Flying Scot Spring Series Opener
John C. Beery on Sunday May 13, 2012 03:24PM
We finally got in the water.
The one-design fleets have suffered cabin fever long enough. On Saturday, May 12th, the weather gods smiled down on us and we got in five good races on what was simply a gorgeous day.
Family Picnic at Rosegill Farm
Mary R. Spencer on Thursday May 10, 2012 11:39AM
Saturday May 26th
with a Great Family Party!
Bring your blankets and lawn chairs and get ready to bring in summer with a bang at Rosegill Farm. Best Picnic set up gets dinner for four free!
FBYC will host an awesome family picnic for all members and guests of the club. We plan to have a great picnic dinner, refreshments, music and lots of fun for juniors. This year we will feature Chris Stanley and Sky Run. This band plays a great mix of music that all should enjoy! So mark your calendars now to come out and enjoy this great event with family and friends at Rosegill Farm!
5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Cocktails and Refreshments
6:00 PM-9:00 PM: Music and fun for juniors
6:00PM: Picnic Dinner on the lawn Catered by White House Catering
(please remember to bring your blankets and chairs)
MENU (Preliminary):
Classic Garden Salad
Peeled and Spiced Jumbo Shrimp
Steamed in Ale and Served with Sweet Vinegar Cocktail Sauce.
Fried Chicken Breast Strips.
Cheeseburger sliders.
Crab Cake Sliders
Summer Pasta Salad
Sweet Vinegar Slaw
Assorted Brownies and Cookies
COST:
Club Members $25
Non-Club Adults $30
Teenagers $10
Children 12 and under $5
Social Pass Only (No Dinner) $10
EASY RESERVATIONS:
Register and pay online at http://www.fbyc.net/Registration/rememberEvent?event_id=1165
or
Mail checks and reservations to:
Mr. & Mrs. Carl Simon
11349 Lady Slipper Lane
Richmond, VA, 23236
Race Chair: Brooks Zerkel
See website http://www.fbyc.net/Events/2012/05.26.offshore/ssi.dtml for race details.
2012 Great 48 Regatta at Lake Norman Yacht Club
Robert Whittemore on Tuesday May 8, 2012 12:54PM
This past weekend Kevin Clark and I packed up Flying Scot 5566 and headed down to Lake Norman just northwest of Charlotte for an annual stop on the Flying Scot circuit, the Great 48 regatta. Due to work commitments we were not able to get on the road early enough to arrive in time for the clinic hosted on Friday afternoon by Dieball Sailing’s Paul Abdullah. The clinic was a mixture of both on the water and off the water coaching. Paul plans to get the video of the clinic up on the internet for everyone’s benefit. We arrived at the club just in time to see hull numbers 1 and 2 heading out for a photo shoot in a really nice late afternoon breeze.
The day one schedule was relaxed allowing some teams to arrive in the morning with the skipper’s meeting not until 11:00 with the first race starting at 13:00. There were 43 boats in all registered for the event. We arrived at the club surprised to see a nice 8-10 knot breeze. As the morning wore on the breeze died and at the time of the skipper’s meeting there was barely anything left. But after a short on the water postponement the breeze filled in and we got going.
J70 Demo planned at FBYC May 19 and 20
R. Noel Clinard on Friday May 4, 2012 08:12AM
Plans are underway with North Point Yacht Sales of Annapolis for a J70 demo at FBYC on May 19 and 20, during OD and Offshore racing. Anyone curious about the new J Boat will be given a ride. The FBYC RIB will be used to shuttle sailors to the J70, before, during, between or after racing. In addition, Team FBYC, preparing to race J70s in the NYYC USQS, will get some “time in the boat.” Lud Kimbrough will be the on-site coordinator for the demo program. Watch this space for details and email Noel Clinard now, saying “I want a ride!” See “Read More” below for more exciting news on the J70 racing circuit in 2013.
Sunday Laser Clinic
Jon Deutsch on Tuesday May 1, 2012 07:57PM
On Sunday the Laser Fleet hosted a Laser clinic for a dozen sailors on a cool windless day. Mike Toms and Jon Deutsch took the sailors through the various simple, intermediate and advanced ways to rig a Laser and covered topics on the methods of dress and techniques for the various maneuvers. After a break for Lunch Jon demonstrated various aspects of boat handling while Mike narrated from the dock. After that the boats rigged and everyone got a chance to try out a boat while drifting Fishing Bay. While it wasn't the best sailing day, it was a great day for sharing and learning knowledge about the Laser.
