Whittemore Wins The FS Capitol Districts!

John Beery on

Flying Scots

The excellent team of Rob Whittemore and John Wake brought home the silver by outwitting the elements this past weekend up at the Susquehanna Yacht Club in Wrightsville, Pa.  Little to no wind and a strong current was the scene for two days.  Congratulations Rob for getting your name on Captitol District Trophy.  You join a select group.

And FBYC can also be proud that Len and Barbara Guenther took SECOND place.  

Who could ask for anything more?

#592 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

Lin Mccarthy on

SBR News You Can Use

LAST CALL BEFORE ENTRY LATE FEE KICKS IN AFTER THIS WEDNESDAY, MAY 23.    SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK for the BLACK SEAL CUP:   Racing for all PHRF, One-Design, and Cruising boats. Skippers meeting and welcome/check-in for all on Thursday evening, May 31; Racing for PHRF and One-Design June 1-2-3; and, for Cruising racing on Saturday and Sunday only, June 2 and 3. PHRF and One-Design = $150; Cruising = $99 Late entry fee of $50) kicks in after May 23. Regatta info, fees and forms are available at www.blacksealcup.com or by calling 757-850-4225. Regatta Headquarters at Hampton Yacht Club, three racing courses in the Bay off Ocean View (Norfolk). Y’ALL COME RACING!

SBRW also:  One-Design Classes must …

Flying Scot Spring Series Opener

John Beery on

Flying Scots

We finally got in the water.

The one-design fleets have suffered cabin fever long enough.  On Saturday, May 12th, the weather gods smiled down on us and we got in five good races on what was simply a gorgeous day.  And it was a day that beat the odds because the winds were forecasted by just about every weather service (including Predict-Wind) to die off at noon.  This made sense to me as the front that come through with a hard blow on Thursday eventually had to run out of air.  The thinking on Friday was that the most we could hope for would be a seabreeze, which was actually going to be a good possibility …

Family Picnic at Rosegill Farm

Mary Spencer on

Social Events
Family Picnic at Rosegill Farm
Saturday May 26th
 
Race, Cruise or Drive to Urbanna to kick off the summer
with a Great Family Party!
****Reservations required by May 24th, 2012****

Bring your blankets and lawn chairs and get ready to bring in summer with a bang at Rosegill Farm. Best Picnic set up gets dinner for four free!

FBYC will host an awesome family picnic for all members and guests of the club. We plan to have a great picnic dinner, refreshments, music and lots of fun for juniors. This year we will feature Chris Stanley and Sky Run. This band plays a great mix of music that all should enjoy! So mark your calendars now to come …

2012 Great 48 Regatta at Lake Norman Yacht Club

Rob Whittemore on

Flying Scots

This past weekend Kevin Clark and I packed up Flying Scot 5566 and headed down to Lake Norman just northwest of Charlotte for an annual stop on the Flying Scot circuit, the Great 48 regatta. Due to work commitments we were not able to get on the road early enough to arrive in time for the clinic hosted on Friday afternoon by Dieball Sailing’s Paul Abdullah. The clinic was a mixture of both on the water and off the water coaching. Paul plans to get the video of the clinic up on the internet for everyone’s benefit. We arrived at the club just in time to see hull numbers 1 and 2 heading out for a photo shoot in a …

J70 Demo planned at FBYC May 19 and 20

Noel Clinard on

ICQS

Plans are underway with North Point Yacht Sales of Annapolis for a J70 demo at FBYC on May 19 and 20, during OD and Offshore racing.  Anyone curious about the new J Boat will be given a ride.  The FBYC RIB will be used to shuttle sailors to the J70, before, during, between or after racing.  In addition, Team FBYC, preparing to race J70s in the NYYC USQS, will get some “time in the boat.”  Lud Kimbrough will be the on-site coordinator for the demo program.  Watch this space for details and email Noel Clinard now saying, “I want a ride!”  See “Read More” below for more exciting news on the J70 racing circuit in 2013.

NEW …

Sunday Laser Clinic

Jon Deutsch on

ILCA Logo - Small

20120429-011

On Sunday the Laser Fleet hosted a Laser clinic for a dozen sailors on a cool windless day.  Mike Toms and Jon Deutsch took the sailors through the various simple, intermediate and advanced ways to rig a Laser and covered topics on the methods of dress and techniques for the various maneuvers.  After a break for lunch, Jon demonstrated various aspects of boat handling while Mike narrated from the dock.  After that, the boats rigged and everyone got a chance to try out a boat while drifting Fishing Bay.  While it wasn't the best sailing day, it was a great day for sharing and learning knowledge about the Laser.

