2014 Bermuda Race underway with 2 FBYC boats

Strother Scott on

Offshore Racing

The 49th Newport Bermuda Race starts today in Newport, RI.  At least 2 boats have FBYC connections - Carina, owned by Rives Potts and Nanuq, owned by Glenn Doncaster.  Both are competing in Class 3 - St. David's Lighthouse division - see scratch sheet - Live race tracking is available at http://pantaenius.us/en/american-yacht-insurance/newport-bermuda-race/live-race-tracking.html  and it will have a 4 hour delay for the first 2 days of the race. Tracking is available on mobile using the Yellowbrick App (available at the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store. )   The latest Gulf Stream analysis shows "The structure of the Stream and associated features continues to favor routes to the west of the rhumb …

FBYC OPTI RACE TEAM SHINE ON THE NATIONAL STAGE!

Keith B Hennessey on

Optimists

Three of our Opti Race Team members recently accepted invitations to participate in a USODA National Developmental Team “Boot Camp” hosted by Annapolis Yacht Club, held June 7 & 8. First some background: the U.S. Opti Class is highly organized. The U.S. has a rigorous system for selecting and training sailors it sends to events around the world to compete against other nations. First, a sailor must qualify to attend “Team Trials”, which this year were held in Connecticut in May. Several FBYC team members qualified, and of the over 200 sailors racing in that event, Boyd Bragg (13) and Benton Amthor (12) did outstanding, thereby earning an invitation to the Boot Camp. Boyd qualified as a full …

2014 One Design Invitational Results

Jon Deutsch on

One Design Racing

We couldn't have asked for a much nicer day on Saturday for the One Design Invitational.  Four Front Runners and 3 San Juan 21s and Geoff Cahill were out racing on a day that started with light winds in a building sea breeze and mostly sunny skies. 

PRO Parker Garrett and his crew of Young Adult Members set a 1/4 mile course with a windward mark just off Stove Point.  The sound signals were a little unconventional but let's just say Parker has a way with horns.

The Front Runner racing was close all the way around.  Boren and Squires were both sailing a Front Runner for the first time and were having …

Juniors Rock the First Week of June

Mark Hayes on

Junior Activities

The Junior Division swung into high-octane summertime FUN the first week of June!

Opti Kids: Paul and Julie Ann Wash hosted, and taught along with Coach Austin Powers, 34 sailors aged 5 to 8 for the first week end of Opti Kids. The weather was perfect, and with-in two hours of the start of the first class, the kids were tacking and gybing around whale and sea turtle marks right off our beach! It was impossible to say who had the most fun-the kids, their delighted and astonished parents, Austin or Paul and Julie Ann! They followed sailing with what else-ICE CREAM.

Opti and Laser Race Team: 21 Opti and Laser racers began their summer season with their first practice and …

FBYC Fourth of July Celebration

Caroline Patrick on

Social Events

 

Kick-start your July 4th weekend with a bigger splash at the Club.

WHAT'S NEW, YOU ASK?

July 4th falls on a Friday!

Catered sides this year (not potluck) - and LIVE MUSIC!

 

Long distance race

Registration 0900

Skipper's meeting 1000

First signal 1100

 

Social and after-race cookout

Kid-friendly event

Starting at 1500

Live Music -  NEW THIS YEAR (Band called No Charge) 1600 - 1900

Ending around 1900 to go enjoy your favorite local fireworks display

Register by June 27th

For more information, click here

 

 

 

#691 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

Lin Mccarthy on

SBR News You Can Use

SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK – They came. They raced. They partied.   SBRW racers gathered in Hampton for three days of competition that tested the full range of racing skills. On Friday, a lightly rainy, semi-dreary day weather-wise, they raced in Hampton Roads Harbor; on Saturday, a bright sunny, blustery day, featuring NNE breezes in the high teens and low 20s and accompanying seas, they raced one another in a distance race off Bukroe; on Sunday they squared off in multiple windward-leeward races off Ocean View, again under sunny skies with perfect, steady, racing wind. When all was said and done, Neil Ford and Lis Biondi (J24, Rocket J) won their fleet and the coveted BLACK SEAL CUP, thus proving …

Fireworks Cruise July 3-6

George Sadler on

Cruising News

On July 3rd, Thursday, there will be a precruise get together at Fanny’s House at 1800 hrs. Bring light snacks.  Beer and wine will be provided.  Friday we sail to Urbanna and dock at Port Urbanna.  There will be an evening dinner, location to be determined.  A Saturday day time activity is in the planning stage.  Saturday evening Urbanna’s fireworks will be set off across the water from where we are docked.  Sunday morning we have a group breakfast before sailing back to Deltaville.  Slip reservations will be tight that weekend, so let John & Fay Koedel know you will attend as soon as you can.  Sign up on the Club web …