Rosegill Weekend for Cruisers
Daniel W. Lindsey on Sunday April 29, 2012 10:21AM
Calling all Cruisers! We will start our weekend off with a dinner on Friday night at the club, complete with karaoke, so bring your voices and something to drink! The latter helps a lot! The cruise chair will provide the main dish and participants will bring a side dish to share. You will be contacted to bring a salad, veggie, or desert. BYOB.
If you prefer to dock on Saturday rather than drop the hook at Rosegill, Urbanna Town Marina is a good choice. They have 15 transient slips with 30 and 50 amp service. $1.50 per foot. A dinghy dock is available. Call 804 758-5440 to make your own reservation.
On Sunday afternoon we will head over to Yankee Point on Myer Creek off the Corrottoman River (37 41.6N, 76 29.4W). You can drop the hook or dock at the marina. $1.40 a foot with free plug-in. They have a new restaurant upstairs where the yacht club used to be. Please contact us if you desire to dock so we can provide an accurate count, otherwise we will assume that you will anchor out. We will have cocktails as a group prior to dinner. Please bring an hors d'oeuvre to share.
We are looking forward to a fun weekend!
Registration is available at http://www.fbyc.net/Registration/rememberEvent?event_id=1208 where you can also indicate how many are coming to the Friday and Sunday Dinners by how many dinners you buy at a zero cost.
Please understand that the Saturday night FBYC event at Rosegill is a separate registration.
Dan and Barbara Lindsey - (952) 905-4250
J-Boats' New J-70 Speedster - The Inside Scoop
Blakely H Kimbrough on Monday April 23, 2012 11:23AM
Recently on a typical April, fog-laden Saturday morning in Newport I packed my sailing bag and headed up to Bristol, RI. Agenda for the day included a private tour, led by Jeff Johnstone, of the factory and build process for the new J-70 ‘Speedster,’ and later sneaking onto the prototype hull #1 for a test sail. The J-70 is J-Boats’ most recent installment and much hyped design representing their first new small keelboat one-design in 18 years (since the J-80 from the early 90s). She’s a 22.75ft asymmetrical keelboat sporting a trailer-launch able lifting bulb keel with an all carbon, deck-stepped masthead rig with furling jib.
DCA List of Tornado rebuilding Donors
R. Strother Scott on Monday April 23, 2012 10:01AM
The DCA published a 2 page insert in the Southside Sentinel thanking the community for the many contributions towards rebuilding after the April 16, 2011 tornado. A 1.2MB download of the two pages is available for FBYC members only here or in a larger format from http://deltavilleva.com/2012/04/18/a-word-of-thanks-from-the-dca/
#588 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
Lin McCarthy on Monday April 23, 2012 08:51AM
Sunday, the rains came, but at least there was no s-n-o-w on the southern Bay. Lasers, big boats, and one-designs, hunkered down to buckets of rain, north winds, and warnings for small crafty people. On Saturday, though, the FBYC Spring Series (Day 2) completed 4 races and 19 boats had a great pre-storm day. Craig Wright, Afterthought (J109) won the day in PHRF A and has the lead in the Series. Close behind Afterthought in PHRF A is another J109, Sam Mitchener's Double Eagle in second and Rob Whittet's and Steve Utley's Wavelength in third. In PHRF B, Miles Booth, Shenanigan, had a 2-1-1-1 day and is atop his fleet, followed by Eric Powers in Nereid, second, and Dave Hinckle's Elancer in third. In the PHRF C fleet, Noel Clinard's Prophet had a grand day in ideal conditions, taking 4 first places. Prophet moved to the top of the fleet standings, followed by Sam Marshall's Play it Again and Denton Roberts' Ardent. In the PHRF Non-Spin fleet, George Burke, Reville, has a one point lead over Sherard Cole's Nutcracker. Among the four J105's racing in the FBYC Series, Strother Scott, Loose Cannon, leads the pack. Principal Race Officer - Mike Chesser The FBYC Spring Series (Day 3) continues this coming Saturday, April 28. Go to www.fbyc.net for info and to enter.