20120429-008

20120429-014

20120429-019

More Pictures

Rosegill Weekend for Cruisers

Dan Lindsey on

Cruising News

Screen Shot 2012-04-29 at 10.18.07 AM.png Calling all Cruisers!   We will start our weekend off with a dinner on Friday night at the club, complete with karaoke, so bring your voices and something to drink! The latter helps a lot! The cruise chair will provide the main dish and participants will bring a side dish to share. You will be contacted to bring a salad, veggie, or desert. BYOB.

If you prefer to dock on Saturday rather than drop the hook at Rosegill, Urbanna Town Marina is a good choice. They have 15 transient slips with 30 and 50 amp service. $1.50 per foot. A dinghy dock is available. Call 804 758-5440 to make your own reservation.

On Sunday afternoon we will head over …

J-Boats' New J-70 Speedster - The Inside Scoop

Blake Kimbrough on

One Design Racing

http://www.jboats.com/j70/images/J70Trials4575.jpgRecently on a typical April, fog-laden Saturday morning in
Newport I packed my sailing bag and headed up to Bristol, RI.  Agenda for the day included a private tour, led by Jeff Johnstone, of the factory and build process for the new J-70 ‘Speedster,’ and later sneaking onto the prototype hull #1 for a test sail.  The J-70 is J-Boats’ most recent installment and much hyped design representing their first new small keelboat one-design in 18 years (since the J-80 from the early 90s).  She’s a 22.75ft asymmetrical keelboat sporting a trailer-launch able lifting bulb keel with an all carbon, deck-stepped masthead rig with furling jib.

To paraphrase Jeff’s words, the concept of the design is …

#588 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

Lin Mccarthy on

SBR News You Can Use

Sunday, the rains came, but at least there was no  s-n-o-w  on the southern Bay.  Lasers, big boats, and one-designs, hunkered down to buckets of rain, north winds, and warnings for small crafty people.  On Saturday, though, the FBYC Spring Series (Day 2) completed 4 races and 19 boats had a great pre-storm day.  Craig Wright, Afterthought (J109) won the day in PHRF A and has the lead in the Series.  Close behind Afterthought in PHRF A is another J109, Sam Mitchener's Double Eagle in second and Rob Whittet's and Steve Utley's Wavelength in third.  In PHRF B, Miles Booth, Shenanigan, had a 2-1-1-1 day and is atop his fleet, followed by …

One Design Racing Sunday April 22 abandoned

David Lee on

One Design Racing

I have decided to abandon all One Design Races scheduled for tomorrow for the One Design Opening Day Regatta.  A Notice to all One Design competitors that abandons all races tomorrow, will be posted on the One Design Official Bulletin Board shortly.

Abandoning racing before the scheduled race day is difficult, but I am attempting to save all involved time and gas required to drive to Deltaville when there is no reasonable expectation of racing tomorrow.  The reasons for this decision at this time are as follows:

NOAA's latest forecast has been trending to more wind and rain.  Small Craft advisories are posted for tomorrow afternoon and winds are now forecast to be NE 15-20 tomorrow …

Safety at Sea Conference on May 5

Strother Scott on

Offshore Racing

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - The Mariners’ Museum is hosting a Safety at Sea Seminar on Saturday, May 5, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The day-long seminar is designed and conducted by sailors and experts, providing both novice and experienced mariners with information and skills required to sail the Chesapeake Bay or offshore, handle heavy weather, conduct rescue procedures and more. The seminar is open to all cruising and racing skippers, crews and their families, recreational boaters and commercial fishermen.

Seminar topics include damage control; Coast Guard rescue procedures, crew overboard and rescue; First Aid; Chesapeake Bay weather and life raft demonstrations. Program moderator will be renowned sailor and instructor Capt. Henry Marx, owner and president of …

Laser Clinic and Practice Day April 29

Jon Deutsch on

ILCA Logo - Small

Sunday, April 29 is an empty day at the club so the Laser Fleet will be holding a clinic and practice day.  There is no cost and it's open to anyone interested in learning the laser and any current Laser Sailors.  Mike Toms and Jon Deutsch will give a talk from 9am until 11am on rigging, tuning and other go-fast Laser tips.  We'll break into separate groups to suit the experience and familiarity with the Laser if necessary.  At 11 we'll take the boats out for some skills practice and short races.

If you've got a boat, bring it. If you don't have a boat, one isn't necessary, we'll …

One Design Opening Day this Sunday

Jon Deutsch on

One Design Racing

The Flying Scot and Front Runner fleets will kick off their 2012 seasons this Sunday on One Design Opening Day.  Racing will feature the two fleets sailing buoy courses in Fishing Bay.

Be sure to Register online or check out the list of who has already registered.

Schedule
0900 Registration
1000 Skippers Meeting
1100 First Warning

Typhoon Natioanls at RRYC

Jon Deutsch on

One Design Racing

The Typhoon class will be hosting their National Championship just down the road at Rappahannock River Yacht Club on June 22-24.  FBYC's own Gary Hooper finished 2nd there at last years national championship.

From the regatta website:

The Typhoon National Regatta to be held in Virginia June 22-24, 2012
IRVINGTON, VA, April 11, 2012 –Rappahannock River Yacht Club is hosting the Cape Dory Typhoon National Championship Regatta June 22-24, 2012. For the second straight year the Typhoon Nationals will be held on the Northern Neck of Virginia, home of the world’s largest Typhoon fleet with over 60 Typhoons plying nearby waters. There were over 2,000 of the Carl Alden designed Typhoons built between 1967 and 1986, affectionately …

Art on Fishing Bay Cancelled

Jere Dennison on

Arts of FB

It is with great regret that the Leukemia Cup Committee has decided to cancel Art on Fishing Bay this year scheduled on Friday, June 8, at the FBYC clubhouse. This decision was a difficult and disappointing one for us to make. The Committee would like to extend its sincerest appreciation to the many loyal exhibitors and patrons of this event in the past. However the reality is that the interest in this event has waned over the past few years, and the Committee felt like it would be more productive to concentrate its efforts instead on activities over Regatta Weekend, July 6 – 8. We hope all of you will join us over this weekend to celebrate the 14th …

#587 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

Strother Scott on

SBR News You Can Use

The Fishing Bay Yacht Club Spring Series opened yesterday (results not available as of publication ).  The FBYC Spring Series continues on Saturday, April 21. Go to  www.fbyc.net  for info and to enter.

Don't let   SBRW 2012  EARLY BIRD ENTRY SPECIAL $$SAVINGS   fly away !  

The deadline to save $10 on your entry fee and receive 10 free regatta drink tickets is ONE WEEK  (APRIL 23rd)  FROM TODAY!  For entry form and details click on  www.blacksealcup.com.  Or, call 757-850-4225.  Y'all come racing!

HERE WE GO!  This coming Sunday, April 22, CCV Spring Series (Races 1 and 2) opens the Hampton Roads area PHRF class racing season.  The CCV Spring Series …

FBYC Thank you from the DCA

John Koedel on

Club News

DCA.jpg The Deltaville Community Association, Inc. would like to thank all the members of the FBYC that so generously donated money to help re-build our facilities after the tornado of April 16, 2011. All but the landscaping has been completed. We are holding an open house on Saturday April 21st from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM. A light lunch will be provided and all of the facilities will be open for your inspection. We hope that as many of the FBYC members as can will come to see what you helped accomplish for the Deltaville community. In addition, the Southside Sentinel issue of April 19th will have an insert with a complete listing of everyone that helped us over …

Opening Day - Blessing of the Fleet

Mary Spencer on

Social Events

2012 Opening Day and
Blessing of the Fleet

Saturday, April 14th

Reservations required by April 11th, 2012

Racers, Cruisers, and Juniors - everyone is invited and encouraged to Bless the Fleet and enjoy this incredible event. Make plans to attend!
 
Blessing of the Fleet 5:00 pm
Dinner 6:00 pm-8:00 pm by White House Catering
Music and Dancing  7:00 pm-10:00 pm
 
Delicious Cocktail Buffet Served Continuously from 6:00 to 8:00 pm:
Cajun Shrimp and Cheese Grits
Beef Brisket
Fresh Veggies, Cheese, Fruit and Dessert
Cheddar Scallion Scalloped Potatoes
Classic Garden Salad
French Fries and Chips
Refreshments include: Soft Drinks, Beer and Wine
 
Back by popular demand from previous Opening Day parties are …

Fishing Bay Yacht Club
Office Mail: Fishing Bay Yacht Club, 2711 Buford Road #309, Bon Air, 23235,
Clubhouse Address: 1525 Fishing Bay Road, Deltaville, VA 23043 (no mail delivery)

Phone Numbers: Club House 804-776-9636

Contact Webmasters