year which we can carry over to next year. After the race we had dinner with 42 people attending. A good time was had by all.
On July 28 the progressive dinner was held with 28 people attending.
Cocktails were had at Sarah Carneal's home with dinner up river at Andy and Ellen Soyars home. It was a hot evening as it was 98 that day but fans …
The results are in from some big New England Regattas. Optis: Hyannis Yacht Club held their Regatta July 30 - August 1, 2010. There were 69 optis and Fishing Bay Juniors took 1st (Alex Hanna), 3rd (Kendall Swenson), 10th (Erin Jacob), 12th (Graeme Alderman), 13th (Jed Londrey), 16th (Gray Kiger) and 18th (Hannah Steadman). Congratulations to the team!
Hyannis Results are available here.
The following week, the team attended the New England Optimist Championships in Newport, hosted by Sail Newport. There were about 330 Optis in the Red, White, and Blue fleets. Alex Hanna got a 4th overall, and Kendall Swenson was the 6th girl and got a 30th overall. Deeper in the finish order were 70 Will Whitmore, 71 Gray …
OPTI Nation
Update:Hanna
Finishes 4th Overall at 2010 USODA New England Championships
Hosted BySail Newport. The Fishing Bay Yacht
Club Opti Team traveled to Newport a short week after hosting the 2010
Opti Nationals. Alexander Hanna posted a 4th overall in
the 311 boat championship fleet. Kendall Swenson
finished 6th in the Opti Girls Fleet (103 racers) and 30th overall in the
championship fleet. Also sailing for Fishing Bay at the event were:
Gray Kiger, Will Whitmore, Jack Whitmore, Hannah Steadman, Erin Jacob, and
Jed Londrey.
US SAILING
Youth Sailing Championships: Graham Landy wins C420
Fleet. The best-of-the-best …
While many people have volunteered to help during the Annual One Design Regatta that will be held this weekend, August 14-15, David Hinckle still has some positions to fill. He needs tractor drivers, retail sales specialists (merchandise sales) and registration workers. Please let David know if you can help even if only for a little while. You can reach David by email to david@blueprintingservicesva.com or by phone @ 804 370-7650.
A wonderful video from the Clyde Cruising Club's attempt to break their previous record number of boats forming a sunflower during the Centenary Cruise. They didn't quite get the 200 boats they had hoped for, but, still, quite a muster. Must have been a great experience for the Crumps, Garretts, and Haywards.
We have revamped the Pirate Cruz event originally envisioned for Little Bay in an attempt to address the diversity of requests, conflicting club and personal schedules. We have heard that some members would like to participate in the event but do not have access to a "cruising" boat. Others are participating in the Annual One Design Regatta and many juniors are being recruited to participate in the regatta as well. Still others have conflicts with work or family schedules, which limit their availability for an extended weekend cruise. As a result, we made the following adjustments:
Changed the location to Gwynn's Island
Collaborating with the Annual One Design Regatta for Dinner (Aug 14) and Breakfast (Aug 15 …
Picture taken Tuesday July 20 of the various Fishing Bay Yacht Club members and people from Richmond at the Crusing Club of America cocktail party at the Western Isles Hotel, Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Scotland, while participating in the Clyde Crusing Club's Centenary Cruise:
Tanner Rose, Susan Crump, Lolly Hayward, Allen Hayward, Ross Catlett, Bev Crump, Connie Garrett, Waddy Garrett, and Lloyd Brown.
Webmasters are critical to events in
these days and times. We have a lot of good ones in the sailing
community and certainly on the southern Bay. Folks who give
their time and genius to special racing events on the southern Bay
certainly come to mind - most recently, Jon Deutsch (2010 Opti
National Championship Regatta), and Buddy DeRyder (Southern Bay
Race Week for the Black Seal Cup). It's a tough job requiring talent,
time, skill, patience, and judgment.
