Dymer Creek Cruise, 2005 (almost anyway) and other events
Joe and Carolyn Schott were the Cruise leaders for the first FBYC adventure of the year on May 14-15 to Dymer Creek. The sailing was so good that the group decided to sail past Dymer and anchor in Mill Creek. Cocktails and dinner aboard were enjoyed by Sam and Nancy Stoakley on their new Island Packet, Reflections, Gordon and Sheila Nelson, and the Schotts. The sail back was nice, especially when they all arrived before the rain began! Total mileage was 46.88 miles for the Stoakleys and Schotts, and 67.78 miles for the Nelsons. Many of us missed a neat sail and cruise. Additionally, we are all that much …
Volunteers Needed!! We are still
seeking folks to sign up and help out with various tasks, to include selling
tickets, beer and rum drinks. Just go to http://www.hamptonyc.com/sbrw/Volunteer%20Sign%20Ups.htm,
find a time, and click on the link to send an email to Leigh Morgan. The
party is free and open to all clubs’ members. They can make a day
of it with the Blackbeard Festival happening in Downtown Hampton the same
weekend.
Early Entry Discount ends May 27 – This one is
self-explanatory. Get those Entry Forms to Leigh Morgan by midnight May
27, or you’ll have to pay an extra $35 just to race.
Several FBYC Juniors were seen at the club this past weekend getting ready for the season. After racing off-shore on Saturday, Austin Powers and William Wirt were joined by Ben Buhl and Turner Moody on Sunday afternoon for some Opti sailing and race practice on Fishing Bay.
The juniors plan to practice again this Sunday and are hoping others will come out and join them. After a morning of sword fighting and dirt clod throwing, the sailors generally rig-up and hit the water around 11:00am.
The first away Regatta for the juniors this year is Sunday, June the 5th at Hampton Yacht Club see
http://www.cbyra.org/redbook/HYCjrSpg.htm. This is a very informal regatta and a …
PROGRESSIVE DINNER CRUISE ON THE PIANKATANK
SAT., JUNE 4th & SUN., JUNE 5th
Cruise up the Piankatank to an anchorage near 37o32.385N Latitude and 76o 24.02W Latitude (in cove in front of the DeNunzio home). Come early and enjoy a dip in the pool.
There will be dinghy service from 1700 to 1730 for those needing a ride in from anchorage. Or call 804-512-0110 Vics Cell) if you dont see anyone at the DeNunzio dock. Dinghy rides back to anchorage will be available upon request.
Cocktails and Hors doeuvres will be included and provided at 1730. Dinner with wine and other drinks will be served at 1900.
Just a reminder that the Urbanna Race to be held May 28th counts as the first of a series of five long distance events that will be scored for a series trophy to be awarded at this year's annual dinner. One of the goals of this series is to attract racers and cruisers alike and we hope to continue this year's strong showing on the non-spinnaker courses. For those that can't make all the races, the series will be scored with one throwout so everyone gets a chance to redeem themselves for attending those summer weddings. The other races in the series include the Moonlight Regatta (July 23rd), Point to Point Race (July 30-31), Smith Point Race …
If you are interested in seeing some of the best
match racers in the nation ply their trade, check out the US Match Racing
Championship Area ABC South Quarterfinals this weekend (May 21-22) on Hampton
Flats. This US SAILING Championship event is hosted by Hampton
Yacht Club. Racing will be done in J/24's. For info contact: John
McCarthy, (757) 850-4225. The event is a round robin format - lots of very
short races (quarter mile legs - umpteen starts) - umpires on the water -
pre-start "dance", like in the America's Cup!
Tomorrow, Tuesday, May 17, the schooner
Virginia's masts are scheduled to be stepped. Call (757)
627-7400 or check the web site at …
On May 29, the Sunday following the usual Rosegill activities, well sail to the Eastern Branch of the Corrotoman River and anchor in the pretty bay located at 37º 42.867 N, 76º 27.306 W. Belles Creek enters this bay from the NW shore and the Eastern Branch continues NW for a couple of miles.
