Members from FBYC will race in their 2nd team race event this year at FBYC this Saturday hosting Hampton YC in Flying Scots. Last month they raced against HYC in Hampton on Sonars.
Anyone interested in joining the team for Saturday is encouraged to contact Mike Toms.
Schedule:
1130 FBYC Team Meeting
1200 Skippers Meeting
1300 First Warning
1600 No warning after this time
Followed by social/wrap up
Race Format: 3 boats vs 3 boats, with no spinnakers, using 3 minute whistle start sequence, sailing a port-rounding square course (We will explain all of the details at the skippers meeting). Depending on the number of participants, we expect to be sailing either 2 or 3 per boat. We will also …
On Sunday, June 7, your Historian visited Yorktown to board the Hermione, the magnificent recreation of Lafayette’s frigate that conveyed him to America in 1780 to support General Washington in the defeat of Cornwallis which virtually ended the Revolutionary War. The accompanying picture shows the scale of the frigate in comparison with the Godspeed nearbythat looks like a dinghy in comparison. While there was a two and a half hour wait before boarding, it was certainly worth the time and effort to do so. I was in the company of member Owen Davidson who drove all the way from Christiansburg for the tour and happily ran into David Porter, one of our accomplished Laser Masters, who is in the …
The J/70 Fleet starts their Friday Night series starting this weekend through most Fridays through August. Usually 4-8 will will head out around 5pm for a couple short informal races until the sun starts to set.
It was a winning weekend for the 13 FBYC boats at Southern Bay Race Week in Hampton last weekend. Two boats Afterthought and Mad Hatter won the PHRF-A and PHRF-B divisions while Cheeky Monkey took 3rd in the PHRF-C division. Mad Hatter was also took home the Black Seal Cup (the third time the Fleck's contingent has won the regatta overall on two different boats).
The three days of racing were plagued by light winds in the morning that filled later in the afternoon enabling 6-9 races for the various fleets including a single distance race on Saturday. The last race on Sunday included a phenomial pileup at a leeward mark rounding.
Members of the Spring Opti Race Team with Coach Cori
Last Saturday and Sunday, while the club’s keel boats were away racing in Hampton in the Southern Bay Race Week, the Opti and Laser Spring Race Teams held their final week end of practice for this season. The teams have had a great spring! A total of 19 of our juniors practiced or raced from March through May under the tutelage of Coaches Bobby Lippencott and Cori Radthke. ODT Coach Claire Lennarz also helped out for the final practices.
Members of the Spring Laser Race Team with Coach Cori and Coach Claire
Besides being great fun, the fall and spring program has helped to lift our kids to new successes …
Nice conditions for the One Design Spring Series #3 to cap the Memorial Day Weekend. Most of the competition was in the 7-boat Flying Scot fleet sailing in 10-15 knot breezes.
The Offshore Spring Series wrapped up on Sunday with the 4th and final day of racing in mostly clear skies and a building breeze. The first race was sailed just east of Stove Point while a second race was sailed just out into the Bay when the breeze kicked up into the low teens.
It was a beautiful weekend and the club was abuzz Friday-Monday with members and guests enjoying the great weather on the water. Friday evening started with the Young Adult Member group having a cookout with several dozen in attendance.
Saturday the conditions were perfect for a 8.5nm course in the Piankatank River. The persuit race pitted boats of all types ranging from 13-47' against each other. Top 5 finishers were:
Radio Flyer (Hampton One Design) - Latane Montague
Schiehallion (Benetau First 305) - Brad Miller
Red Sky (Hanse 370) - Doug Anderson
E.L.E. (J/70) - Ainsley Braun
Grey Ghost (J/24) - Hunter Davidson
Complete Results - big thanks to Jim Raper and team for organizing the racing.
FBYC had the largest contingent of boats racing in the 66th Down the Bay Race starting Friday in Annapolis and ending a day later in Hampton. Spread across the 4 fleets were 6 FBYC boats who enjoyed a relatively uneventful mostly jib reach down the bay.