Fishing Bay Yacht Club is hosting their 71st Annual
One Design Regatta, in two weeks, August 14 & 15. Classes
expected include: 420, Albacore, Hampton, Flying Scot, Front Runner, Laser,
Laser Radial, Mobjack, and Optimist. The FBYC-ers …
71st ANNUAL ONE DESIGN REGATTA
AUGUST 14 & 15, 2010
Registration http://www.fbyc.net
Advance Registration Is Encouraged
Event Chair: David Hinckle david@blueprintingservicesva.com
Social Chair: Matt Lambert matthew.a.lambert@gmail.com
Race Committee Chair: Rick Klein - rgklein45@aol.com
Sign up online at www.fbyc.net.
Registration and handicap form must be completed 48 hours prior to event to facilitate handicaps and headcount for dinner.
For additional information, contact Joe Schott at 804-776-6004 (H), 804-513-0567 (C), or hjschott@verizon.net
Jere Dennison noticed that Rives Potts and Carina were featured on page 16 of the August 2010 edition of Sailing magazine. I have scanned the article and the full page picture - Carina is sail number USA 315 - and it is available as a download of a 2MB pdf here.
SOME OF THE 50+ COACH BOATS RAFTED AT DELTAVILLE MARITIME MUSEUM DOCK!
They did a great job. Both the Screwpile and the
Opti Nationals organizing committees may have some valuable advice on
controlling chaos and managing mayhem that would be useful all over the
place - the Gulf, Afghanistan, even the Macy's back-to-school
sale!!
Another great SCREWPILE REGATTA:
MERIDIAN and MIDNIGHT MISTRESS
win their fleets. The 16th Chesapeake Bay classic event came
off as planned - racers raced, rum flowed, and trophies are now happily
displayed in conspicuous places. LG Raley and his band of relentless
volunteers have done it again. One hundred and twenty (120)boats entered
the 2010 Screwpile Lighthouse Challenge Regatta …
July 24, 2010 (Deltaville, VA) Since July 17, some of Americas best junior sailors, and several international sailors, have gathered in Deltaville to compete for the title of National Champion. Fishing Bay Yacht Club has been the host yacht club for the 315 sailors, their coaches, and their families. The championship regatta included Team Race Nationals, Girls Nationals, and Open Fleet Nationals. The event has been quite successful, with only a few postponements due to light air. It has been a great opportunity for young sailors to challenge themselves by competing against the very best. Open Fleet Nationals also gave new competitors some valuable experience by setting up a separate course, complete with experienced coaches, for the Green Fleet …
Today the 2010 Layline Nationals Girls Championship held 3 races over the trapezoid course in the mouth of the Piankitank River in light air, and the FBYC girls did great!!
Erin Jocobs got 13th overall, 5th in the blue fleet; Kendall Swenson got 21st overall, 14th in the red fleet; and Claire Lennarz got 40th overall, Hannah Steadman 43rd; all out of 80 boats.
Trophies were scheduled to be awarded by Olympic Gold Medalist Anna Tunnicliffe - pictured at left, but the girls had to settle for autographs, as trophies aren't being given out until the results are final.
The USODA Team Race Nationals got off to another early start on day 3. Racing began at 0930 to take advantage of the predicted winds and to give the sailors the best chance of getting in the entire round before our cut off time in the afternoon.
The wind was out of the south, south-west at 13-18 knots. It was mostly cloudy in the morning and clearing around noon. A few rain clouds passed through the race course, but never dumped a significant amount of rain.
Following the 2nd round, the teams were re-grouped into Gold and Silver divisions with the top teams put into the gold division and the bottom half in the silver. The teams in the Alpha …
Sailing on Sunday at the 2010 USODA Layline Team Race Nationals started early with a 0930 first warning to take advantage of the morning wind. The wind began out of the west, south-west at 8-10 knots. Since only 24 races were completed yesterday for the first round of the round robin, we had to get in 12 more races to complete the round before going on to round 2.
The Team of Lauderdale Yacht Club (#4) was the top-ranked team coming out of the first round. They were followed by the LISOT Black Team, LISOT Blue Team, and Team FOR A. Those four teams made up the top group going into round two and the rest of the teams were …