We had a great turnout of 12 Lasers on Sunday for the Laser Fall Regatta. The wind on the other hand didn't turn out leaving us 5-8 knots for the 7 races. Dan Herlihy won the day with 4 bullets and some pretty consistent sailing. Some of the lightweight juniors in Standard rigs definitely took some shots at top finishes in the light-air. Jake Spracher put up pretty consistent 2s and 3s to finish 2nd and Jon Deutsch was 3rd. Top Juniors were Conrad Roos and Eric Roos.
So far so good this hurricane season, keep your fingers crossed and if a named storm aims for the Southern Chesapeake, here are some words of wisdom to aid you in your planning. Hurricane season in the Atlantic ends June ends November 30th.
Recommended Procedures for a Potential Tropical Storm
Tropical storms have sustained winds from 39 mph to 73 mph and can cause significant damage to boats that are improperly secured. Be aware that a Tropical Storm can be quickly upgraded to …
We had a glorious early Fall day yesterday for the second One Design Fall Series that included a start for the Classic fleet, with winds NW to NE at 3-18 andpredictably shifty, brilliant sunshine, highs in the low 70's, and the humidity was a mere 57%!
Six of the Classic boats raced at least three of the four races along with sixFlying Scots and two Front Runners.
The six Classic Fleet members who started included:
Richard and Neena Rodgers in their 14' Arey's Pond Cat boat
Geoff Cahill in his yellow Beetle Cat boat
Mark Powell in his Cape Dory 14' Handy Cat
Jim Black and Carrie Russell in his beautifully restored red 1936 Snipe
Offshore skippers, this is to remind everyone that the FBYC Offshore Fall Series begins this Saturday with the first warning at 1100 hours. The cold front that came through after the Wolf Trap race last weekend has brought cooler temperatures and less humidity...a welcome break from the intensity of the summer. Saturday’s forecast says highs in the low 80s and winds out of the ENE. Registrations are a bit low presently and it makes it tough to figure out who's coming, so as soon as you have a moment, please visit the FBYC site and sign up.
And...if for some odd reason the racing didn’t excite you, we will have the traditional post-race social in the spot …
CORRYVRECKAN leads the pack finishing in just under 3¾ hours . The WOLF TRAP RACE was challenging for the 18 skippers and crew who raced Saturday as part of the Fishing Bay Yacht Club Long Distance Series. These racers beat the 26.76 nautical miles into winds in the mid teens with gusts and unfriendly seas (3’ to 4’ waves reported). Coming back was a different story, broad reaching, as one racer put it, “crazy fast”. RESULTS: PHRF A (7 boats) – 1.Catherine Clark, Corryvreckan; 2.Strother Scott, Loose Cannon; 3.Rob Whittet and Steve Utley, Wavelength. PHRF B (3 boats) – 1.Miles Booth, Shenanigan; 2.David Hinckle, Elancer. PHRF C (4 boats) – …
Second day of racing about to begin in Newport after long postponement ashore for light air. FBYC will be in J70 and Red Fleet will sail in that boat until number of races in J70 and Sonars are equalized before swapping boats. Racing is between Rose and Goat Island South of the bridge with a light southwesterly blowing up the bay from over Ft. Adams and Sail Newport. Starting line is about 1/4 mile down bay of the Newport end of the bridge span. Wind about 5-7 knots. Flat water with non-directional chop. Slow ebbing current running down the bay to the right of windward. Will increase velocity in the afternoon. Team in good spirits with intention to start …
STINGRAY POINT REGATTA had 49 boats racing in mostly moderate to light breezes. PROPHET, Noel Clinard’s Sonar, sailed by Blake Kimbrough, John Wake, and Matt Braun, won the Brent Halsey, Jr. Memorial Trophy. The 2012 Stingray Point Regatta (SPR) at Fishing Bay Yacht Club ‘tween the banks of Jackson Creek and Fishing Bay in Deltaville, provided a great racing and partying opportunity over the Labor Day Weekend. FBYC hosts the two day regatta on Saturday and Sunday with the preceding Stingray Light Race on Friday. SPR divided their 8 fleets between two courses and everyone got in 5 races over the two days. RESULTS: PHRF A0 (6 boats) – 1. Afterthought, Craig Wright; 2.Pursuit …
Fishing Bay Yacht Club is among the teams in the 2012 US Qualifying Series racing in a split-fleet format that will end with the top three teams earning a berth for the 2013 Invitational Cup. Champions from most of the major one designs and offshore classes are represented on the team rosters including former Olympians and collegiate All Americans. Starting Wednesday, these 100 sailors will be sailing J/70s and NYYC's fleet of Sonars in competition.
With the inaugural Invitational Cup in 2009, New York Yacht Club set the stage for a high caliber Corinthian (amateur) yacht race that connects all the great sailing clubs of the world. Won first by the host club and sailed in the …
Fishing Bay Yacht Club would like to thank all of the competitors, crew, volunteers and everyone else who made the Stingray Point Regatta a success. And congratulations to our winners. We hope you will join us again next year for another great regatta!
Brent Halsey, Jr Memorial Trophy: Prophet - Blake Kimbrough (FBYC) Potts Southern Bay Challenge Cup: FBYC PHRF A0: Afterthought - Craig Wright (FBYC) PHRF A: Cyrano - Bob Mosby (BBSA) PHRF B: Goin' Dennis Hannick (DYC) PHRF C: Prophet - Blake Kimbrough (FBYC) PHRF Non-Spin: Juggernaut - Mike Dale (FBYC) J105: Inevitable - Mike Karn (FBYC) J24: Gray Ghost - Hunter Davidson Cruising: Desperado - Ric/Sharon Bauer (FBYC) Sportsmanship Award: Onward - Matson Roberts
On behalf of our team, we'd like to offer a huge THANK YOU to our Campaign Head, Noel Clinard.
Over the past three weeks he has rigged and derigged his Sonar 'Prophet' three times; logged thousands of miles driving/towing from Deltaville to Falmouth, MA to Rochester, NY back to Deltaville, back to Rochester and then home again to Richmond. Along the way he also served on race committee for the New England Champs and spent 9 nights in hotels away from his family in support of our Team.
We truly can't thank you enough for all of your time, effort and contributions to the campaign. THANK YOU NOEL!!!
The FBYC Team for the New York Yacht Club Qualifying Series continued its training for the newport event by sailing in the rigorous competition with Sonar veterans at the Sonar North American Championship at RYC in Rochester, New York. Photos of the competitors can be seen here.
SPECIAL REMINDER for racers and cruisers of this upcoming Chesapeake Bay favorite, the annual TURKEY SHOOT REGATTA, October 5-7, 2012, hosted by Yankee Point Marina TURKEY SHOOT is a gathering of classic design (design is at least 25 years old) sailboats to race, socialize, have a darned good time, and support a very, very good cause (all profits go to sponsoring Hospices). Racing is on Saturday (drop mark triangle course) and Sunday (pursuit course). Three Divisions are planned – Lightning, Flying Cloud A and Flying Cloud B – with Fleets assigned within each Division. Lightning Division boats must have a current valid PHRF rating from PHRF of the Chesapeake. The overall winner of the Lightning Division qualifies for the …
The Sonar Team of Blake Kimbrough, Matt Braun and John Wake with Noel Clinard are competing in the Sonar North American Championship at Rochester Yacht Club this weekend. Follow updates/pictures on the team Facebook page and regatta updates on the Rochester Yacht Club facebook page.
Hey There Offshore Fleet and Long Distance Wolf Trap'ers.... Right on the heels of the Stingray Point Regatta, comes the fourth and final 2012 Long Distance race down to the Wolf Trap Lighthouse on Saturday, September 8th. The first warning signal is 1100 and here are the race details.
The Lighthouse run has a storied FBYC history and if the Wind Gods are with us, it’s a fun and challenging day, so sign up and race… For a gripping read on the day the Wind Gods were against the Fleet, check out Jere Dennison’s series of "Wolf Trap, Force 10" articles.
With fingers crossed for a great race day, plans are being made to repeat last year’s …
The New York Yacht Club has posted the Sailing Instructions for its 2012 US Qualifying Series, which will take place September 4-8 at NYYC's Harbour Court in Newport, Rhode Island. They provide an detailed and interesting perspective on the management of a multi-fleet (Sonars and J70s) regatta in an amateur Corinthian setting. If you wish to follow the participation of the FBYC Team of Blake Kimbrough, John Wake and Matt Braun in the event, you may want to review these instructions to understand the format of the event, which provides for fleet rotation, random boat assignment, on the water Umpires and Jury, a Preliminary Series on the first two days, and a Championship and Consolidation Series on …
The last boats in the Smith Point Race (part of the FBYC Distance Series) finished Sunday morning just before 0200. A total of 13 raced through the night. Brad Miller, Schiehallion, was recognized as the racer who has sailed in and finished the most Smith Point races, 8 of the 9. He was recipient of the FBYC Smith Point Crab Society award. RESULTS: PHRF A (3 boats)-1.Craig Wright, Afterthought; 2.Rob Whittet and Steve Utley, Wavelength. PHRF B (3 boats)-1.Eric Powers, Nereid. PHRF C (3 boats)-1.Lewis Thatcher, Catitude; 2.Paul Wash, Cheeky Monkey. PHRF Non-Spin (4 boats)-1.Frank Murphy, Last BoatIII; 2.George Burke, Reveille. …
73rd ANNUAL ONE-DESIGN REGATTA at Fishing Bay Yacht Club experienced thunderstorms and heavy rain on Saturday afternoon, but yesterday brought a gentle 5-8 from the North. The 112 boat regatta raced on four courses including a special Optimist course for 17 youngsters. The San Juan 21 fleet of 14 boats was sailing for the class (East Coast) National Championship. Branin Thorn won the spinnaker group title and Mike Evans the working sails group for 2012. John Aras sailing in the Flying Scot Fleet won the John R. Hawksworth Trophy which recognizes the best sailor in the most competitive fleet. The winners for the classes racing are: Front Runners (9 boats) – Matthew Braum ; Typhoons …
This Saturday, August 18th, is FBYC’s annual Smith Point race and, as always, promises to provide skipper and crew much needed quality bonding time before the upcoming Stingray Point Regatta. So sail off those summer doldrums and come out Saturday…The first warning is at 1400 – for full NOR and course information visit http://www.fbyc.net/Events/2012/08.18.offshore/ssi.dtml.
And…to sweeten the deal, there will be a 5 star breakfast on Sunday morning at 1000 prepared by FBYC’s very own Cheeky Monkey team, the menu features made to order...
Crabmeat omelets, western style omelets, shrimp and grits, Chesapeake style Bloody Mary’s, homemade Béarnaise and more...
The 73rd Annual One Design Regatta was a huge success with 112 boats racing. Most fleets sailed 6 or 7 races and John Aras sailing in the Flying Scot Fleet won the John R. Hawksworth trophy. Here is some video of the events including the rain shower that came in just after most of the boats had returned to the dock on Saturday afternoon.
The Fishing Bay YC Sonar Team, Blake Kimbrough, skipper, John Wake, jib/bowman and tactician, and Matt Braun, middle crew, finished 7th of 17 at the Sonar New England Championship Regatta sailed this past weekend in Falmouth, Massachusetts. Races were conducted just outside Falmouth Harbor by FYC in moderate to heavy air and massive 3-4 knot Woods Hole current. The team was very competitive in boat speed and were 4th after day 1, but slipped to 7th on Sunday.
***STINGRAY POINT REGATTA – August 31 – Sept 2. Celebrate Labor Day Weekend at a long standing southern Bay regatta racing on the Bay (in the vicinity of the Rappahannock River) off the mouth of the Piankatank (Deltaville area), hosted by …
