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.
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 …
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,
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.