At Charleston Race Week: A number of southern Bay (and beyond) racers were competing in Charleston this past weekend in a variety of fleets. Here is how they did. Ken Saylor (Hampton, HYC) was aboard Bruce Gardner's (Annapolis) L'Outrage as tactician; she won the extremely competitive PHRF D fleet of 12 boats by one point over 9 races. Complete results are available at www.yachtscoring.com . Travis Weisleder (Deltaville, FBYC) finished 2nd in the Melges 20 thirty (30) boat fleet. Sled Shelhorse' (Virginia Beach, HYC) Meridian X finished 4th in PHRF A, Robin Team's Teamwork (Lexington. NC) took 2nd in PHRF B, Pete Hunter's (Kill Devil Hills, NC) Wairere finished 3rd overall in PHRF E, and Dennis Hannick, (King George, DYC), Goin' was 7th overall in PHRF F. In the one-design fleets, Ron Medlin, Bash took 7th and Mike Veraldi (Virginia Beach, HYC) Quicky, was 9th in the 23 boat J24 fleet. And, in the 40 boat Viper 640 fleet, Tyler and crewbie Jane Moore (Hampton, HYC) finished 9th overall.
TODAY is the last day of SBRW Early Bird Entry Special Savings. Save $10 on the entry fee, receive 10 free regatta drink tickets in your welcome package, and, SBRW 2011 returnees also receive the $5 returnee discount. Click on www.blacksealcup.com or contact Lin McCarthy at (757) 850-4225, if you have questions or a "the-dog-ate-my-Early-Bird-entry" story. Y'all come racing!
One Design Racing Sunday April 22 abandoned
David R Lee on Saturday April 21, 2012 08:40PM
I have decided to abandon all One Design Races scheduled for tomorrow for the One Design Opening Day Regatta. A Notice to all One Design competitors that abandons all races tomorrow, will be posted on the One Design Official Bulletin Board shortly.
Abandoning racing before the scheduled race day is difficult, but I am attempting to save all involved time and gas required to drive to Deltaville when there is no reasonable expectation of racing tomorrow. The reasons for this decision at this time are as follows:
NOAA's latest forecast has been trending to more wind and rain. Small Craft advisories are posted for tomorrow afternoon and winds are now forecast to be NE 15-20 tomorrow, increasing to 20-25 knots, with gusts to 30 in the afternoon.
Sailflow, which accurately forecast today's wind, shows wind at 0900 N at 25 knots increasing to 30 knots and shifting NE by 1300.
Weather Channel and WAVY 10 shows we are in an area of severe thunderstorm risk all day tomorrow.
My guess, based on what we have seen develop so far, is that all of these forecasts could easily be exceeded.
Based upon all of this data, I believe the best course of action is to abandon at this time.
Thank you volunteering and participating and
Best regards,
David R. Lee
Principal Race Officer
Safety at Sea Conference on May 5
R. Strother Scott on Thursday April 19, 2012 07:12PM
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - The Mariners’ Museum is hosting a Safety at Sea Seminar on Saturday, May 5, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The day-long seminar is designed and conducted by sailors and experts, providing both novice and experienced mariners with information and skills required to sail the Chesapeake Bay or offshore, handle heavy weather, conduct rescue procedures and more. The seminar is open to all cruising and racing skippers, crews and their families, recreational boaters and commercial fishermen.
Seminar topics include damage control; Coast Guard rescue procedures, crew overboard and rescue; First Aid; Chesapeake Bay weather and life raft demonstrations. Program moderator will be renowned sailor and instructor Capt. Henry Marx, owner and president of Landfall Navigation.
Laser Clinic and Practice Day April 29
Jon Deutsch on Wednesday April 18, 2012 10:54PM
Sunday, April 29 is an empty day at the club so the Laser Fleet will be holding a clinic and practice day. There is no cost and it's open to anyone interested in learning the laser and any current Laser Sailors. Mike Toms and Jon Deutsch will give a talk from 9am until 11am on rigging, tuning and other go-fast Laser tips. We'll break into separate groups to suit the experience and familiarity with the Laser if necessary. At 11 we'll take the boats out for some skills practice and short races.
