Edward Eubank "Sugar" Ralston, age 86, died peacefully September 16, 2010. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Marjorie K. Ralston. He is survived by his four children and their spouses, Edward E. "Bo" Ralston Jr. and Melissa, Cary A. Ralston and Janet, Susan R. and Dr. Jim Mathers and Rebecca L. Ralston; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Sugar and Marjorie owned the Fishing Bay property just to the west of the clubhouse and were Honorary Members of Fishing Bay Yacht Club. He was generous in allowing the club to use his beach property during Junior Week and the Annual One Design Regatta each year and he even contributed to the …
Our Team of Travis Weisleder, Rob Whittemore, Ben Buhl and Lud Kimbrough have returned from racing the NYYC Invitational Cup Qualifying Series where they sailed against some very tough competition which included past Sonar North American Champions and Olympic sailors.
The Notice of Race is up and Online Registration is now open for the Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championship to be held October 16-17 at Fishing Bay Yacht Club. This Annual Regatta has been held at Fishing Bay Yacht Club for the past 28 years. The event has become a must-do on the Laser Masters circuit for sailors over the age of 35.
Last year’s regatta featured two of the premier masters sailors in the US - both of whom have won world championship titles in the Laser – John Bertrand of Annapolis and Peter Seidenberg of Newport, RI. Last year the event was sailed in not less than 17-25 knots. It was a sight to see lasers flying around the …
Fishing Bay Yacht Club finished 10th
overall out of 24 teams competing in the 2010 NYYC Invitational Cup
Qualifying Series in Newport this past week. The team
of Travis Weisleder, Rob Whittemore,
Lud Kimbrough, and Ben Buhl sailed 26 races in
4 days in Sonars and J22s, making it to the championship round of the final
12. Only the final top three (3) teams received the
coveted invitations to the 2011 New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup
Regatta; those were Eastern Yacht Club, Annapolis Yacht Club, and Newport Harbor
Yacht Club.
FBYC
WOLFTRAP. Saturday was a beautify racing day on the
southern Bay and those sailing in the annual Fishing Bay Yacht Club Wolftrap
race took …
INDIAN SUMMER - SAIL AGAINST SIDS REGATTA Saturday, October 2, 2010
Online Reservations Requested
by September 30, 2010
The Indian Summer Sail Against SIDS Regatta is hosted by FBYC. All FBYC Members are encouraged to participate. Proceeds will benefit the research and prevention of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). SIDS is the leading cause of death in infants between the ages of 1 and 12 months. There is currently no known cause or cure.
Starts will be offered for the following classes: 420, Flying Scot, Front Runner, Laser, Laser Radial, Mobjack, and Optimist. Additional classes may be added at the discretion of the Event Chair or the One Design Division Commander. Optimists will be divided into Red, Blue, White and Green …
FBYC TROPHY COMMITTEE SEEKS NOMINATIONS
John A. Hubbard, Trophy Chairman
The Trophy Committee will receive nominations until October 9th for the following perpetual trophies to be awarded at the Annual Awards Party in November.
PIANKATANK TROPHY Recognizes the FBYC skipper who most exemplifies the principle that all is not lost until the boat sinks. MATTHEW FONTAINE MAURY BOWL Recognizes a member of FBYC for an outstanding contribution to sailing at Fishing Bay Yacht Club. COMPETITION TROPHY Recognizes a member of FBYC who is the skipper of an enrolled offshore or one-design boat and who most successfully represented FBYC in sailboat racing events conducted by other yacht clubs or associations during the past year. Nominations should consider the character (local, regional …
The FBYC Team, with its supporters, including Commodore Mayo Tabb, bid
farewell to NYYC's Harbour Court after six races, for a total of 26
races in 4 days. Preliminary finishes of 9-7-10-9-10-8 placed the team
in 10th out of 24 in the final standings. Results were delayed while
numerous teams, including ours, were protested for going inside the
prohibited area along the shore of the Naval Station, as they tried to
skirt the shore upwind to avoid a massive ebb tide in light air. FBYC
retired from that race, but it did not affect our standings.
The evening began with cocktails in the tent housing a Sperry Shoe Store
and 2 car Jaguar Display, then moved to another tent …
Team FBYC completed 6 more races Friday with a 7-11-5-2-12 leaving them tied for 8th in the Championship Fleet of 12, with the three leaders being Annapolis, Eastern and Newport Harbor. After racing, the Team and its supporters feasted on scalding hot steamed lobsters with corn on the cob in the regatta tent on the waterfront at Harbour Court. Today will determine the outcome of the Qualifying Series. The day dawns with continued northwest wind, cloudless skies and zero humidity, in a sailing paradise.
Register for the Wolf Trap Long Distance Race at www.fbyc.net. There is no entry fee for the race but there will be a $5 fee for the dinner following the race.
Contact Social Chairs, Dick and Jean Cole for further information at sdcole1@verizon.net or jkathleencole@verizon.net or 804-739-6187 (H) or 804-647-3866 (C). After race beverages and snacks will be served in the clubhouse when boats return. Dinner service will begin shortly thereafter. The Coles are planning a dinner that can be heated as different groups complete the race. If you would let Dick or Jean know if you plan to attend the social event and how many …
Last night the FBYC Team, Coach and Entourage paused from the intensity of the Campaign for some fun, refreshment and companionship at the Clark Cooke House restaurant on the wharf in downtown Newport. In attendance were the team (Travis Weisleder, Lud Kimbrough, Ben Buhl and Rob Whittimore, their Coach, Skip Dieball, and the rest of the FBYC entourage including Shannon Weisleder, Frances and Blake Kimbrough, Mary and Jay Buhl, Mike Karn, and Noel and Meg Clinard. Commodore Mayo Tabb will join us tomorrow on the spectator fleet. The team had a very "full course meal" from Chowder and Organic Tomato salads to Seafood Linguini, wine, coffee and desserts, including "Snowballs From Hell" served in chocolate coated goblets. But, it was …
Fishing Bay Yacht Club is among the top 12 teams that have qualified for the Championship Series at the 2010 NYYC Invitational Cup Qualifying Series. After completing fourteen races in 2 days in both Sonars and J22s, the team advances on to two days of championship racing on Thursday and Friday in Sonars at New York Yacht Club in Newport.
The team began the day sailing the J22 with a bullet in the first race. They followed that with a 6 and a 2 before switching to the Sonar for the final 3 races. After posting solid mid-fleet finishes with one race left, the team had an 8 point cushion for making it into the championship fleet.
Wednesday was the first day of racing at the NYYC Invitational Cup Qualifying Series. Our Team of Travis Weisleder, Rob Whittemore, Ben Buhl and Lud Kimbrough were sailing against some very tough competition which included past Sonar North American Champions and Olympic sailors.
The 24 teams are divided into 2 groups with one group sailing Sonars and the other J22 in the morning. Then in the afternoon they switch boats. They will do this for racing Wednesday and Thursday, then starting Friday, the top 12 teams will sail in Sonars and the bottom half in J22.
Conditions to start the regatta on Wednesday were very windy. Initially the race committee forbid the boats from flying spinnakers for the first two …
Travis, Rob, Ben & Lud on Narraganset Bay in heavy air with a spinnaker on a J-22.
The FBYC team finished a brutal day of practice in 20 to 30 knot winds in the less familiar J-22 in Newport Harbor, including a screaming downwind run featured in the attached video shot from the coach boat, followed by two near broaches and man overboards. After nursing their wounds and resting for a few hours, the team and its supporters attended a splendid reception on the lawn at NYYC's Harbour Court, where they were welcomed by Commodore Elwell as representatives of 24 of the nation's "preeminent yacht clubs." As one entered the reception, beneath the awning, the FBYC Burgee hung …
0800 on Tuesday, NYYC staff hoist colors and erect 24 participating club burgees around moored and tuned Sonar Fleet for initial practice day.
The team will have a workout today and their weigh-in this morning followed by official practice races in the afternoon.
Yesterday the team spent some time practicing on a J22. The wind was light in the morning, but filled in the afternoon with a 10-14k sea breeze. The team had to alter their crew positions for that boat and after 20-30 tacks and gybes were feeling pretty comfortable in the J22.
Follow updates from our team by visiting their facebook page.
Today our team departs for Newport to participate in the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup U.S. Qualifying Series. Racing begins Wednesday September 8. The NYYC has announced that Kattack will provide live, online tracking of the boats in the 2010 U.S. Qualifying Series. Supporters and members of the invited clubs, and the general public, can access the live tracking through the New York Yacht Club Event web site: http://nyyc.org/2010USICQualifying/
The New York Yacht Club will also post on its web site a daily blog, written by Brad Dellenbaugh, daily photographs and will post throughout the day the preliminary race results. Also, the FBYC Team will be updating their Facebook Page throughout the day.
16th ANNUAL STINGRAY POINT REGATTA
For the Brent Halsey Jr. Memorial Trophy
September 4 & 5, 2010
REGISTRATION DEADLINE SEPTEMBER 2, 2010
ENTRY FEE: $100 per boat. Entry fee includes Friday welcome reception, continental breakfast Saturday and party Saturday night with live music by The Wrest.
For more information and to register online:
Check out www.fbyc.net
Or contact Alex Alvis: (804) 370-8241
or alexalvis@comcast.net
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:
Bartenders (1-hour shifts) Contact Tom OConnell at (804) 360-9516 or toconnell6@gmail.com
Contact Alex Alvis at (804) 370-8242 or alexalvis@comcast.net if you can volunteer for any of the following:
Friday, Sept 3 Clean Up post registration party Saturday A.M., Sept 4 Parking, Registration, Merchandise Sales …
Latane Montague made it his
5th Hampton One-Design National Championship at the
HOD Class showdown in Fishing Bay this past weekend. Latane has won
the title in 1999, 2003, 2007, 2009, and, now, in 2010. Thirteen (13) HODs
raced in light air on opening day Friday, got in three nice races on
Saturday, and squeezed two more in on Sunday; the total of 6 allowed for
one throw-out in the final tabulations. Latane sailed with crew
Jaci Finney. Second overall was Gordon
Wolcott with crew Perrin Priest, and third was
Eddie Wolcott sailing with Rachael
Blake. Fishing Bay Yacht Club hosted the event. Complete
results are available at www.fbyc.net Principal
Race Officer …
There are no known pictures to prove or disprove the yarns shared and claims made at brunch Sunday morning about the 2010 Smith Point Race, started August 21. The Race Committee can, however, confirm that vicious tides, a prestart wind shift and light air at the start brought a couple of competitors to an intimacy with the Race Committee's anchor line neither desired nor intended, but all ten boats got off safely in 4-6 knots of breeze at 2:00 in the afternoon. The forecast held, and the wind slowly but steadily built to a solid 10-12 knot southerly breeze for the sprint up the bay.
Four PHRF A boats sailed the 59 mile course east to the cut …
The FBYC Team, with its supporters, including Commodore Mayo Tabb, bid
farewell to NYYC's Harbour Court after six races, for a total of 26
races in 4 days. Preliminary finishes of 9-7-10-9-10-8 placed the team
in 10th out of 24 in the final standings. Results were delayed while
numerous teams, including ours, were protested for going inside the
prohibited area along the shore of the Naval Station, as they tried to
skirt the shore upwind to avoid a massive ebb tide in light air. FBYC
retired from that race, but it did not affect our standings.
0800 on Tuesday, NYYC staff hoist colors and erect 24 participating club burgees around moored and tuned Sonar Fleet for initial practice day.