David A. Hazlehurst – In Memoriam

David was well known at FBYC for his involvement in the Laser Fleet and beyond.  David was our fleet captain in the late 90’s and early 2000’s and chaired our Chesapeake Laser Masters Championship during those years including the US Laser Masters that we held in 2000.  A quick clip of him from that event.  David would serve numerous years on the FBYC board and was Commodore in 2003.  Afterward he was a champion for volunteerism at the club.

David enjoyed traveling on the Masters circuit around the country and even sailed in the Masters World Championships in Chile (1997), Austrailia (1999), Mexico (2000) and Ireland (2001).  He won a number of awards at FBYC including the Piankatank Award, Matthew Fontaine Maury, and Race Committee Trophies.

Alain reflected “He might not have been there at the start of the laser fleet [at FBYC], but he was the one who really made it what it was.”

David later moved into bigger boats sailing on his Dehler 34 sailing in FBYC’s PHRF fleet.

From FBYC and the masters sailors who attend the Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters – he will be missed.

Some favorite photos of David at FBYC

Roanoke Time Obituary

2016 FBYC Laser Frostbite Regatta

The Laser Frostbite Regatta was the last event of the year at FBYC and we made it quite easy on the RC by setting a course that allowed them to signal it from the dock.  The wind was just the right direction out of the south west where the RC could run the races from the end of the dock.  We used a boat to move the weather mark and pin.   They had a great time and the proximity to shore enabled the sailors make breaks at the club in between races.

The wind was a little light for this one, but we rolled through the races doing short courses with 10 boats.   Charlie Brewer once again sailed incredibly consistently and took the day.  I followed in 2nd with Len close behind.  What a great way to end the season! – Jon D

RESULTS

2016 Laser Frostbite Regatta
Fishing Bay Yacht Club
30-Oct-16
Place	Name	Sail	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Total
1	Charlie Brew	209333	[3]	2	1	2	2	1	1	9
2	Jon Deutsch	159785	1	3	2	[4]	1	4	2	13
3	Len Guenther	199937	2	[4]	4	1	3	3	4	17
4	Brad Squires	184603	4	1	5	[6]	4	5	3	22
5	Ron Thomps	158670	5	[7]	6	3	6	2	5	27
6	Adam Glass	178857	7	5	3	5	5	6	[9]	31
7	Britt Drake	204415	6	8	9	8	8	7	[10]	46
8	Frank Murph	157552	9	6	8	7	[10]	8	8	46
9	Ron Jenkins	50025	[10]	9	7	10	7	10	7	50
10	Chad Patton	174383	8	[10]	10	9	9	9	6	51
PRO: Mayo Tabb/Mark Stephens

2016 Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championship Results

It was the 35th Anniversary of the Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championship and the regatta is finally old enough to be a competitor.  The color coral commemorates a 35th anniversary and the shirts we designed turned out pretty cool:

The first day saw medium winds just into the double digits with mostly clear skies.  In 5 races we had some close competition up top between Gavin O’Hare and Charlie Brewer who both finished the day tied with 20 points.  Mike Schmidt was close behind in the 41 boat fleet.

Alain and his kitchen crew prepared another fabulous me and a tent city popped up full of sailors.

Sunday started out with no wind and we waited ashore as it began to build about an hour later.  A little lighter than yesterday we ran a little shorter courses and made it through 4 more races.  Charlie and Gavin stayed close and Gavin managed to edge just ahead of Charlie to win the championship.

Thanks to Alain, Rick, Len, Frank and everyone else who helped make this another great Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championship.  And after 13 years of only being the event chair – I’ll be looking forward to next year where I can both run it and qualify to sail in it!

PICTURES | RESULTS | VIDEO

Fishing Bay Yacht Club
2016 Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championship
October 15-16, 2016
SERIES SUMMARY
All Boats

