SBRW ENTRIES DUE THIS
WEEK! As of this morning there are skippers and
crews of more than 60
boats ready to Smack Down on the Southern
Bay! Entries forSOUTHERN
BAY RACE WEEK for the BLACK SEAL CUPare due this FRIDAY, MAY
26th. Don't miss this event. All PHRF Classes and One
Design classes as well as a Cruising Class racers are welcome.
(Note: The Cruising Class will race with single headsail only -
there is no restriction on Cruising Class entry except that boats must comply
with PHRF Category 4P Safety and Accommodations Standards. Cruising Class
boats will be assigned provisional ratings using the OPCYC cruising rating
system.) Racing and …
The death of a young Dutch sailor who was swept oveboard in the north Atlantic yesterday was reported in the news services early Thursday and later in Scuttlebutt. A link to todays BBC news item to today's BBC news item on this tragedy follows. Those members who went to Baltimore in 1998 to meet Roy Heiner and his crew who finished first in the first Miami to Baltimore leg may have met this sailor who would have been 24 years old at the time. Eight years later he was the oldest member of the AB AMRO Two crew. RIP
** Crew member killed in Volvo race **
A crew member on Volvo Ocean Race yacht ABN Amro Two dies after being …
ATTENTION ALL CRUISERS (of all kinds!) DUE TO UNANTICIPATED CONFLICTS, THE GUNKHOLERS CRUISE SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 30- JULY 7 HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR THE WEEK BETWEEN THE CRUISE REGATTA AND THE FAMILY CRUISE. PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE IN YOUR SCHEDULE!
For more information, read on . . .Cruising the Gunkholers Way Cruise July 29 (or 30) August 5
Calling all gunkholers! (experienced, wanna-be, or just curious . . .) Come join us for a cruise that emphasizes family interests, short sails, last-minute decisions, and interesting shore jaunts. After amusing triumphs and great racing adventures at the Cruise Regatta, well attend the awards ceremony and dinner party to share our tales with everyone. If so motivated, well stroll across the road, cast off …
As reported at the Board Meeting by Izumi Miller, Fishing Bay Yacht Club does indeed have a web page on The Virginia Department of Tourism website.
Our page is at this location.. The page says
Region: Chesapeake Bay
Locality: Middlesex County
1000 Fishing Bay Road
Deltaville, VA 23043
FBYC provides sailing activities for offshore and one-design fleets, cruising sailors, Junior learn-to-sail, and Junior racing in the lower Chesapeake Bay in Deltaville, VA.
Junior FBYC Members will enjoy Extended Race Team training with world-renown coaches all summer, as well as a full-time sailing counsellor at FBYC.
Cruising Class travels to destinations near and far, families and experts alike.
Log into our website for more information and events schedule.
Now is your chance to sail on Schooner Virginia. We will be in Yorktown VA May 20 & 21st for a weekend visit. While we are there we will be offering Day Sails, which will give you the opportunity to experience Schooner Virginia under sail. Space is limited to 40 guests on each sail, so call and make your reservations today. Check out www.SchoonerVirginia.org.
Details are as follows:
Adults $35.00
Children 4-12 $25.00
3 & under free
May 20th
10:30 - 1:00pm
2:30 - 5:00pm
May 21st
10:30 - 1:00pm
2:30 - 5:00pm
Please call the office to make your reservations 757-627-7400. Accepts cash, check & credit card. Additional details will be …
Copied directly from Scuttlebutt. Please read, mark, learn and inwardly digest.
The life that is saved could be yours.
CLICK HERE TO SAVE A LIFE!
A man overboard is dreaded; a man overboard with the chute is a
nightmare. The "Quick Stop" is a proven procedure for recovering crew
overboard. Learning how to do it (or reviewing it) could save a life of
family or crew. So UK-Halsey has posted streaming video on how to do the
Quick Stop MOB with the spinnaker up. You can view this on-line; see
what to do and who should do what. Then, go practice. Its just the
first of several safety lessons we're posting to our website, but it's
certainly …
ATTENTION CRUISERS:
DUE TO UNAVOIDABLE CONFLICTS, THE PROGRESSIVE DINNER CRUISE SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 3rd AND 4th HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO THE WEEKEND OF SAT., AUG. 19th and SUN, AUG. 20th.
