February 17 - US SAILING BASIC RACE MANAGEMENT COURSE -
Hosted by Fishing Bay Yacht Club (Deltaville, VA) - this is the
official USSA course required for certification as USSA Club Race Officer.
The certification test will be given to those participants wishing to take
it. $40 / $50 includes morning refreshments, lunch, and materials.
John McCarthy will present the course assisted by Brooks Zerkel, USSA Club Race
Officer, of FBYC. Register on line at US Sailing site www.ussailing.org/racemgt/Seminarsor contact Lin McCarthy at (757) 850-4225 or mcbear@earthlink.net
Remember! Murphy Goes Racing, the annual
SBRNYCU racing seminar is coming up fast -
Saturday, January 27, 2007. This year's interactive and
entertaining …
Remember! Murphy Goes Racing, the
annual SBRNYCU racing seminar is coming up fast
- Saturday, January 27, 2007. This year's interactive and
entertaining workshop is designed for all skippers and crew
interested in brushing up on racing fundamentals, to include sessions
on: boat prep, crew organization, sail trim, starting
techniques, and general tactics and strategy. This is a great opportunity
to re-activate your racing juices, bond with your racing buddies, and hob those
ever-important nobs. John McCarthy, US Sailing Advanced Race Officer,
Judge, and, first and foremost, racer and kindred spirit of those who race, will
conduct the workshop. This year Broad Bay Sailing Association will host the
one-day event at the Old Dominion University Sailing Center, on …
PHRF of the Chesapeake expects to mail out
valid rating renewals the first week in January. Best advice:
get your application for renewal back to PHRF immediately. The closer we
get to the opening of the 2007 season, the longer the process takes because of
sheer numbers of applications.
This past week, CBYRA Vice President for Region
4 (Southern Chesapeake Bay), Tom Roberts, was on hand
for the schedulingmeeting for region clubs and sailing
associations. It is expected that by the end of this week, club reps from
both the North and the South Divisions of our region will have the finalized
2007 Handicap (PHRF) schedule from Region Scheduler Lin McCarthy.
By broadcasting your exact Mayday location with the simple push of one button, new Digital Selective Calling (DSC) VHF radios give recreational boaters and the U.S. Coast Guard enhanced search and rescue capabilities. But do you know enough about this new marine radio system to help save a life - possibly your own?
To help boaters understand the latest advances in marine radio communication, the BoatU.S. Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water has launched a free online marine DSC VHF radio tutorial for anyone interested in the new technology. Funded by a grant from the U.S. Coast Guard, the online tutorial, "Can You Hear Me?" is designed to educate boaters on all of the basics of DSC …
PHRF of Chesapeake Grants and Financial Support -
$$$ - PHRF has established a Foundation (PHRFF) to distribute funds
to "provide (1) financial support to amateur sailing; (2) provide
grants to maritime-related charitable and educational organizations; and, (3)
provide scholarships to underprivileged youths to participate in PHRF Member
Yacht Club's junior sailing program." Randy Pugh, president of PHRF, will
take applications from the southern Bay quarterly for amateur/junior
sailing award/grants and annually for maritime-related charitable and
educational organizations. Please go to the PHRF website for
specific deadlines and procedures. The first deadline is March 15,
2007. http://www.phrfchesbay.com
GO GABOON! This Sunday, December 3, 2006.
This is the original "grab up the babies and …
THANKSGIVING is this Thursday, so... take a
turkey sailing!
Planning for the CBYRA Region 4 AwardsPresentation-Dinner is underway. CBYRA vice-president for
Region 4, Tom Roberts, says the soiree will be held at
Fishing Bay Yacht Club in Deltaville, on Saturday, February 3,
2007. Region 4 PHRF and One Design and Junior High Point
Awards won by Region 4 sailors will be presented.
FEATHER FLIES AWAY: Phil Briggs'
J36, Feather, solved the fluky wind shifts and breezed
home in less than an hour and a half over the 7.74 mile
course. This was the 3rd race completed in the 2006 Fall
Series and it was a great day for biting frost. RESULTS: …
CCV HIGH POINT CHAMPIONS: SEA STAR, COOL
CHANGE, CALLINECTES, and MIDNIGHT MISTRESS top of their
fleets. Championship titles were awarded Saturday night at the
annual CCV Awards Presentation Party in Hampton at the downtown Radisson
Hotel. Win, place, and show trophies went to each PHRF Fleet in the 15
race CCV Racing season long program. The points totals were close in
A and C Fleet, while the winners walked away with B and Non-Spin
titles. FINAL CCV HIGH POINT AWARDS WINNERS: PHRF
A: Champion - David Eberwine, Sea Star (18);
2nd - Sledd Shelhorse, Meridian 2 (22); 3rd -
Sanford Richardson, Kahuna (28). PHRF
B: Champion - Rusty Burshell, Cool Change
(16.5); 2nd - Dave McConaughy, White …
It's NOVEMBURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! Sail fast
and sit very close on the rail!
PHRF ANNUAL MEETING RESULTS: Randy
Pugh was elected president for the 2nd consecutive year and
Mike Dale will serve as vice-president for region
4 (south region). Alan Bomar will continue as Chief
Handicapper for the southern Bay. Fleet splits for the coming
season were voted in for the southern Bay (region 4) as: A - Up to
115; B - 116 to 166; C - 167 and up; Non-Spin -
all. These are the same splits as 2006. Any change must be
approved by the region delegates before February 15, 2007, when the splits
become final. PHRF will soon publish a …
GHOSTS AND GOBLINS NIGHT IS TOMORROW! HAPPY
HALLOWEEN!
