GCBSR pulls into Portsmouth: Somewhat
to most southern Bay racers' chagrin, the Pride of Baltimore, hit the
finish line of the 2006 Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race first and won her
fleet even after the handicap corrections were made. Our beautiful
Virginia finished 17 minutes and 3 seconds (corrected) behind
Pride, for 2nd place in the Class AA. A number of the 34
race participants are docked along the downtown Portsmouth waterfront and are
well worth a look-see. Class Winners: Class AA (6
entries) - Pride of Baltimore, Jan Miles; Class A (5
entries) - Adventurer, Art Birney; Class B (12
entries)- Prom Queen, Roger Worthington; Class C (10
entries) - Adventure, David Holmes …
Not high wind nor high water could keep twenty-six laser sailors from competing in the 2006 Laser District 11 Championship held at Fishing Bay Yacht Club this weekend. Henry Amthor of Hampton Yacht Club took top honors winning one of the 6 races and having top-5 finishes in the rest. Mike Waters from Severn Sailing Association finished 2nd followed by Ted Morgan, also from Severn Sailing Association, in 3rd.
Saturday morning high water from both tides and storms combined to flood Fishing Bay Road. For much of the morning the road remained impassable and competitors were forces to leave their cars and boat on the dry side of the road and walk through the water to get to the club …
The 2006 Hospice Turkey Shoot Regatta Winner is JOE
WATERS in Buckwheat. Joe Waters finished first in
Sunday's pursuit race at the 2006 Turkey Shoot and thereby earned the right to
represent Turkey Shoot at the 2007 National Hospice Championship Regatta in
Annapolis. 106 boats were entered in the regatta. Saturday's
racing was abandoned due to weather.
Even the intrepid Laser sailors were washed out on
Saturday. Jon Deutsch reports that half of the competitors could not reach
the site of the District 11 Laser Championship Regatta, Fishing
Bay Yacht Club, because of high water. They made up for the lost
time on Sunday, though, and 24 racers got in 6 races …
Dinner Saturday evening will be served at 6pm. The road should be passable from 2-9pm tonight.
The following changes have been made to the Notice of Race.
Sunday, October 8
Breakfast 0800
Registration 0800-1000
Skippers Meeting at 1030
Warning signal for first race 1130
Followed by up to 6 more races
Followed by refreshments and awards
The Notice of Race for the District 11 Championship has been amended as follows:
4 SCHEDULE
Saturday, October 7
Registration and Breakfast 1200-1300
Skippers Meeting 1300
Warning signal for first race 1400
Followed by up to four more race
Followed by refreshments
Dinner & District Meeting 2000-2100
Sunday, October 8
Breakfast 0800
Warning signal for first race 1030
Followed by up to two more races
Followed by refreshments and awards
Brooks Zerkel
PRO
/ammendment
We will continue to monitor the wind and tide level and re-evaluate throughout the day. We will still be having dinner tonight. Stay tuned to this website for further changes. Event Chairman can be contacted by cell at 804-305-1244 - Jon Deutsch
By Larry Chowning "Copyright Southside Sentinel, used with permission." September 28, 2006
The Deltaville Maritime Museum kicked off its own 2007 Jamestown celebration Saturday with the christening and launching of a replica of John Smiths Explorer at Deltaville Marina on Jackson Creek.
The launching is part of the 400-year celebration of the founding of Jamestown to be held in 2007.
In 1608 Captain Smith began exploring the Chesapeake Bay region in a vessel similar to Explorer. One of John Smiths layover points was on Stingray Isle, which later became Stingray Point and part of Middlesex County.
From the writings of a doctor who went along on the expedition, the story of a stingray nearly killing Smith on Stingray …
The fall Choptank cruise began on a crisp, dry, late summer day with a fresh breeze lifting our cruisers to Crisfield on a single tack, and ended one week later as autumn storm clouds scudded the horizon and a steady swester blew 25 knots into their faces, turning the homeward leg into an all out tacking duel with Mother Nature.
Seven boats (Pharos- Myra & Ted Bennett, American Pie- Jane & Vic DeNunzio, Miss Kate- Kate & Tony Sakowski, Wings- Fay & John Koedel, Sunstorm- Charlie Clough and crew, Silver Cloud- Sarah Carneal and Roger Gabey, and Reveille- George and Lyons Burke, with all but Pharos continuing north thereafter) sailed the initial leg to Somers Cove Marina where they …
Up on The Rivah Sunday, 10 boats sailed in Fishing Bay
Yacht Club Fall Series racing. Winners of the three fleets
were: PHRF A, Voodoo Chile (Lissenden);
PHRF BC, Neried (Eric Powers); and,
PHRF Non Spin, Temptress (Mark
Dejong).
GET THE GOBBLER!! 2006 HOSPICE TURKEY
SHOOT REGATTA - October 6-8. Hosted by Yankee Point Marina on the
Rappahannock River. This is a very, very special event, that annually
draws between 90 and 100+ boats. The regatta is open to boats made of
wood and to boats of a design that is 25 years or older - that includes
Catalinas, J-24s, Flying Scots and others. The socializing begins
Friday and includes a happy hour, music and …
Here's something special that fits lots of racers and their
boats - cruisers too! 2006 HOSPICE TURKEY SHOOT REGATTA - October
6-8. Hosted by Yankee Point Marina on the Rappahannock
River. The regatta is open to boats made of wood and to boats of a
design that is 25 years or older - that includes Catalinas, J-24s, Flying
Scots and others. The socializing begins Friday and includes a happy
hour, music and intense "sailor gathering". Saturday's race is on a
triangle course and Sunday's race is a pursuit race (slowest boats start
first). The overall winner of the regatta represents the Turkey Shoot in
Annapolis at the National Hospice Alliance Championship Regatta in the
spring …
The 25th annual Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Regatta was held September 9-10. The wind Gods looked kindly on the 39 sailors who put in a total of 11 races. Saturday looked bleak with flat water at 11.00 but 50 minutes later wind came from the east and no time was lost starting the first race. Unbelievably the weather mark was not moved while 6 races were finished. From the signal boat racing was close, and from one sailors perspective a little too close at the leeward mark rounding. While the protest committee was unemployed both days we saw our fair share of alternative penalties taken. After a general recall in the second race the "I" flag was used and …
September 11, 2001 - Five years ago today we were in
shock. The unthinkable had happened. Our national grief was
overwhelming. Life as we knew it changed. And, yet, we
sail on.
CCV FALL SERIES BEGINS: Sunday, September 17,
CCV Fall Series Races #1 and #2. The venue is in the
harbor. The warning for Race #1 is set for 1000 - Race #2 will follow
asap. Racers who have CCV Racing Memberships are already entered;
all others must submit entry and fees no later than 1300 hours on Saturday,
September 16. For additional info contact John McCarthy at (757)
850-4225. [Races #3 and #4 will be on September 24, and #5
and #6 …
CASH FLOW, LA MAGA, and SMALL
POTATO crush Stingray Point Regatta PHRF spinnaker fleets and
NO FEAR takes non-spin. BLADE RUNNER, KOBAYASHI
MARU win in the one-design classes. Ernesto the Pest-o, was
unable to deter 32 of the 41 registered entries from the 12th Annual Stingray
Point Regatta hosted by Fishing Bay Yacht Club this past weekend. Regatta
officials delayed the start of racing until Saturday afternoon in order for
competitors to reach Deltaville in the wake of Ernesto's Friday
appearance. RESULTS: PHRF A: 1.Cash Flow,
Lloyd Griffin; 2.CARLOAN.com, Travis
Weisleder; 3.Feather, Phil Briggs.
PHRF B: 1.La Maga, Allan Heyward;
2.Shenanigan, Miles Booth; 3 …
Friday belonged to Ernesto, but Saturday and Sunday belonged to the sailors and volunteers who enjoyed two days of racing in 10-19 knots of breeze and partying under clear skies. Ernesto, was able to force a number of boats to stay home for one or both days and sidelined the PRO, but was unable to prevent Brooks Zerkel from stepping up as PRO, or prevent six competitors from sailing up from Hampton and Little Creek, four making it in time for the racing Saturday. Even the crews of boats sidelined by Ernesto came anyway and found boats to race on.
The Brent Halsey Jr. Memorial Trophy was captured by Brad Davis in Blade Runner based on his domination of the …
Notice of Amendment #1 to the notice of race and special sailing instructions.
Item 1. Skippers meeting will be held at 1100hrs September 2, 2006
Warning Gun for the first race of the day will be at 1300 hrs.
