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.
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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 …
A team of three FBYC trained sailors placed first in Nantucket Race Week, One Design Series, Rhodes 19 Class, with three days of racing. The Toni Too was skippered by Sophie Massie, with crew of her father, Mike Massie, and Noel Clinard. Over three days and nine races, they placed 1-3-1-2-2-[7]-[DNS]-2-2 with the two bracketed races thrown out. Results Here.
The racing was characterized by moderate to heavy winds and strong harbor currents. Sophie drove with Mike trimming jib and working foredeck and Noel trimming main and spinnaker. The upwind speed of Toni Too was the deciding factor with frequent leads at the windward mark, which turned into a liability in one race. Days One and Three …
Fishing Bay is hosting the 76th-annual Hampton One Design National Championship August 20, 21, and 22. The Hampton Class is returning its Championship to the club for the first time since 1948.
Organizers are expecting about 20 boats from various yacht clubs, including PRSA, HYC, NY&CC, TAYC, BBSA, CYC and WRYC. The competitors will include some of the top dinghy sailors from around the Bay, including collegiate all-Americans, past Optimist National Champions, Collegiate and Interscholastic sailors and Coaches, sail makers, and good-old-fashioned class stalwarts like Norfolks Charlie McCoy who will be competing in his 52nd (fifty-second) consecutive HOD Nationals. FBYC will be represented in the competition by Latane Montague, Mike Toms, Kenney Cobb, Walter Bundy and others. Walter Bundy …
16th ANNUAL
STINGRAY POINT REGATTA For the Brent Halsey Jr. Memorial Trophy
Fishing Bay Yacht Club
September 4 & 5, 2010
CALLING ALL PHRF, OFFSHORE ONE DESIGN AND CRUISING CLASS SKIPPERS
Come join the premier regatta on the middle Chesapeake Bay!
ENTRY FEE:
$100 per boat. Entry fee includes Friday welcome reception, continental breakfast Saturday and party Saturday night with live music by The Wrest (www.thewrest.com)
OTHER TREATS:
Saturday Night Dinner (Adult) - $20
Saturday Night Dinner (Child under 6) - Free
Hot Breakfast Sunday - $10
Event T-Shirts - $17
Wicking Tee Long Sleeve Shirts - $25
Dinner tickets are limited and may not be available at the door. Please buy your dinner and breakfast tickets in advance. REGISTRATION DEADLINE September 2 …
Great weather, great racing, and great people, is the best description of the 2010 Annual One Design Regatta. 118 boats competed in eleven different fleets during two days of the nicest weather we have seen in a while. Saturday presented temperatures in the 80s and a gentle breeze out of the east. Sunday the temperatures remained mild while the winds picked up providing all fleets with plenty of breeze and spirited racing.
This years event saw record breaking attendance from the Flying Scot Fleet with 36 boats registered. Additionally, the San Juan 21s showed up again with the largest numbers to date. For the first time in many years a Windmill fleet consisting of 7 boats joined us …
The cruising regatta attracted 10 boats which turned into a drifting match but Chilcoot prevailed to finish first. The race committee of Ric and Sharon Bauer did a stellar job of running the race and attempting to fairly rate the boats. I think we learned a few things about handicapping this year which we can carry over to next year. After the race we had dinner with 42 people attending. A good time was had by all.
On July 28 the progressive dinner was held with 28 people attending.
Cocktails were had at Sarah Carneal's home with dinner up river at Andy and Ellen Soyars home. It was a hot evening as it was 98 that day but fans …
The results are in from some big New England Regattas. Optis: Hyannis Yacht Club held their Regatta July 30 - August 1, 2010. There were 69 optis and Fishing Bay Juniors took 1st (Alex Hanna), 3rd (Kendall Swenson), 10th (Erin Jacob), 12th (Graeme Alderman), 13th (Jed Londrey), 16th (Gray Kiger) and 18th (Hannah Steadman). Congratulations to the team!
Hyannis Results are available here.
The following week, the team attended the New England Optimist Championships in Newport, hosted by Sail Newport. There were about 330 Optis in the Red, White, and Blue fleets. Alex Hanna got a 4th overall, and Kendall Swenson was the 6th girl and got a 30th overall. Deeper in the finish order were 70 Will Whitmore, 71 Gray …
OPTI Nation
Update:Hanna
Finishes 4th Overall at 2010 USODA New England Championships
Hosted BySail Newport. The Fishing Bay Yacht
Club Opti Team traveled to Newport a short week after hosting the 2010
Opti Nationals. Alexander Hanna posted a 4th overall in
the 311 boat championship fleet. Kendall Swenson
finished 6th in the Opti Girls Fleet (103 racers) and 30th overall in the
championship fleet. Also sailing for Fishing Bay at the event were:
Gray Kiger, Will Whitmore, Jack Whitmore, Hannah Steadman, Erin Jacob, and
Jed Londrey.
US SAILING
Youth Sailing Championships: Graham Landy wins C420
Fleet. The best-of-the-best …
While many people have volunteered to help during the Annual One Design Regatta that will be held this weekend, August 14-15, David Hinckle still has some positions to fill. He needs tractor drivers, retail sales specialists (merchandise sales) and registration workers. Please let David know if you can help even if only for a little while. You can reach David by email to david@blueprintingservicesva.com or by phone @ 804 370-7650.
A wonderful video from the Clyde Cruising Club's attempt to break their previous record number of boats forming a sunflower during the Centenary Cruise. They didn't quite get the 200 boats they had hoped for, but, still, quite a muster. Must have been a great experience for the Crumps, Garretts, and Haywards.
We have revamped the Pirate Cruz event originally envisioned for Little Bay in an attempt to address the diversity of requests, conflicting club and personal schedules. We have heard that some members would like to participate in the event but do not have access to a "cruising" boat. Others are participating in the Annual One Design Regatta and many juniors are being recruited to participate in the regatta as well. Still others have conflicts with work or family schedules, which limit their availability for an extended weekend cruise. As a result, we made the following adjustments:
Changed the location to Gwynn's Island
Collaborating with the Annual One Design Regatta for Dinner (Aug 14) and Breakfast (Aug 15 …
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 …
0800 on Tuesday, NYYC staff hoist colors and erect 24 participating club burgees around moored and tuned Sonar Fleet for initial practice day.
A team of three FBYC trained sailors placed first in Nantucket Race Week, One Design Series, Rhodes 19 Class, with three days of racing. The Toni Too was skippered by Sophie Massie, with crew of her father, Mike Massie, and Noel Clinard. Over three days and nine races, they placed 1-3-1-2-2-[7]-[DNS]-2-2 with the two bracketed races thrown out.
Great weather, great racing, and great people, is the best description of the 2010 Annual One Design Regatta. 118 boats competed in eleven different fleets during two days of the nicest weather we have seen in a while. Saturday presented temperatures in the 80s and a gentle breeze out of the east. Sunday the temperatures remained mild while the winds picked up providing all fleets with plenty of breeze and spirited racing.
