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 …
Cruisers from the Netherlands who are "on the hard" at Deltaville Boatyard are seeking a set of used cruising guides for the areas from Cape May to New York and Cape Cod to Maine. Please call Sharon Bauer at 804-697-7044 or 804-769-4293 if you have some that you no longer need.
The annual Merrimac Memorial Regatta will again be
held in
the waters of the Elizabeth River
off of Portsmouth City
Park in Portsmouth,
VA.
The regatta is open to all sailboats 22’and under.
Any 4 boats of the same class will receive
their own start. The open fleet will be
scored under the Portsmouth Handicap system.
Trophies will be awarded to the top 3 finishers in all fleets. The skipper’s meeting is at 09:30.
The first gun is at 10:00. A Memorial Day cookout will be held at
lunch. Racing will resume after
lunch. Awards will be given out later in
the afternoon.
There is a new sail loft on the main drag in
Deltaville. Jerry Latell, manager and owner of
the Ullman/Skelley loft in Irvington, has expanded his
operation to include a larger and more convenient location on Route 33 (the main
street through Deltaville - aka General Puller Highway) in Deltaville. The
Irvington Ullman/Skelley location will stay open as a canvas shop and as a pick
up and drop off point for Jerry's customers' convenience. For info
contact Jerry Latell at (804) 776-6151.
FLYING SCOT WORKSHOP, Sunday, April 10, at Fishing Bay
Yacht Club. Well know top one-design sailor Greg
Fisher will conduct the workshop. Open to all interested Flying
Scot racers and …
The second annual Virginia Institute for Marine Science raftup will be held May 21st on the grounds of VIMS @ Gloucester Point in conjunction with Marine Science Day. FBYC sponsored the first raftup last year, successfully attracting a large turnout from sailors around the Southern Bay. With the addition of more marine science demonstrations and great catering, this year's event promises something for every cruiser in the family. Visit the April FBYC Log for details and application forms or call Mimi Beckwth, VIMS Office of Development, 804-684-7784.
Tuesday night Laser sailing begins this Tuesday, April 5 and will continue throughout the summer. We will start at 6pm and race from the FBYC beach to the designated starting area, government marker, or other suitable pre-selected marker with consideration of the weather conditions. There will be a 1-minute countdown to a rabbit start sequence. Sailors will rotate being the rabbit and will take turns setting the weather mark as necessary. Races will be Windward-Leward-Windward or about 15 minutes max. Thank Alain Vincey for getting this organized, you'll see him along with John Hubbard, Dave Porter and Jerry Dennison out there, so come on our and join them. For more information contact Alain Vincey anvincey@comcast.net or Jon …
The amazing thing about Michael Blackburn's "conquering" the Bass Strait isn't that he sailed single-handed across the Bass Strait--that's been done before--it's that he averaged 8.6 knots in a Laser for 13 hours. No, Blackburn didn't pick the Bass Straits because of daring-do, but because it's one of the few places in the world where you could pull this off. See photographs, videos, and a piece Alden Bugly wrote about it here.
A US Sailing Level 1 course will be given on four weekday evenings in Charlottesville (April 11, April 13, April 18 and April 20) and at Fishing Bay Yacht Club all day on Saturday April 23 with Sunday April 24 as a rain date.
This course leads to certification as a US Sailing Level I dinghy instructor, and provides the instructor with personal liability insurance, as well as instruction information. Our instructor has promised to make this course very oriented to Optimist sailing, so attendees will learn proper rigging, and Optimist sail control, topics that are not covered when the course material must be more general.
The instructor has a two-week work commitment in Charlottesville, and so is able to …
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.
