Many Hands Make Light Work - Don't miss your opportunity to help!

Saturday, March 25th from 8:30AM - 12 Noon.
We will be sprucing up the Club! Bring work gloves, rakes, comfortable shoes, and come hang out with friends and make the Club gorgeous and ready for a new year! Please review the available slots on SignUp Genius below and click on the button to sign up. Thank you!

Please bring work gloves and any yard tools (well-labeled) that you have, such as rakes, shovels, trimmers, etc.

SignUp Genius Link

We welcome all racers, cruisers, their families, and guests to this family-friendly event to kick-start
a new season of sailing.  A great tradition at Fishing Bay Yacht Club, Opening Day begins with an
Offshore Regatta followed by dinner and social events.

For more info on volunteering and event registration Click Here

Are you as grateful as I am that our annual dues stay so low, thanks to the hard work of all of our volunteers pitching in throughout the year?  Staffing events, sprucing up the club, running race committees. . . so many great ways that our members contribute.  As a reminder, we do ask our members to volunteer three times a year, but so many of them do even more! The signups for many of this year's events are starting to go up.  We  encourage you to check the  Volunteering page on the FBYC webpage to find the newest signup genius for different events. There are even new categories listed on the right that allow you to signup to be called for …

Many Hands Make Light Work - Don't miss your opportunity to help!

Saturday, March 25th from 8:30AM - 12 Noon.
We will be sprucing up the Club! Bring work gloves, rakes, comfortable shoes, and come hang out with friends and make the Club gorgeous and ready for a new year! Please review the available slots on SignUp Genius below and click on the button to sign up. Thank you!

Please bring work gloves and any yard tools (well-labeled) that you have, such as rakes, shovels, trimmers, etc.

SignUp Genius Link

Some of you will remember Toots, who worked on Albemarle Pippin at FBYC from 1983-1994, and was beloved by many of us.
David John Dunigan III, 74, Annapolis yacht captain, photographer, film maker and noted yachtsman, died Jan 31 aboard his yacht "Kingfish" at Annapolis of natural causes.

Eldest son in a renowned Annapolis sailing family. (His father David J. Dunigan Jr was Star class champion at the Gibson Island Yacht Squadron.) David Dunigan is best known for his photography work with several magazines, including the local "Spin Sheet" and for his films recording sailing fleets up and down the East Coast and as far afield as Cuba. On film he helped record many of the racing activities of local …

The FBYC Junior Programs Committee has been hard at work making preparations for an
exciting summer of Junior Sailing. Registration is now open and many programs are filling up fast!
Registration will be managed by CampDocs, our camp registration and health forms application.
This simple, easy-to-use site allows for registering for camps and teams, collecting health forms,
and ordering t-shirts. Member registration opened on February 1st and non-member registration
opens on March 1st.  Register Here.  Programs are filling up fast! Don't wait!

All registrations must be completed by a parent or legal guardian. Member registration provides
a discount to FBYC members by using coupon code FBYC. Member grandparents no longer
need to register their grandchildren. Simply have your grandchildren&#39 …

Join FBYC club members David and Alison Lennarz as they recount their story of building a Balance 526

catamaran in St. Francis, on the Eastern Cape, South Africa, and sailing it across the South Atlantic last

summer. The journey of over 6,500 nautical miles took them to Cape Town; the British island, St.

Helena; and the Brazilian island, Fernando de Noronha, and ending in the Caribbean at Grenada.

Saturday Feb 25, 2023 from 4:30-7:00PM

Westwood Club 6200 West Club Lane, Richmond, VA

$20 per person both member and non-member

Light appetizers provided with a cash bar.

Registration deadline: Saturday, February 18, 2023

Register Here

Sponsored by: The Lindbloom Group of Janney Montgomery Scott

Take advantage of this great opportunity for Race Committee training by attending the US Sailing Basic Race Management Training at Hampton Yacht Club Sat, Feb 4, 2023 (Only 6 slots remaining)

Make your plans now to come down to Hampton Yacht Club on Sat, Feb 4, 2023 and take advantage of a great opportunity to take the US Sailing Basic Race Management course.  Fishing Bay is excited to support this opportunity to expand its group of trained Race Committee volunteers, and for those that are willing to sign up, we will reimburse your costs to register and complete the course. There are limited slots remaining, so please sign up soon. Details and Costs can be found at HYC Seminar Info …

We have completed decommissioning the Bathhouse and most of the outdoor water sources.  We will shut down water for the Docks on Wednesday, December 14.

In addition, we have begun work on the West Dock electrical system and expect intermittent power outages through the project.  The Jackson Creek Crane has been locked for safety.  It is available for use but please contact Brian in advance if you need to use it.

