The Parent's Race is coming up on Wednesday, June 22. This is a fun opportunity for parents of junior week sailors and other sailors to get out on the water for some fun mid-week sailing. We'll sail right off the dock in Fishing Bay.
We welcome anyone interested in sailing a laser or 420 to come out and join us. For anyone who does not have a boat, we will do our best to find one for the evening. Jon will help find boats, so send an email to jon-fbyc@jdeutsch.com if you are in need of a boat for the evening.
In order to get as many people on the water as possible we will be …
The Laser Spring Regatta saw 8 Standard Lasers and 3 Radials out for racing on a beautiful day on the Piankatank. The wind was a little light, but PRO Matt Lambert kept the course as square as they could and ran 6 races.
With a few short courses and a few longer courses the fleet got in some good competitive races and everyone had a good time.
The format for Laser racing at FBYC has changed this year. Rather than participate on the same days as other one design fleets at FBYC, we have scaled back the Laser events to just 3 on days where no other classes are sailing. 2 more Laser race days remain: Sunday, September 18 and …
Come join us at FBYC for some family fun on
Saturday and Sunday, July 2 & 3, 2011
Events include:
Saturday July 2 (No Cost)
Help us build and enter a float in the Deltaville 4th of July parade.
Sunday, July 3 (Cost: $10 for adults, $5 for children)
Parents and kids race at 12:00 Noon (race anything you have that floats)
Events we are considering beginning about 1:00 p.m. include:
An optical course or a treasure hunt
A dingy race - might be blindfolded race with a spotter
Water battle (bio-degradable of course)
Three legged race, crab walk, other landlubber events
The "little boats" found enough wind on the Rapp River on Saturday to get their planned one day 11 boat Laser regatta in and on Sunday to get the 5 Front Runners and 8 Flying Scots around the course. RESULTS: - LASERS : 1. Dan Herlihy, 2.Jon Deutsch, 3. Len Guenther. FRONT RUNNERS: 1. Matt Braun, 2. Mark Stephens. FLYING SCOT: 1. Len Guenther, 2.John Wake, 3.John Berry. The One-Design Regatta was hosted by Fishing Bay Yacht Club.
The 13th Annual Southern Chesapeake Bay Leukemia Cup Regatta (July 9-10) at Fishing Bay/Deltaville is building to a crescendo. You can enter on line at www.leukemiacup.org/va Or, mail your entry and fees to …
The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to approve a $97,575 bid from Docks of the Bay construction company to dredge a portion of the mouth of Jackson Creek in Deltaville.
The project will be 75% funded through a Port Authority grant. The board agreed to fund $13,125.
Keith Ruse spoke for landowners on the creek and said they will fund the other $13,125 to complete the project.
County attorney Mike Soberick told county supervisors not to accept the bid until the private sector has written the county a check for the $13,125 …
Tim Zimmerman is a writer for Sailing World and was a competitor at the 2011 Laser District 11 Championship we hosted a few weeks ago at Fishing Bay Yacht Club and he's written a nice blog article about his experience at the regatta:
Dont get me wrong. The regatta itself, the District 11 Laser Championships, was not terrible. In fact, it was fantastic. Hosted by the smoothly-run, beautifully-situated, Fishing Bay Yacht Club down in Deltaville, Va., on the southern Chesapeake Bay, the regatta was blessed with excellent winds, a great crowd of sailors, and a Laser-loving chef, Alain Vincey, who cooked up a spectacular Saturday-evening dinner. Even the camping was nice.
AFTERTHOUGHT, J109, from Raleigh, North
Carolina, owed and skippered by Craig Wright, won THE BLACK SEAL CUP, for best
overall performance at SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK 2011. In the
largest of the handicap and one-design fleets, PHRF A2 (12 boats),
Afterthought had only one blemish, a 2nd which was a throw-out,
in her string of finishes for SBRW (1-[2]-1-1-1-1). The regatta, which
is sailed in Hampton Roads, drew 98 keel boats from the mid-Atlantic and as
far away as Maine. Tom Hall, from Scarborough, Maine,
brought his Elliott 770 to Hampton and dominated the SBRW PHRF B1
fleet. On Friday, the first day of racing, the fleet raced in the
Harbor, after a …
Fishing Bay Yacht Club and Stingray Harbour Yacht Club, co-sponsors of the Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup Regatta, and host Stingray Point Marina, are preparing for the grand finale of the 2011 Leukemia Cup series of events which takes place over the weekend of July 8-10.
Dont forget to register online at www.leukemiacup.org/va by June 17 for the early-bird entry fee of $125, a $25 savings, and to have your boats name emblazoned on the ever-popular official Regatta T-shirt. After June 17, the fee increases to $150. A portion of the registration fee will be tax-deductible.
The Leukemia Cup Auction is scheduled for Friday evening, July 8, at host Stingray Point Marina. Live music by Sweet …
Virginia Junior Commonwealth Championships
June 25-26, 2011 at Fishing Bay Yacht Club
With summer events and Junior Week approaching quickly, remember to sign up online for the Virginia Junior Commonwealth Championship Regatta. This two day event will include a lot of exciting racing as juniors from all over the Bay come to FBYC to compete. Registration for this event will include award prizes for each of the different sailing classes, meals for Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon, DJ/Hip Hop Party Saturday evening, and two days of exciting racing on the water.
This event is open to any Junior Sailor with an Optimist, Laser, Laser Radial, or 420. The Red, Blue and White Fleet assignments will be based on the …
The second and final version of the Clubhouse Donor Plaque now hangs in the first floor of the clubhouse. This plaque recognizes those who contributed to the 2000-2002 campaign to build the new clubhouse. Those of you who are listed on the plaque deserve FBYC's congratulations and thanks, as do all who did double duty to create an error free exhibit. Special thanks go to Jere Dennison for his diligence and cheerful spirit in the face of having to retrace his efforts, and to Chip Hall who, in volunteering his time and skills, twice built a mahogany mount, once for the "false plaque", and then again for the spendid final product.
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On Friday evening, June 3, 6 9 pm, the Fishing Bay Yacht Club opens its doors again to Art on Fishing Bay, one of the premier events of the 2011 Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup Regatta series. Bring an hors doeuvre to share with your fellow art patrons and a small donation to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to benefit patients with blood cancers, and browse through displays by 21 local, regional, and nationally recognized artists and craftsmen.
A special treat for patrons this year will be the F.D. Crockett on exhibit at the end of the Fishing Bay pier. Recently re-dedicated by the Deltaville Maritime Museum, the log-bottom buyboat was originally built in 1924 and fully restored after …
Three Fishing Bay Boats are on the entry list for the 62nd Down the Bay Race for the Virginia Cruising Cup. The racers will start in Annapolis around 10:30 Friday morning and will end up in Hampton Virginia in about a day.
The awards for the Urbanna Race and the 2011 Offshore Spring Series will be presented Saturday May 28th at 5:45pm in front of the barn at Rosegill. Skippers, if you think you are receiving an award please plan on attending the ceremony or having a representative there on your behalf.
IN MEMORIAM
PATTY CLIF LANE TOMS
9/13/23 5/23/11
Patty Clif Lane Toms, 87, of Deltaville and Richmond, passed away on May 23, 2011 at the Richmond home of her daughter, Kenney Toms Cobb. After her family of five children said farewell, she went peacefully to join her husband of 63 years, Raymond Ezra Toms, who predeceased her. She is survived by her daughters, Sara Spoerri of Capitan, NM, Anne Richardson of Norfolk, VA, and Kenney Cobb of Richmond; sons, Lewis of Statesville, NC, and Michael of Charlottesville; 12 grandchildren; and two great grandchildren. Kenney and Mike remain active members of FBYC.
