Weather for Sailors is a 3-part course beginning Tuesday, March 29 at 7 PM online. Following another Zoom session the next week, the course wraps up on Saturday, April 16 with a 4-hour classroom instruction at the club. It is taught by ASA instructor Captain Steve Runals. Learn more at: https://www.fbyc.net/events/2022/220329-training-weather-for-sailors-1st-zoom-session/
Mark your March Calendar for Fun, Work (just a little), and Learning
We’ve got a fantastic line-up of activities for FBYC members this month. We hope you’ll take advantage of all your club is offering, including opportunities to volunteer and make FBYC ship shape and Bristol fashion. Coming up first is:
Saturday, March 5, 2022 10 AM -1 PM Middle Dock Work Day
Come with your power tools, work gloves and spirit to help install the new electrical/water pedestals on our new middle dock. This helps save money and is a critical step for getting the dock ready for Opening Day. We also need helpers and those who can serve lunch. Sign-up at: https://www.signupgenius.com …
Our fleet has a new name! At the last Board Meeting - the club agreed to begin formally recognizing the Laser Fleet as the ILCA Fleet. The old name will still be used informally and will still appear in some places. Starting this year, all of our events on the event page will be listed as ILCA events. Otherwise it’s the same boat and the same racing we’ve been doing.
Why the new name? Well, the class we sail has changed it's name and this keeps us in line with that change and should prevent any confusion over the equipment and rules we are using to race with. Some more details on that can be found here.
A cleanup of the Opti rack by the Main Clubhouse has begun. We ask all members who currently have an Opti on the rack to place their name on the exposed end prior to April 1st and remove any vessels they do NOT want to pay to store. In April, Optis with identifying information will be updated in the Club database for billing and official assignment to the spot. Questions should be directed to Steve Montgomery 757-561-7289 or monty1221@icloud.com.
WANTED: Volunteers needed to work on plumbing and electrical work on the new Middle Pier. March 5, rain date March 12. 10-1 with lunch served. Work will be focused on prepping the new electrical/water pedestals for the electrician and installing plumbing pipes. Skills needed are basic including drilling holes, screwing and unscrewing bolts, screws and the like, cutting and gluing PVC pipe. The Docks Committee budgeted volunteer labor to complete this task in lieu of paying contractors. Two people to set up lunch are also needed! Finishing the work by the 5th (12th if bad weather) is critical to opening the pier on time. Please email Steve Montgomery (monty1221@icloud.com) AND sign up at Sign Up Genius- Middle …
If you have not updated the FBYC iOS app to version 1.6.7 please do so! This update includes performance and security updates. The latest version of the app requires iOS 15 or later.
We have experienced high interest in the Junior Program, which is wonderful. A reminder to all club members wishing to have their kids participate in Junior Week or Junior Teams, the FBYC member-only priority period ends at the end of February. On March 1, all classes will be open enrollment. Some classes are already showing they will be full once open enrollment begins, so if a member wants to be assured to have their kid involved, it is important to register by Feb 28. When you enroll, if you end up on a waitlist and you are a member, please email juniors@fbyc.net., as we have purposefully left room in all the classes for members who …
It is time to start getting ready for the sailing season. You can kick it off by signing up for our Murphy Rules training in Richmond on Saturday, March 19th. You'll learn what it takes to become a valued team member. We'll have a display of some race committee tools and you can see how they work. You will have a chance to meet other race committee volunteers and sign up for a race. Our trainer, John McCarthy, will walk you through a day of race committee work and make sure you know how to work together as a team to give the racers a fair and fun day on the water. Afterward we …
The days are getting longer and the junior programs committee has been hard at work preparing for an exciting summer of junior sailing. Here's the skinny:
FBYC members also receive a discount by using the coupon code: FBYC
Grandparents no longer need to register their grandchildren; Your grandchildren's parents (also called your kids!) can register directly online by using the coupon code: FBYC
Fishing Bay Yacht Club is offering a Communications Internship for Summer 2022. This is a three-month, part-time, paid position that offers flexible, remote work with the opportunity to work with a wide range of industry professionals. Qualifications include:
Strong communications and social media skills focused on writing and photography
Ability to support numerous FBYC events, programs and initiatives using the FBYC website (FBYC.net), social media accounts, and other sailing and local media—both print and digital
Ability to attend/participate in major FBYC events in Deltaville, VA as needed and/or coordinate with program chairs
Desire to further the sport and lifestyle of sailing and a love of the Chesapeake Bay
FBYC will provide direction and support for this …
On Wednesday Dec 15 at 6:00pm there will be a ZOOM "Happy Hour' call to discuss the current state, plans and future of FBYC offshore racing. It is open to all concerned. I'll be sending out the meeting link to offshore skippers. They can share it with their crew or anyone they think would want to participate. Contact Bob Fleck if you are not an offshore skipper, and would like to participate.
