Fishing Bay YC Team Wins the Annapolis Yacht Club Inter-Club Team Race Challenge
on Saturday October 8, 2016 09:17PM
Fishing Bay's string of 5 consecutive seasons of participating in team racing events around the bay was extended last weekend with an exciting, and significant, win at the Annapolis Yacht Club Inter-Club Team Race Challenge. Fishing Bay's Team for the event, skippers Chris McDowell, Dan Herlihy and Ben Buhl, along with crews Carrie Russell, Jay Buhl, John and Sharon Wake and Mike Karn, with pick-up Annapolis sailor Sam Septembre, took home the championship trophy last weekend in Annapolis, besting teams from Annapolis YC, Eastport YC, Severn Sailing Association and Hampton YC. The event was a two-day, 40-race event sailed in AYC's J22s, with no spinnakers and 3 people per boat.
After the first breezy day of sailing, FBYC was tied for 3rd with AYC, with SSA in 1st and EYC in 2nd. The FBYC team knew they needed to have a good day on Sunday to have a shot at the title. When the day was over, FBYC was the champion, on the strength of losing only one race, and that by a slim margin, for the day. Fishing Bay last won a multi-club team race event in Annapolis in 1993 - we look forward to more wins for the team around the bay and beyond.
Since 2011, Fishing Bay adult team race teams have participated in multiple events around the Chesapeake, involving over 100 members ranging in age from 14 to 70+. Team racing combines the best elements of fleet racing and match racing to make for coordinated exhiliration on the water. If you are interested in finding out more about this exciting way to maximize your fun on the water, please feel free to reach out to any of the team sailors above or to Mike Toms.
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