FROSTBITE #1 Gets Blown Off! Gusts of more than 30
knots brought a halt to the attempt to start the first race of the Frostbite
Series. The series runs for 5 consecutive Sundays in Hampton Roads Harbor.
Sponsored by Hampton Yacht Club. For info contact PRO Dick Boykin at
(757) 890-0093.
When and If belonged to
General George S. Patton; he had the 63 foot Alden schooner
built in Wiscasset, Maine, in 1939. He is quoted as having said,
"When the next war is over, and if I live through it, Bea and
I are going to sail her around the world." …
This past Sunday 3 FBYC Flying Scots and 8 FBYC sailors attended the Final 2006 Team Race at LOWSC. Due to the dire weather predictions on Sat., Selby Bay Sailing Center did not show (someone suggested we rename them SELDOM Bay Sailing Center) and one of the three LOWSC members didnt show either. Conditions turned out to be sunny, in the mid 60s with between 5-15 knots with occasional gusts to 20. We made the most of it and turned it into a 5 boat regatta and had a great time. Conditions were ideal for practicing all skills from very light & shifty to planing downwind on main & jib. (spinnakers were not used)
Mike Miller, John Wake, & …
Closing Day 2006 was brought to an end with oysters and bratwurst after an Offshore Fleet staggered start race in the Piankatank River. Strong winds took their toll on the Colors flying over Fishing Bay, and Tom Roberts and Allan Heyward retired the flag at sunset.
This is a heads up to what will be announced at the skipper's meeting at 0930 tomorrow. For the Closing Day Regatta we will have a Staggered Start Pursuit type race.
This year I have eliminated a large segment of time waiting for small boats, which have not entered, to start. As a result, Morningtide, the slowest rated entered boat, starts at the "Start Time" - 5 minutes after the "Warning Signal". Depending on the course length, all the other entered boats start within 15-30 minutes after Morningtide, so if I can get started on time - everybody will have started by about 1130am.
At the Skipper's meeting, I will hand out
this spreadsheet
which defines the starting times for …
After the staggered start race on the 28th of October, the social will consist of a share dish affair in the spirit of Oktober Fest. Please bring something appropriate (brats, schnitzle etc.) for about 50 people to have a bite. We plan to uphold that fine old German tradition of roasted oysters for this occasion as well. Beer and soft drinks will be provided by FBYC. The use of crotch pots set up at Fannie's House prior to the race may be a good idea.
The Wilton Creek Cruise attracted 7 boats to anchorage and 43 participants to the Coves at Wilton Creek clubhouse. A gourmet soup and stew dinner preceded a brief awards ceremony that included gifts for all Cruise Chairs, a special recognition award to Fay and John Koedel for their extraordinary support of the division this year, and the inaugural "Karaoke Award".
Participating boats were Obsession- Joe and Carolyn Schott, Reveille- George and Lyons Burke, American Pie- Vic and Jane DeNunzio, Ithaka- Douglas and Alison Selden, Reflections- Sam and Nancy Stoakley, Dragon Run- Lydia Strickland, Pelican Cay- Willard Strickland.
MIRAGE, VIRGINIA H, AMARYLYN,
BLACK WIDOW, EXCELSIOR, MY AMY and MUTHA OF PEARL
win fleets in 'Round the Lights: 57 boats started the
2006 RTL and 39 finished. Most chose to round Middle Ground Light first -
they went right - and finished before or very soon after the wind died out
in mid-afternoon. RESULTS: PHRF A (11 boats) -
1.Christian Schaumloffel, Mirage (Hobie 33);
2.PhilBriggs, Feather (J36);
3.Sledd Shelhorse, Meridian 2 (Farr 36). PHRF
B (4 boats) - 1.Andy Armstrong, Virginia H
(Soverel 30); 2.BobArcher / Chris Beahr,
Bad Habit (Pearson 30). PHRF C (6 boats) - 1.Dana
Dillon, Amarylyn (Catalina 30); 2.Justin
Morris …
Due to the scheduling of the Annual Awards Banquet, the Autumn Race set for November 11th is canceled. The November 5th race will be held.
As the season is now drawing to an end, I'd like to take this oppertunity to thank all of you who volunteered to help in delivering the Offshore Program in '06. It takes a lot of folks to run race committees and provide post race socials. Thank you for your efforts. As you can see from race results posted on this site, competition this season was very tight, and racing in close promimity with other boats with finish places being decided by single digit seconds is fun. We all look forward to next season.
We want to reiterate that this weekend's Wilton Creek Cruise welcomes all who prefer to come by car for dinner Saturday evening at the Coves at Wilton Creek clubhouse. Bring your own liquid refreshments. We supply the food.
The Coves clubhouse is reached by taking rte 33 from Deltaville to rte 3, as if you were going to cross the Piankatank bridge, and turning left off rte 3 at the Coves at Wilton Creek sign ( long white fence on left and large green open field). After turning into the Coves, take your first right, then your second left (Mariners Point Ln) to the clubhouse.
Register on-line now for our final get together as a cruising division for this season.
