Opening Day is right around the corner----reserve your spot! 

Don’t miss out on joining your fellow sailors on and off the water in our time-honored Opening Day Regatta, Blessing of the Fleet and Social!

Register Here to Race and/or Buy Meal Tickets from the Storefront

*If registering just for Dinner and/or Drink Tickets click on above link and then 'View Online Storefront"

Please Note: Reservations for Dinner will close Tuesday, April 16.

Opening Day Schedule

0900: Flag Raising & Skippers Meeting

1100: Warning for the first start

Opening Day Social Events:

1630: Ric's Place Bar open

1730: Blessing of the Fleet (Bar will be closed during the Blessing of the Fleet)

1800 - 1930: Dinner catered by Morrisey's …

Make sure you register to RACE in the upcoming One Design Spring Series.  Spring Series 1 is April 28.

Register here:  https://www.regattanetwork.com/event/27825

Check out this recent tour of the club and grounds. 

And if you are wondering what things looked like 10 years ago – here’s an earlier version of this. 

Thanks to Jon Deutsch & Ned Rennolds for the footage.

Our friends in the Southern Bay are inviting FBYC Racers and Cruiser/Racers to head south for their Annual Southern Bay Race Week (SBRW) held May 31 - June 2.  Hosting clubs are Hampton Yacht Club, Cruising Club of Virginia and Old Point Comfort Yacht Club.  See below for their flyer and head south for a great event!  This is a PHRF and Cruising Spin/Non-Spin Event!

Make sure to register for Opening Day at Fishing Bay!  We start the day with an Offshore Race around Government markers----come shake out your sails---all PHRF, non-spin and Cruising Classes welcome.  Blessing of the Fleet, Social and Dinner open to all.

Register to Race here:  https://www.regattanetwork.com/event/27831

Register for just social/dinner here via  'View Online Storefront"  https://www.regattanetwork.com/event/27831

Event Schedule  https://www.fbyc.net/events/2024/240420-offshore-opening-day/

The spring sailing season is right here.  If you've been to the club recently, you may have noticed that the yard is looking pretty full...and not all of our boats are on the yard yet.

If you are a leaseholder, your renewal included a 2024 sticker.  We need you to get that on your boat in the rear starboard corner.

By opening day, less than four weeks from now, we will have reconciled the stickered boats on the yard to the known leaseholders list.  Boats without leases, will be moved to the drysail area until leases and proof of insurance can be obtained.

The club policy requires trailers to be in roadworthy condition.  As part of the spring yard …

FBYC Regatta Network Tutorial with Scoring Concentration 

FBYC is providing a tutorial as well as Q&A on Regatta Network with a concentration on SCORING.  This session will be held Tuesday April 2^nd at 7PM and hosted by Andrew Spencer.  

This session is open to ALL Offshore, One Design, Cruising and very important for all serving on RC.  We need to ensure we have plenty of resources for scoring---so sign up and join in!

Please send an email to Andrew SpencerAB@gmail.com if you wish to attend so he can send you the link.

Andrew Spencer

804-615-1340

As we approach the start of our season in the spring - a number of FBYC One Design sailors have been traveling and keeping their skills sharp through the winter. Here are a few highlights:

Flying Scot: John Wake with Mike Chesser and Sharon Wake and Tracy Schwarzschild along with Katie Finn have participated in the Greater Richmond Sailing Association Frostbite. John finished atop of the standing in the 4 day series. [RESULTS]

Our Melges 15 sailors have been prowling the winter circuit in Florida:

• Winter Series #1 - January 8th [RESULTS]: Mason Chapman Jr. & Walker Angus; Joe Roos & Conrad Roos
• Winter Series #2 - Feb 24th [RESULTS]: Joe Roos & Conrad Roos
• M15 Midwinters - March 23rd [RESULTS]: Madeleine Garrett & …

Due to heavy rain and winds predicted the Saturday---the Richmond Model Yacht Club Demonstration is POSTPONED, 

Keep an eye out for a rescheduled date.  Any questions, please contact Mary Almany, 804-405-2379

March 23rd, 1:00pm-4:00pm

Members of the Richmond Model Yacht Club will bring their Dragonflite 95 boats to FBYC for a demonstration on Saturday March 23rd from 1-4pm.  Right after our spring clean up day, and before the Evolution Sails Sock Burning, RMYC members will be on campus to demonstrate their boats and answer any questions.  Several of our members have been involved in model yacht building and racing, and they will tell you, the competition can be fierce!  

Come out and enjoy.  No registration required.  

Any questions, please contact Mary Almany, 804-405-2379.

Looking for something to do this Saturday? Only a few spots remain for this inaugural event! All members are welcome to join us for a fun evening in Richmond with fellow FBYC members. (Only 13 spots available as of posting this message.)

