Fishing Bay Yacht Club will host the 36th Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championship this October. FBYC's Laser Fleet will welcome sailors from around the mid-Atlantic and beyond for great sailing, great food, and great friends.
Alain Vincey will be back to put on another great dinner, and our RC team, led by PRO Rick Klein, will be back again to put on solid racing.
If you can’t be in the Islands, Fishing Bay is beckoning! This weekend is the Caribbean-inspired SeaBreeze Regatta for all One Design boats (smaller than 21 feet). Sign up now! Don your most festive Caribbean attire while racing or get creative and decorate your boat. Prize for the most spirited sailor! Islands-styled snacks and refreshments will be provided after racing. Click here for the Event Notice.
Calling all Fishing Bay females! New event for 2017. 2 weeks away!
A morning sailing/ racing clinic for women of all degrees of experience and age, with a combination of classroom learning and on-the-water time. Continued coaching during the afternoon Seabreeze regatta (optional but recommended). The clinic will have 2 class offerings: Beginning Sailing and Advanced Racing. Choose your preferred class when you register. Free to members! Non-members may attend with fee. See Event Notice at Women's Clinic Event Notice.
Update - REGISTRATION CLOSED JULY 11 -Sold out. Contact Caroline for wait list.
This past Saturday, FBYC hosted an all day (literally) seminar for those wanting to keep up with the new rule changes, to recertify as a club race officer, or to become certified as a new club race officer. The seminar was well attended with folks from NYCC, HYC, RRYC, Kingsmill, and FBYC. Of the 27 registered, 15 were from FBYC...that's impressive. We were instructed by the team of John McCarthey (supervised by Lin McCarthey) and Jerry Thompson pictured below. It's great to be part of a racing program that values and supports, informed and efficient race officers. Thank you to all that participated - 2017 is going to be a great year.
There are still a few spots left for the seminar. It is an all day class, taught upstairs in the main clubhouse, that enables your certification as a club race officer, if that's your goal. Certainly, it exposes you to all that the Race Committee delivers on race day, whether you are a competitor or member of the race committee.
The course is open for registration until Sunday, January 15th. Breakfast, lunch, snacks, drinks and all course materials are provided with your entry fee.
The final race day of the One Design Series was conducted last Sunday. It was a beautiful, cool, sunny day with northerly winds ranging from 8 to 12 knots. What a nice fall day of racing for the six Flying Scots and four Front Runners that participated. Race officer, Jim Black and crew, ran four W4 races in quick succession followed by a W3 to finish up wind for a swift leisurely sail back to the club. Also on hand for the racing was Rob Whittemore who ran about the course giving vital on-the-water coaching on tactics and sail trim. This instruction was a good primer in how to step up our game and it was appreciated by all those …
This Saturday, April 30th at 2PM on Fanny’s Back Porch, a beginners’ Race Committee Training class will be held. We’re using US Sailing’s, ‘Join the Race Committee Team’ pamphlet as a guide, supplemented by the other material that the club has put together over the years. The goal is to provide enough information and handouts so that members and others who participate, understand and can fulfill each RC function before, during and after an event – with zero stress. It’s a two-hour functional class covering each RC position and how each role fits into the overall race management objective.
Did you know that there are two ways to kick off the sailing season? The first, of course, is to go sailing! The second (but not by much) is to sign up for an Opening Day volunteer shift. We need help with guest check-in, bar shifts, and clean up crew.
Are you new to the club or just want to meet more people? Sign up for a shift and mingle all night. What better way to get people to come to you? Want to build the intimidation factor with a friendly show of force? Then get your sailing team together with their team gear and work a shift or two - show everyone that you mean business this year!
Attention ALL! The Closing Day Oyster Roast is less than two weeks away (November 7th)! What can I say except it's all about the OYSTERS? Starting with Oysters locally raised and prepared a variety of ways. How about good beer that complements the oysters and the temperate Fall weather? Or maybe the sides that everyone is cooking up? And there is something everyone - because if you don't like oysters - I guarantee you will find something delicious to eat. So what are you waiting for? Register online today! As a wise man once said...make it even "gooder" by racing before the roast!
Last but not least - we need YOUR HELP! We need VOLUNTEERS. We need people to setup …
The 21st Annual Stingray Point Regatta is just a week away! We've got a great list of entrants so far, but it's not too late to get in on the action. We have extended our early registration deadline through this coming Tuesday (September 1, 2015) so don't think you have a reason to miss out on all the great racing and the fun party!
Speaking of fun party, we've got two evenings and an afternoon of great times to be had! A schedule of events is posted below, but here are some of the highlights:
Friday evening's skipper meeting will be followed by a casual pizza party with refreshments provided.
