In big wind that made them forget the heat, Quentin Jenkins, Annie MacKinnon, Lina and Strother Scott sailed in the Virginia State Optimist Championships, Eliza Strickland, Andrew Wilton and Meg Roberts raced Bytes and Robbie Walker and Justin Wilton raced full rig Lasers. Eric Bokinsky organized the trip and coached while Alex MacKinnon, Ruthanna and Ron Jenkins, Strother Scott, Dick Cole and Tom Roberts spectated and helped out. There was big wind that kept racers from feeling the heat. They are shown relaxing on the lawn after racing. Great group of sailors!
Yesterday Blake and Eric led our Junior Team to the Sandy MacVickar Junior Regatta at Severn Sailing Association in Annapolis, Maryland. Strother and Lina Scott sailed their Optis in windy cool conditions with a large fleet. They are shown getting a little advice from Blake and Eric between races.
Eliza Strickland and Frannie Kupersmith participated in the Byte Class. At the request of some members who felt the picture of last year's coaches on every Junior Racing Article of the web site was a little dated - I have replaced it with an image of Frannie and Eliza in their Bytes at SSA. As with any subject image, you can click on the picture to find all articles on the …
*BREAKING NEWS*
The Jury has reinstated Emily East and Hartley Meric (Fairhope YC) into race 5. East and Meric were recorded OCS by the Race Committee, but filed for redress claiming the the OCS was not warranted. The Jury agreed and has given the team their 2nd place finish for the race. This moves East and Meric into first place, just one point ahead of Derby Anderson and Lucy Kupersmith (Annapolis, MD). With one race to go today, only the top two teams of East/Meric (19pts) and Anderson/Kupersmith (20pts) have a mathmatical chance to take home the Ida Lewis Trophy.
THE RACE FOR PORTUGAL!
While the top two teams battle it out today, another race of significance will …
According to The Newport Harbor Yacht Club Website FBYC Junior member Lucy Kupersmith and her partner lead the U.S. Sailing Junior Womens Double-Handed Championship For the Ida Lewis Trophy being held July 5-10th, 2002 at the Newport Harbor Yacht Club, Balboa, California.
The Race Committee has held the competitors on the water for a 4th race. The wind continues to be steady at 15 knots with an occasional lull to 13 knots. The south south easterly breeze direction continued, however the velocity slowly dropped during the race from 15 knots down to 8-10 by the finish. That didn't seem to bother Derby Anderson and Lucy Kupersmith (Annapolis, MD) who sailed …
We had a great day today.
Catherine Clinard sailed well in green fleet and came home with a fourth
place trophy, which she was so proud of she cradled it in her hands the
entire drive home! Unfortunately she will need to have some fiberglass
work done on the boat bow - she was on starboard tack and the little kid
who hit her who was on port tack & did not respond to her yelling
"starboard" at him.
Quentin Jenkins got a third place trophy in blue fleet.
Eliza Strickland and Miles Kimbrough sailed an FJ belonging to NYCC
because there weren't any other Bytes - they sailed without the plugs,
which provided the coach boat an opportunity to help …
Update 7/10/2002 - the Boat has been found and returned intact Tuesday night - Thanks to all for your help. On July 4th Jay McArdle's powerboat was stolen out of his yard near West Point. Members of the club are asked to be on the lookout for it. It is a 21 foot DONZI center consol with a red Bimini top. It has a white Johnson 225 horse outboard with a black stabilizer fin.
It is on a white tandem axle trailer. The name on the trailer is Yacht Club. The side of the boat has the name Donzi and the model number F-21 on it. 2 additional photos are under read more.
It also has a yellow quick …
Fourty-three junior sailors hailing from Norfolk to Annapolis enjoyed a perfect day of racing during the FBYC Junior Regatta on June 29th. Under the direction of event chair Lud Kimbrough, Fishing Bay Yacht Club demonstrated it's commitment to junior sailing by providing three seperate race courses, free hamburgers and hotdogs after the racing, handing out 31 trophies, and FBYC Junior Racing "Cruiser Mugs" to all participants. Read on for details and regatta results The Laser, 420, and Byte fleets competing off Stove Point on the big-boat course managed by event Race Committee Chair, Stuart Burnett. All three fleets got in six races with a mix of windward/leeward, modified triangle, and olympic courses. Races lasted about 30 minutes each …
This past Tuesday was a great success in Annapolis. Eric and I took seven sailors for the Annapolis Yacht Club Junior Regatta. Congratulations to Eliza Strickland, Franny Kupersmith, Miles Kimbrough, Betsy Carwile, Mark Buchanan, Quentin Jenkins and Alex O'Toole for making it out their for the first regatta of the season. See AYC results
There is a slew of upcoming events which are as follows:Saturday, June 29th is the Fishing Bay Yacht Club's Junior Regatta. I have already been hearing from other clubs such as RRYC and HYC telling me that they are planning to come over for it. Fleets will include 420, Laser, Laser Radial, Byte, Opti and Opti Green Fleet. Don't forget that we …
Please note that as we approach the busy summer Junior season, the Fun Regatta tomorrow, the Junior Regatta the next day, etc. that our Junior leader Jan Monnier has had to switch her e-mail address to janellemonnier@msn.com. You can reach her there - do not even bother to send mail to her richmond.edu address - it seems she has retired as a college professor to work full time for our Juniors for the summer!!!
Please note that the Summer Seabreeze will be held on Saturday, July 6th and Saturday, July 20th. The sailing events book incorrectly states the first race will be on July 7th.
Anna Cobb completed her successful collegiate sailing season in Hawaii and was recently selected as ICSA/Ronstan All-American Crew. For more information see www.collegesailing.org
Congratulations - Anna
We have now organized a Junior Racing Mailing List to more easily send e-mails to all juniors, their parents, and anyone else interested in Junior Racing.
juniorracing@fbyc.net is a moderated
e-mail list - so any e-mail sent to
juniorracing@fbyc.net will go first to Noel Clinard,
the Junior Communications officer, for approval before it is sent to everybody.
You may subscribe by sending a blank e-mail to
juniorracing-subscribe@fbyc.net or you may unsubscribe by sending
a blank e-mail to
juniorracing-unsubscribe@fbyc.net. We plan the same capability for our offshore, and various one design fleets.We also have a Junior Hotline - 804-787-8015 - which will be updated every Friday morning this summer as the traveling teams plans develop …
I would like to take the opportunity to openly express my gratitude to the members of FBYC and the Board of Directors on behalf of the International Lightning Class Associations Fishing Bay Fleet 509.
Throughout the weekend, visiting sailors repeatedly commented on outstanding clubhouse, facilities and members.
I would like to thank those members that actively participated in the Dixie District Regatta event. David Lee, Case and Rob Whittemore, John Beery, Mike Karn, Blake Kimbrough, Eric Bokinsky, Kelly OToole and numerous others provided great on-the-water race management.
Many Thanks,
Ron Buchanan
Fleet Captain, ILCA Fleet 509
The ILCA Dixie Districts are to be held at Fishing Bay June 8th and 9th. We are anticipating 15-25 boats. Some competitors are in need of housing and crew.
If you're willing to provide a boat or cottage for visitors during the weekend, or you're interested in crewing. Please let me know.
--Ron BuchananThe ILCA Dixie Districts are to be held at Fishing Bay June 8th and 9th. Some owners are in need of housing and crew.
If you're willing to provide a boat or cottage for visitors during the weekend, or you're interested in crewing. Please let me know.
--Ron Buchanan
Members of the Catalina 27 list on sailnet are sponsoring a raftup which this year will be on Fishing Bay. I wish to invite members of your club. We hope to make this an annual event,
each year picking a new location in the mid to southern Chesapeake. Chesapeake Yacht Sales will be bringing one of the new Catalina's. If
anyone wishes to join us please feel free there is no particular restriction vs boat or interest, just an afternoon and evening of good company with
fellow sailors.
