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During the weekend of the Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championship a peice of America's Cup history was in Fishing Bay. Black Knight, the boat used as the Signal boat by the New York Yacht Club in the 1983 America's Cup made a stop at the Chesapeake Marine Railway for some minor repairs on her way further south.
More pictures can be seen here.
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Annual Meeting and Awards Party
Saturday, November 12, 2011
The Country Club of Virginia
James River Club House
709 South Gaskins Road
You are invited to enjoy this great event with friends and family. Share sailing stories of 2011 and make plans for 2012! A slide show of all 2011 sailing events will be shown continuously on the Club’s big screen.
Piano Music and Band will be provided Bruce Sullivan and Rosetta Stone. For more information about the music see:
http://www.eastcoastentertainment.com/artist/Rosetta_Stone.html
This is a band that all ages will enjoy, so come on out and celebrate another wonderful season at FBYC!
6:00-6:30 Annual Meeting in the Ladies Card Room …
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Congratulations to the Guenthers (Len and Barb) who had simply an awesome year sailing Wind Dancer. Not only did they handily win both our Spring and Fall Series, but traveled extensively around the Flying Scot circuit, either winning those events or placed very high in the standings. During the off season, you will need to purchase some jerseys with big RED targets on the back!
Congrats also go to Noel Clinard who finished 2nd in the Fall Series. Noel - you definitely keep getting better. Good show!
Rob Whittemore, who took 3rd for the series (and 2nd yesterday), was an extremely tough competitor throughout the year, winning many races, but alas, had to miss a couple of Spring …
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Mark your calendars! On Saturday, November 19, at 9:00 am, we will have our annual FALL CLEAN-UP of the Club Grounds. We will gather in the Main Clubhouse around 8:30 am for coffee and task assignments. Usual tasks include leaf raking, mulching and pruning. Bring your favorite yard tool or use ours. All ages welcome! Complimentary lunch will be served around Noon. To sign up, email me direct at odellken@aol.com or call my cell 804-241-6080 or register online here.
See you on the 19th.
Ken Odell, Grounds Chairman.
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'ROUND THE LIGHTS was. . . challenging. At first the right way seemed to be the left way, but it turned out that the left way was the wrong way. And, that isn't all. At the start the wind was supposed to be from the North and go East, but it really was from the East and went North. About the only thing that was "as predicted" was that chop resulted from a big ebb into the face of an East breeze. . . but wait, the breeze wasn't supposed to be East, so . . . . See, there is more than meets the eye to sailing and doing well in the 'Round the Lights Race. Actually, those who …
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Laser Masters sailors have a completely rebuilt trophy to sail for at the Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championship. The trophy features the ceramic plate with a painted picture of Lasers on Fishing Bay. The plate was part of the original trophy presented by Alain Vincey in the early years of the regatta. The new trophy is built like a serving tray with high sides to protect the plate from being broken.
Jon Deutsch and his father Stan built the trophy in a little over a week at the beginning of October and the trophy was unveiled at the regatta in mid-October. Read more about the building of the trophy and view more pictures on Jon's …
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Sunday is it, the end of the 2011 One Design Season. What do you say we go out with a bang? Mother Nature is poised to hold up her end of the bargain.
We have had 13 skippers on the line so far this Fall. I bet we can double that total if all our Scot sailors looked at Sunday's weather forecast and then contemplated the long, dark winter looming out there on the calendar.
See you on the water (and then at the watering hole)
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This year has gone very fast, we are nearing Closing Day. Our traditional Oyster Roast is being held after the Staggered Start Race on Saturday, October 29th. We will have oysters and for those that don’t eat oysters, we’ll have hot dogs. Please bring your oyster knife and a share
dish.
The trophies for Fall Series and Closing Day will be awarded. There is no fixed time for this to start; we will begin when the crews return from the race course.
See you there ready to eat oysters.
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Laser Masters sailors from around the bay and beyond descended on Fishing Bay Yacht Club for the 30th Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championship for two days of racing in a variety of conditions. Master Mike Schmidt from Magothy River Sailing Association emerged as the overall champion after 7 races beating Apprentice Master Keith Davids from Mission Bay Yacht Club by just a point.
On Saturday, mother nature delivered winds in the 18-22 knot range with gusts approaching 30 out of the west. While most of the sailors completed the first race, by the later races in the day attrition started to take place in the challenging conditions of the Piankatank River. Most of the fleet opted to sail …
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CCV FALL SERIES CHAMPS: SEA STAR (PHRF A); COOL CHANGE (PHRF B); QUICKY (PHRF C); and VIRGINIA H (PHRF Non-Spin). Yesterday in moderate, shifty, winds CCV racing for the season wrapped up with the final two races of the five-race Fall Series. Thirty-Two (32) boats raced in pleasant conditions in Hampton Roads. SERIES STANDINGS: PHRF A (11 boats) - 1. Dave Eberwine, Sea Star (1-1-2-1-1); 2.Christian Schaumloffel, Mirage (4-2-1-2-4); 3.Phil Briggs, Feather (3-4-4-3-3). PHRF B (13 boats) NOTE: Protest pends - 1.Rusty Burshell, Cool Change (1-2-1-2-3); 2.Dave Taylor, Wham Bam (4-1-6-4-1); 3.Ben Weeks, Rumble (3-6-5-1-2) in a tie breaker over 4. Bob Archer, Bad Habit …
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Mother nature delivered again with 20+ knots of wind for 3 long races on the first day of the 30th Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championship. Magothy River Sailing Association sailor Mike Schmidt leads the regatta after the first day with a 4-2-1 on the day. David Schoene from Severn Sailing Association is currently in 2nd and Keith Davids from Mission Bay Yacht Club is in 3rd.
With the winds we had today and memories of gusts into the 30’s on day 1 last year, most of the fleet opted to the sail the radial rig under the rig swap rule that allowed radials to sail head-to-head against the standard rigs. The radials did remarkably …
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Fishing Bay Yacht Club is Founding Member of the National Sailing Center & Hall of Fame, which requires a $10,000 donation to their capital campaign. We have reached the goal of our FBYC Campaign and last night at the Board meeting Strother Scott, Fundraising Volunteer, presented the Flag Officers the 79 checks totaling $10,220 that had been collected over the summer.
The 79 donors listed on http://www.fbyc.net/Access/Members/NSHoF/Names_html (a members only link) only include one name per donation and obviously many came from couples. FBYC would like to single out several donations where more explanation is needed than just the donor name. Carol Lytton's donation was made in memory of her …
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For everyone who will be joining us for the Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championship this weekend I would like to welcome you to Fishing Bay Yacht Club. This being the 30th we've got a great regatta planned including a great dinner Saturday night and we'll be unveiling a completely rebuilt perpetual trophy for the regatta. You'll be joined by 40 fellow competitors making their way from NJ, FL, TX, NC, VA, MD, and DC.
Weather-wise we are looking at perfect Masters sailing conditions - mostly sunny with winds out of the west at 13-17 on Saturday and 10-14 on Sunday.
A few notes for those who are new to FBYC or reminders for those who have …
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Annual Meeting and Awards Party
You are invited to enjoy this great event with friends and family. Share sailing stories of 2011 and make plans for 2012! A slide show of all 2011 sailing events will be shown continuously on the Club’s big screen.
6:00-6:30 Annual Meeting in the Ladies Card Room
6:30-7:00 Social gathering and cocktails
7:00-8:00 Dinner with one complementary glass of wine
8:00-9:00 Awards and desert
Adults $50.00
Children 12 and under $15.00 (Children’s Menu)
Cash Bar Only
****Reservations required by November 5, 2011****
To assure adequate …
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We are trying to upgrade our website software, and in the process we killed our on-line registrations. Now, after about a 24 hour outage, they are now working again. Please feel free once again to register for the 30th Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championship or the Wilton Creek Cruise, both being held this coming weekend
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It's Columbus Day - sail if you can!
PUT THIS GOBBLER IN THE BOOKS! The 2011 TURKEY SHOOT HOSPICE REGATTA wrapped up yesterday after two and one-half days of partying, live bluegrass music, racing, and general blow-out fun on the Myer Creek - Corrotoman - Rappahannock Rivers water axis. Saturday Mother Nature gave the racers a beautiful Fall day on the Rapp with bright sunshine and moderate breezes. Of the 84 entries (all classic designs at least 25 years old), 79 raced and all who started finished. On Sunday, hopeful of a repeat of Saturday conditions, racers started the traditional pursuit race in light breezes that got them up the track, but then evaporated. Twelve (12) of the …
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Few sights are more pleasing to the eye than a tranquil anchorage on Wilton Creek in late October. Join the Cruising Division for its annual Wilton Creek Cruise and Dinner by registering at the FBYC website and paying online. Wine servings will begin @ 6 pm on 10/15 in the Coves at Wilton Creek Clubhouse, followed by appetizers, entrees, and desserts, all prepared and served with the usual culinary elegance to which FBYC cruisers are accustomed. “Auto Cruisers” are welcomed, as are any offshore or one design racers who decide to become “cruisers for a night” to learn in detail what they’ve been missing. To insure an accurate head count and enough food for all, the registration deadline is noon …
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Thanks to John Hubbard for very good pictures of Trilogy this past Sunday.
I understand that their boom broke 
and their spinnaker pole track on the mast broke 
but that they did finish the race
and received an applause. Hopefully no other damage or injuries.
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A week from today, October 10th, is COLUMBUS DAY - a holiday in recognition of our patron saint of distance racing!
CCV FALL SERIES, RACE #3 - The wind numbers stayed in the high teens most of the day, but the temperature numbers went the other way - 54 degrees at starting time. As racers peeled off their wet foulies at the post-race party, there was talk of petitioning for double credit as an early "frostbite" race. Twenty-seven (27) racers blasted through the steady westerly to cover the 16 mile (PHRF A and PHRF B) and the 11 mile (PHRF C and PHRF Non-Spin) courses in Hampton Roads harbor. This is the middle distance race of the 5 race CCV Fall …
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HAMPTON ROADS SUNFISH CHALLENGE AND DISTANCE DINGHY RACE. "The name of this event is the Sunfish CHALLENGE . . . . it's supposed to be a challenge!" [or words to that effect] said Jonathan Romero as he emphatically stated that a little bit of late summer rain was not going to postpone this almost 8 mile dinghy race from Willoughby Bay to the ODU Sailing Center at the mouth of the Lafayette River. John Wandling, who raced in the Sunfish class against his son Joe Wandling and others, summed up the day: ". . .race conditions over the 7 mile course were light rain, and a light to moderate NE wind made most of it a reach against a half-knot …