Posts for February 2016

Karen Soule has agreed to lead the Adult Sailing program in 2016.  Karen together husband David have been active in the cruising division aboard their Ericson 38 Soulemate for several years and is excited to bring her many years of racing and cruising experience to this committee position.

The long term mission of the FBYC Adult Sailing program is the development of sailing skills for members and prospective members, including the increased knowledge of boat handling, seamanship, navigation and safety; the furthering of this purpose by the promotion and encouragement of day sailing, racing and cruising. The Program is meant to continue the development of lifelong sailors who will be a great credit to the Fishing Bay Yacht Club and …

Please join us at the Main Clubhouse between 0830-0900 for coffee and low fat/low calorie doughnuts. We’re looking to start at 0900 and our tasks will include putting down mulch and gravel as well as sprucing up the garden/flower beds.

This is a great opportunity to work on our campus, see old friends and make new ones.

Please sign up on the FBYC website or call/email Ed O’Connor, Grounds Chair

FBYC is again offering their popular Crew Training Program with classes starting in March.  This program was started over 25 years ago and has been introducing sailors to the sport and to FBYC ever since.  For anyone looking to learn the basics of sailing, or get into racing, or improve their skills - this is the class.  The class consists of 3 evening classes in Richmond and 2 optional on the water practice days at FBYC.

Classroom instruction is provided by FBYC racing skippers and crew with experience in local, national and international racing and participants are given written materials to compliment the classroom sessions.

• Classroom: Tuesday, March 22 6:30pm
• Classroom: Tuesday, April 5 6:30pm
• Classroom …

Fishing Bay Yacht Club  is pleased to host a J/70 speed clinic on Sunday April 10, 2016 at Fishing Bay Yacht Club.  Our clinic instructor will be Allan Terhune of Quantum Sails.   Allan will join us to discuss rig tune,  boat preperation, speed tips and more.    The onshore instruciton will begin at 1000 followed by on the water practice session and concluding with debrief session and social around 1430.   Eveyone is welcome we are encouraging all boats to be rigged and ready with crew in attendance at 1000.   Please contact Matt Braun at matt.braun@thalhimer.com  to RSVP by April 6, 2016.   Feel free to contact Matt or  Adult Sailing Director …

The dry sail hoist maintenace was completed this week and the hoist is now repair, inspected and ready for use.

TIME TO REGISTER FOR JUNIOR SAILING EVENTS!

Registration for Junior Events opened Feb 1 and spaces are filling up fast!

Member preference ends on Tuesday, March 1

We are excited about the 2016 Junior sailing season at Fishing Bay Yacht Club, and are looking forward to another great year of FUN! No matter your sailor's age, experience, and sailing goals, we have an event to excite them and get them out on the water with their friends. Our philosophy is that if kids have fun sailing with their friends, they will come back for more and develop into lifelong sailors. And remember, parents and grandparents are always welcome to join in the fun! 

Follow the …

Come hear from Rob and Andi Overton, seasoned experts in offshore sailing, on how to prepare oneself to go offshore cruising.  You will learn what kind of boat is appropriate, what equipment is needed, and what it costs to cruise.  This will be a two-part discussion on sailing, equipping, and provisioning your own boat, as well as what is entailed in chartering a boat. So, whether you have never cruised, cruised once or twice, or you are an experienced cruiser, there is still much to be gained from Rob and Andi’s knowledge and experience.  We hope to see you there!

Just $10 - REGISTER HERE

Underway at the club this winter are some maintainence jobs including refinishing the upstairs porch doors.

Fishing Bay Yacht Club is excited to announce its 2016 professional coaching staff! Once again, we will have world-class coaches with a breadth of experience as both racers and coaches. They have over 40 years of combined coaching experience. Four are returning, with our Head Coach, Tomas ("Tommy") Dietrich, in his third season at FBYC! Three of our coaches grew up in the Junior program. They will be led by Head Coach Tommy, who is himself a National and South American Champion!

SUMMER COACHES

TOMAS DIETRICH - HEAD COACH & OPTIMIST RACE TEAM COACH

We are extremely excited to welcome Tommy back for his third year at FBYC! In 2016 he will serve as both Head Coach and Opti Race Team Coach.

Tommy …

The use of Club member emails for business use is against Club policy.  Please keep this in mind when sending out any communications.  Group email addresses are for Club use only and are not to be used to generate mailing lists or email notices about subjects not connected to Club business or activities.  Thank you in advance for your cooperation and helping us to respect fellow member’s privacy.  More details may be found under the Rules section of our website at:

https://www.fbyc.net/Visitor/Rules