FBYC at Southern Bay Race Week

Jon Deutsch on

Offshore Racing

1st PHRF-C Horizon Bob Fleck

PhotoBoat.com: Horizon &emdash; 2014 Southern Bay Race Week C 1128

2nd PHRF-A1 Afterthought Craig Wright

PhotoBoat.com: Afterthought &emdash; 2014 Southern Bay Race Week C 1872

2nd PHRF-C Cheeky Monkey Paul & Julie Ann Wash

PhotoBoat.com: Cheeky Monkey &emdash; 2014 Southern Bay Race Week C 1215

2nd PHRF-B1 GOIN' Dennis Hannick

PhotoBoat.com: GOIN' &emdash; 2014 Southern Bay Race Week C 1786

3rd PHRF-B1 Shenanigan Miles Booth

PhotoBoat.com: Shenanigan &emdash; 2014 Southern Bay Race Week C 836

5th PHRF-B1 Nereid Eric Powers

PhotoBoat.com: Nereid &emdash; 2014 Southern Bay Race Week D 920

4th PHRF-C Schiehallion Brad Miller

PhotoBoat.com: Schiehallion &emdash; 2014 Southern Bay Race Week C 1273

1st J/70 Vortex Alexander Hanna

PhotoBoat.com: Vortex &emdash; 2014 Southern Bay Race Week C 1828

2nd J/70 Full Monty Latane Montague

PhotoBoat.com: Full Monty &emdash; 2014 Southern Bay Race Week C 599

6th PHRF-A1 Double Eagle Sam Mitchener

PhotoBoat.com: Double Eagle &emdash; 2014 Southern Bay Race Week C 224

9th PHRF-A1 Nanuq Glenn Doncaster

PhotoBoat.com: Nanuq &emdash; 2014 Southern Bay Race Week C 252

4th J/70 Cat's Pajamas Clark Dennison

PhotoBoat.com: Cat's Pajamas &emdash; 2014 Southern Bay Race Week C 580

5th J/70 Loonatictu Noel Clinard

PhotoBoat.com: Loonatictu &emdash; 2014 Southern Bay Race Week D 964

6th J/70 Pied Piper Dan Troutman

PhotoBoat.com: Pied Piper &emdash; 2014 Southern Bay Race Week C 1032

Photos by PhotoBoat.com | Results

75th FBYC Anniversary History Book

Jere Dennison on

Club News

The 75th FBYC Anniversary History Book has been finished!   The Book will be 8” x 9 ½” Perfect Bound (like our Yearbook and Sailing Events Books, but a little bigger) and is comprised of 132 pages of black & white and color images with narratives of the Club’s history dating back to its founding on May 8, 1939 (exactly 75 years before the May 2014 Board Meeting).

FBYC_Anniversary_Book_Cover.jpgThe fascinating history was compiled by Club Historian Jere Dennison over ten years, edited by Logstreamer Nica Waters, and includes a foreword by Gary Jobson. Contributors include numerous members and non-members alike.  Shown at right is the cover of the book and the entire book can be downloaded and printed if …

One Design Piankatank Regatta Spring Series 3

Len Guenther on

One Design Racing

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Hope everyone enjoyed the racing on Sunday - here is the 3rd place write-up:

Apparently the planets are back in alignment. The wind was a seabreeze, the humidity has begun to make itself known, and the Commodore ain’t typing this summary. Last Sunday’s racing got started after the fleet waited on the dock for an hour for the wind to fill in from the SE. Tom Roberts and his merry crew (Blackwell, Mike, Kate, Russ) wasted no time setting up a W course and then switching over to H courses once the wind “settled in.” Before one start my compass had the wind 35 degrees different at the boat than at the pin.

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The play for most of the beats …

Upcoming Junior Events at FBYC

Mark Hayes on

Junior Activities

In addition to Opti Kids and Junior Week, there are many upcoming Junior Division Events for your sailors to have fun and get on the water at FBYC:

May 31 through June 2:  The University of Virginia Sailing Team will be practicing at our club!  The team has qualified for and is training for the ICSA Dinghy National Championship to be held June 3-6 at St. Mary’s College, Maryland.  We are excited to host the team!  Collegiate sailing is an important next step for many of our junior sailors.  By my count, we currently have seven former junior members competing in the college ranks.  Five of our current junior parents are graduates of the …

FBYC Kid’s Cruise to Little Bay

Tony Sakowski on

Cruising News

Bring your kids, grandchildren or nephews/nieces to the "Kid's Cruise" to Little Bay on June 13-15!  This short cruise is to one of the cruisers’ favorite gunkholes, within an easy sailing distance from the Club. Grandparents and their grandchildren or families with teenage children are strongly encouraged to join in. June usually provides “fair” winds for a good weekend cruise after a fun Friday night.

Our schedule for the Kid’s Cruise to Little Bay begins on Friday, June 13, 7 PM, with a dessert reception and skipper’s meeting at the Sakowski Cottage , 76 Sunrise Point, Deltaville.  Please bring all your crew for dessert, planning  and fellowship.

We will leave for Little Bay (Antipoison Creek entrance area …

Young Adult Member and Guest Cookout

Jon Deutsch on

Club News

The Young Adult Members and their guests started out the Memorial Day Weekend with a great cookout at the club on Friday night.  Big thanks to Christin Lipscomb and Mike Walsh for organizing.

5/23 FBYC Young Adult Member & Guest CookoutMiles Kimbrough, Holly Roper, Tomas Roper, Ellie Dew, Evangeline Miller

5/23 FBYC Young Adult Member & Guest CookoutHolly Fuller, Cramer Kodel, Abigal Whorley, Massey Whorley

5/23 FBYC Young Adult Member & Guest CookoutHolly Roper, Jon Deutsch, Carol Bokinsky, Julie Wash, Eric Bokinsky, Abigail Whorley, Miles Kimbrough, , Ellie Dew, Tomas Roper, Massey Whorley, Eliza Strickland, Katie Branch, Mike Walsh, Austin Mill, Christin Lipscomb, , , Spencer, Jessie Hardin

Kid's Cruise June 13-15 at Little Bay

Tony Sakowski on

Cruising News

FBYC Kid’s Cruise to Little Bay

June 13-15 2014

Chairpersons:  Kate and Tony Sakowski

Our  schedule for the Kid’s Cruise to Little Bay begins on Friday, June 13, 7 PM, with a dessert reception and skipper’s meeting at the Sakowski Cottage , 76 Sunrise Point, Deltaville .  Please bring all your crew for dessert, planning  and fellowship.

We will leave for Little Bay ( Antipoison Creek entrance area) at your leisure, but will plan to raft up around  “Miss Kate” at noon for lunch (on your own).

At 1 PM we will leave in our dinghy’s (will transport those without dinghys) for the beach to play some  games, and relax.

At 2 PM a dinghy race (oars only) for kids , and …

Welcome to the Open House Regatta

Jon Deutsch on

Club News

Welcome to our first Open House Regatta & Party on Saturday! We’re really excited about this new event and can’t wait to go sailing, pig out and have fun with our members and guests.

Here’s some information about the event and if you have any questions, please let us know.

See you Saturday!

-Your Event Team:
Caroline Garrett, Elizabeth Staas, Len Guenther, Mark Hayes, Matt Braun, Paul Wash, Jon Deutsch

 


 

SCHEDULE

  • 0930 Late registration @ Mr Roberts slip
  • 1000 Competitors Meeting - creekside flag pole - we will be prompt
  • 1100 First warning for Optis
  • 1115 First start for <22’ boats
  • 1130 First start for +22’ boats
  • 1400 Post-race raftup    
    • Landlubbers - meet on Fishing Bay pier to join raft up   **ALL …

2014 Offshore Spring Series #4 Results

Jon Deutsch on

Offshore Racing

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The Offshore fleet finished up the spring series on Sunday with great sailing for 2 more races.  24 boats in 4 fleets sailed 8-10 knots out of the north and partly cloudy skies.  PRO John Hubbard ran W6 courses for the AB fleets and W4 for everyone else.

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In the PHRF-A fleet it was Double Eagle and Voodoo 2 each with a win and Double Eagle got the tiebreaker to win the day.  In PHRF-B GOIN' put up two bullets to lead their fleet.  PHRF-C was led by a trio of S27.9 and Horizon just out of moth balls won the day on a tie breaker over Cheeky Monkey.  Juggernaut took the Non-spin …

Stew Pot Regatta Spring Series #2 Results

John Wake on

One Design Racing

5/18 FBYC Laser Spring Regatta

The universe must have a ripple in it, because there is NO way I should be writing this up. I already have a writing job for the year and this ain’t it! The past Sunday we had a near perfect day for sailing with eight Scots and three San Juan 21’s sharing the starting line. The day taught us many things and some of us were faster learners than others. Things learned were how to sail on lakes, mark entry/exits, how to sail an Olympic course.

How to sail on lakes ….UH…Wake - we were sailing on a tidal river! This is true EXCEPT when the wind blows from the north then all bets are off. The wind on …

FBYC Team Formed for NYYC USQS

Noel Clinard on

ICQS

For the third time FBYC will be represented in the New York Yacht Club U. S. Qualifying Series for the Invitational Cup, one of the most prestigious Corinthian events in sailing. This September at NYYC' Harbour Court in Newport RI, our club will be represented by Clark Dennison, Skipper, and Scott Collins, Caroline Garrett and A.L. Braun.

The Team has begun practicing in J70s and will enter Southern Bay Race Week.

Open House Regatta & Party Update

Matt Braun on

Club News

ATTENTION ALL FLEETS -  OPEN HOUSE REGATTA AND PARTY UPDATE—WEATHER, FOOD, COMPANY WILL BE GREAT, SO REGISTER TODAY!!

Celebrating our 75th year, We are very excited about starting a new tradition with the Open House Regatta (Saturday, May 24). This event will bring all fleets together on one day to celebrate our wonderful club and equally wonderful members. The upcoming Open House Regatta is open to all fleets, and all members are invited to participate in the racing and post racing activities. We encourage everyone to register on line today if you have not already, this will guarantee you a spot at the table. The food and entertainment will be great.  Also feel free to bring a guest and …

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