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Fishing Bay Yacht Club will be the host of the Laser Masters Atlantic Coast Championship this October 18-19. For 33 years FBYC has hosted the Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championship which has served as numerous Mastes Atlantic Coast Championships and once as the Masters US Championship.
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Last week Jon Deutsch was in San Diego at the US Sailing One Design Leadership Forum. At the awards ceremony he received US Sailing's 2013 One Design Leadership award for his excelence in Laser Fleet building and regatta organizing.
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (February 12, 2014) – Last Thursday night at the Sailing Leadership Forum Awards Dinner, sponsored by Old Pulteney and hosted by the San Diego Sports Hall of Fame, US Sailing, along with Leadership Forum attendees recognized the outstanding individual and organizational achievements in training, community and one-design sailing, including the presentation of the Old Pulteney Maritime Heroes Award.
Leadership Award - Jon Deutsch (Richmond, Va.)
For the past nine years, Deutsch has been the …
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Memorial Day 2014 - Open House Regatta
During our 75th anniversary year, it is only fitting to open our club to the entire sailing community for a fun, all-hands-on-deck party. This year we are planning a new event which invites all members and guests to come experience our warm hospitality. This event will feature a fun, handicap race around government marks near the Fishing Bay clubhouse, followed by a a raft up and catered picnic-style social with live entertainment. Offshore, cruising, juniors and one-design sailors are encouraged to participate, and introduce someone new to our club and the wonderful access to the the water we provide.
Save the date: May 24, 2014
All boats and members are invited to race (see …
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You seen them paddleboard - and now you can see them actually sailing. Check out this new video of the Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Regatta
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Perhaps many members are unaware that one of our members has been on an ambitious adventure that includes sailing from San Francisco down the coast of California and Mexico into Central America. Currently Briana Moseley and boyfriend David are in Costa Rica preparing to embark on a voyage to the Galapagos and eventually to Australia aboard Tusitala, a 47-foot wooden sloop designed and built by Briana’s grandfather during the 1950s. Tusitala, as some will remember, was formerly a fixture at FBYC when owned by Briana’s Dad, Jack Moseley.
Now it is possible for anyone to live vicariously through this adventuresome couple by virtue of their internet blog entitled Tusitala Sailing located at tusitalasailing.com. The blog is filled …
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Meet the 2014 Junior Race Team Coaches! Check out their full bios on the Junior Page.
Gabriel Moran-Head Coach and Laser Race Team (Pictured above.)
Samuel Herrera-Opti Race Team
Tomas Dietrich-Opti Race Team
Austin Powers-Opti Development Team
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Summer Program Registration Opens February 1!
All Families with Junior Sailors:
Registration for Opti Kids, Junior Week and our race teams opens this Saturday February 1! Member Preference ends March 1and registration closes May 15th.
Parents are encouraged to seek guidance from the Junior Division staff in selecting the class that is best suited to their child. FBYC has taken care to develop a program that fills the needs of a wide range of ages and skill levels. It is important that parents work with staff to properly place their children in the most appropriate class to avoid frustration on the part of the child and disruption to the class. If you are …
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This year Fishing Bay Yacht Club will offer superior sailing instruction that will allow participants get started on the right course. Whether you're traveling abroad, or just down to the club, this program help get someone you know started. All of us know someone who has said "I would love to learn to sail" now they can at FBYC. We are proud to offer a US Sailing Keelboat Certification class through Premier Sailing and US Sailing. As the national governing association for sailing US Sailing only accredit only the top schools in the country. US Sailing has been serving sailors since 1897, and has certified more than 44,000 members. The mission …
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Congrats to Nanuq on their 3rd place finish at Quantum Key West Race Week in PHRF-2.
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The end of winter is just around the corner...
Time to don your Bermuda shorts and sundresses and come party!
Saturday March 22, 6:00 p.m.
Julie Ann and Paul Wash's home
4106 Park Avenue
Richmond, Va 23221
$15 members, $20 non-members
Registration Here.
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When you post a new News Entry, you will notice that the thee rows of Icons above the window where you type have morphed into one row of menus with down arrows and two rows of icons. This layout is thought to be more advanced, modern, and cleaner. In the bottom row of icons there is a new Image Upload Icon (the green arrow) for adding an image to your posting without dealing with either Flickr or some other image URL. If you click that icon, you will be asked to Browse your hard drive to select the image to post.
Once you put the image in the window, it will likely be huge, and I have noticed …
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There are three special seminars coming to the southern Bay area this coming Spring.
These seminars will be of interest to your members who are involved in, or want to become involved in, race committee duties, protest hearings and rules interpretations, and/or who sail the Bay in a cruising fashion (Near Shore Safety at Sea).
***Sunday, February 16, 2014 US SAILING ONE-DAY RACE MANAGEMENT SEMINAR – at Hampton Yacht Club, Hampton Virginia. This is for US Sailing Race Officer certification, re-certification, brushing up on race committee skills, and/or developing race committee knowledge. The course will be led by John McCarthy, US Sailing National Judge, Regional Race Officer, and certified course instructor. Cost …
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SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK 2014 @ HAMPTON YACHT CLUB REMINDER!
You may go ON LINE to enter and/or pay your entry fee and you can get additional regatta info at www.yachtscoring.com . Also, the preliminary NOR is posted already for racers’ convenience. If you prefer to use a PAPER ENTRY FORM for SBRW 2014, go to www.yachtscoring.com, click on Additional Event Documents, print the form, fill it in, and mail it to the address shown. If you have any difficulties entering, please DO CONTACT Lin McCarthy at (757) 850-4225 or email mcbear@earthlink.net At SBRW the racers are the top priority.
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Notice to FBYC Boat Operators
Event: Virginia Boater Card Course
Location: Fishing Bay Yacht Club, Main Clubhouse, Second Floor
Time: 8:30 am until completion of examination
Date: Saturday, March 22, 2014
Registration: www.fbyc.net or click here.
This year’s course will again be held at the clubhouse and will be conducted by Flotilla 66 of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary. As of July 31st of 2014, the Commonwealth of Virginia will mandate that in order to operate a vessel powered by a motor of 10 HP or greater, all operators 45 years of age and younger will be required to have taken and passed this course, or similar boating safety training. Registration will be limited …
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What do you do with 45 Laser Masters sailors while waiting for the wind to fill?
PADDLE BOARD RACES!!!!!
Two teams of sailors competed in relay races to round the bouy and come back to the beach. Each trip required a different technique of boarding - stand up, sit down, two person, do a trick, etc.
Lucky for us the wind filled a short time later we were able to sail.
Check it out:
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75TH ANNIVERSARY
SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP INITIATIVES
LIMITED TIME OFFERS
In celebration of Fishing Bay Yacht Club’s 75th anniversary the Board of Trustees approved a set of limited-time-offer special membership initiatives, valid in 2014 only. We are taking these steps to promote the sport of sailing, which is our mission, and to increase membership. Our ten year decline in membership and participation parallels the alarming trends outlined in a report from US Sailing. Also, we want to recruit members less than 40 years of age. Reaching a younger demographic is our most challenging objective and the one most critical to our future.
The essence of this year-long membership campaign is a significant reduction in the initiation fee for a …
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All Families with Junior Sailors:
Fishing Bay Yacht Club welcomes you to 2014!
We are looking forward to another wonderful year of junior sailing, racing and family fun on the water!
Please save the following dates on your 2014 calendars:
Spring Race Team March, April & May (specific dates TBD)
Summer Race Teams June 7 through August 10 (dates approximate)
Opti Kids Saturday & Sunday, June 7-8
Saturday & Sunday, June 14-15
Junior Week Monday, June 16 through Friday, June 20
Commonwealth of Virginia Saturday, June 21 through Sunday, June 22
Private Lessons May through August (Includes adults & juniors)
Junior Fun Sail Saturday, July 26
Annual One …
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Last summer as a result of fatalities during a race in San Francisco, the USCG banned all sailboat racing on the West Coast. After intervention by US Sailing represented by Gary Jobson and the local Yacht Clubs, racing was allowed to resume pending US sailing adapting new safety regulations based upon this and other events around the country. The first of these regulations goes into effect Jan. 1 2014 and will be enforced through the Racing Rules of Sailing, US Sailing Yacht Club insurance, Protest Committees, and USCG boating safety regulations and Regatta Permits.
Offshore Racing will now fall into three categories of requirements for Nearshore, Coastal and Offshore races. In general terms, “Coastal” refers to races in the ocean …
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Ellen McAllister, mom to Opti Development Team member Reed McAllister, put together this photo album of the team's 2013 regattas. All the kid's contributed their own pages. What FUN!
