For the Brent Halsey, Jr. Memorial Trophy, Potts Southern Bay Challenge Cup, PHRF, J105, Non Spinnaker & Cruising Class
We hope you will join us for what is always a fun weekend of racing on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay over Labor Day Weekend. Ask any racer who has raced the Stingray Point Regatta at FBYC and they will tell you it is the place to be!
DESCRIPTION This regatta will consist of a one day Distance Race on Friday and a two-day Series Race on Saturday and Sunday, August 31-September 1. The Distance Race will be scored separately from the Series Races. There is no fee …
Saturday's racing was all they wrote for the 2013 Annual One Design Regatta with mother nature not cooperating with enough wind to race on Sunday. Trent Levy in the Optimist Class won the prestigous John R. Hawksworth Memorial Trophy as the winner of the most competitive fleet in the regatta.
While the Optis got in 3 races, boats on the other 3 courses were only able to race the two races on Saturday.
74th Annual One Design Regatta at FishingBay Yacht Club – Saturday-Sunday, August 10-11.This event has been a mainstay of small boat racing on the southern Bay for a long time and it’s shaping up that way again this year. So far, registrations reflect a predominance of Flying Scots and include Frontrunners, Typhoons, San Juan 21s, Lasers, and on the junior side of the house, Opti’s and Laser Radials. There will be plenty of racing along with socials, food, drink, and entertainment on Saturday night. For details and to register on-line, go to www.fbyc.net. Or, call Event Chairman John Wake at (804)305-1343.
FBYC Race Team member Alexander Hanna won the 2013 Governor’s Cup this past Sunday at Ware River Yacht Club. Alexander was first in the Laser Radial Fleet, which was the largest fleet competing in this year’s regatta. Under the Deed of Gift for the Governor’s Cup, the winner of the fleet with the most starts at the regatta wins the Governor’s Cup. This is the first year in its 49 year history it has been awarded to a junior sailor. Alexander has competed on the FBYC Race Teams for a number of years in both Optis and Lasers. Completing the clean sweep in the Laser Radial Class, fellow FBYC Race Team members Eric Roos and …
If you want to pre-order your AOD t-shirt you must do so by 5:00 today. There may still be shirts available at registration but this is not guaranteed. Avoid disappointment by ordering now!!
If you want to attend the 74th Annual One Design Regatta please sign up as soon as possible. The discounted packages for all classes will be unavailable after tomorrow August 2nd. You can still register after this date though you will have to purchase all items individually and some things may be sold out.
We must give our caterer a hard number soon so if you wait till the last minute dinner tickets may be unavailable! Don't miss out, this will be a great weekend!
The 74th Annual One Design Regatta is only a little over a week away. If you are planing on attending please register soon. This is always a terrific event and a great party. Everyone is welcome, you don't have to be a racer to attend. Sign up online.
Wait...the "what race" you say??? Well its true, we've gone Mexican and its no longer just a douse!
The annual Cut Channel race is this weekend followed by a full fledged Mexican feast at the main clubhouse. This is the 2nd distance race in the long distance series and we need you to participate.
So if you plan on attending, please register online as soon as possible. This will help us with race and dinner preparation. Click here to see who's coming. Below is the amazing dinner menu prepared by Abigail Whorley:
- Chicken tacos (with corn and wheat tortillas for gluten free folk, too) - Black bean + corn salad (Vegan/Vegetarian) - Quinoa salad (Vegan/Vegetarian) - Toppings for the tacos …
The 2013 Windmill Class NAs were sailed July 18 to the 21st in Deltaville, Virginia at Fishing Bay Yacht Club (FBYC). Twenty competitors from five districts from faraway Roswell, New Mexico to New Hampshire to St. Petersburg, Florida braved high winds and hot summer heat to race a three day, nine race series.
Located an hour east of Richmond, Virginia at the mouth of the Rappahannock River on the Chesapeake Bay resembles previous NA host Rock Hall, Maryland's quaint fishing and farming, rural surroundings. FBYC has a unique set-up on the peninsula where dinghies launch from the front of the club off the beach to the Bay, while the larger keel boats dock 50 yards on the opposite river …
Two FBYC boats had podium finishes at the Screwpile Lighthouse Challenge. Cheeky Monkey took 3rd in the 13-boat PHRF-C fleet and Afterthought took 3rd in the 12-boat PHRF-A1 fleet. Congratulations! Also sailing were: Goin', Shenanigan, Double Eagle, Mad Hatter & Schiehallion.
Congratulations to Rob Whittemore and John Wake for finishing 3rd in the Flying Scot NAC. The regatta was held at Lake Norman in very light and trying wind conditions.
If you are having a junior regatta, look for the Fishing Bay Yacht Club Junior Sailing Race team to show up ready to race. There are over 30 juniors racing with FBYC this summer. The largest team of juniors EVER!!!! This is a dedicated group of young athletes with some outstanding coaches this summer.
25 members of the FBYC Race team, four coaches and many parents hit the road in late June. They participated in five regattas in Maryland. Members of the Laser Race Team, Opti Race Team, as well as some from the Opti Development Team, raced against other junior sailors from all over the east coast.
ROCKET J, J70-68, CREAMPUFF, AFTERTHOUGHT, MAD HATTER, AND CHEEKY MONKEY WIN ONE-DESIGN & PHRF FLEETS AT LEUKEMIA CUP. After four races over two days, 34 boats settled the 2013 Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup competition in the racing fleets. An additional 22 boats sailed in three Leukemia Cruising fleets, led in the final standings by JOIE DE VIE, OSPREY, and SHERPA. This was the 15th Annual Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup Regatta and people turned out for a number of event fundraising activities for this worthy cause. RESULTS: J24 Class (5boats): 1.Neil Ford and Lis Biondi, Rocket J; 2.Scott Collins, Kobayashi Maru; 3.Alan Bomar, roundabout.J70 …
There will be no ice in the ice machine at the club until Saturday afternoon. If you need ice for your cooler on Saturday morning, pick some up before coming to the club.
If you are looking for crew for this weekend's Leukemia Cup, please contact me at paul.wash@webnext.net. We have several people interested who really want to get on a boat.
The Leukemia Cup preliminary scratch sheet has been posted. Look for updates during the week as more boats enter and we refine OD classes and sub classes. There will once again be two courses. One for the PHRF and OD classes and then one for the Classic and Cruising boats, including the Typhoon OD class. If you have any questions, please contact me at paul.wash@webnext.net.
Keep your eyes on thesesouthern Bay youngsters, who distinguished themselves by finishing in their fleet top 10 at the recent Junior Olympics in Baltimore. In the 51 boat Optimist Fleet, Brenton Amthor took 1st overall and won the Chesapeake Bay Optimist Open Championship Trophy; Garett Levy finished 4th and Trent Levy 7th. Among the 45 Laser Radials, Alexander Hanna finished 2nd, Hannah Steadman was 6th (and top girl) and Gray Kiger was 7th. Among the 21 C420s, Jacob Marquardt and Anna Patterson were 7th and Victor Lane and Nicholas Baker were 9th.
10 knots steady from the West makes for a nice racing day and that’s how the …
Join us for the 15th Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup Regatta – voted Best Regatta on the Bay by readers of Chesapeake Bay Magazine! Come and race. Or come and party. Or both!
JULY 12-14 in Deltaville, Virginia
Onshore events at Stingray Point Marina Racing organized by Fishing Bay Yacht Club
Friday Dinner, July 12
Catered Crabcake Dinner at 5:30pm. Cash Bar. Sailing Panel. Auction Preview. $15pp.
Saturday Racing & Gala, July 13
Racing. Gala starting at 5pm. Silent and Live Auctions. Catered BBQ Dinner. Cash Bar. Awards. Live Music and Dancing. $20pp.