FBYC Finishers (overall):
7. Mad Hatter - Bob Fleck 8. Nanuq - Glenn Doncaster 9. Afterthought - Craig Wright 11. Nereid - Eric Powers 13. Blew By You - Austin Powers 23. Incorrigible - Greg Watt
Last Friday we took delivery of our club’s newest RIB! The very next day it was put to work as a safety boat on the junior course at the Open House Regatta, and to ferry passengers to and from the sunflower raft-up. The boat is a 17’ Apex, and is the third RIB, and sixth coach boat, in our fleet. It is perfect for coaching juniors and makes a perfect safety and mark boat for both the Offshore and One-Design Divisions.
This year we will have 44 kids on our four summer race teams alone-and this boat will be put to use during Junior Week, Spring/Fall Race Teams, Summer Race Teams and all …
Welcome to our second Open House Regatta & Party on Saturday! We’re really excited about this event and can’t wait to go sailing, pig out and have fun with our members and guests. We've worked hard to put together an event that combines sailing for all sizes and types of boats in a fun atmosphere with food and fun for non-sailors too.
Here's some information about the event and if you have any questions, please let us know.
See you Saturday!
Your Event Team: Paul Wash, Jon Deutsch, Jim Raper, Waddy Garrett
SCHEDULE
0930 Late registration @ Mr Roberts slip
1000 Competitors Meeting - creekside flag pole - we will be prompt
J70 USA 46, Loonatictu, recently sailed in the annual One Design Regatta at Cedar Point YC in Westport, CT. Except for its location on Saugatuck Island, at the mouth of the Saugatuck River and Long Island Sound, CPYC was both reminiscent of FBYC, and different in its sailing facilities.
The club has a nice, functional clubhouse, with bathrooms and regatta offices located on the first floor, and a great room on the second floor with kitchen facilities and “keg-er-ator,” hung with visiting burgees, and displaying trophies for numerous one design divisions including Lightnings, Flying Scots, Thistles, Lasers, and the vintage sloop, the Atlantics. Volunteer members served breakfasts, lunches and dinners in simple hearty style. Race Committee was all …
FBYC has a new perpetual trophy to recognize J/70s. The actual award to come later this year. Look for the events to qualify for this cup to be sent to the FBYC J/70 Email List. Here's the charter:
Presented in 2015 by Commodore R. Noel Clinard, founding Fleet Captain of J/70 Fleet 5 and registrant of FBYC’s first J/70 yacht, in memory of the travel and local campaigns of J/70 USA 46 “Loonatictu” and her crews.The award is for outstanding performance and participation in J/70 regattas at FBYC and elsewhere, and will be awarded to the boat with the highest number of points in thespecified events selectedby the presiding …
FBYC now has a brand new app for the iPhone and iPad. Now you can get quick access to club information such as:
Upcoming Events & Information
General Sailing Instructions & Appendix
Current local weather conditions
Member Directory [members only]
The FBYC mobile application helps connect sailors by providing useful information about club events, weather, and sailing programs on your iPhone and iPad. If you are a member of the club, use your existing FBYC user name and password to login and access the member directory from your device.
It is available for Apple devices with ios7 or later.
Big thanks to Paul Wash, the web team and all of the folks who helped test this out over the …
The Open House Special ends Tuesday, 5/19 at 11:59 PM! Dinner tickets will continue to be available at the regular price until Wednesday, 5/20 at 3 PM. After this a limited quantity will be available for additional cost. We cannot guarantee availability at the door. Don't delay get your dinner tickets now!
The 2015 Laser Atlantic Coast Championship tested competitors both mentally and physically with long courses over shifty winds and current. Eric Reitinger (Brant Beach YC) had consistent finishes near the top nabbed him the Standard Championship while Fishing Bay Yacht Club's Alexander Hanna put up all top 3 finishes to win the Radial division.
Radial Champion Alexander Hanna
Saturday's racing saw the sailors racing out in the Chesapeake Bay where the currents of the Rappahannock River and the Piankatank river all converge. Winds started in the low double digits and the first race had most of the fleet racing for nearly an hour and a half. By the time the standards started the second race- the wind eased …
We have modified the entry form to require a first step to select the Registration type. So when you register, you will see a choice per the image below.
Social Registration only, or
Have boat participating.
Once you select your type, the usual input forms for name contact info, and boat if applicable, instantly appear further down the same entry form.
We found that people who were registering for Social only were running into issues with our online entry form. We hope this small change will make it easier for all. If you select Social Registration only, you will not be presented with a requirements to enter boat information.
