Thanks to our friends at Rappahannock River Yacht Club for a superb and
fun regatta in Irvington today. Optimists, Sunfish, Lasers and 420's
raced on Carter Creek within sight of the club dock. Winds were 12 - 15
knots at the beginning, but moderated somewhat for the second and third
races. Sailors came mostly from Indian Creek, Rappahannock River and
Fishing Bay Yacht Clubs, as well as Premier Sailing.
After the races, everyone was treated to a cookout and all sailors
received a t-shirt.
Kramer Koedel placed third and Austin Powers fourth in Optimists, and
Quentin Jenkins and Madeline Alderman placed first in 420's.
Will Crump and Marie Klok were married on July 25 in Aarhus, Denmark. Will was presented a sword to cut the cake.
The rehersal dinner was hosted by the Crumps with a Viking Motif!
FBYC's representatives, Jim Rogers, Bev Crump, and Strother Scott were still going strong at 4 AM at the dance at the Klok home following the wedding dinner.
No. Aliens havent landed, its Bubba the Wildflower Fish Shaped Meadow at Holly Point Nature Park, home of the Deltaville Maritime Museum. Thanks to Brad Sindle of Crows Nest Photography, the aerial view of the meadow definitely shows a fish shape wildflower meadow with surrounding grass meadows.
The wildflower meadow was planted in March, and through the spring and summer the 3.81 million seeds have taken off and colors have been ever changing. While the view from the top doesnt show off the wildflowers, its definitely worth a walk around Bubba to appreciate the colors and the butterflies.
The meadow was funded by a grant from NIScource/Columbia Gas Transmissions …
The dog days of summer may be here, but there are ample opportunities for spending time around the water, although this past week has provided too many for the writer. Four days, starting Tuesday July 22 with family at Smith Mountain Lake, 893 feet above sea level, so it gets down into the 60's at night. A 240 mile drive Saturday to get to Fishing Bay to catch the end of a 420 Fest, and the second Summer Seabreeze Regatta. Unusually good conditions for late July. And fabulous after race food prepared by Susan and Phil Webb, another great effort by members of the Flying Scot family.
Looking at Fishing Bay early on Sunday, there was promise of a …
We have implemented a new system for permissions to visit the Members Only section of the web site. About 110 people have visited the Sign Up page in the past 2 weeks and been approved. In the Sign Up process, you pick your own username and password. You may also select a FBYC e-mail address - called an alias. Any e-mail sent to youraddress@fbyc.net will be automatically forwarded to your actual address. Once you are approved, Mary Spencer can change your username, password, or FBYC alias. (And when you report to Mary that your real e-mail address has changed, the FBYC alias will automatically send your mail to the new address, once she changes her records.)
FBYC 64th Annual One Design Regatta - August
9-10. This is a traditional stop on the middle peninsula for
one-designers. A number of racers and families make it part of a
two weekend extravaganza following the Virginia Governor's Cup (August
2-3) at Ware River YC. The event will host 420, 505, ALBACORE, BYTE,
HOD, FLYING SCOT, FRONTRUNNER, LASER, LASER RADIAL, MOBJACK, and OPTIMIST
classes. Additional classes may be added. For info contact David
Hazlehurst (804) 353-5657 or go to the FBYC web site at http://www.fbyc.net/Events/2003/08.09.onedesign/ssi.dtml
CCV FOUNDERS' RACE - This Sunday, August 3rd. This
is the 6th of the 10 CCV races which qualify for the CCV …
The Southern Chesapeake Volvo Leukemia Cup Regatta was a hugh sucess thanks to the many volunteers and Sponsors.This year the event raised over $125,000 for the Leukemia/ Lymphoma Society.
The regatta weekend started on Wed. June 9th with the second annual "ARTS AT FBYC". 200 people came to the clubhouse to view and purchase art form 13 local artists, several of whom were FBYC members. All artists donated several of their works for Friday's Silent auction to benefit the Leukemia Lymphoma Society. Many thanks to Bob Kates for organizing this event and for all the artists for their generosity.
Friday's Welcome reception and Silent Auction was sponsored by Mike Karn, this year the auction brought in …
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The first sailing lesson came before we even stepped off the dock.
"You have to have a sense of humor to sail," said Willard Strickland, a sailor with a sense of humor. "If you don't, you're going to have a miserable life because so many things can go wrong."
The second lesson became evident soon enough: While just about any reason to go sailing on the Chesapeake Bay is a good one, occasionally reasons emerge that are particularly decent, compelling and noble. Reasons such as 4-year-old Katie, 7-year-old Hannah and 11-year-old Blake.
Southern Bay Screwpile Brigade Forming:
So far, 25 southern Bay boats are heading to Maryland for Screwpile.
