Club Members David & Alison Lennarz have just completed building an all carbon Balance 526 in St. Francis, South Africa.  After a shake down sail from the Indian Ocean around Cape of Good Hope, they are now in Cape Town preparing to cross the south Atlantic to Grenada, with stops in St. Helena and Brazil.  

To follow the voyage of "Wahoo", click on this PredictWind link or go to Instagram @sailingwahoos

https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/display/SV_Wahoo_1/

There are an abundance of activities happening at FBYC this coming Fourth of July Weekend! Here is the rundown to keep you informed on all of the fun.

July 4^th Long Distance Race & Cookout – Sunday, July 3^rd – The Annual Long Distance Race and Fourth of July Cookout is coming up! The cookout is for everyone, not just racers, with refreshments, hamburgers, hot dogs, and more! You need to register in advance to attend, so please do so now here. Volunteers are needed and greatly appreciated, if you can help please sign up here Volunteer.

The Long Distance Race is a handicap race open to any One Design boat 24’ length and under at the waterlines (no Optis …

Nanuq's start on Friday begins about the 1:30:00 mark:

Class 12 Start

They currently trail the class leader by about 18 miles, but are making hay, with a projected finish of 2 am on Tuesday morning.

On Friday, June 17th Nanuq will start in her 3rd Newport to Bermuda race. Nanuq is owned by FBYC Club members Rebecca and Glenn Doncaster and will be sailing with an FBYC based crew of family and friends. Nanuq is competing in the St. David's Lighthouse Division and has won her class on both previous attempts. Both captain and crew have spent countless hours over the past year preparing for this race. This is both exciting and bittersweet for the everyone as this will be Nanuq's final race to Bermuda.

Start time is 1300. You can watch the start and track Nanuq at the link below. Let's wish Nanuq the best of luck!

Watch the start and track the race

Race Results

Dominion Power will be shutting power off in the Deltaville area June 15th.  Outage is set for 7:00 AM and is expected to last two or more hours.

Water, septic, & pool facilities (including restrooms) will be affected.  Please be advised these facilities will not be available June 15th.

An alternative work day is scheduled  June 16th should rain impede the work. 

Longer tenured FBYC members will recall the wonderful spectacles of spinnaker filled horizons, the festival of land based events, and multiple nights of dining and charity auctions that comprised the Leukemia Cup Regatta. Alas, the Southern Bay LCR met its demise more than half a decade ago, but lingering memories of the excitement and sense of community that it fostered still abide. One of the more unique of the LCR events was Arts on Fishing Bay, a Friday evening marine art exhibit and sale held at our main clubhouse and featuring a variety of local artists and artisans. 

To recapture the spirit of that event we are initiating a new art exhibit on the second floor of the main clubhouse …

Be sure to join the activities, sailing and fun this Memorial Day Weekend at FBYC.

Family Regatta - Saturday May 28^th, Skippers meeting at 10:30.  Sign up on Regatta Network

Open House Regatta, Raft Up and Party – Sunday May 29^th. See events notice for information and signup.  Follow the volunteer link to volunteer and join in with your friends putting on a party.

Mid-Year Members Meeting – Monday May 30^th, 10:00 am. We will be discussing Membership and Club Operation with time reserved for questions.

This coming Saturday is our annual Family Regatta - always a crowd pleasing one design event marked by tremendously casual yet competitive fun. Don’t forget to get your team registered and bring the whole family out for a great time on the water: https://www.regattanetwork.com/event/24653

We’d love to see an abundance of Melges 15s, Flying Scots, and perhaps other fleets out on the line. Skippers meeting is 10:30am followed by first gun at Noon.  Typical format is several short races to allow for plenty starts and lots of mixing it up in close action. Creative team uniforms and goofing off are highly encouraged. 

What is it? Its the last weekend of Offshore’s Spring Series of races? Whats the big deal? I just said, its the last of the Spring Series of races.

The long range forecast looks great. Warm temperatures with southeast winds. Come out for 2 days of big boat racing. If you can't make both days, come out for one( we'll cut your entry fee in half). Our plan is the spinnaker boats will race windward/leeward courses on Saturday while the Non-spinnaker and Cruising class boats will race a mid-distance government mark course (we’re targeting a length of 2 ½ hours).  After racing will have an enhanced social with music and a cookout arranged by Glenn and Becca …

Please join us for the 2022 mid-year Membership Meeting on Monday, May 30^th (Memorial Day) from 10-11 am upstairs in the main Club House.  At this informal meeting we will provide updates on Membership and Club Operation with time reserved for questions. 

