One Design - FBYC

One Design Sailing

Come race with us!

The One Design Division supports sailboat racing for One Design boats. These smaller boats are typically sailed by 1 to 3 people, and generally launched each day from a trailer or dolly. Most of our One Design races are run in Fishing Bay - See Chartlet and aerial photograph & DPN2 listings. We run a full season of races from April through October.

The One Design sailors love low-key, fun racing on these small boats that hone your boat handling skills, while having lots of fun and sharing in the camaraderie. FBYC fosters a great group of sailors who are technically skilled and supportive to newcomers. The festive socials after the racing ends are a highlight.

By definition One Design means boats of a similar type and so the racing is boat for boat with no handicap system used. However, twice a year at the Open House Regatta on Saturday of Memorial Day weekend and the Long Distance Race on July 4th employ the use of the Portsmouth handicap system to allow boats of different types and sizes to race against each other. We are encouraging the Portsmouth rating to be used during Series Events too - we welcome any sailboat that wants to come out and race!

Newcomers are welcome to join our fun!

Questions? Contact the One Design Division Commander, Holly Sears - holly.sears@gmail.com

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Active fleets at FBYC :

Fleet	Fleet Captain at FBYC	Description
Melges 15	Paul Almany	15' double handed boat with an asymmetrical spinnaker and arrived at the club for the 2022 season.
Flying Scot	Kevin Drawbaugh	19' long planing hull, raced with two to four people. Main, Jib, and Spinnaker. A big class, handsome, stable and sturdy boat, popular all over the country.
ILCA	Mike Toms	13' 10" long Olympic class planing hull, single handed (sometimes all you can handle), Main only. Sailed everywhere by young and the young at heart! Annually host the Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championship for those 35 and up.

Past Fleets:

Class	Description
F ront Runner	19' sport boat, planing hull, double-handed. Main, jib and asymmetrical spinnaker on a retracting bowsprit.
J/70	J/70 is a 6.93-meter sailboat class designed by Alan Johnstone and first built in 2012. Main, jib and asymmetrical spinnaker on a retracting bowsprit.
Mobjack	17' planing hull, raced with two or three people; Main, Jib and Spinnaker and trapeze! Popular boat in the Chesapeake Bay.
Byte	12' planing hull, single handed, main only. A Byte is a very high performance dinghy sized for people that are between 90 and 165 pounds. This gives the folks that are too small to handle a Laser or Laser Radial competitively something to bomb around on. According to the sales literature, that is 95% of adult women, 100% of the early adolescents, and 40% of adult men!