Pl	Sail #	Name	From	A.G.	Subg.	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	92	Gavin O’Hare	Eastport YC	M		38	6	2	(12)	3	1	4	3	2	1
2	209333	Charlie Brewer	Fishing Bay YC	M		40	3	1	3	(9)	5	1	4	5	2
3	121384	Mike Schmidt	Magothy River SA	GM		58	4	3	2	10	(12)	7	12	6	6
4	210711	John MacCausland	Cooper River YC	GM		61	2	6	9	(11)	9	8	8	1	10
5	180524	Susan Taylor	Severn SA	GM	Women	65	15	(19)	8	15	4	2	2	8	3
6	204462	Patrick Wachholz	Barrie YC	M		66	9	(12)	10	2	10	5	1	4	9
7	174236	Jacques Kerrest	Potomac River SA	GGM		77	7	(16)	1	13	13	13	9	10	11
8	175881	James Jacob	Potomac River SA	GM		79	5	5	19	1	16	(24)	6	12	7
9	198025	Luke Shingledecker	Severn SA	A		81	10	7	7	6	3	(17)	13	7	4
10	189772	Rob Halaway	YYC	M		86	1	4	5	12	14	11\ZFP	(43\OCS)	18	5
11	196023	Bob Tan	Severn SA	M		95	12	8	13	4	6	10	14	(17)	12
12	195478	Mike Moore	Diego Garcia YC	GM		111	20	(30)	4	7	11	6	17	23	15
13	188702	Roger Link	West River SC	GGM		113	18	14	11	14	15	21	7	(24)	13
14	199937	Len Guenther	Fishing Bay YC	GM		115	17	20	14	8	20	9	5	14	(22)
15	207150	Bill Lawson	Severn SA	GM		117	24	17	6	5	7	14	20	(26)	16
16	209747	Scott Williamson	Severn SA	A		125	11	22	17	16	8	(23)	10	9	8
17	199552	Don Hahl	Brant Beach YC	GGM		132	14	10	20	24	23	19	19	3	(26)
18	208107	Finn Hassing	Oriental DC	GGM		139	25	13	(29)	18	25	15	15	11	17
19	198400	Susie Pagel	Delvan Lake YC	GM	Women	141	13	(21)	18	21	21	18	11	13	18
20	187868	Margaret Podlich	Severn SA	M	Women	148	8	15	15	17	18	11	(31)	28	20
21	203955	Dorian Haldeman	Severn SA	A	Women	151	19	9	16	22	2	(30)	24	21	14
22	168447	Greg Merz	Severn SA	GM		172	22	23	22	19	28	16	18	16	(29)
23	180536	Steven Cofer	Severn SA	GM		190	21	25	23	25	26	(27)	21	20	21
24	204415	Britt Drake	Maurice River YC	GGM		199	23	26	21	20	29	(34)	33	15	32
25	187107	Kent Leverich		M		208	16	24	25	28	17	22	26	(36)	34
26	178857	Adam Glass	Severn SA	GM		216	(33)	31	27	30	30	25	16	22	27
27	9318	Rob Emmett	Storm Trysail	GM		224	30	(35)	26	33	27	20	25	30	25
28	194118	Keith Barron	Potomac River SA	M		224	27	32	(39)	23	32	26	22	27	19
29	157552	Frank Murphy	Fishing Bay YC	GM		225	28	29	31	(36)	22	31	29	19	28
30	199987	Francisco Abriani	Potomac River SA	A		229	32	11	32	(34)	24	12	30	33	31
31	169574	Denton Roberts	Fishing Bay YC	GGM		236	36	33	33	26	19	(37)	34	31	24
32	151860	Rich Parolski	Ocean City SC	GGM		251	(37)	37	30	29	31	28	36	37	23
33	186519	Christine Potts	Severn SA	A	Women	264	26	27	28	27	34	33	27	38	(43\RAF)
34	50005	Christopher Pfrang	Hampton YC	M		270	31	34	35	31	35	35	28	25	(38)
35	50025	Ron Jenkins	Fishing Bay YC	GGM		281	29	28	37	37	(43\ZFP)	39	38	34	39
36	209752	David Stenger	Severn SA	GM		283	35	36	34	(39)	39	29	35	32	35
37	209702	Michael Parramore	Severn SA	M		290	34	18	24	32	37	(43\DNC)	43\DNC	43\DNC	43\DNC
38	191498	Alain Vincey	Fishing Bay YC	GGM		294	(43\DNC)	43\DNC	43\DNC	43\DNC	43\DNC	40\ZFP	23	29	30
39	170745	Andy Kok	ODC/Hampton DF	M		298	(39)	39	36	35	36	36	32	35	33
40	183879	Chad Patton	ODC/Hampton DF	M		314	38	38	38	38	33	38	39	(40)	36
41	210172	Frank Patch		M		344	(43\DNC)	43\DNC	43\DNC	43\DNC	43\DNC	43\DNS	37	39	37
42	169587	Mike Toms	Fishing Bay YC	GM		352	(43\DNC)	43\DNC	43\DNC	43\DNC	43\DNC	43\DNC	43\DNC	43\DNC	43\DNC

2016 FBYC Fall laser Regatta Results

We had a great day for sailing on Saturday for our Laser Fall Regatta.  We had 7 sailors out and we took out 6 Lasers and a RIB.  Each sailor took two turns running the races while everyone else sailed.  Jon jumped from boat to boat and sailed a different boat each race.  We did 14 total races in just over 3 hours right off the dock in a 4-6 kt north east breeze.  We used Ruthana Jenkin’s auto horn to run a 3 minute horn start so all the RC person had to do was hit start, call the over earlys, and record the finishes.