Pat was born in Mount Sterling, KY, attended Mount Sterling High School and graduated from …
Cyane Crump will race with FBYC member Rives Potts'Carina in three races for the Atlantic Ocean Racing Series (AORS): (1) the Annapolis-Newport Race starting June 3; (2) the Transatlantic Race 2011 starting June 26; and (3) the Fastnet Race starting August 14. The TR 2011 is the centerpiece of the AORS, which includes the Pineapple Cup Montego Bay Race, RORC Caribbean 600, the Annapolis to Newport Race, Rolex Fastnet Race, Biscay Race and the Rolex Middle Sea Race. Of the seven races in the AORS, three races, including the TR 2011 must be completed to qualify for a series victory. Each race is weighted equally in overall series scoring with the exception of TR 2011, which is weighted 1 …
Twenty-three boats turned out for the final round of the 2011 Offshore Spring Series on Sunday. Three, 3.0 mile races were completed in beautiful weather, in contrast to the unfortunate conditions of opening weekend.
It was a day of consistency in each fleet with virtually no change in the top three spots in each class for all races. Three familiar guest boats swept the day in preparation for their trek down to Southern Bay Race Week.
PHRF A was led by Craig Wright's Afterthought (Neuse Yacht Racing Assoc.), fresh off a third place finish in the ten boat, J109 class at Annapolis NOOD. They were followed by overall Spring Series winner, Double Eagle (Sam Mitchener), and Chilcoot (Alex …
Cruisers, racers, powerboaters, juniors and pool fanatics, bring your blankets and lawn chairs and get ready to bring in summer with a bang at Rosegill Farm. FBYC will host an awesome back to basics family picnic for all members and guests of the club. We plan to have a great picnic dinner, refreshments, music, some organized events for the juniors and some cool prizes. This year we will be headed to the Islands and will be enjoying the Caribbean beat of Ban Caribe. This band is fun and should get everybody dancing! So mark your calendars now to come out and enjoy this great event with family and friends at Rosegill Farm …
The Fishing Bay to Urbanna Race is on the horizon, Saturday the 28th of this month! I would like to encourage you to join in the fun. No mater what type or racer you are we have a fleet for your and your crew. There will be the normal PHRF Spinnaker fleets of A, B, C and Non-Spinnaker. In addition we hope to have the Cruising folks out on the river racing in there own class. There is no better way to get to the festivities at Rosegil than by boat.
As well as the race we have a sppecial award for the "Most Memorable Finish". The three boats that leave a memorable impression with the race committee as they …
District 11 Laser Championships and US Singlehand
Area C Elimination. This past weekend at
Fishing Bay Yacht Club thirty-six (36) Laser racers battled for two days
in two fleets (Radial and Standard) for some District awards and for a
chance to move on to the Singlehanded Championships to be sailed at the Columbia
River Gorge on July 21-24. John MacCausland (CRYC) and Dorian
Haldeman (SSA) won the right to represent Area C at the men's and women's US
Singlehanded Championships. Southern Bay racers who competed in the event
and finished in the top half of their fleets were: Laser Standard
Rig 4.James Jacob (FBYC); 5.David
Tunnicliffe; 8.Jon Deutsch (FBYC);
9.RobWhittemore (FBYC …
Fishing Bay Yacht Club and Stingray Harbour Yacht Club, co-sponsors of the Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup Regatta, and host Stingray Point Marina, are preparing for the grand finale of the 2011 Leukemia Cup series of events which takes place over the weekend of July 8-10.
On Friday evening, June 3, 6 9 pm, the Fishing Bay Yacht Club opens its doors again to Art on Fishing Bay, one of the premier events of the 2011 Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup Regatta series. Bring an hors doeuvre to share with your fellow art patrons and a small donation to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to benefit patients with blood cancers, and browse through displays by 21 local, regional, and nationally recognized artists and craftsmen. 
Cyane Crump will race with FBYC member Rives Potts' Carina in three races for the Atlantic Ocean Racing Series (AORS): (1) the Annapolis-Newport Race starting June 3; (2) the Transatlantic Race 2011 starting June 26; and (3) the Fastnet Race starting August 14. The TR 2011 is the centerpiece of the AORS, which includes the Pineapple Cup Montego Bay Race, RORC Caribbean 600, the Annapolis to Newport Race, Rolex Fastnet Race, Biscay Race and the Rolex Middle Sea Race. Of the seven races in the AORS, three races, including the TR 2011 must be completed to qualify for a series victory. Each race is weighted equally in overall series scoring with the exception of TR 2011, which is weighted 1 …