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This Saturday the Laser fleet is hosting a training day. This is a day of training and practice in Lasers, open to experienced or inexperienced Laser sailors. Sailors wanting to try this kind of boat are welcome as well. Jon Deutsch, Mike Toms, and other experienced fleet members will be around to lead a day of learning and practice. More details and how to register on the club website.
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Calling all Junior parents--or grandparents for that matter!
Junior Week is great fun for our kids, but can involve a lot of "down time" for the adults. This year, we’re offering all adults the opportunity to increase their sailing skills with some custom-tailored sessions held right at the club. (We especially hope our female sailors will attend to increase their confidence out on the water.)
Two instructors from the Annapolis Seamanship School will be running these workshops. One especially unique opportunity is the "Hands-on Diesel Mechanics" session with a portable diesel engine. You’ll be able to see, hear and touch a diesel in action—and learn how to do some basic trouble shooting. There's …
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The J/70 Spring Regatta had some great wind and weather and big thanks to Bob Fleck for being PRO AND getting some great photos.
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Beautiful day of racing on Saturday for the offshore Spring Series #3. Nice wind and 3 races. Results and pictures by Aaron Sutten and Len Guenther.
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One amendment has been posted to the One Design General Notice of Race. This had largely been the practice in past years and we only just realized it had not been included in the actual NOR. We appologize for any confusion this has caused.
Section 2.7 has been added:
2.7 Separate starts will be offered to fleets of 3 or more like boats. Minimum 3 boats are required for the event to qualify for series scoring. Classes with fewer than 3 boats participatipating in any race day will be started and scored together as a Portsmouth class.
Posted 5/17 2300
Jon Deutsch
One Design Division Commander
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Your historian had the occasion recently to contemplate the swift passage of time, when, serendipitously, he received a parcel of old photos from member Evelyn Turner through member John Koedel. Among many club scenes worth preserving, there were several pictures of the interior of the old clubhouse, images of which have been notably absent from our archives.
Then it struck me that we still talk effusively about our ‘new’ clubhouse. Really…it has been an incredible 15 years since our old clubhouse came down to make way for the ‘new’ clubhouse in 2002. And many post-2002 members and certainly junior members through their teenage years have no recollection of our original clubhouse that served us so faithfully for over half a …
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Your Memorial Day holiday weekend will not be complete without attending the FBYC reception at the Deltaville Maritime Museum in honor of our new permanent exhibit. The reception will include beverages and heavy hors d’oeuvres to delight the palate. The event is open to all members but you first must register online.
Cost to attend is $15/adult with juniors admitted free. $10 of each admission ticket will be donated to the Deltaville Maritime Museum which has partnered with us in the past to stage important sailing events, such as the Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup Regattas and the 2010 Optimist Nationals.
A full description of the event can be found online on our website. This event will symbolize our support …
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As has been the case over the past few summers, our Operations Manager, Dixon Cole, is looking for an able-bodied summer assistant. Employee will report directly to Dixon and assist in the maintenance of club facilities and equipment. Ideally, this person would be a high school or college student with accommodations in the Deltaville area. For more information or to apply, please email both Dixon (dixon@va.metrocast.net) and Rob Whittemore (rwhittemore@graycorei.com).
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FBYC has a cruise going to New England this summer and for any sailors interested in getting some passage making experience, this could be your ticket.
Weather permitting, we plan to sail to Cape Charles on 6/23, then start early the next morning for Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard. Many boats plan on returning to Deltaville from NYC in early August, or maybe end of July; depends on the weather. Berths may be available for one or both of the passages.
This is a great chance for you to experience the joy of being at sea for a few days, without having to own a sea worthy sailboat of your own or having more than a week to make …
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The Young Adult Member group had a great happy hour meeting up at the VMFA to catch up and talk sailing this spring!
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What are you doing Memorial Day Weekend? Time's up! Coming to the 3rd Annual Open House Regatta and Memorial Day celebration! Registration is NOW OPEN. This year we are holding the event on Sunday, May 29th. This event is designed for members AND non-members. What better way to introduce your friends to Fishing Bay Yacht Club?