Date: Saturday May 25th from Noon onwards - Channel 16 then 72
Location: Fishing Bay
If anyone wants to join with us for the day then please
contact me [Mark Tamblyn or …
Fishing Bay's first foray into a joint event with the River clubs seems to have gone well and been well-received. 16 boats competed, 11 from FBYC and 5 from the river: a good turnout considering what conditions looked like early Saturday morning. The attached file is a Word 97 document with the overall results. If you wish me to fax you the long version, give me a call at 804-747-4500 or email me with your fax number. Ties were resolved pursuant to RRS App A, Rule A8 (in most cases A8.3).
In due course the results, as regards the FBYC Spring Series, will be integrated into the series scoring.
The Charm of the Chesapeake is the theme for the 4th Annual Southern Chesapeake Volvo Leukemia Cup Regatta Wine Reception, Saturday, May 18, at the Mariners Museum in Newport News. Guest presenters for the event will be well-known Bay sailors and authors Dick and Dixie Goertemiller. The Goertemillers, who live in Reedville, are founders of Chesapeake Bay Magazine and for many years were editors of the popular Guide to Cruising Chesapeake Bay. They have sailed the Chesapeake for more than 35 years and have written hundreds of articles and stories covering their many cruising and sailing adventures. In addition to their cruising experiences, Dick Goertemiller, who is a leukemia survivor, is also a marine artist. Their presentation includes a unique …
Hustler, owned by John and Tony Esposito from New Rochelle, New York, won the FBYC J/29 Invitational Regatta, which was sailed on April 19-21. With this win, Hustler continues its dominance in 2002 of the J/29 circuit with earlier wins at the Key West and St. Petersburg regattas.The second place boat was Rhumb Punch, which is owned by John Edwards and skippered by Clark McKinney, both of whom are from the Solomons, MD area. The top placing FBYC boat was Titillation, which is owned and skippered by Paul Anderson. Titillation nosed out Patriot by one point. Patriot is owned and skippered by Case Whittemore. The other FBYC boats were Bob Wardwells Killshot (9th), Frank Glawsons …
Commissioning Prayer Fishing Bay Yacht Club Clubhouse Dedication
April 13, 2002 by Rt. Rev. F. Clayton Matthews
We thank you, Almighty God, for the gift of water. Over it the Holy Spirit moved in the beginning of creation. On the third day of creation, you divided the waters from the land, and in the fullness of time came the ancestral waters of the Chesapeake Bay, the Piankatank River, Fishing Bay, and Jackson Creek. Bodies of water upon which we recreate and through which we sail. We present here from these four bodies of water. We ask you to sanctify this water by your creative power so that it may be a sign of the desire we have for you to …
Yesterday Blake and Eric led our Junior Team to the Sandy MacVickar Junior Regatta at Severn Sailing Association in Annapolis, Maryland. Strother and Lina Scott sailed their Optis in windy cool conditions with a large fleet. They are shown getting a little advice from Blake and Eric between races. 
Eliza Strickland and Frannie Kupersmith participated in the Byte Class. At the request of some members who felt the picture of last year's coaches on every Junior Racing Article of the web site was a little dated - I have replaced it with an image of Frannie and Eliza in their Bytes at SSA. As with any subject image, you can click on the picture to find all articles on the …
On Sunday morning July 7, 
According to 
"7th Race
It has a white Johnson 225 horse outboard with a black stabilizer fin. 
Hustler, owned by John and Tony Esposito from New Rochelle, New York, won the FBYC J/29 Invitational Regatta, which was sailed on April 19-21. With this win, Hustler continues its dominance in 2002 of the J/29 circuit with earlier wins at the Key West and St. Petersburg regattas.The second place boat was Rhumb Punch, which is owned by John Edwards and skippered by Clark McKinney, both of whom are from the Solomons, MD area. The top placing FBYC boat was Titillation, which is owned and skippered by Paul Anderson. Titillation nosed out Patriot by one point. Patriot is owned and skippered by Case Whittemore. The other FBYC boats were Bob Wardwells Killshot (9th), Frank Glawsons …
Commissioning Prayer Fishing Bay Yacht Club Clubhouse Dedication