Tony and Kate Sakowski and Sam and Nancy Stoakley have graciously agreed to serve as host boats for a large raft during the cocktail hour starting about 5pm. Please bring an hors doeuvre to share and your own liquid refreshments.
Some may prefer to join the main raft by dinghy, and dinghy service will be …
A racer with strong southern Bay ties will be among the
competitors in the US Match Racing Championship Quarterfinals Championship
event (May 21-22, Hampton Flats) which leads to the Prince of
Wales Cup. Marie Klok Crump, who has been an
active match racer on the international circuit since 1994, is a member of
Fishing Bay YC along with her husband Will Crump, who is well
know on the Bay and beyond, particularly in J/24 circles. Marie and Will
will be racing as a team in the regatta along with Thomas
Klok.
Memorial Day Weekend (May 28-30) - Begin the
Summer Season at one of these Southern Bay Racing
Events:
MOTHER'S DAY is this coming Sunday, May 8th.
Take her sailing - you bring all the goodies and treat her like Queen of the
Nile!
Annapolis NOOD: Five southern Bay boats
went to the 2005 Annapolis NOOD Regatta and of the five, Case
Whittemore's Patriot placed highest and collected silverware
in his class. Patriot finished 3rd in a class of 7,
dominated by J/29 class president, John Edwards' (Solomons, MD) Rhumb
Punch. In the 23 boat J/24 class, Mike
Veraldi, Quicky, finished 11th, and in the J/22s (38 boats),
Scott Batchelor finished 12th. Dennis
Hannick, Radio Flyer, was 5th in the 8 boat Tripp 26 fleet,
and Pam Burdett, Polar …
Save $35 by entering 2005 Southern Bay Race Week (June
3,4,5) now. That savings can go toward "go fast stuff" for
the boat, "look cool stuff" for the skipper and crew, or ... well,
any good racer can think of something unhealthy or slightly illegal! Go to
the web site for entry forms www.hamptonyc.com/SBRW
CYRANO, COOL CHANGE, CALLINECTES, and
VIRGINIA H Top Dogs for a Day in CCV Spring Series Race
#2: It was cold, it became windy (as predicted), and boats
and people were fully engaged as Mother Nature put on one of her "winter is
over, when I say it is over" hissy fits. There was a bump
of …
Some of you had trouble logging into the web site the last couple of days. The problem is hopefully fixed now, please let me know if there are continuing problems. For those interested in the details, there are at least 3 different things going on.
With the new server for the web site, we hoped the pages would load faster. A month ago, we identified an issue and solved it so the home page loaded faster. But the events pages were still slow - for the same reason, but it was too time consuming to fix each page. On Saturday, the "expert" finally looked at it, and cured the problem with a little change. All events web pages need to know …
A quick visit to Deltaville yesterday exposed some important newsworthy items. First. the Town & Country Store had its grand opening, Richfood was giving away a dozen free eggs to the first 100 customers, and the Middlesex County High School Band held a celebretory concert at 9:30AM.
At FBYC, the work on the new road onto the new land was progressing very well. This view from the new Clubhouse upstairs Porch shows the road making its way from the clubhouse over toward the Jacob-Swenson house, where it turns left and heads to the old stables.This picture shows the new road from a location standing in front of the clubhouse.
PHRF RACERS - Do Yourself a
Favor: Check YOUR listing on the PHRF Valid List. Go to
the web site www.phrfchesbay.com and
follow the directions for viewing the Valid List. Check your rating
and your equipment category. If you are 4P you are good to go just
about anywhere in the Chesapeake. 'Nuff said.
Fishing Bay Yacht Club kicks off their "big
boat" racing season this coming weekend. Opening Day is Saturday,
April 23, and FBYC Spring Series #1 is set for Sunday, April 24.
Contact Offshore Division CDR Eric Powers at
(804) 706-1427.
CCV SPRING SERIES - Leaders of the Packs:
Meridian, Bad Habit, roundabout, and Midnight
Mistress The weather …
To kick off the 2005 sailing season, FBYC Fleet #103, held a seminar on successfully racing Flying Scots to be sure that everyone was up on the latest tuning advice and ready to go.