An updated cruise outline will be sent out shortly, but it should be similar to the current plans.
PLEASE MAKE THIS NOTATION IN YOUR SCHEDULE.
Copied from Scuttlebutt issued 4 May 2001.
Large crowds in Baltimore to see the V-70's which went on to Annapolis for Sundays start. If you time it right you may be able to walk over the Bay Bridge and see the V-70's on their way to their next lay over, New York City.
There's also a weather forecast for Sunday.
CROWD EXCEEDS ALL EXPECTATIONS
On Thursday Baltimore said goodbye to the Volvo Ocean Race 2005-06 as
the fleet headed off on a Parade of Sail to Annapolis. The teams arrived
from Rio de Janeiro on the 17th April and have spent over two weeks in
Baltimores Inner Harbour. Whilst there, they have attracted a record
numbers …
RACE WITH RRYC at their Spring Regatta, May 20
Classes: PHRF Spinnaker, PHRF Non-spinnaker, Cruising
Awards: 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place Awards in each class
Entry Form (CBYRA), Notice of Race & Sailing Instructions: http://www.rryc.org
Racing Fleet Captain Jerry Latell: 804-776-6151
WATCH THE RACES:
10:00 am - Two around-the-bouy races between Towles Point and the White Stone bridge.
Sponsor: Rappahannock River Yacht Club, Irvington, VA, 804-438-6650
NOOD REGATTA: While the winds pounded
the southern end of the Bay, the Annapolis area enjoyed light to moderate
air and so did the Annapolis version of the National Offshore One Design
(NOOD) Regatta. Of the three southern Bay boats racing at the NOOD,
the one with the best finish overall was J22 Linoleum
(team led by Richard Winters); they finished
15th among 34 boats. In the J24 fleet, Dave Taylor's
Midmorning Buzz finished 14th out of 21, and Martin
Casey's Bow Movement was 7th out of 10.
FBYC Spring Series 3 - Saturday, May
6th. For information contact Brooks Zerkel at (804) 272-7846.
FBYC Spring Series 4 will run Saturday, May 13th. …
Just a reminder that early registration for this season's Junior Programs is drawing to a close on April 25th so for those wanting to get in on the best summer sailing program on the Bay, please log on to www.fbyc.net and sign up for your choice of programs for both beginning and advanced, competitive and non-competitive sailors.
Registration will remain open till mid-May but with a modest increase in price. In case you havn't heard, we've signed three reknown junior coaches for Junior Week (June 19th-23th) and two of these will remain on until mid-August to teach the Race Team Extended Programs six days a week at FBYC and at junior regattas around the Bay …
FBYC Opening Day and Spring Series
1: Up on the "Rivah", at the mouth of the Rappahannock, that is,
Fishing Bay Yacht Club will run their Opening Day regatta on Saturday, April 22
and the first race of their Spring Series on Sunday, April 23. For Info
contact: Brooks Zerkel.
CCV SPRING SERIES OPENS SUNDAY: CCV
Spring Series Races #1 and #2 are set for this coming Sunday, April
23. They also mark the beginning of the 15 races, season long,
CCV High Point Championship Series. The Warning flag for race
#1 is scheduled for 1000. Both races will be in Hampton Roads
Harbor. There are starts for all PHRF classes. …
The Volvos are coming! Southern Bay racer Christian Schaumloffel (Mirage, Hobie 33) has devised a way to estimate their arrival time (at the Virginia Capes and further up the Bay) and has Volvo and NOAA sites he recommends using for your calculations - you can check out the info with Christian by calling him at (757) 496-3590. Christian estimates that the first two boats will have passed through The Capes close to the wee hours this morning, with others hot on their heels later today and early Tuesday morning. If there is any breeze, you better have a really hot sport fisher to keep up with these babies!
Today's posting on SBRNYCU prompts some thoughts. The babies as Lyn McCarthy …
Dave Pyron, US Sailing Judge and Umpire will provide us with a refresher on Protests and the Protest Process. Dave will provide us a discussion on the "how tos" of handling protests at a regatta - who needs to do what and how you get through the process.
Recommended attendees for this event are: Race Chairs, Racing Skippers, New Racers and Crew.
