Next Wednesday, September 16th, is the first day of racing for all competitors in the
NYYC Invitational Cup,
sponsored by Rolex, Sperry Top-Sider and Nautors Swan. Beginning at 1100, 19 amateur teams from 14 countries will cross the starting line in NYYC Swan 42s, and many months of preparation will come to fruition as this exciting event gets underway.
Harbour Court will see plenty of action on and off the water, and NYYC members have been invited to enjoy watching the teams racing from spectator boats that have been generously provided by fellow members. In addition, members are invited to join in the social activities that are planned throughout the week.
BATTLEWAGON Wins
Halsey Trophy at
Stingray.Paul
Cross' Battlewagon swept the PHRF Non-Spin
Division at the 2009 Stingray Point Regatta - five bullets in
five races over two days of racing. A total of 35 boats were
at the Fishing Bay Yacht Club annual Labor Day weekend regatta, got in some
nice racing on Saturday and Sunday and, those who had deliveries to accomplish,
dodged gentle rain showers on Monday on the way home. Here's how things
shook out when all was said and done: RESULTS:
PHRF A (9 boats) - 1.Leroi Lissenden, Voodoo
2; 2.Bob Mosby, Cyrano; 3.Sam
Mitchener, Double Eagle. J/105 One Design
(6 …
Six FBYC Juniors have formed the Richmond High School Sailing Association (RHSSA) sponsored by FBYC and Deep Run High School. Madeleine and Graeme Alderman, Conrad and Eric Roos, Jeremy Herrin and Ben Buhl will sail on Saturdays this fall and compete within the Virginia Interscholastic Sailing Association (VISA). Other schools include, Norfolk Collegiate, Hampton Roads Academy, Christ Church, Maury, Poquoson , Walsingham, and a few others.
FBYC Juniors in the greater Richmond area are starving for a venue to sail in the fall and spring. Randy Stokes, President of VISA was instrumental helping to pave the way for FBYC Juniors to gain an incredible opportunity. Additionally, with the help of Hampton Yacht Club, John Hanna, FBYC friend , David Revill, HYC …
$85 per boat ($100 as of August 31). Entry fee includes Friday welcome reception, continental breakfast Saturday and live music Saturday night by Cashmere Jungle Lords.
OTHER COSTS:
Saturday Night Dinner (Adult) $20
Saturday Night Dinner (Child under 6) $10
Sunday Breakfast $ 8
Event T-Shirts $17
Wicking Tee Long Sleeve Shirts $30
Dinner tickets are limited and may not be available at the door. Please buy your dinner and breakfast tickets in advance.
Come join the premier regatta on the middle Chesapeake Bay!
On Friday August 14th, the night before the Annual One Design Regatta, the Opti Development Team, and the Opti and Laser Race Teams celebrated a successful season during the Race Team Awards Dinner.
Each of the three teams gave gifts to respective coaches, coaches gave certificates and made comments about progress made by each sailor.
Jay Buhl thanked parents for their dedication and awarded Dale Alderman with the Mother Duck Award for taking such good care of our kids. Jay also thanked coaches and made a few announcements about the 2010 program.
Watch Out - Summer is trying to slip away.
Go racing now!!
FBYC 70th ANNUAL ONE-DESIGN REGATTA -
It was a big weekend for small boat one-design racing on the Rappahannock River
this past weekend. An assortment of 56 Albacores, Flying Scots,
Frontrunners, Mobjacks, Typhoons and San Juan 21s showed up to race in
this 70 year old event. Even though Saturday, like just
about everywhere south of the Virginia-Maryland border, proved to be a challenge
weather-wise on the Rapp, the fleets got in 5 or 6 races and
competition in each fleet was hot and heavy. For a detailed report of each
of the fleets, please check out the Fishing Bay Yacht Club website at www.fbyc.net …
Staying close by home for LABOR DAY
WEEKEND? Here a couple of special southern Bay options that will
help balance budgets as well as family end-of-summer demands. Both events
have been around for awhile:
15th ANNUAL STINGRAY POINT REGATTA
- Saturday, September 5 and Sunday, September 6): Since its
beginning 15 years ago, the Stingray Point Regatta has been near and
dear in southern Bay racers' hearts. The unique setting at
Fishing Bay Yacht Club, the special attention to pre-and post-race social
activities, and two-days (Saturday and Sunday) of good, round-the-buoys racing
guarantees a great weekend. And, organizers have left Monday, the
actual holiday, open for a return delivery home. Stingray
Point offers starts for all PHRF classes …
The Ephraim Yacht Club, Ephraim WI, is hosting the Flying Scot NACs August 1-7, 2009 and they have a pretty good event web site located at http://www.eyc.org/fsnac/.
Alain Vincey called in today and was so excited he could hardly stop speaking. Bottom line, he reported that the FBYC Junior Racing team had "swept" the racing at the Hyannis Yacht Club's Regatta for One-Design and PHRF classes.
http://www.hyannisyachtclub.org Quoting HYC "This is the premier regatta on Cape Cod drawing boats from as far west as Chicago, as far south as Annapolis, and as far north as Canada." Perhaps HYC should have added "as far south as Deltaville, VA"
In the Laser Radial - FBYC sailors got 2, 7, 11 and 12 (being Kyle Swenson, Ben Buhl, Madeleine Alderman, and Austin Powers) but I am told the contestants included adults, so …
70th Annual One Design Regatta
And Virginia Junior State Championships
AUGUST 15 – 16, 2009
Please make your reservations at www.fbyc.net as soon as possible. The Medical Consent Form required for the Virginia Junior State Championship can be found online. Please order the specially designed regatta apparel when registering online because sizes available at the regatta site in certain styles may be limited.
Here's an update on what's been going on with the Fishing Bay Yacht Club Laser Fleet and our sailors:
Ware River Governor's Cup Regatta
FBYC ANNUAL REGATTA
Long Distance Race
Laser/Radial National Championship Next Weekend
US Junior Olympic Sailing Festival - Chesapeake Bay Open
2009 Sandy MacVickar Junior Regatta
Summer Seabreeze Series
Maryland Junior State Champs
U.S. Junior Women's Singlehanded Championship
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WARE RIVER GOVERNOR'S CUP REGATTA
The Ware River Governor's Cup Regatta is this weekend. Ware River is just south of FBYC near Mobjack Bay. It's about a 40 minute drive from the club and about the same distance from Richmond. This is a two day regatta …
SCREWPILE 2009 Wrap: Two Southern
Bay racing teams bring home Screwpile silver - Pete
Hunter'sWAIRERE won
the PHRF A1 class and Leo Wardrup's BLACK
WIDOW won the PHRF Non-Spin
class. Southern Bay and beyond boats represented us all in fine
fettle at this year's showdown in Solomons. Special kudos are
due WAIRERE and BLACK WIDOW, both of whom won their
fleets, and Sledd Shelhorse,
Meredian 2, who took 2nd overall in the
PHRF A0 fleet, Sanford Richardson, a southern Bay
expatriate, sailing Kahuna in PHRF A1 to a second place finish
overall and Jake Brodersen, Midnight
Mistress, who took 2nd overall in PHRF
Non-Spin. Finishing 5th in their very competitive …
NOTICE TO ALL FBYC MEMBERS:
The July 26th Sea Safety "Man Overboard" course is CANCELLED. The principle speaker is unable to attend because of family illness. This event will be rescheduled for a future date.
The 11th Annual Southern Bay Leukemia Cup Regatta, hosted by Fishing Bay Yacht Club and Stingray Harbour Yacht Club, was held at FBYC this past weekend, with a record 85 boats entered and 72 actually sailing. The fleet divided itself almost evenly between 35 PHRF and One-Design racers and 37 "Cruising Class" competitors.
The entire effort raised more than $150,000 - they are still counting - to support the Virginia Chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
PHRF Fleet and One-Design Fleet Winners: PHRF A (7 boats), Voodoo 2, Leroi Lissenden; J105 (7 boats), Blade Runner, Brad Davis; J24 (4 boats) Roundabout/Dutch Courage, Alan Bomar; PHRF B/C (11 boats), White Boat, Dave McConaughy; PHRF Non-Spin (6 boats) Nanuq, Glenn …
On behalf of the Middlesex Family YMCA, I would like to sincerely thank you all for furnishing us with your first-rate facility and fleet of sailboats for our annual YMCA Sailing Camp. The thirteen local participants certainly were blessed with ideal sailing conditions all week. For the majority of youth participating in this years camp, it was their first exposure to the world of sailing.
Through the guidance, direction, and support of Dan Gillispie, Corrie Radtke, Dixon Cole, and Lud Kimbrough, our budding sailors acquired the fundamental skill sets of sailing and bolstered a confidence for navigating through the waters. Our participants have gained a better understanding of how caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility, the YMCAs core values …
This past week, thirteen area youth participated in the Middlesex Family YMCAs sailing camp hosted generously by the members of the Fishing Bay Yacht Club in Deltaville. Throughout the week-long camp, participants balanced instructional sessions with practicums on the water. Junior sailors developed a myriad of skill sets that included rigging and de-rigging of sail boats, windward and leeward sailing, trimming the sails, and recovering from capsized boats. I was amazed at the progression of their skills from Monday to Friday. They learned how critical communication and team work is in sailing, which is a tremendous life lesson to appreciate and comprehend at their age, asserted Director Buzz Lambert.
As a reward for their hard work and progression during …
Next Wednesday, September 16th, is the first day of racing for all competitors in the
NYYC Invitational Cup,
sponsored by Rolex, Sperry Top-Sider and Nautors Swan. Beginning at 1100, 19 amateur teams from 14 countries will cross the starting line in NYYC Swan 42s, and many months of preparation will come to fruition as this exciting event gets underway.
The Ephraim Yacht Club, Ephraim WI, is hosting the Flying Scot NACs August 1-7, 2009 and they have a pretty good event web site located at 
A helicopter shot of the two fleets. The start of the second fleet with first starters out front.
70th Annual One Design Regatta
This past week, thirteen area youth participated in the Middlesex Family YMCAs sailing camp hosted generously by the members of the Fishing Bay Yacht Club in Deltaville. Throughout the week-long camp, participants balanced instructional sessions with practicums on the water. Junior sailors developed a myriad of skill sets that included rigging and de-rigging of sail boats, windward and leeward sailing, trimming the sails, and recovering from capsized boats. I was amazed at the progression of their skills from Monday to Friday. They learned how critical communication and team work is in sailing, which is a tremendous life lesson to appreciate and comprehend at their age, asserted Director Buzz Lambert.
As a reward for their hard work and progression during …