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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
Cheeky Monkey
Afterthought
GOIN'
Mad Hatter
Shenanigan
Double Eagle
Schiehallion
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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.
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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.
The Opti Race Team first started off with …
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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 (5 boats): 1.Neil Ford and Lis Biondi, Rocket J; 2.Scott Collins, Kobayashi Maru; 3.Alan Bomar, roundabout. J70 …
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Keep your eyes on these southern 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 …
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Interested in sailing lessons in a club-owned Laser or 420? Or do you have your own boat, and just need the extra training to master the sport on your own? The Junior Division is pleased to offer Private Sailing
Lessons for Adults from June 24 - August 16th.
Lessons will be tailored to your needs...whether you are learning to sail or a seasoned racer.
Coaching will be provided by accomplished instructors and can be scheduled in 4-hour blocks of time.
Pricing is as follows:
(Note: above pricing is for club …
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[UPDATE: 6/22/2013 FBYC is no longer seeking additional applications and thanks those who have applied for their interest. We'll be in contact with applicants soon]
Fishing Bay Yacht Club (“FBYC”) is seeking a new Executive Secretary for a year-round parttime job. The position will be salaried with hours averaging approximately 15 per week. The work will generally be performed out of his/her home office, but will be expected to attend Board meetings in Richmond on the second Thursday of every month (6-8PM) and an annual meeting.
The salary will be commensurate with experience. The successful applicant must possess strong organizational skills, be a good problem solver, self-motivated, self-directed and able to work independently. …
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The Parent's Race is coming up on Wednesday, June 22. This is a fun opportunity for parents of junior week sailors and other sailors to get out on the water for some fun mid-week sailing. We'll sail right off the dock in Fishing Bay.
We welcome anyone interested in sailing a laser or 420 to come out and join us. For anyone who does not have a boat, we will do our best to find one for the evening. Jon will help find boats, so send an email to jon@jdeutsch.com if you are in need of a boat for the evening.
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A few photos of FBYC Boats at Southern Bay Race Week.
Nostalgia
Double Eagle
Cheeky Monkey
Loonatictu
Mad Hatter
Schiehallion
Wavelength
Nanuq
Afterthought
Shenanigan
Juggernaut
GOIN'
Corryvreckan
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SBRW in a nutshell – 89 big boat skippers and crew sailed their brains out for three days in beautiful weather, partied their brains out with rockin’ bands and Gosling’s rum, partook of the downtown pirate festival street skirmishes and swashbucklin’ fun, tried out vendor standup paddle boards, laughed, sang and danced with one another, watched fireworks from the host yacht club lawn and raced, and raced, and raced. The courses were different each day and to take home an award was no easy task. The challenges were in the harbor (triangles – multiple races), off Buckroe in the Bay (a distance race) and off Ocean View in the Bay (windward-leewards – multiple races). The winds were …