Charlie Brewer was most consistent and won the day by 3 points over Jon Deutsch.  3rd was Nicholas Cabell who is a member of FBYC Laser Development team.  And a big welcome to Denton Roberts who sailed his first race in a Laser in over a decade and looked sharp and beat some boats in some races.

Following racing, Ruthana Jenkins had some bbq and we all sat around the table and recounted the day of sailing.  Thanks Ruthana for the food and the use of your starting horn.

PICTURES

2016 FBYC Laser Fall Regatta Results

	Fishing Bay Yacht Club
	Laser Fall Regatta
	Saturday, September 17, 2017
Place	Skipper	Sail	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total
1	Charlie Brewer	209333	1	RC	1	2	[3]	2	1	1	3	3	1	1	RC	1	17
2	Jon Deutsch	159785	RC	1	3	1	1	1	2	3	[4]	1	2	3	2	RC	20
3	Nicholas Cabell	187977	2	2	2	RC	4	4	4	2	[5]	RC	3	5	3	2	33
4	Mike Toms	169587	[DNS/8]	DNS/8	DNS/8	4	2	5	RC	RC	2	2	4	2	1	3	41
5	Denton Roberts	169574	5	4	5	3	5	RC	5	5	RC	5	5	[6]	5	5	52
6	Britt Drake	204415	3	3	RC	[6]	6	3	3	4	1	4	6	RC	4	4	53
7	Ron Jenkins	50025	4	5	4	5	RC	6	[DNS/8]	DNS/8	6	6	RC	4	6	6	60

Social: Ruthana Jenkins
Photo Credit: Rob Whittemore

2016 FBYC 77th Annual One Design Regatta Results

August 13-14, 2017, Fishing Bay Yacht Club

Division: Laser Radial (12 boats) (top)

Pos	Sail	Boat	Skipper	Club	Subdivision	1	2	3	4	5	Total Points	Pos
1	203642		Levy, Garrett	FBYC		4	1	4	1	1	11.00	1
2	208756		Levy, Trent	FBYC		3	3	1	4	4	15.00	2
3	177329		Troutman, Gannon	FBYC		6	4	2	2	3	17.00	3
4	208760		Bendura, Jordan			2	5	6	3	7	23.00	4
5	186464		Resio, Alex	FBYC		1	8	10	5	5	29.00	5
6	203629		Levy, Ralph	FBYC		9	2	3	7	9	30.00	6
7	203640		Lennarz, Nicholas	FBYC		7	7	8	6	2	30.00	7
8	210686		Cabell, Nicholas	FBYC		5	6	5	10	10	36.00	8
9	187977		Cabell, Jack	FBYC		11	9	9	8	6	43.00	9
10	200368		Wensell, Evie	FBYC		10	10	7	11	11	49.00	10
11	199200		Levy, Morey	FBYC		8	11	12	12	8	51.00	11
12	191980		Almany, Amanda	FBYC		12	12	11	9	12	56.00	12

Notes

(1)	Scoring System is ISAF Low Point 2013-2016

Division: Laser Standard (11 boats) (top)

Pos	Sail	Boat	Skipper	Club	Subdivision	1	2	3	4	5	Total Points	Pos
1	175881		Jacob, James			2	1	1	2	1	7.00	1
2	194620		Jacob, Alex			1	2	2	1	2	8.00	2
3	191498		Vincey, Alain	FBYC		7	4	3	3	3	20.00	3
4	169587		Toms, Michael	FBYC		5	3/RDG	5	4	4	21.00	4
5	204415		Drake, Britt	MRYC		3	3	4	12/DNS	5	27.00	5
6	157552		Murphy, Frank	FBYC		8	7	7	5	6	33.00	6
7	166892		Patch, Frank	ODC		9	5	6	7	9	36.00	7
8	184603		Squires, Brad	FBYC		6	6	8	6	12/DNC	38.00	8
9	170745		Kok, Andy	ODC		11	8	10	9	7	45.00	9
10	183879		Patton, Chad	ODC		10	10	9	8	8	45.00	10
11	159785		Deutsch, Jon	FBYC		4	12/RET	12/DNS	12/DNS	12/DNC	52.00	11