The agenda will include:

• Finance Update
• Membership Status
• Club Management/Facilities/Sailing Events
• Long Range Plan Process
• Summary and Questions

If you have specific questions you would like addressed, please send to commodore@fbyc.net

Looking to volunteer and want to know what opportunities are coming up soon?  Log on to FBYC.net and on the top menu on the Members tab, visit the volunteering link. You can also find volunteering opportunities on the FBYC Facebook page, and Event Pages.

Remember, our club is successful because of the generous gift of time of by our members.  We ask that all members sign up to volunteer at an event this year!  Thank you to all of those who have done so already!

The Start of the One Design Spring Series.

Saturday the 30^th of April was almost a picture-perfect day for the start of the One Design Spring Series. Goldilocks temperatures, forecasted for 7-10 kts of breeze, partly cloudy, in short, a beautiful day on the water.

Even better, we had 18 boats registered, 16 sailed in three (3) one design fleets with one (1) Portsmouth boat. The Flying Scots, with A and a B fleets (ability grouped), ICLA Dinghy’s (Lasers) and the new Melges fleet were all well represented.  

We managed to get in three races, in increasingly shift wind conditions. Trying to fetch the windward mark was mystery game of guessing which way the shift would go. Keeping …

FBYC Club Boat & Adult Sailing Festival

Saturday, May 14, 2022

Sail one of the club's Flying Scots or bring your own!  Learn how to sail them under expert instruction!  All members and non-members are welcome to this fun day of sailing and social events.  Learn more and sign-up at: 

 https://www.fbyc.net/events/2022/220514-onedesign-club-boat-adult-sailing-festival/

Open House Regatta, Raft-up and Party

Sunday, May 29  2022

Memorial Day will soon be upon us!  FBYC has a great day of offshore racing, raft-up, food and music.  This is the perfect opportunity to invite friends to experience all that our club has to offer.  YOU MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE!  Learn all about it at:  

https://www.fbyc.net/events/2022/220522-offshore-open-house-regatta-party/

FBYC had a great opening weekend. Here's some video aboard Mad Hatter.

2022 Mad Hatter Opening Day

This One Design Spring Race Day event is open to FBYC club members and all sailors interested in racing, developing their sailing skills and being part of a great sailing tradition on the Chesapeake Bay.  It's also a great opportunity to reserve one of the club's Flying Scots and join the new Melges 15 fleet and Lasers (ILCA) on a day that promises fun and looks like favorable weather.

Learn more and register at: https://www.fbyc.net/events/2022/220430-onedesign-od-spring-1-ilca-spring-regatta/

We welcome all racers, cruisers, their families, and guests to this family-friendly event to kick-start a great year of sailing.  A great tradition at Fishing Bay Yacht Club, Opening Day begins with an Offshore Regatta.

DESCRIPTION This regatta will consist of one race for PHRF (A, B, C, NON-SPIN, CC) sailboats holding a valid PHRF of the Chesapeake certificate, one-design classes, and cruising class sailboats having a provisional handicap rating assigned by FBYC.

The format for all boats will be one short-distance race around government and drop marks. PHRF NON-SPIN will be sailed allowing only one (1) headsail downwind.

Regatta Schedule: 
0900: Flag Raising & Skippers Meeting
1100: Warning for the first start

Opening Day Social Events

1630: Ric's Place …

We all love the vibrant sailing culture at FBYC and 2022 will see the introduction of a new class for Offshore racing, the Offshore Division Cruising Class. This year, the new Offshore Division Cruising Class has been chosen as the class to compete for the Fishing Bay Challenge Bowl.  The award, to be presented at the Annual Awards, will go to the Offshore Cruising Class Skipper with the greatest boat days on the water in FBYC sponsored race events. The high point finish will be applied as a tie breaker

 The Offshore cruising class was developed to enable fair competition among like yachts in the configuration typically used by Cruisers.  PHRF ratings are available or FBYC will provide a provisional …

Hoping to see everyone at this weekend's kickoff to the sailing season - Opening Day 2022!

If you are not planning to sail, but would like to join the fun on the water, we still have openings on Race Committee:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080c4fa5aa2ba4ff2-2022

This is a low-key race and a great way to get some experience on Race Committee!

Our 2022 Schedule is posted and here are some ILCA Sailing highlights to put on your calendar for this year. 

Club Series - these are 5 single day events spread throughout the year that count towards the season series using the high point system. Anyone who sails in 50% of the races held qualifies for the series.  Some of these race days are sailed during one design events with the other one design boats, and other days will be stand alone days.  We'll run a Radial fleet and radial series on the days we have enough boats.  There's no entry and first warning times vary depending on the day.

• Saturday, April 30 - Spring Regatta
• Saturday, July 9 - Summer Regatta #1 (Sea …