With the weather near perfect, 231 members and guests attended the FBYC July 4th event this year with 28 boats racing. In the race's debut of J/70's they were no match Mark/Melissa Stevens in the incumbent Front Runners fending off the newcomers and taking the Hick's Trophy. Matt/A.L. Braun took 2nd and Len Guenther was 3rd.
The racing started in the Piankatank off Stove Point and followed a course out the Piankatank near the entrance of Jackson creek and then back up the Piankatank finishing just in front of the club house. It featured, upwind, downwind and everything in between testing the various makes of boat all under 24' waterline and …
The first J70 Chesapeake Championship was held at Fishing Bay Yacht Club in Deltaville, Virginia, on November 1-2. The event saw challenging weather conditions as a cold front rushed into an offshore Low Pressure, creating a NE Gale with gusts above 30 knots and temperatures in the low forties. Faced with large waves and heavy gusts in the Chesapeake Bay, the races were moved into the Piankatank River in Fishing Bay.
In difficult conditions [Hotty Toddy Video], the Race Committee led by John McCarthy, got off two races Saturday before winds exceeded Class Guidelines, consistently gusting above 25 kts. The fleet then sailed back to the Club outside the lee of Fishing Bay, facing winds over 30 …
One-Design/ small boat racing this Saturday, starting at 1pm. Flying Scots and any other sailboat under 21ft is welcome! We are going Caribbean-themed, which means you should dress yourself and your boat appropriately! Awards for the most spirited and most creative. After-race social will have Island-inspired snacks! Contact Caroline Garrett to get sailing! cgarrett17@gmail.com
Designed for Skippers and crew Serious cruisers, club racers, and advanced racers looking for a refresher
Join us Sunday April 14 for an outstanding sail trim seminar with our own Jerry Latell, owner and chief sailtrimologist of Ullman Sails Virginia. Find out how to get more speed, balance and efficiency from your sails as you prepare for the upcoming season. Get answers to all your trimming questions from the opening day race. Learn the tips and techniques that will move you boat to the front of the fleet.
We'll have the Coffee brewing, other beverages, and assorted munchies to assist in your 'morning after' the opening day festivities.
Weather: Get a Shiver in your bones just thinking about it?
We can help with that. Join us this Thursday April 15th at 7:30 pm for a webinar with Steve Zubrick and Brandon Fling from the National Weather Service.
BTW, this one is FREE AND OPEN to the entire CBYRA community, members and non-members alike.
The 15 April presentation will focus on what it means to be part of a Weather-Ready Nation. What this means is that Society is prepared for and responds to weather, water, and climate-dependent events. Read more about what this means to you at Your National Weather Service: Evolving to Build a Weather-Ready Nation.
You will learn more about using the NWS radio based, online …
I am completely amazed how rich the "Corinthian spirit" has been at our club and how many members are volunteering for our upcoming two day regatta. After a year of being bound by a computer our kids finally have the opportunity to be on the water again to represent our amazing sailing program and club. We are hosting the Virginia State Championship which is also the season opener for CBYRA. With registration open for about a month we have been successfully amassing an army of volunteers to serve over 100 sailors along with their family and friends. As far as the eye can see will be an armada of kids geared and ready to give it their all June 26-27th …
This coming Saturday is our annual Family Regatta - always a crowd pleasing one design event marked by tremendously casual yet competitive fun. Don’t forget to get your team registered and bring the whole family out for a great time on the water: https://www.regattanetwork.com/event/24653
We’d love to see an abundance of Melges 15s, Flying Scots, and perhaps other fleets out on the line. Skippers meeting is 10:30am followed by first gun at Noon. Typical format is several short races to allow for plenty starts and lots of mixing it up in close action. Creative team uniforms and goofing off are highly encouraged.
FBYC Regatta Network Tutorial with Scoring Concentration
FBYC is providing a tutorial as well as Q&A on Regatta Network with a concentration on SCORING. This session will be held Tuesday April 2nd at 7PM and hosted by Andrew Spencer.
This session is open to ALL Offshore, One Design, Cruising and very important for all serving on RC. We need to ensure we have plenty of resources for scoring---so sign up and join in!
Please send an email to Andrew SpencerAB@gmail.com if you wish to attend so he can send you the link.
The final race day of the One Design Series was conducted last Sunday. It was a beautiful, cool, sunny day with northerly winds ranging from 8 to 12 knots. What a nice fall day of racing for the six Flying Scots and four Front Runners that participated. Race officer, Jim Black and crew, ran four W4 races in quick succession followed by a W3 to finish up wind for a swift leisurely sail back to the club. Also on hand for the racing was Rob Whittemore who ran about the course giving vital on-the-water coaching on tactics and sail trim. This instruction was a good primer in how to step up our game and it was appreciated by all those …
