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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
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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.
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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
21 and older
Questions? Email Caroline Patrick
cgpatrick17 at gmail.com
FBYC Membership Engagement Chair
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As FBYC approaches our 85th Opening Day - take a look back at the people and ceremony of our 75th Opening Day in 2014.
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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 …
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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 …
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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/
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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!
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 …
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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.
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.
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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).
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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 …
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FBYC members Jon Moody and Brad Miller, along with former member Eric Powers and their professional captain, are en route from Cape Town, South Africa aboard the Moodys' newly-built Balance Catamaran, Hokule'a. They plan a provisioning stop at the island of St. Helena then on to Brazil with their last stop in Grenada. Jon reports conditions have been favorable so far. They hope to reach Grenada by March and invite FBYC members to follow their track on Predict Wind and read their log entries at: https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/display/SV-Hokulea/
Fair winds Jon and crew!
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2024 Junior Program Save the Dates:June 17 - 21
Registration goes live in February.
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Country Club of Virginia (CCV) St. Andrews - Saturday, November 11, 2023
Full event photo gallery HERE
Junior Division
HENRY E. HUTCHESON, Jr. MEMORIAL TROPHY - Henry Latell
L. WOOD BEDELL TROPHY - for Opti - Levi Dalsaso (not present); Laser - Finn McKinster
ROBERTS BOWL - Opti: Sebastian Angus; Laser: William Sutten; 420: Justinus Petkauskas (not present) & Madeleine Garrett
REID A. DUNN TROPHY- Laser: Noah Wensell, C420: Justinus Petkauskas (not present) & Madeleine Garrett
JUNIOR COMPETITION TROPHY - Opti: Clark Garrett, Laser: Noah Wensell, C420: Bo Angus
CAROLINE COLLINS TROPHY - C420: Madeleine Garrett
YOUNG SALT TROPHY - Wyatt Call (not present)
UP AND COMING TROPHY - Parker Edwards (not present)
BECCA BOAT …
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What a great time everyone had at the 2023 Commodore’s
Ball! We commenced the evening with our FBYC Annual
Meeting to provide a year in review of the successes
of 2023 and plans for 2024. Then, the very important
and honorable exchange of Flag Officer Patches and
presentation of our 2023 American and FBYC Flags
(which flew over our beloved campus during 2023) to
our outgoing Commodore Mark Wensell. The meeting
was extremely well attended by over 75---demonstrating
positive interests in FBYC Leadership and ongoing
management.
We took a different course this year by returning back to
the beautiful Country Club of Virginia. We tried something
new by switching to Action …
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Some footage of the 2000 US Laser Masters has been re-digitized and is available for viewing on YouTube. This was one of the last major events in the old club house before it was torn down to make way for the new one. Check out the footage to see some of what things looked like and some of the people who helped put on this 92-boat event or sailed in it. The video is not short, so use the text in the description to jump around and find the parts you want to see.
Also if you have any video footage of the club or club events that is 20+ years old, let me know and I …
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The club was decked out in fall colors Sunday morning ahead of the One Design Frostbite Regatta.
Photo by Jon Deutsch
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The One Design Division ended the season with the frostbite regatta that wasn’t much of a frostbite. Sailors were treated to temps in the low 70s and winds that reached the double digits.
After waiting about an hour for the sea breeze – it came and gave the 10 ILCA, 3 Flying Scots and 2 Melges 15s 4 nice races.
The Flying Scot fleet saw each boat win a race with Ric and Sharon Bauer winning the tiebreaker race to the dock to win the day.
The ILCA Fleet saw Scott Adam, James Jacob, Mike Moore and Holly Sears mixing it up at the front of the fleet. James Jacob would win the day, followed by Scott Adam, Peter Ill …