Offshore, Cruising, One Design, Juniors, everyone come out and join the fun! We begin with a fun little distance race. Then we form another circle raft up. Remember last year? Let's double it this year! Shuttle boats will run from the FBYC dock to the raft up for those that want to join the raft up, but can't make the race. After the raft up back ashore - we …
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Clean drinking water is critical to the future of the Deltaville and more sign-ups are needed to justify constructing the planned water system. The deadline to enroll is early June, so sign up now HERE . If you have already signed up, we need you to reach out to your neighbors to encourage their enrollment, too. There will be a brief training session Wednesday, May 4, at 6:00PM at the DCA building in Deltaville so that you can answer the questions likely to be asked when you meet with your neighbors.
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The One Design racing season kicked off last Saturday. Five Scots and one FrontRunner took place in the racing while another Scot skated around to the side tuning their boat. To help shake off some of the cobwebs PRO, Jim Raper, organized five practice starts which was a good warm-up.
With everyone ready and energized, the first race was launched. Well, not everyone was completely ready. Most forgot what a W2 race course was and rounded the leeward mark heading for the second beat. All, except the sage Hal Starke who went straight through the line and took the bullet. Immediately, those errant boats had to unwind to finish. A second race was started but unfortunately was soon cancelled due …
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This Saturday, April 30th at 2PM on Fanny’s Back Porch, a beginners’ Race Committee Training class will be held. We’re using US Sailing’s, ‘Join the Race Committee Team’ pamphlet as a guide, supplemented by the other material that the club has put together over the years. The goal is to provide enough information and handouts so that members and others who participate, understand and can fulfill each RC function before, during and after an event – with zero stress. It’s a two-hour functional class covering each RC position and how each role fits into the overall race management objective.
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The Flying Scot Introduction program scheduled for Saturday, April 30 has been cancelled. We hope to be able to reschedule this later this year.
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Future College Sailors: members of the 2015 Race Team
2015-2016 was a banner year for FBYC junior graduates! FBYC had 4 sailors in major college programs: Alexander Hanna sailed for Texas A&M; Eric Roos for William & Mary; Jeremy Herrin for Old Dominion University; and Austin Powers for Christopher Newport University. We also had a graduate coaching at the college level-Cori Radtke coaches at Bowdoin College in Maine, which has one of the top collegiate sailing programs in the nation.
In the last two years, FBYC junior alums Ellen Hubbard, who sailed for the University of Virginia, and Ben and Mary Catherine Buhl, both of whom sailed for Christopher Newport, completed highly successful collegiate sailing careers.
This fall we …
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2015 Laser North Americans
2015 was a fantastic year for FBYC’s Laser sailors on the international stage! The North American Laser Association recently published their final 2015 Grand Prix standings in the Laser Sailor magazine. The standings are based on cumulative finishes at major North American events, including the Laser Atlantic Coast Championship, North Americans, and United States and Canadian Nationals. Jon Deutsch finished 26th in the Standard Class, out of 254 qualifying boats; Alexander Hanna finished 37th in the Radial Class out of 245 (Alexander won the 2015 ACCs, sailed at FBYC); and Jackson Montague finished 7th in the 4.7 Class out of 15 qualifying! Congratulations to all!
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FBYC's J70 Pied Piper, with 13 year old Gannon and his Dad, Dan, sailing with former FBYC Coaches Victor Diaz de Leon and Thomas Dietrich, have accomplished an extraordinary result at Charleston Race Week in a fleet of 67 boats.
Pied Piper was second overall in the J70 Fleet with 21 points, barely losing a tie-breaker with the 2015 CRW repeat winner and World Champion Julian Fernades Neckelman aboard Flojito de Cooperando, also with 21 points, finishing the last race Second and Third, tipping the tie-breaker to Fernandes.
Because of the fleet size, the J70s were divided into 4 fleets, and sailed a round robin, as in an Opti Championship Fleet. So the 18 Races scored are actually 9 …
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The 2016 sailing season is finally here. Our One Design Opening Day is on Saturday 4/23! Our enthusiasm for the sailing season skyrocketed when we took the boat to the club and attended the Opening Day social. We still need to find all the boat parts, but she looks pretty inviting parked with all the other Scots. Just wish we could be there this weekend to step the mast and get out for a practice sail.
Looking at the attached schedule, it's clear that there is a lot of great sailing to be done at FBYC and within a reasonable drive. Of course the big regatta for our fleet is the Wife Husband Regatta to be held …