If you've got a boat, bring it. If you don't have a boat, one isn't necessary, we'll share the club boats and any others that are available. You're also welcome to come just for the off-the-water potion. For any questions and to let us know you are coming send an email to Jon at jon-fbyc@jdeutsch.com.
One Design Opening Day this Sunday
Jon Deutsch on Wednesday April 18, 2012 12:37PM
The Flying Scot and Front Runner fleets will kick off their 2012 seasons this Sunday on One Design Opening Day. Racing will feature the two fleets sailing buoy courses in Fishing Bay.
Be sure to Register online or check out the list of who has already registered.
Typhoon Natioanls at RRYC
Jon Deutsch on Tuesday April 17, 2012 11:30PM
The Typhoon class will be hosting their National Championship just down the road at Rappahannock River Yacht Club on June 22-24. FBYC's own Gary Hooper finished 2nd there at last years national championship.
Art on Fishing Bay Cancelled
Joseph L. Dennison on Tuesday April 17, 2012 02:57PM
It is with great regret that the Leukemia Cup Committee has decided to cancel Art on Fishing Bay this year scheduled on Friday, June 8, at the FBYC clubhouse. This decision was a difficult and disappointing one for us to make. The Committee would like to extend its sincerest appreciation to the many loyal exhibitors and patrons of this event in the past. However the reality is that the interest in this event has waned over the past few years, and the Committee felt like it would be more productive to concentrate its efforts instead on activities over Regatta Weekend, July 6 – 8. We hope all of you will join us over this weekend to celebrate the 14th year of the Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup.
#587 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
R. Strother Scott on Monday April 16, 2012 01:57PM
The Fishing Bay Yacht Club Spring Series opened yesterday (results not available as of publication ). The FBYC Spring Series continues on Saturday, April 21. Go to www.fbyc.net for info and to enter.
FBYC Thank you from the DCA
John Koedel on Saturday April 14, 2012 09:12AM
The Deltaville Community Association, Inc. would like to thank all the members of the FBYC that so generously donated money to help re-build our facilities after the tornado of April 16, 2011. All but the landscaping has been completed. We are holding an open house on Saturday April 21st from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM. A light lunch will be provided and all of the facilities will be open for your inspection. We hope that as many of the FBYC members as can will come to see what you helped accomplish for the Deltaville community. In addition, the Southside Sentinel issue of April 19th will have an insert with a complete listing of everyone that helped us over this past year. THANK YOU.
Opening Day - Blessing of the Fleet
Mary R. Spencer on Tuesday April 10, 2012 07:37PM
2012 Opening Day and
Blessing of the Fleet
Saturday, April 14th
Reservations required by April 11th, 2012
Racers, Cruisers, and Juniors - everyone is invited and encouraged to Bless the Fleet and enjoy this incredible event. Make plans to attend!
Blessing of the Fleet 5:00 pm
Dinner 6:00 pm-8:00 pm by White House Catering
Music and Dancing 7:00 pm-10:00 pm
Delicious Cocktail Buffet Served Continuously from 6:00 to 8:00 pm:
Cajun Shrimp and Cheese Grits
Beef Brisket
Fresh Veggies, Cheese, Fruit and Dessert
Cheddar Scallion Scalloped Potatoes
Classic Garden Salad
French Fries and Chips
Refreshments include: Soft Drinks, Beer and Wine
Back by popular demand from previous Opening Day parties are Rusty Spiedel and Tom Goodrich of “SGGL.” Everyone will enjoy this band!
COST:
Club Members $25
Non-Club Adults $30
Children 12 and under $5
EASY RESERVATIONS:
Register and pay online at http://www.fbyc.net or,
Mail checks and reservations to
Dr. & Mrs. James F. Londrey
202 Hillwood Avenue
Richmond, VA, 23226
Sailing World Review of J70
R. Noel Clinard on Friday April 6, 2012 03:54PM
Here is yet another J70 Review and Video. This one by Dave Reed of Sailing World is the most comprehensive to date, reviewing crew weight, position, deck layout, etc. and discussing plans for the roll out of the boats, including the NYYC USQS.
Latest Video of New J70
R. Noel Clinard on Wednesday April 4, 2012 10:55AM (1 comment)
Attached is the latest video of tests for new J70 on Narragansett Bay: