Posts for June 2017

2017 Leukemia Cup Is One Week Away!

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Leukemia Cup

We’re one week away from the Leukemia Cup RegattaRegistration is still open, so visit www.leukemiacup.org/va today to get registered.

 

Even if you aren’t sailing, you can still attend the Party for the Cure!

 

Don’t miss our special guest, Leukemia Cup Regatta National Chairman and lymphoma survivor Gary Jobson

Upcoming Event Schedule

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Club News

Schedule of Events
Fri, Jun 30 – Friday Social & Ullman J/70 Friday Night Series
Sat, Jul 1 – Cut Channel Race
Sun, Jul 2 – Long Distance Race & Annual Cookout
Tue, Jul 4 – Independence Day OD Team Racing & Rib Cook-Off
Sat, Jul 8 – Leukemia Cup Regatta
Fri, Jul 14 – Captains Choice Cruise
Fri, Jul 14 – Friday Social & Ullman J/70 Friday Night Series
Sat, Jul 15 – Summer Sea Breeze (FS-FR-Port)
Fri, Jul 21 – Friday Social & Ullman J/70 Friday Night Series
Sat, Jul 22 – Summer Sea Breeze (FS-Port)
Sat, Jul 22 – Womens Sailing Clinic
Sun, Jul 23 – Laser Summer Regatta
Fri, Jul 28 – Friday …

Inaugural One Design Team Event Scheduled for Independence Day!

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One Design Racing

 


Two intense competitions will take place at FBYC on Independence Day 2017 –one design team racing & rib cooking!  A new, fun, & informal one design team racing event will be held on Tuesday, July 4 followed by rib cook-off.

The race will consist of three-on-three boats crewed by teams of three and the rib cook off already has one competing Flag Officer!

Please contact Matt Braun is you would like to provide a boat, skipper, crew, or cook.

Click here for more information or to sign up.

Changes to One Design Long Distance Race Piankatank Course

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One Design Racing

Please review the following course changes for the One Design Long Distance Race being held on July 2.  The Event Notice has been updated with these changes.

Change #1: Daymark "8A" is no longer present.  The course to be sailed for the regatta is changed to be as follows:

COURSE: The course will use government marks in the Piankatank River and Piankatank Channel:

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Start - Finish

Start - Finish

Start - Finish

Start - Finish

Start – Finish

R "8" Port
R "6" Port
R "8" Stbd
"13" Port
Start - Finish 

"13" Port
R "8" Port 
R "6" Port 
R "8" Stbd
Start - Finish

"G11" Port
R "8" Port
R "6" Port
R "8" Stbd
G "11" Stbd  …

Slow conversion to new website

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Club News

We continue to make gradual changes to the website navigation and behavior. This notice is simply to advise you that as you visit our website, you may begin to see unfamiliar looking pages as I have begun movement of pages from the old site https://www.fbyc.net/ to the new one https://new.fbyc.net/.

In the last couple weeks, most links under Club on the blue navigation bar were moved to the new site. For example https://new.fbyc.net/pages/club/ now shows what formerly was seen at https://www.fbyc.net/Club/A/ This week I have copied the content on many other pages linked on the blue nav bar and created pages on the new …

Upcoming Event Schedule

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Club News

Schedule of Events
Fri, Jun 23 - J/70 Friday Night Series
Sat, Jun 24 - Junior Regatta
Mon, Jun 26 - YMCA Junior Camp
Fri, Jun 30 - J/70 Friday Night Series 
Sat, Jul 1 - Cut Channel Race
Sun, Jul 2 - Long Distance Race & Annual Cookout
Tue, Jul 4 - Team Racing Event
Sat, Jul 8 - Leukemia Cup Regatta
Fri, Jul 14 - Captains Choice Cruise
Fri, Jul 14 - J/70 Friday Night Series 
Sat, Jul 15 - Summer Sea Breeze (FS-FR-Port)

 

Junior Week Campers Have Taken Over FBYC!

 

This weekend begins with the TGIF Social starting at 6 PM and the Ullman Sails J/70 Friday Night Series.  Race Contact:  Matt Braun   --   Social Contact:  Liby Hansen or Joe Roos …

Let's Make One Design Great Again!

Brian Ankrom on

One Design Racing

We’ve got to make One Design great again!

The first thing we need to do is drain the swamp.  That’s right drain the swamp!  We have the third race in the Spring Series coming up this Saturday and we’re looking for a good showing.

Noel Clinard is the PRO and he has a great day planned for us.  So all you One Design boat owners get out there and drain the swamp that has built up in your boats from sitting all winter and come on out and race. Show the good old boys how to do it.

After the racing, stop by for a first class social being arranged by Abigail Whorley. So drain the swamp and make One …

Upcoming Event Schedule

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Club News

  

 

DATE
Fri, Jun 16
Sat, Jun 17
Sat, Jun 17
Sun, Jun 18
Mon, Jun 19
Fri, Jun 23
Sat, Jun 24
Sat, Jun 24
Mon, Jun 26
Fri, Jun 30
Sat, Jul 1
Sun, Jul 2
Tue, Jul 4
Tue, Jul 4
Sat, Jul 8

EVENT
Friday Social and J/70 Friday Night Series 
One Design Spring Series 3
Opti Kids - 2nd weekend
Father's Day
Junior Week
Friday Social and J/70 Friday Night Series
Junior Regatta
Opti Development Team
YMCA Junior Camp
Friday Social and J/70 Friday Night Series
Cut Channel Race
Long Distance Race & Annual Cookout
Independence Day
Team Racing Event
Leukemia Cup Regatta

 

 

Junior Programs are Underway with More …

Upcoming Event Schedule

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Club News

  

 

DATE
Fri, Jun 9
Sat, Jun 10
Sat, Jun 10
Sat, Jun 10
Sun, Jun 11
Fri, Jun 16
Sat, Jun 17
Sat, Jun 17
Sun, Jun 18
Mon, Jun 19
Fri, Jun 23
Sat, Jun 24
Sat, Jun 24
Mon, Jun 26
Fri, Jun 30
Sat, Jul 1
Sun, Jul 2
Tue, Jul 4
Tue, Jul 4
Sat, Jul 8

EVENT
J/70 Friday Night Series
J/70 Spring Regatta
Moonlight Regatta
Opti Kids
Laser Spring Regatta
J/70 Friday Night Series 
One Design Spring Series 3
Opti Kids - 2nd weekend
Father's Day
Junior Week
J/70 Friday Night Series
Junior Regatta
Opti Development Team
YMCA Junior Camp
J/70 Friday Night Series
Cut Channel Race …

Long Distance Race and Annual Cookout Registration Now Open

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Social Events

 

 

 

Come join us for the Annual Fourth of July Cookout!  This cookout is for everyone, not just racers!  (But remember, it’s on July 2nd this year.)  The cookout starts at 2 PM.  The menu includes hot dogs, hamburgers, and yummy picnic side dishes!  There will be beverages, sodas, lemonade, and an ice cream bar.  We will have games for adults and kids, music, and lots more.  Bring your picnic blanket, lawn chair, and an umbrella for shade!

Adults are $10, kids 12 and under are $5, adult non-members are $15.

Registration for the 2017 Junior Regatta Now Open

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Junior Activities

This year’s Junior Regatta will consist of two days of racing with approximately three to five races per day.  There will be three separate courses:

1) Laser Radials; Laser 4.7’s; 420’s

2) Optimist Red/Blue/White  (as defined by USODA)

3) Optimist Green  (as defined by USODA)

In addition to the separate course, the Opti Green fleet will also receive coaching and an instructional clinic. One dinner and a free tee shirt are provided to each participant if they preregister prior to June 19. Online registration is available by clicking here.

Great Adult Sailing Lessons On Board the Club Boats Last Weekend!

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Club News

 

Members Dave and Caroline Keys, Bill and Claire Prior, Nancy Harrison, and Dean Smith learned the ropes (and the lines, and the sheets) and are eager to get back behind the tiller whenever they can.  Said Nancy, "I love being able to take out a boat on my own!"

Thanks to CNU graduate and sailing team member Laura Kilgore for teaching the classes...and keeping her cool when the J24 had engine trouble while going into Jackson Creek.  And thanks to Chilcott and her crew for giving them a tow!

The Club boats are easy to reserve and the cost for the entire family is only $100 for an entire season.  Click here to sign up …

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