Twenty-seven sailors attended with visitors from the Scot fleets at RRYC, LOWSC, GRSA, and one Fireball sailor from Indian Creek YC on Sunday, April 10th. It was perfect weather to hold the clinic outside with a clear blue sky, temperatures in the 60's, and a gentle breeze perfect for "land sailing".
The real success to the seminar was our teacher, Greg Fisher, who heads up the One-Design Loft at North Sails in Annapolis. Greg is also one of the very best One-Design sailors in the …
We have a great opportunity to bring the Schooner Virginia to FBYC, and
to provide a sailing camp upon it for 10 children ages 14-17 and 2 adult chaperones.
I have contacted Captain Glover and he has given us the dates of July 10th
until July 16th. This is a first come first served bases. The rate
will be $650.00 per person this is a discounted rate of $200.00 if we can fill the
spaces. This is a unique adventure for the children as well as the adults, they
will be working along side a crew of 12 sailing the hand built 122 foot long
recreation tall ship, everyone will have and equal and important role in …
Noel has asked me to change the deadline for registration
(without surcharge for lateness) for the Junior Week related programs
from day after tomorrow to midnight Tuesday April 19 to give you time
to file your taxes and get thru our on-line registration process.
The balance
of this email should guide you through the registration
process.
Junior
Programs
The various
Junior Division Programs are described on http://www.fbyc.net/Juniors/ You will see
FBYC has lined up two great coaches this summer - Juan Carlos Romero, age 29,
who has been coaching Optis for 10 years (including the South American Optimist
Champion!). His assistant will be his friend Arel English, a 19 year old
Canadian. What a …
Davis Island
Yacht Club hosted this year's Frontrunner Midwinter Championship. This
event is always graciously hosted by DIYC in conjunction with the North
American Midwinter Championship for Fireballs and served as a tune-up for
dozens of Flying Scots in preparation for their Midwinter Championship in St Petersburg. Many thanks go to DIYC and Paul Leonard the event
chair. I am especially thankful for Paul’s eye for detail and years
of experience in preventing our fleet from displaying bad form when Paul
denied our request to call this the “Frontrunner Intergalactic Winner
Takes All Throw Down Regatta”. I was also amazed by
his good nature in hosting those zany Fireball sailors who still think it is
hilarious to put one lucky competitor’s …
This Saturday, April 16, will be a day of tune-up sailing. We'll plan to arrive at the club around 10 and be on the water by 11. We'll do some drills, pratice starts and do some very short races. We'll stay close to the dock and just get out there to get the cobwebs out. If you can make it, or might be coming, please email Jon (jon-fbyc@jdeutsch.com, 804-305-1244) and let him know.
If you don't have a boat, come anyway. I'm sure at least 2 out of the 3 club boats will be sailable and we should be able to borrow/loan boats as well. Dress warmly with at least a ball …
SUNDAY, APRIL 17 IS CCV SPRING SERIES RACE #1 - ALL
RACERS MUST:
(1) Have a valid, current, 2005 PHRF rating
certificate showing the boat's rating and that it meets PHRF 4P Equipment
and Accommodations Standards; and
(2) Have an entry form in the hands of the
Principal Race Officer, John McCarthy, by 1300 hours on Saturday, April
16. (CCV Racing Members already have fulfilled this
requirement).
(3) NOTE: No boat may change fleets once
the Race Committee boat has left the dock.
The "Dirty Dozen" + 1 Got Tuned-Up Sunday -
13 race boats busted out to play in the CCV annual TUNE-UP
RACES in Hampton Roads yesterday and were rewarded with absolutely perfect
conditions - flat …
A quick visit to Deltaville yesterday exposed some important newsworthy items. First. the Town & Country Store had its grand opening, Richfood was giving away a dozen free eggs to the first 100 customers, and the Middlesex County High School Band held a celebretory concert at 9:30AM.
At FBYC, the work on the new road onto the new land was progressing very well. This view from the new Clubhouse upstairs Porch shows the road making its way from the clubhouse over toward the Jacob-Swenson house, where it turns left and heads to the old stables.This picture shows the new road from a location standing in front of the clubhouse.