Wine Tasting & Charcuterie Event 

Member-only event

Led by a sommelier from Barrel Thief Wine & Provisions in Richmond 

Sat. March 16

7-9pm

Caroline & Ian Patrick's house - 7110 Club Vista Lane, Henrico VA

$20 per person

RSVP and pay via this link

21 and older

Questions? Email Caroline Patrick

cgpatrick17 at gmail.com

FBYC Membership Engagement Chair

As FBYC approaches our 85th Opening Day - take a look back at the people and ceremony of our 75th Opening Day in 2014.

Calling all Offshore and Cruising sailors!

Don’t miss the 30th Annual Stingray Point Regatta and the 2024 Southern Bay PHRF Championship, Friday, August 30 – Sunday, September 1, 2024, at Fishing Bay Yacht Club in Deltaville, Virginia.

The regatta consists of three days of sailing for both offshore and cruising boats. Friday will be a distance race (medium distance) for all boats, with awards for PHRF-A, PHRF-B, PHRF-C, and Cruising. Saturday and Sunday will feature two days of windward-leeward racing for PHRF classes, and a triangle course for the Cruising class.

Off the water, there will be plenty of entertainment, too, with Another Level providing the music for the Saturday night social. Complimentary continental breakfast will be provided at the …

Help to get our club Flying Scot boats ready to go for the 2024 season at our Spring Cleanup Day, Saturday from 9am-1pm, March 23.

Do you have expertise in working on trailers, rigging ‘scots or just want to learn the basics and tricks of boat maintenance? Sign up to help at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080C4FA5AA2BA4FF2-47414903-2024#/ and in the comments section mention that you would like to help with the club flying scots. And yes! there will be lunch….

After lunch, follow your friends to the Deltaville Sock Burn and Oyster Roast in the afternoon from 3:30-7:00pm at Evolution Sails in downtown Deltaville.

Questions? Contact us at adultsailing@fbyc.net

Would you like to be included …

FBYC Presents a Winter Program

Peter Gibbons-Neff of PGN Ocean Racing 
March 6th, 6:30pm-8:30pm – Presentation starts at 7PM

Join us as Peter Gibbons-Neff from Annapolis recounts his 4050-nautical-mile race solo handed in a 21 foot Classe Mini 6.50. Peter was the only American racer to finish the La Boulangere Mini Transat Race on November 15th.

Hardywood Park Brewing Company --- Barrel Room
2410 Ownby Lane
Richmond, VA 23220

$20 per person
Light hors d'oeuvres and cash bar

Register Here----

https://www.fbyc.net/events/2024/240306-social-winter-program-peter-gibbons-neff/

Recall all of those friends who think what we do at FBYC is pretty amazing?  Now is your chance! 

Send them to sign up for Crew Training 2024!

https://www.fbyc.net/events/2024/240305-training-crew-training-class-1/

FBYC is again offering our popular annual crew training sailing course for anyone interested in a team sport that will challenge the most competitive and give a lifetime of enjoyment to anyone who loves outdoor sports and good fun.  Sailing is a lifelong sport and racing only makes it even more enjoyable!

Sign Up Here

The course consists of three classroom sessions and two on-the-water practice sessions in Deltaville (about 70 minutes east of Richmond) aboard racing sailboats. Classroom instruction is provided by FBYC racing …

Join us as Peter Gibbons-Neff from Annapolis recounts his 4050-nautical-mile race solo handed in a 21 foot Class Mini 6.50. Peter was the only American racer to finish the La Boulangere Mini Transat Race on November 15th.

Sign up to attend on fbyc.net

March 6th, 6:30pm-8:30pm – Presentation starts at 7PM

Hardywood Park Brewing Company --- Barrel Room

2410 Ownby Lane

Richmond, VA 23220

$20 per person

Light hors d'oeuvres and cash bar

For more details please contact the event chair.

Registration has just opened for Junior Sailing 2024

Make sure to get your Junior sailors signed up for Junior Week, Development, Race Teams and more!

FBYC Member priority: members get priority for access to all classes before March 1 if the class were to fill.  

Member discount: use coupon code FBYC when it asks during the registration process.  This saves members from $50 up to $850 (The $850 is for summer race teams).  

Register Now

Saturday March 23rd, 9am - 1pm

We will be sprucing up the Club! 

Bring work gloves, any yard tools (such as wheelbarrows, pitchforks, rakes, shovels, cordless drills and trimmers, etc and please label well), comfortable shoes, and come hang out with friends and make the Club gorgeous and ready for a new year! Yes, you can operate your own items and keep track of them. Please sign up on this Sign Up Genius page. 

We will meet at the main clubhouse at 9:00 am for direction and tasks.
Lunch and drinks will be provided this year!
When we break for lunch, we can look back and see the beautiful progress made from the morning's work.

After lunch, follow your friends …