Seating is limited please register online for this event to ensure your place. Wednesday, April 26, 2006 6:30 PM 9:00 PM at Retreat Hospital Boardroom (ground floor)
David Pyron is a US Sailing Judge and Umpire and is currently finishing requirements for certification as an International Umpire. He began judging in 1997 and since then has …
Eight skippers helped get the off-shore racing program off to an early start
this past weekend. The forecast for Saturday afternoon was not encouraging
so seven boats went out at 10 am with a mix of regular crew and 14 crew
training candidates. With more boats available than crew Schiehallion
volunteered to distribute her skipper and crew between the other 7 boats.
Rain started to settle in after a little over 90 minutes and all the boats returned
for lunch at 12.30 courtesy of the Dennison's, Jere and Clark.
Three boats went
out again after lunch for a wet and windier ride. Sunday's forecast was for improving
conditions after noon, with the temperature moving out of the …
JAVARAMA: Tom Roberts, CBYRA vice pres
for Region 4, provided hands on assistance to 12+ scorers from area
clubs on the ins and outs of JAVASCORE. Participants had
a chance to actually try the program on their own or borrowed computers and
follow Tom's insightful instruction.
SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK Preliminary Sailing
Instruction is posted at the official website - www.blacksealcup.com Joining
the Early Bird entries are John Bergman, Bay
Dreamer (Niagara 31); Dave Eberwine, Sea Star
(J/36); Graham Field, Independence (Islander
36); Christian Schaumloffel, Mirage (Hobie 33);
John and Ben Ritger, Blew J (J/30); Mike
Nestor, Glory Days (Cal 39); Justin Morris,
The Hunter (Hunter 26.5); …
On Saturday April 1st, eager FBYC gardeners arrived with rakes and clippers in hand to clean, clear, carry, clip and cultivate, all for the sake of beautifying our grounds for Opening Day. Chip Hall's call for participation was a success, mustering almost fifty volunteers, all ready to do their part toward the minimum goal of two days of annual service to the club. Warmth and pleasant breezes cooperated to create a splendid day.
By sunset, weary gardeners were rewarded with wine, appetizers and a hearty meal at the Welcome Cruisers party. The Cruising Division program included a brief discussion of strategies to improve the Division's relevance to small boat cruisers and families with children as well as ringside …
On-the water Crew Training starts this coming Saturday and a list of registrants can be seen on the home page of the FBYC web site. We are expecting at least 6 boats to be out on Saurday with over 25 candidates aboard. Not all participants have registered on line so the turnout will almost certainly be higher than the number you see listed as registered.
A notice that was sent out to all candidates follows in the main body of this posting. For anyone who wants to see the list of registrants on the new Crew Finder list directions are shown in the notice. It's early days for this new list and much of the information was taken directly …
CBYRA Region 4 JAVARAMA - April
8, Saturday, 0900-1200, at Fishing Bay Yacht Club. There is no
cost for the clinic. CBRYA vice-pres for Region 4, Tom Roberts,
says JAVARAMA is open to all Region 4 clubs that want
to learn about and/or to use JAVASCORE to score races. Interested
participants may bring a laptop computer. Wireless internet access is
available to anyone so equipped. If you intend to bring a regular
computer, you should bring an insulating power strip and arrive early so you can
get set up. Tom plans to make this a hands-on
experience where participants learn to use, really use, JAVASCORE, from
registering boats and skippers all the way to entering scores …
From Scuttlebutt March 29, a perspective on racing on the Chesapeake Bay in case anyone needs the reminders.
VOR: CHESAPEAKE CHALLENGES
Leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean Race brings many challenges. Skippers and
navigators must negotiate the southeast and northeast tradewinds, cross
through the dreaded doldrums and Bermuda Triangle then play the strong
currents of the Gulf Stream. There are many decisions to be made during the
5,000-nautical mile leg from Rio de Janeiro to Baltimore, but it's the
final 120 miles that concern skippers and navigators the most. "There could
be some serious reshuffling in the Chesapeake Bay," Pirates of the
Caribbean skipper Paul Cayard said yesterday. "Anything can happen in the
Bay, and that's good …
As reported at the Board Meeting by Izumi Miller, Fishing Bay Yacht Club does indeed have a web page on 