Here's how we shake out: So far, the largest platoon comes from Hampton
YC (9) and includes Battlewagon/Hanna; 2002 Best Boat
Kahuna/Richardson;
Scherherazade/Shelhorse;
PF
Flyer/Preddy;
Feather/Briggs;
Cyrano/Mosby; Cool Change/Burshell;
Sea
Star/Eberwine;
Mirage/Schaumloffel. There are 4
Fishing
Bay YC boats entered already and they are Corryvreckan/Clark;
Wavelength/Whittet;
Chilcoot/Alvis;
and Blade Runner/Davis. Dahlgren YC has
Radio Flyer/Hannick
and Pegasus/Kelsey joining the fray from the southern side of the
Potomac. Broad Bay SA (Virginia Beach) sends along Defiant/Derr
and Glory Days/Nestor. Voodoo …
Notice of Regatta
39th Annual Virginia Governor's Cup
August 2nd and 3rd, 2003 Ware River Yacht Club
The Ware River Yacht Club is hosting the 39th Annual Virginia Governor's Cup Regatta on August 2nd and 3rd for the following classes: Albacore - Hampton OD - Laser (Adult & Junior)- Mobjack - Moth - Buccaneer - 420 (No Spinnakers) PHRF. Click Read More for full details and the downloadable entry form (PDF format).
WHERE:
Ware River Yacht Club
Box 856, Gloucester, VA, 23061
Two days of sailing on the beautiful Ware River, and for PHRF, the Mobjack
Bay. Up to five races plus Saturday night dinner and social.
ACCOMMODATIONS:
Some members of WRYC will again open their homes to provide limited housing for regatta …
Over 200 FBYC members and guests attended the 2003 Art on Fishing Bay held July 9th at Fishing Bay Yacht Club. This year's event was held in conjunction with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society as a fundraiser. Fifteen artists exhibited their works; among them eight were FBYC members or had past association with the club. Each artist donated a piece of their work for the Silent Auction held on July 11th.
Francis Church and the Bellevue Square Quartet performed throughout the evening for our enjoyment. Hors d'oeurves were brought by many that attended and enjoyed by everyone. What was billed as an Art Show & Sale turned out to be a splendid "Art Party" and fundraiser for the …
Meg Roberts and her prom date, Tyler Mickley, won over 339 other couples, from 49 states and Canada, to take the top prize in the "Stuck at Prom" contest. From 50 hours of creative work and 540 feet of duct tape, they'll both receive $2500 college scholarships. West Point H.S., also, receives a $2500 scholarship for their win. See the announcement in today's Richmond Times Dispatch, page B7, or go online at www.ducttapeclub.com/prom/default.asp . Way to go Meg!!! ....and this story is not over...
Meg and Tyler were flown to New York on Thursday to be interviewed for the TODAY show....possibly to air on Friday, 11th or Monday, 14th...
Yesterday at the VA State Opti Championships at Norfolk Yacht and Country Club our Quentin Jenkins got a second
place in Blue Fleet and Fifth Overall. His results were aided by one race in very light air where he got a first place - due he says, to the good practice he has had at FBYC this spring!
Last week at the US Sailing Chesapeake Bay Junior Olympic Festival CBYRA Bay Open Championship Quinton Jenkins and Annie MacKinnon represented FBYC against a very tough 38 boat Opti fleet.
5th Annual Southern Chesapeake Volvo Leukemia Cup Regatta
on July 11-12, THIS COMING WEEKEND, is hosted by Fishing Bay
Yacht Club and Stingray Point Marina in Deltaville. CBYRA sanctioned
racing for PHRF (spinnaker and non-spinnaker) and MORC as well as a non-sanctioned
Cruising fleet. One design classes may be added. Registration
and various events are on Friday (July 11) and racing followed by the grand
gala and awards is on Saturday. For info contact Judy Buis at
(804) 358-9475 or email at judybuis@attbi.com. Information
is also available at the FBYC web site www.fbyc.net/Events
For registration package, and/or sailing instructions contact Sandy Thurston
at (800) 766-0797 or email ThurstonS …
Wednesday night - Art on Fishing Bay, 6-9:30pm, FBYC
Friday night - Silent Auction, including the duck race, 7-9pm, FBYC
Saturday - Regatta, including separate fun race for cruisers, FBYC
Saturday night - Gala Awards Dinner & Ceremony, 7-11pm, at Stingray Harbor Marina
Come out and support these great events and this worthwhile cause and have a great time to boot!!!!
For details, click the icons at the top left on this page.
JULY 4TH BEACH PARTY CELEBRATION
and
ONE-DESIGN LONG DISTANCE RACE AT FBYC
2 changes:
Click Read More... for Details
(1) No reservations in advance required. Show up the day of the event and $10 ($5 for kids) will get you a true Fourth of July dinner, dancing to a real Beach Band playing all the oldies hits, fun games and activities for the kids, beer or wine for the adults, and more. No where else can you get so much for so little cost. If you have already mailed your reservation, then we will see you there.
(2) This event will not be catered; therefore, we are relying on the sole help of members for …
Headed for SCREWPILE! There are 15 boats
from the southern Bay [and further south] already registered for
the 2003 Screwpile Lighthouse Challenge. They are: Battlewagon
(HYC), Kahuna (HYC), Scherherazade (HYC), Corryreckan
(FBYC), Outrageous (Corolla, NC), Wavelength (FBYC), Radio
Flyer (DYC), PF Flyer (HYC), Beowulf (PBC), Chilcoot
(FBYC),
Feather
(HYC), Defiant (BBSA), Voodoo Chile (UCYC),
Cyrano
(HYC) and Cash Flow (Outer Banks SA). For additional info, check
the web at www.screwpile.net or call Screwpile honcho LG Raley at
(301) 862-3100. Better get your SCREWPILE stuff together -
To avoid the $50 late entry fee, ya gotta enter no later than Wednesday,
July 9th. The $50 late entry fee applies after July 9th
and before July …
Please visit Duct Tape Club - Vote for Meg Roberts page . I need your votes before the 29th!!! All You have to do is go to this page (3rd picture on the 2nd row), check the "cast your vote" box under our picture, then enter your email address. After that you fill in a brief survey and thats it!
If you do, my date and I could each receive $2500 in scholarship money! PLEASE VOTE
Many of you had the chance to see Guy Crittenden's photographs of sailors at Junior
Week and OptiKids. His computer slide show was one of the highlights of
Thursday and Friday afternoon. Parents and sailors got to watch a show of
the day's pictures hours after they were taken. All of Guy's Junior Sailing
photographs are now available to purchase on-line at his website, www.crittendenphoto.com. Click Read More... for details on how to view and order.
Go to "EVENTS" and click on Junior Sailing to get
information on how to buy prints of your children. The links will take you
to Pictage.com, our on-line digital print lab. Type in FBYC in the search
field …
The One Design Division has scheduled Team Races against Rappahannock River
Yacht Club.
The first series will be on Fishing Bay this coming Sunday, June 29 starting
at 11.00. The races will be run in Flying Scots sailing without spinnakers. Spectators, preferably out on the water, are welcome, the only request being that they do not interfere with the racing in any way. For example sailboats
should drop their sails within 150 yards of any competing boat, and helicopters are discouraged. Please come out and cheer your team. And four
weeks later, sail or motor up the Rappahannock River until you see the away event an cheer your team on again.
Thanks to our friends at Rappahannock River Yacht Club for a superb and
fun regatta in Irvington today. Optimists, Sunfish, Lasers and 420's
raced on Carter Creek within sight of the club dock. Winds were 12 - 15
knots at the beginning, but moderated somewhat for the second and third
races. Sailors came mostly from Indian Creek, Rappahannock River and
Fishing Bay Yacht Clubs, as well as Premier Sailing.
Will Crump and Marie Klok were married on July 25 in Aarhus, Denmark. Will was presented a sword to cut the cake.
Great article about the Leukemia Cup in 
Over 200 FBYC members and guests attended the 2003 Art on Fishing Bay held July 9th at Fishing Bay Yacht Club. This year's event was held in conjunction with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society as a fundraiser. Fifteen artists exhibited their works; among them eight were FBYC members or had past association with the club. Each artist donated a piece of their work for the Silent Auction held on July 11th. 
Meg Roberts and her prom date, Tyler Mickley, won over 339 other couples, from 49 states and Canada, to take the top prize in the "Stuck at Prom" contest. From 50 hours of creative work and 540 feet of duct tape, they'll both receive $2500 college scholarships. West Point H.S., also, receives a $2500 scholarship for their win. See the announcement in today's Richmond Times Dispatch, page B7, or go online at 
....and this story is not over...
Meg and Tyler were flown to New York on Thursday to be interviewed for the TODAY show....possibly to air on Friday, 11th or Monday, 14th...
Yesterday at the VA State Opti Championships at Norfolk Yacht and Country Club our Quentin Jenkins got a second
place in Blue Fleet and Fifth Overall. His results were aided by one race in very light air where he got a first place - due he says, to the good practice he has had at FBYC this spring!
Many of you had the chance to see Guy Crittenden's photographs of sailors at Junior
Week and OptiKids. His computer slide show was one of the highlights of
Thursday and Friday afternoon. Parents and sailors got to watch a show of
the day's pictures hours after they were taken. All of Guy's Junior Sailing
photographs are now available to purchase on-line at his website,