On behalf of the organizing authority Fishing Bay Yacht Club
Allan M. Heyward Jr. Event Chairman /Vice Commodore FBYC
David R. Lee Principal Race Officer
Many of you may have heard that Deltaville lost power around 9AM this morning and so far there is no indication as to when it will return. Current conditions in Deltaville are 30-50 knot winds from the northeast, and with very high water. At this moment the road between Ruarks and the Yacht Club is impassable due to high water, and some motor boats on lifts have floated away. Mason Chapman and Dixon have been at FBYC and have secured boats in the slips and the yacht club facilities.
We are cancelling the Welcome Party and Registration Pickup tonight at the Yacht Club but we expect that we will be open to welcome you for Registration in the morning. Please …
No this isn't a trailer for the next installment of "Star Wars" but it was the return of our FBYC Optimist team to Severn Sailing Association for their second regatta with that club's juniors this season. Many of the northern Bay's top junior sailors were in attendance as five of FBYC's Junior teammates made the trek to Annapolis this past weekend to meet the 33-boat Optimist fleet for this latest match in Severn Sailing Association's End of the Summer Optimist Regatta. Nine races were sailed over the two-day match that tested each sailor's skills over a wide range of conditions from a near drifter on Saturday to choppy seas and 15+ knot winds on …
The Cruising Division is sponsoring a September cruise to Oxford and St. Michaels, Maryland leaving Sunday 9/17 and returning Sunday 9/24. The itinerary will include layovers at Crisfield and Solomons on the sail north, Solomons and Wicomico River coming home. To insure reserved slips at Solomons Yachting Center and at the Tred Avon Yacht Club in Oxford, participants must register at the FBYC web site by 9/7. Those deciding to participate after that date will need to call directly to reserve a slip but be warned that availability in those locations is limited!
Opportunities to go shopping, gallery hopping, and visit maritime museums and superb restaurants abound on Marylands Eastern shore, and we …
12TH ANNUAL STINGRAY POINT
REGATTA, Saturday and Sunday,September 2 -
3.Entry deadline is 1800,
Wednesday, August 30 for the CBYRA sanctioned racing for PHRF,
MORC, and, if sufficient interest, one-design. Contact: Event
Chairman Allan Heyward at (804) 690-1070 Hosted by Fishing Bay
Yacht Club. Full weekend of racing and socializing and leaves Monday for
the delivery home. This is a favorite holiday event for racing
fanatics. The Potts (team) Trophy will be presented as well as individual
trophies.
DINK VAIL REGATTA , Saturday, September
2. CBYRA sanctioned race for PHRF classes
as well as a non-sanctioned Cruisingclass. Contact …
SHAMROCK, LA MAGA,
andDESPERADO take class wins in FBYC
Smith Point Race: The spinnaker boats raced 42.60 miles and the
non-spinnaker ones went 33.40 in the Fishing Bay Yacht Club night, distance
race. Bob Rock in his J105, Shamrock, won the
PHRF A fleet, and Allan Heyward in La Maga, Frers 33,
won the combined PHRF BC fleet. Rick Bauer,
Desperado, finished ahead of the only other non-spinnaker competitor,
George Burke, Reveille. Finishing 2nd and 3rd
respectively in PHRF A were: Corryvreckan, David
Clark and Voodoo Chile, Leroi
Lissenden. Second and 3rd respectively in the combined PHRF BC
fleet were: David Hinckle in Elancer, and
Miles Booth in Shenanigans. …
92 BOATS COMPETE AT FBYC 67TH ANNUAL REGATTA:
9 classes of one design dinghies made for a busy weekend at Fishing
Bay. Flying Scots (22) and Lasers (20) had the most
boats. Two classes ended with ties for first place in points. In the
Flying Scot class David Neff won the tie breaker over
Harry Carpenter by virtue of 2 first place finishes. In
the Front Runner class Lee Farinholt won in a tie breaker over
Bill Spencer. Class Winners: Albacore (9
boats) - Barney Harris; Flying Scot (22 boats)
- David Neff; Front Runner (8 boats) -
Lee Farinholt; Hampton One Design (6 boats) -
Randy Stokes; Laser (20 boats)- Dan
Herlihy; …
Even the intrepid Laser sailors were washed out on
Saturday. Jon Deutsch reports that half of the competitors could not reach
the site of the District 11 Laser Championship Regatta, Fishing
Bay Yacht Club, because of high water. They made up for the lost
time on Sunday, though, and 24 racers got in 6 races …
By Larry Chowning "Copyright Southside Sentinel, used with permission." September 28, 2006
