Posted by Jon Deutsch on Sunday February 07, @09:37AM
Here are a few pictures of snow on the FBYC campus from last weekend's snow storm. Thanks for the photos Dixon!
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Posted by Mary Spencer on Tuesday February 02, @11:16PM
BERMUDA HIGH PARTY
Get out of the cold and join FBYC for great food,
great stories and great drinks!
Friday, February 19th at 6:30pm
The Home of Durwood and Deborah Usry
1215 Wilmer Avenue
Richmond, VA 23227
Adults $15.00
EASY RESERVATIONS:
Register and pay online with a credit card at www.fbyc.net or
mail checks, payable to Fishing Bay Yacht Club, and reservations to John Koedel, III, 7102 Glen Parkway, Richmond, VA 23229. Contact John at (804) 338-1158. Space is limited to the first 60 to sign up.
Name:_________________________ # ___ Adults $______
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Posted by McCarthy on Tuesday February 02, @10:22AM
It's good to be 4P: If you
intend to race PHRF, you need a
2010 Valid Rating Certificate from PHRF
of the Chesapeake, and, for most southern Bay races, you must meet
PHRF Equipment Category 4P. PHRF is very specific
about what is required when YOU check the Equipment Category box on the
application. PHRF says, "Ensure you review the
PHRF Special Regulations for safety requirements and sign the
Certification of Compliance
(Keep this certificate on your boat) BEFORE checking off the
Equipment Category (
4P, 5P, or 6P). Your
application form must check off the Equipment Category (
4P, 5P,
or 6P)." NOTE: The "lifeline exception" to the
4P requirements is clearly explained on the Certification of
Compliance document that is part of the PHRF certificate. So, get
yourself a quiet moment, read the PHRF requirements, and complete your
application or renewal forms. It's part of getting ready to go
racing. For info
www.phrfchesbay.com
USA women, led by Anna,
top Rolex Miami ORC Women's Match Racing. From US
SAILING press releases: "In the Women’s Match Racing finals,
Anna Tunnicliffe (Plantation, Fla.), Molly
Vandemoer (Redwood City, Calif.) and Debbie Capozzi
(Bayport, N.Y.) defeated Lucy MacGregor’s GBR team in a highly charged,
best-of-five series. . . . .“We had a great day on the water,” said
Tunnicliffe. “My team did a great job of staying in the game despite the two
losses in the beginning. We fought back and kept it calm and pulled off
the moves we needed to and are so happy we came out on
top.”
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Posted by Mary Spencer on Tuesday January 19, @09:55PM
IN MEMORIAM
ORIANA R. HARGROVE
12/29/1928 – 1/18/2010
Mrs. Oriana R. Hargrove, of Hanover County, died on January 18, 2010. She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Frank D. Hargrove Sr. (Commodore 1969); daughter, Dale Alderman and husband Rick; sons, Frank Hargrove Jr. and wife Elizabeth, Stewart Hargrove and wife Lynn, and Wellesley Hargrove and wife Kimberly; and 10 grandchildren.
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Posted by Jon Deutsch on Sunday January 17, @10:46AM
FBYC's newest J105, Travis Weisleder's 'Lucky Dog' is at Key West Race Week which starts Monday. Crew includes Clark Dennison, Rob Whittemore, John Wake and Sharon Wake. Follow along at the event website. Good Luck!
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Posted by Strother Scott on Friday January 15, @01:10PM
Commodore David K. Elwell Jr. announced that the club has invited 26
pre-eminent American yacht clubs to compete for places in the second New York
Yacht Club Invitational Cup, which will be sailed in Newport, R.I., September
10-17, 2011. Commodore Elwell explained that a number of yacht clubs in the
United States had expressed interest in competing in the inaugural event, held
in September of 2009. “This invitation for a U.S. Qualifying Series is in
response to that interest,” he said. The Qualifying Series will be held in
Newport on September 8-11, 2010.
The invited American yacht clubs are American in Rye, N.Y.; Annapolis;
Bayview in Detroit and Little Traverse in Harbor Springs, Mich.; Boston and
Eastern in Marblehead, Mass.; Carolina in Charleston, S.C.; Chicago; Fishing
Bay in Deltaville, Va; Fort Worth Boat Club; Houston; Ida Lewis in Newport,
R.I.; Indian Harbor, Pequot and Stamford in Connecticut; Larchmont, Rochester
and Seawanhaka Corinthian, also in New York; Long Beach, Newport Harbor and San
Diego in Southern California; St. Francis and San Francisco in Northern
California; Southern in New Orleans, La.; St. Petersburg in Florida; and
Seattle.
Note: See http://www.nyyc.org/2010USICQualifying/ for more information about this event.
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Posted by Noel Clinard on Wednesday January 13, @01:30PM
Fishing Bay Yacht Club, home of a highly competitive Junior Sailing Program and host of an acclaimed Opti ACCs in 2004, has gotten off to an early start in planning the 2010 USODA Opti Nationals for July 16-24 in Deltaville, Virginia, which is located on the Middle Chesapeake Bay, 75 miles east of Richmond, Virginia.
The schedule calls for Team Nationals July 17-19, with check-in the 16th, Girls Nationals July 20, with check-in the 19th, and Nationals July 21-24, with check-in the 20th. Advanced check-in for earlier arrivals will be permitted for the latter events. There will be a Green Fleet on a separate course July 21-24 with similar check-in times.
FBYC has created a state of the art website for the regatta at http://optinationals2010.org. That “Event Website” can be accessed directly at that address or linked from www.usoda.org or from FBYC’s standard website www.fbyc.net. As usual, registration and fee payment will be provided on the USODA website, but all other information and transactions for apparel, accessories, and incidental purchases of goods and services will be provided on the Event Website. Already included are detailed regatta information, directions, charter and accommodation information, interactive maps, charts and photos of the sailing area, weather and tides, host and sponsorship criteria, articles on the Fleet PRO and Green Fleet Instructor, as well as various Sponsors and Local Hosts. The Event Site is compatible with Facebook and Twitter, which are already crackling with Fans and Tweets. Become a Fan on Facebook at http://facebook.com/optinationals2010 and connect with other sailors and parents and follow our updates via Twitter at http://twitter.com/optinationals.
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Posted by Strother Scott on Saturday January 09, @09:40AM
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Posted by Strother Scott on Friday January 08, @03:26PM
The National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) in partnership with the Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatU.S.) and twelve other trade groups representing 90% of retail gasoline providers, almost all automobile manufacturers and a large majority of motorcycle and non-road equipment manufacturers sent a letter Wednesday to the EPA, Department of Energy (DOE) and The White House concerning the EPA's pending decision on the use of E15 and DOE's Ethanol Research Program.
This issue is important to anyone who owns gasoline-powered tools, equipment, autos, boats, and off-road vehicles or who may have safety or environmental concerns with the current proposals for increasing the amount of ethanol in the nation's gasoline supply.
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Posted by Mary Spencer on Tuesday January 05, @10:58PM
Winter Program #1 – Mike Aiken
January 29th, 2010 @ 6:30pm
Virginia Eye Institute
400 Westhampton Station
Richmond, VA 23226
Michael and wife Amy are both licensed USCG captains with over 30,000 offshore miles each. They have made two transatlantic crossings, outfitted several boats of their own for offshore cruising and have supervised/ consulted for many others. They currently live aboard a 42’ cutter hailing out of Norfolk, VA.
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Posted by McCarthy on Monday January 04, @05:48PM
Key West Race Week (KWRW) (Jan
18-22, 2010) - The fleet is building and one of the first from the
southern Bay to enter is Travis Weisleder's J105, Lucky
Dog. LD sails out of Fishing Bay and will compete in
the J105 one-design class. The Lucky Dog team is skipper
Travis Weisleder and John and Sharon Wake,
Rob Whittemore and
Clark
Dennison.
Teamwork, Robin Team's J/122 comes to KWRW out
of Beaufort, North Carolina, and will sail in the IRC class. Also,
from North Carolina, Kent Mitchell's (Bald Head Island) Cape
Fear 38, My Velocity, is entered in the PHRF Class. Ken
Saylor of North Sails Hampton will be tactician on
L'Outrage (Bruce Gardner, Annapolis). L'Outrage
will be doing both Fort Lauderdale to Key West and KWRW. Vela Veloce
(Richard Orland, Saint John, Canada- IRC class) will have
Mark Wheeler aboard as tactician in both Fort Lauderdale to Key
West and KWRW. From Beaufort, NC, a well known and appreciated
southern Bay expatriate, Steve Hunt, will be at KWRW racing in
the Melges 24 class as tactician on Alan Field's WTF from Marina
del Rey, California.
LASER RACERS - Jon Deutsch
appointed "Leader of the Pack" - Jon, whose home club is Fishing Bay
Yacht Club, is the new US Singlehanded Championships Area C Committee
Representative. The committee consists of the 14 area reps plus a member
at large. The committee makes decisions and ensures that the US
Singlehanded Championships are held each year and that each of the areas
holds elimination events and qualifies a sailor for the Championship. Jon
will serve a 3-year term. Jon said, " We'll be
having our Area C elimination event on April 24-25 at Severn Sailing Association
in Annapolis. The event is open to any US Sailing member in Area C over
the age of 16 who wants a chance to be among the 24 sailors competing for the
championship in Pensacola Florida in late July. This will also be the
first year there will be separate men's and women's events. The
elimination will be held in Laser standards for the men, and radials for the
women. Hopefully we'll have some good participation and represent the
southern Chesapeake Bay well!" CONGRATULATIONS! to
Jon.
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