Our 5 day season-long ILCA Series concluded in October with the Frostbite Regatta.  18 races were sailed over 4 days (1 canceled due to weather).  7 sailors sailed in 50% of the races to qualify for the series out of 16 total sailors who participated in at least 1 race. Holly Sears was the only sailor to compete in every race. The best high point scoring went to Reed McAllister. He was followed by Scot Adam and Jon Deutsch.

Fall is here and the temperatures are coming down at the Club.

We will begin decommissioning the Bathhouse, Dock water, Pump Out, Ramp water, and the field hydrants Wednesday, December 7th.

Fishing Bay Yacht Club hosted 27 sailors in November for the 41st Chesapeake Bay ILCA Masters Championship after postponing from the weekend in October when Hurricane Ian came through. Five races were sailed Saturday in 8-15 knots and another 4 races sailed in 6-11 on Sunday. Both days saw temperatures reach into the 70’s with southerly winds felt much more like mid-September than early November.

James Jacob, Severn Sailing Association, was the overall winner, picking up the title for the 7^th time in the 41 year history of the event. Natalie Burls, Severn Sailing Association, was the top woman.  Scott Adam was 2^nd overall and was the most consistent on the weekend, winning 4 of the races …

Some video from aboard Moo Hoos - Mike Toms' J105 during the Closing Day race.

Time:

start 3pm - 4pm (depends on when race boat finish)

end  6pm - 7pm

Music by Mike Dale

Don't forget the share dish for your group. Prize for best chili; share dish/appetizer; dessert.

Registration is now open for the rescheduled FBYC Chesapeake Bay ILCA Masters on November 5-6. There is a NEW Regatta Network page, so if you were previously registered you will have to register again and you should already have an email with instructions on how to do that and a coupon code for the fees already paid.

If you didn’t register the first time - NOWS YOUR CHANCE to come join us in November for the best (and only) November ILCA regatta on the bay!

Details and registration at: https://www.fbyc.net/events/2022/221001-onedesign-41st-chesapeake-bay-ilca-masters-championship/

Hope you can join us!

The Trophy Committee will receive nominations through November 4th for the following perpetual trophies to be awarded for this year’s Annual Awards.

PIANKATANK TROPHY – Recognizes the FBYC skipper who most exemplifies the principle that “all is not lost until the boat sinks.”

MATTHEW FONTAINE MAURY BOWL – Recognizes a member of FBYC for an outstanding contribution to sailing at Fishing Bay Yacht Club.

COMPETITION TROPHY – Recognizes a member of FBYC who is the skipper of an enrolled offshore or one design boat and who most successfully represented FBYC in sailboat racing events conducted by other yacht clubs or associations during the past year. Nominations should consider the character (local, regional, national) of events entered and the quality of competition as …

Join us on October 29 for Off Shore Racing and the Oyster Roast

Cost for the Social is $5.00/person and a share dish for your group.  The share dish can be chili, a savory dish or a dessert. Those present will vote for the best in each category.

Prior Registration is required for both  the race and the social.  Last sign up day for the Oyster Roast is Monday October 25th

To register for the Oyster Roast:

     Go to FBYC Event page - Closing day

      In Regatta Network

          Choose View Store Front

          Enter number of tickets

           Add to cart

Follow Direction on FBYC site for the form to enter your share dish.

Racers: volunteers will be available pre-race …

Due to the anticipated effects of Hurricane Ian, we are postponing the 2022 Chesapeake Bay ILCA Masters Championship and will not be sailing it this weekend. Given the forecasted track of the storm - it doesn't look like are going to have conditions that would support having the event this weekend.

I want to thank everyone who was ready to come this weekend and all of the volunteers who had set aside their weekend to help put on a great event.  We are going to try and plan a make up date later this year and there is more information for competitors on the event page.

Mark your calendars for our end-of season celebration regatta and oyster roast, Saturday, October 29, 2022.  Here's the skinny:

• Oysters:  roasted, steamed dumped on tables.  
• Bring your favorite dish.  It can be either chili, a shared dish or dessert,  It should be enough to feed 6-8 people.  Claim your bragging rights!
• Start time will be when Mr. Roberts returns to the dock following the race (hopefully between 15:00 -16:00 hours)
• Club will provide oysters, beer, wine and non-alcoholic drinks
• Cost:  $5.00/person. 
  

You need to register for both the race and the roast by October 20.

Learn more at: https://www.fbyc.net/events/2022/221029-offshore-closing-day-regatta-winter-1/

Our water supply is low.

Water has been shut off to the Jackson Creek Docks, Dry Sail Lot, One-Design Lot, Junior Field, & Fishing Bay Ramp until further notice in order to conserve the limited water we have in the tank.  The Jackson Creek Pump Out is also unavailable.  I anticipate enough water in storage to restore full service by Friday, September 9th.