The 2001 FrontRunner midwinters were held March 16th through the 18th at Tampa's Davis Island Yacht Club. Six FrontRunners representing FBYC made the trek to DIYC and were greeted with warm conditions. Throughout the morning, the breeze built as the fleet prepared for the afternoon's opening races. The scheduled starting time came and went as crews waited on shore for a break in the gusty 20 to 25 knot winds. Severe thunderstorms were also predicted, but never fully materialized, however the steep chop and strong winds were enough to postpone the regatta's start until Saturday morning.The much anticipated 1st race on Hillsborough Bay began in a 5 knot breeze that faded away to a dead calm …
On April 7 we had a brief ceremony breaking ground on the New Building. Jim Rogers announced our fundraising has reached $285,000. Our Club Chaplain Bill Egelhoff said a prayer for our new building project and for all who plan to enjoy it. Mike Karn announced he anticipated an 8 month construction schedule. And then your flag officers used their gilded shovels to break ground.
2001 Sailing Update and Wine Reception Featuring Gary Jobson and wines by Barbourvilles Vineyard
7:00pm, Friday March 23 in Richmond. Trigon Blue Cross Blue Shield Headquarters ar 2015 Staples Mill Road.7-10pm.Sailors wine lovers and others interested in beating the winter blahs and getting an insiders look at this year's many challenging sailboat races have a treat in store. Friday night March 23rd at Trigon Blue Cross Blue Shield Headquarters Fishing Bay Yacht Club will host a Wine tasting with wines provided by Barbourvilles Vineyard. A sailing update will be presented by prominent sailing analyst and author Gary Jobson, who is expected to update several world races including THE RACE, The Vendee Globe, the popular Volvo Ocean …
Are you interested in helping out with the offshore race management this spring??? If you're new to the club it's a great way to meet other members and a lot of fun!
I would like to have a roster of race committee helpers that I can call on to assist the chairman for each event.
Please email me at rbuchanan@cavtel.net (or call at 282-5653) and let me know if you're interested. If you have particular dates that you're available, let me know that as well.
The J24 topic has been added to the FBYC web site.I took the liberty of adding the J24 topic to the FBYC website. I added an image I think all will find familiar. In addition I have added an image from the sailing seminar we held in the fall. Thanks go out to T.J. Daly for letting me borrow his boat.
Crew training will begin soon with have classroom sessions on Thursdays , March 22, 29 and April 5 7:00PM - 9:30PM
and On Water Sessions: Saturday, March 24, 31 and April 1 9:00AM - 1:00PM. Application available for download under read more2000 CREW TRAINING
2001 CREW TRAINING
Sponsored by
MORC Station 70 and Fishing Bay Yacht Club
FUN, SUN & SAILING! This program is designed to get more active people involved in the
wonderful sport of sailing. Classroom sessions review basics of sailboats, sailing and racing. On
the water sessions are an opportunity to practice what has been learned in the classroom.
Upon completion of the program, we will assist in placing you (if you wish) as …
Elizabeth tackles those killer Key West waves on the cover of the March Sailing issue. The pic is attached. I understand the issue has sold out in the U.S. :-)
Photo courtesy of Onne van der Wal/Stock Newport.
www.sailingonline.com
A small committee met last night and decided not to adopt the new Section 26 rules changing how the race committee starts races. Instead we will write our instructions this year to proscribe starts using the familiar red, Blue shapes,etc on the 5 minutes sequences. There is another new rule this year
that requires that all crew on boats be members of recognized yacht clubs. We can not change that rule, however we will add language to our sailing instructions that say in effect - no competitor may protest another boat for failure to follow the new rule about crew being club members.
Jon is a freshman at East Carolina University studying Management Information Systems. He is a Unattached Junior member of FBYC. Four years ago he created fbyclaserfleet.tripod.com
and has maintained it -including adding coverage of last year's Laser Masters. He'll be moving the laser fleet stuff to a folder within fbyc.net and then hopefully will help us develop our site. Jon's e-mail is jon-fbyc@jdeutsch.com
Alain Vincey will be getting E mail soon. He plans to travel to the Laser Worlds in Cork, Ireland in August, 2001.
He will keep FBYC members up to date with his racing results while he is away. It is an open regatta and since he was one of the top 30 Laser Masters last year, he has decided to go for broke!
I work at SAIC and it's pretty cool to see what 'we' are contributing to the America's Cup cause. I'm just waiting for that free ticket to Auckland!
SAIC and Ford Motor Company Join America's Cup One World Challenge as Technical Partners
Seattle-based Campaign Continues to Round Out Sailing Team
SEATTLE - January 15, 2001 - The One World Challenge Campaign for the 2003 America's Cup to be held in Auckland, New Zealand, continues to round out its team of sailors, designers and builders as well as add SAIC and Ford Motor Company as important strategic technical partners.
The Seattle-based One World Challenge syndicate, led by telecommunications entrepreneur Craig McCaw, has built a diverse team of sailing …
It's time to register for the Junior Week programs. Full details are now posted in the Junior Divison on this site and will appear in the March Log. You can download your application forms from the 'Junior Division' page of this site. Space is going to be limited, particularly for those without their own boats. Ruthanna is urging all parents to get your application in as soon as you can.
Site looks Great
I'll be looking into adding the mailing list option. We might have to add a portal and will most likely need the database up and running in order to store all the additional information we will be gathering.
Later
Clark
Attached are the Overall Results for the 2000 Stingray Point Regatta for those of you who may have missed the e-mail of September 3, 2000. Thanks for participating - we'll see you next year when our new Clubhouse will be finished?!?
Eric has been working with Mark and Joanna Wensell and has now been able to make the Zope version of a FBYC web site work. The members of the Web Committee now need to post content.
Web committee members should go to:
http://fbyc.net:8080/Devel/manage
there is a folder called "Squishtest" where they need to post content.
Eric has been working with Mark and Joanna Wensell and has now been able to make the Zope version of a FBYC web site work. The members of the Web Committee now need to post content.
Web committee members should go to:
http://fbyc.net:8080/Devel/manage
there is a folder called "Squishtest" and in that folder are several …
On April 7 we had a brief ceremony breaking ground on the New Building. Jim Rogers announced our fundraising has reached $285,000. Our Club Chaplain Bill Egelhoff said a prayer for our new building project and for all who plan to enjoy it. Mike Karn announced he anticipated an 8 month construction schedule. And then your flag officers used their gilded shovels to break ground.
It's time to register for the Junior Week programs. Full details are now posted in the