Once Hurricane Aurthur blew through it was smooth sailing for the Flying Scots and Front Runners at the first One Design Summer Sea Breeze regatta on Saturday.  What was clouds with winds in the 30's just a day before gave way to mostly sunny skies and 8-10 knot winds for 4 races run by PRO Mike Dale and his race committee.  Thanks to Veronica Hinckle for some pictures.

Results | Pictures

Your Junior Race Teams have not been idle since the end of Junior Week.  Beginning  the day after its conclusion, the teams competed at 6 different regattas at 6 different clubs on the Bay in a total of 12 days!  We have a record 45 kids total-12 on the Opti Development Team, 12 on the Laser Race Team, and 21 on the Opti Race Team!  
 
After the Commonwealth, the Opti Development Team stayed home to practice, while the Opti Race Team and Laser Race Team hit the road.  First up after the Commonwealth on June 21-22 was the Rock Hall Yacht Club Annual Junior Regatta in Rock Hall, Maryland; followed by the Tred Avon Yacht …

Attention all offshore racers, cruisers, and classic boats...The Leukemia Cup is this weekend Saturday and Sunday. There is still time to sign up at the Leukemia Cup Site. If you haven't signed up yet, what are you waiting for? This is a great cause and good racing will be had by all.

The latest Leukemia Cup scratch sheet is posted here. Look for updates throughout the week. 51 boats are currently registered.

If you have any questions, please let me know!

Paul Wash

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The Cruising Division will cruise up the Rappahannock River on Saturday, August 2nd and will have a cookout and stay overnight at the Rappahannock River Yacht Club. We will gather Friday night, August 1st, at 6:00 PM for cocktails and a captains' meeting at Fanny's House. Beer, wine and light fare will be provided. For Saturday's dinner please bring something to grill and a dish to share (hors d'ouvres, side dish or dessert). The Dockmaster will advise me of the availability of slips early that week and I will make a best effort to fit all boats into an appropriate space.  Please register on the website and email Nancy (nstoakley@verizon.net) or me (samstoakley …

As of 6:00 am the forecast is still for northwest winds at 30 mph. I truly regret that we must cancel the Long Distance race scheduled for today. The weather should improve by this afternoon so plan on attending the cookout!

David Hinckle
PRO

We have been closely watching the track of Hurricane Arthur and will continue to do so to determine if we can safely conduct the Long Distance race scheduled for Friday.  I expect to make a final decision by 8:00 am tomorrow morning and any changes to the program will be posted on the front page of the website.  Thank you for your patience and please remember that even if there is not a race there will still be a great party that you will not want to miss!

David Hinckle
Principal Race Officer

The FBYC 4th of July Cookout is on - RAIN or SHINE

**We will be serving HURRICANE cocktails until the rain stops**
First come, first served, they won't last long and neither should the hurricane!

Friday, July 4th

Cookout 3pm-6pm
Band 4pm-7pm

Come dry out in the clubhouse for a juicy burger, hot dog, and your favorite picnic food.

Register here to pay online. Deadline extended to 5pm today.

No decisions have been made yet about any changes to the racing other than adding another course, but keep an eye on the website for any notices.

In anticipation of somewhat breezy conditions possible for the Long Distance race this Friday we have changed the NOR to add an additional course #5 to the event.  This course will be sailed entirely in Fishing Bay and not around Stove Point.  Given the forecast of northerly winds this should give a protected venue for fun safe racing!  The new course #5 is as follows:

• Start at #12,
• windward to "Y",  drop mark in F.B. leave to port
• Proceed to #15 honoring #13, leave to port
• Round #15 leaving to port
• Proceed to #12 honoring #13 to starboard
• Round #12 leaving to port
• Finish at Mr Roberts near FBYC dock

David Hinckle
Principle Race Officer

We are just days away from the Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup Regatta to be based at its new venue at the Deltaville Maritime Museum and Holly Point Nature Park over the weekend of July 11 -12. Already The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is being flooded with registrations from racers around the Bay.

But it’s not too late to participate… registrations are being accepted through Thursday, July 10 at www.leukemiacup.org/va. And those that choose not to be on the racecourse can register for dinners by J&W Seafood and Gala festivities on Friday and Saturday nights to include musical entertainment and an auction. Fun for the entire family!

Registration for the Regatta and a detailed calendar of events is …

Juniors and their families RULE June with record numbers, perfect sailing, tons of ice cream and FUN!

Opti Kids

Paul and Julie Ann Wash, assisted by ODT Coach Austin Powers and 40 parents and grandparents, finished the second week end of Opti Kids on June 14 & 15 with a cook out for 100 and an exciting sail to the far beach in Fishing Bay.  All 34 kids looked like old pros by the end of the class, thanks to the calm and patient teaching of Paul, Julie Ann and Austin.  Not a tear was shed, and all are promising to come back for more sailing at FBYC!  Perhaps just as importantly, the parents and grandparents …

Results are still provisional - but it looks like Nanuq has a First in Class 3!!  Congratulations - also to Carina who is listed as second in Class. 

The Class 3 boats in the Newport Bermuda Race include both FBYC boats - Carina and Nanuq. If you visit  Bermuda Race Tracking  you will see that in the last day or so, Nanuq has done an end run around most of the class and is now 34 nm from Bermuda.  The white (Carina), red and yellow boats behind Nanuq are 48-50 miles away from Bermuda and are moving 2 knots or less, while Nanuq is going 4.7 knots. She shows 20th in IRC overall which is the best score shown for any of the other Class 3 boats - Carina being 21st, and that purple boat to Nanuq's west is motoring having retired.

Attention offshore racers!  Registration is now open for the 2014 Stingray Point Regatta.

This year, we are utilizing Yacht Scoring to coordinate registration and scoring for the event.  Yacht scoring is fast becoming the standard interface for regional and invitational sailing events. Yacht Scoring's platform helps us to not only organize entries and score races, but but to publicize our event to other interested and/or potential competitors.

To register for this year's event, please follow the links from the event page at www.stingraypointregatta.org.

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 …

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 …

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 a great day of going 2-2-1 …

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 …

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 27^th

For more information, click here

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 …