We'll be talking about where we are today, plans for next year and how we want to change the game to attract new boats and crew.
Join us for a light ( and hopefully productive) get together.
It was a wonderful fall series at FBYC. The results have been calculated for quite some time but it's been brought to our attention that they were never posted. So without further ado, here are the results from the Fall Series... What the heck, its almost Christmas. Here is the Distance and Spring series also.
If you want to know more about scoring. Stay tuned we'll be doing race scoring training in the spring.
Stay Warm. Dream of warm waters, cold drinks and fast boats. And have a Merry Christmas!
The results for the 2021 FBYC ILCA series have been posted. The season-long series consists of 5 days of racing with Spring, Summer 1 & 2, Fall and Frostbite Regattas. With one day (Frostbite) canceled due to weather the standard fleet sailed 19 races with 21 boats taking part in a race. 5 boats qualified for the series by sailing at least 50% of the races.
Mark your calendar, 2022 Opening Day is Saturday April 23rd.
Over the last several months the Sailing Event Committee has finalized the 2022 Sailing Events Calendar for the Offshore, One Design and Junior events,2022 OS, OD and JR Sailing Events Dates will be posted on the website calendar in the coming days. Over the next several months, Event Notices and dates for the Cruising, YAM, Instruction, Social and other sailing events will be added to the Events Calendar.
Looking forward to 2022, it is going to be a great year!
We will be having an open house to watch the parade! The parade is from 10-12 December 4th. We will be watching on the corner of Lombardy and Broad. Come join us for the parade and than come by afterward for food, drinks and fun! Our address is 1522 Grove Ave. Looking forward to seeing you.
More than 140 members celebrated the close of the "regular" sailing season at the Annual Meeting and Commodore's Ball in Richmond last week. We announced our new Flag officers and board members, acknowledged our numerous award winners, danced and dined, and simply basked in each other's company.
All the details will be shared in the Log and future emails. But first, check out your fellow FBYC members enjoying the evening:
Materials begin to arrive on the 15th of November and will be primarily stored in the lot to the west of Fannies with the big red crane. The two lots between Fannies and the Bath House will be closed to members as of the 11/24/2021 and given to the contractor for his use. If you need to access the East or West Piers please park across the street or in the lot by the dumpsters. All boats need to be off the West Pier by the 11/28/2021 as demolition will start the on 11/29/2021(Monday). Thank you in advance for staying out of harm's way. Questions to Mark Wensell or Steve Montgomery.
The wind blew stink all week but that didn't stop our offshore boats from racing or our oysters from tasting sweet.
Well over 175 members slurped and shucked till they were stuffed during our Closing Day Race and Oyster Roast. Our stellar social chairs, Karen and Gary Akens, and their volunteer crew, served up three types of chili and hotdogs while resident musician Mike Dale entertained us all.
Folks were spread all over the campus, inside and out, so it felt comfortable being with each other after a two-year "pause." Also thanks to FBYC's Eric Perkins and member Carl Simon for doing double duty, roasting our catch.
Don't miss out on the social event of the season!! The Commodores Ball is just around the corner on November 13th and we want to make sure everyone who wants to attend gets a ticket. We have a registration deadline of Wednesday, November 3rd and we don't have flexibility on this deadline - click here to sign up!
FBYC has two great offerings starting this month:
