Drenching downpours, threatening lightning, and cloudy skies didn't dampen this year's Junior Week program for over 100 juniors. The program ended with heartfelt cheers led by David Hazelhurst, hugs, and even some blown kisses as Juniors and Staff wrapped up another successful Junior Week. But as David Hazelhurst says, "it's not over yet." Click the Calender icon to see the Junior Sailing/Coaching Calendar for the rest of the summer or download the PDF file for a hard copy .
BLUEWATER RACING: Marion-Bermuda Race Update:
Mark Wheeler, our embedded crew/e-mailer on Pete Savage's Oyster
62, Venture, reported that as of yesterday morning (Sunday, 1000),
they were 290 miles away from Kitchen Shoals Light (a mark north of Bermuda).
They were experiencing a nice ride in the Gulf Stream, but expected to
abandon it soon. By the 0300 report today Mark said they were "...working
through the favorable side of a cold eddy south of the Stream." By
now they have less than 200 miles to go. This is the 14th running
of the "every other year" race that runs from Marion, Massachusetts, to
Bermuda. There are 78 boats entered this year …
You name it, it's happened since the first weekend of Opti Kids, already documented on the web for those who can't wait for the next Log. And on the first weekend, our first Team Sailing event with all seven 420's in the water. Another first! A repeat the following weekend, with a second session of Opti Kids and Team Sailing, and a get together for the Junior Week staff--their last night before the most important people arrived, their customers.
Not exactly the best conditions for the first three days, primarily a little too much rain. But this did not faze any of the participants. And unless you have lived through a Junior Week, it will be hard …
This to inform your members that the National American Schooner Association is forming a regional chapter and is inviting all intersted schooner owners and everyone else who just loves schooners and traditionally rigged vessels to join the fun!
INVITATION/PRESS RELEASE
American Schooner Association, Mid Atlantic Chapter
The American Schooner Association (ASA), home based at Mystic Seaport, Conn. announces the formation of regional chapters. The first ever chapter to be formed is the Mid Atlantic Chapter, which will serve the states of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware and Southern NJ. The ASA is an organization established in 1972 which fosters, promotes and encourages interest in the preservation, traditions and enjoyment of schooners and traditionally rigged vessels. The ASA is a …
ESSO BEE WINS 2003 BLACK SEAL CUP: Greg
Miller brought hisLindenberg 26 North
from the Pamlico Sound and took home the Black Seal Cup from Southern Bay
Race Week. The overall Best Boat of Race Week award is determined
by a formula that considered finishes and size of fleet. A boat must
win it's fleet to be considered. ESSO BEE recorded a finish string
of 2-3-1-1-2 over 5 races in the three day event. Miller won the
17 boat PHRF C fleet. One other Lindenberg 26 also made the trip
from North Carolina. Leon Turkevich's Hummer, did not complete
the regatta because of a broken rudder.
ZAP FLASH!!! BLACK SEAL CUP - SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK OPENING NIGHT - Thursday, June 12th RACING - Friday, June 13th, through Sunday,
June 15th
This you gotta know:* HOD OPEN HOUSE: Friday (June 13) between
4pm and 6pm the Hampton One Design class will stage an OPEN HOUSE
at the docks between the regatta party tent and the Brady Sailing
Center (HYC). There will be several HODs rigged and ready for interested
sailors to hop in for a spin on the creek. The idea is for those
who are curious about the boats to have a chance to actually go out with
a class member for a quick sail. For additional info contact
Devon Sweeney by email …
THE Collegiate Woman Sailor of the Year is in our midst!
Corrie Clement, Old Dominion University senior, was named to receive
the Intercollegiate Sailing Association award last week. Quantum Sail Design
Group (Annapolis) sponsors this award. The award will "live" in the
Collegiate Sailing Hall of Fame in Annapolis, after a couple of weeks in
Corrie's possession. Corrie has raced on several occasions in the
southern Chesapeake in, among others, the Hampton One Design fleet.
Anna
Tunnicliffe, also on the ODU team, and Corrie were both named All-Americans.
Doug Creecy ZING [s] Hometowne Regatta: Saturday
was overcast, but there was wind, and the Towne Bank Hometowne Regatta
fleet of 31 (of the 40 entered) beat …
After months of preparation our on-the-water training program for the next generation of FBYC sailors is well under way. Opti kids on and in the water training was the first order of the day this past Saturday and Sunday. Concurrently in splendid isolation on the second floor of our new clubhouse, Kenneth Andreassen, a Dane speaking flawless English, was giving a world class presentation on Opti sailing, racing and tactics to a miserably small audience. Pictures of Ken and his students are available here.
And on Sunday the die hard Junior racing team members were out in force using all of our 420 fleet for the first time. Onshore, thanks to the untiring efforts of the Junior Lt. Commander there …
Come join us for the first of FBYC's summer Junior regattas. We welcome all FBYC and Bay area Juniors to this CYBRA sanctioned event which includes a day of racing followed by awards and a cookout.
This is a perfect event to try out those skills you have learned since the beginning of the summer. Both beginners and seasoned racers will enjoy these races set in our picturesque Fishing Bay. For more details, click here
The District 11 Grand Prix was held this past weekend in Hampton Virginia..
Our Alain Vincey won the Masters Trophy! Results are here.
Lyn McCarthy was on the RC boat and provided the following report.Wild wind (gusts well above 30 knots and frequent) took Sunday away from the
Laser racers at the District 11 Laser Grand Prix Regatta in Hampton Roads.
They did get in three races on Saturday before Mother Nature threw her hissy
fit. Henry Amthor (Hampton YC) won the championship with three 2nd places.
Walt Bryde (Hampton YC) took home the 2nd place trophy (4-4-5) and Brian
Shores (Severn Sailing)(3-6-6) 3rd. George Panayides (Hampton YC),
defending 2002 champion, had a 1st in both race #1 …
It's early May, and here we sit aboard NOMADESS, our newly acquired cutter, in English Harbor, Antigua. Our FBYC Burgee snapping in the stiff easterlies that inhabit these low latitudes. We are asking ourselves the age-old question, "how did we get here this time?" I guess the bug bit again at the Ft. Lauderdale International boat show in October. Click Read More for the full story of our year of cruising in the Bahamas, Virgin Islands, and Caribbean.
After years of racing EAGERNESS on the bay, and hours of trolling for anything that might bite aboard EAGER TOO, we were torn between a long-range motor cruiser or an around the world sailing vessel. For three years or so we …
A meeting was held this past weekend to wrap up the
final details of the new FBYC event -- Team Racing.
This will be an interclub event with teams from FBYC
and RRYC competing in this two race day series held in
Flying Scots. The first race day will be held at FBYC
on Sunday, June 29th. The second and final day will
be at the RRYC on Sunday, July 27th. Awards and a
cookout will follow the at the end of each day. There
will also be an overall trophy for the winning team at
the conclusion of the series.
We will have a four boat team from each club, with
multiple races on each day. Since this will be …
BLACK SEAL CUP - SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK: Racing
begins Friday, June 13 and runs through Sunday, June 15. (Hampton
One-Designs, International 505s, and International Canoes race June 14-15.)
To
avoid the $25 late registration fee, enter before midnight THIS SATURDAY,
JUNE 7th. For info, check out the web site at www.blacksealcup.com
Wild wind (gusts well above 30 knots and frequent) took
Sunday away from the Laser racers at the District 11 Laser Grand Prix
Regatta
in Hampton Roads. They did get in three races on Saturday
before Mother Nature threw her hissy fit. Henry Amthor won the
championship with three 2nd places. Walt Bryde
took home the 2nd place trophy (4-4-5) and …
Dont
miss out this Saturday for the conclusion of our Spring Series One Design
racing. Afterwards, there will be dinner and awards. We hope you can stay and enjoy the
Just
in case you didnt get your fill of racing this spring, races will be offered on
Sunday. This one day Sunshine
Regatta is an additional opportunity to get out and sail
since Mother Nature has kept us on the dock the past few weekends. There will be a skippers meeting at
1000 followed by the first warning signal at 1100.
In a lack of wind foreshortened race, Voodoo Chile reached the finish line set at the bridge by Dabney Overton and his crew of the handsome Mr. Roberts replacement boat. Hours later a few other boats finished, but most retired and headed for Urbanna for the party, dinner provided by Janie French, and the barn dance.
Many more hours later, the partying continued.
Thanks to Bradley Davidson Photography for the excellent pictures he has taken for FBYC. Please visit For many more pictures. Scott Collins and Will Crump cruised to the event on a Mobjack.
DISTRICT 11 GRAND PRIX REGATTA - LASER CHAMPIONSHIPS
ARE THIS COMING SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, MAY 31 AND JUNE 1.
The venue is on Hampton Flats. Host yacht club is Hampton YC. Expectations
are for 35-40 boats for this district-wide event. George Panayides,
aka "The Laser Guy", will be defending his 2002 championship title. For
info and/or to register contact Leigh Morgan at leigh.morgan2@verizon.net
or George Panayides at gpanayid@wrsystems.com The
NOR is available at www.hamptonyc.com Spectators are
welcome - bring your own boat, though.
Better get your SCREWPILE stuff together. John
Hanna said the regatta will cap entries at 170 boats this year.
The dates for the 2003 Screwpile Lighthouse …
Come and support a great effort at 9:30 on Saturday morning and participate in the Grand Opening of the Deltaville Museum and Holly Point Nature Park. Our past Commodore, Tim Blackwood, Chairman of the Board of the Museum, will do the ribbon-cutting which will be followed by refreshments and tours of the facility. On the way to FBYC, the museum is located at 287 Jackson Creek Rd. (Right off of Rt # 33 at the Deltaville Convenience Center, second driveway on the left).
Click Read More for more on the mission of the museum and plans for its development.
The mission of this great facility is "to protect and enhance the natural beauty of the area designated Holly Point and …
The 8th Annual Little Creek Regatta to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will be held August 1 & 2, 2003 at Bay Point Marina, Norfolk, VA. The Regatta consists of a sailing race, power boat poker run and fishing tornament. The Regatta has raised over 1/2 million dollars in the fight against cancer. Please see the attached for more information and check out www.littlecreekregatta.org/
Alan McCullough, Jr. was a FBYC member most of his life. He died May 11, and his memorial service on Friday was attended by his family and many friends. Among the rememberances read at the service was the following article, which was written and read by Ken Ringle.
As most of us know, Mac made a movie about his life. No film
was actually shot, of course, but that is somehow beside the
point. The movie was always showing on the inside of Mac's forehead.
What made relations with Mac so maddening, so bewildering
and so much fun-all at the same time-was that he was always simultaneously
shooting the movie and watching it. And directing it. And editing
it …
WHITTET, MARSHALL, ANGUS, and POWERS Win FBYC Offshore
Spring Series: Tie-breakers decided the series final positions
in PHRF A as well as Non-Spin. The finale Saturday was sailed in
brisk winds on the Rappahannock. RESULTS: PHRF A:
1. Rob Whittet, Wavelength; 2. Strother Scott, Loose Cannon.
PHRF
B: 1.
Sam Marshall, Night Music; 2. Allan Heyward,
La
Maga.
MORC: 1. Jason and Will Angus,Brass Monkey.
PHRF
Non-Spinnaker: 1. Eric Powers,
Nereid; 2. David
Hazlehurst, Oracle.
The maxi-cat PlayStation is at Bay Point Marina
at the mouth of Little Creek in Norfolk. Steve Fossett is waiting
for the right weather pattern to develop, so that he can make a run at …
The program ended with heartfelt cheers led by David Hazelhurst, hugs, and even some blown kisses as Juniors and Staff wrapped up another successful Junior Week. But as David Hazelhurst says, "it's not over yet." Click the Calender icon to see the Junior Sailing/Coaching Calendar for the rest of the summer or download the PDF file for a hard copy .
After months of preparation our on-the-water training program for the next generation of FBYC sailors is well under way. Opti kids on and in the water training was the first order of the day this past Saturday and Sunday. Concurrently in splendid isolation on the second floor of our new clubhouse, Kenneth Andreassen, a Dane speaking flawless English, was giving a world class presentation on Opti sailing, racing and tactics to a miserably small audience.
It's early May, and here we sit aboard NOMADESS, our newly acquired cutter, in English Harbor, Antigua. Our FBYC Burgee snapping in the stiff easterlies that inhabit these low latitudes. We are asking ourselves the age-old question, "how did we get here this time?" I guess the bug bit again at the Ft. Lauderdale International boat show in October. Click Read More
for the full story of our year of cruising in the Bahamas, Virgin Islands, and Caribbean.
A meeting was held this past weekend to wrap up the
final details of the new FBYC event -- Team Racing.
This will be an interclub event with teams from FBYC
and RRYC competing in this two race day series held in
Flying Scots. The first race day will be held at FBYC
on Sunday, June 29th. The second and final day will
be at the RRYC on Sunday, July 27th. Awards and a
cookout will follow the at the end of each day. There
will also be an overall trophy for the winning team at
the conclusion of the series.
In a lack of wind foreshortened race, Voodoo Chile reached the finish line set at the bridge by Dabney Overton and his crew of the handsome Mr. Roberts replacement boat. Hours later a few other boats finished, but most retired and headed for Urbanna for the party, dinner provided by Janie French, and the barn dance.
Many more hours later, the partying continued.
Thanks to 
Scott Collins and Will Crump cruised to the event on a Mobjack.
Come and support a great effort at 9:30 on Saturday morning and participate in the Grand Opening of the Deltaville Museum and Holly Point Nature Park.
Our past Commodore, Tim Blackwood, Chairman of the Board of the Museum, will do the ribbon-cutting which will be followed by refreshments and tours of the facility. On the way to FBYC, the museum is located at 287 Jackson Creek Rd. (Right off of Rt # 33 at the Deltaville Convenience Center, second driveway on the left).
Click Read More for more on the mission of the museum and plans for its development.
The 8th Annual Little Creek Regatta to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will be held 
August 1 & 2, 2003 at Bay Point Marina, Norfolk, VA. The Regatta consists of a sailing race, power boat poker run and fishing tornament. The Regatta has raised over 1/2 million dollars in the fight against cancer. Please see the attached for more information and check out 
Alan McCullough, Jr. was a FBYC member most of his life. He died May 11, and his memorial service on Friday was attended by his family and many friends. Among the rememberances read at the service was the following article, which was written and read by Ken Ringle.