2016 Laser Summer Regatta Results

No wind in the morning so we postponed onshore for 2 hours and then went out to catch the sea breeze.  The Braun family ran 5 races for us and we had 8 standard rigs and 4 radials out racing.   Charlie Brewer sailed a superb day and wasn’t able to be caught taking 5 bullets.  Jon Deutsch finished 2nd scrambling to stay ahead of Rob W and Csilla Gal. Big thanks to Matt Braun and Doug Bendura for heading up the RC.

	Laser Summer Regatta
	Fishing Bay Yacht Club
	Sunday, July 24, 2016
STANDARD
Position	Name	Sail	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Total
1	Charlie Brewer	209338	1	1	1	1	1	5
2	Jon Deutsch	159785	3	2	3	2	3	13
3	Rob Whittemore	152940	2	4	2	4	4	16
4	Csilla Gal	170722	4	3	4	3	2	16
5	Alain Vincey	3	8	6	6	4	5	29
6	Brad Squires	184603	6	5	5	6	9	31
7	Britt Drake	204415	5	8	8	5	8	34
8	Frank Murphy	157552	7	7	7	7	7	35
9	Mike Toms	179192	DNS/10	DNS/10	DNS/10	8	6	44
RADIAL
Position	Name	Sail	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Total
1	Gannon Troutman	177329	1	1	1	1	2	6
2	Jordan Bendura	208760	4	2	2	2	1	11
3	Nick Cabell	210686	2	3	3	DNS/5	DNS/5	18
4	Jack Cabell	187977	3	4	4	DNS/5	DNS/5

2016 FBYC Summer Seabreeze #1 Results

7 boats had some quality racing in overcast and 7-10 knot breezes.  Charlie Brewer had consistency and was tough to top.

Pos	Sail	Skipper	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Total Points
1	209333	Charlie Brewer	1	1	3	5
2	159785	Jon Deutsch	2	2	4	8
3	204415	Britt Drake	4	5	1	10
4	187603	Brad Squires	3	7	2	12
5	169587	Mike Toms	8/DNS	4	5	17
6	111000	Mike Walsh	5	6	6	17
7	152940	Rob Whittemore	8/DNS	3	7	18

2015 Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters NOR

The NOR is now posted and online registration is now open for the 2015 Chesapeake Bay Laser Masters Championship on October 17-18.

Fishing Bay Yacht Club will host the 34th 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 lead by PRO Rick Klein will be back again to put on solid racing.

Visit the Notice of Race and Register Online before October 12 to get the early discount.  T-shirts will be available to those who register early while supplies last.

2015 FBYC Laser Spring Regatta Results

The first Laser Regatta of the four event season was held on Sunday, 7 June.  The 10  competitors, including two from North Carolina and one from Florida, enjoyed five races in a moderate and tactically challenging breeze.  Austin Powers demonstrated that he has not forgotten how to race a Laser since moving on to his Tartan Ten.  PRO Mark Stephens and his team did an outstanding job of adjusting the course as conditions changed throughout the day.

As is a long standing tradition with Laser regattas at FBYC, the post race food and beverages were excellent.  A variety of gourmet sandwiches prepared by Brad Squires were enjoyed by all.

The second Laser regatta is scheduled for Sunday, 26 July.  Hope to see you there. – Frank Murphy

RESULTS

2015 Laser Atlantic Coast Championship Results

The 2015 Laser Atlantic Coast Championship tested competitors both mentally and physically with long courses over shifty winds and current. Eric Reitinger (Brant Beach YC) had consistent finishes near the top nabbed him the Standard Championship while Fishing Bay Yacht Club’s Alexander Hanna put up all top 3 finishes to win the Radial division.

Radial Champion Alexander Hanna

Saturday’s racing saw the sailors racing out in the Chesapeake Bay where the currents of the Rappahannock River and the Piankatank river all converge. Winds started in the low double digits and the first race had most of the fleet racing for nearly an hour and a half. By the time the standards started the second race- the wind eased, the current built and they sailed a shortened 3 leg race in 5-6 while the radials were postponed at the starting line.

By early afternoon the breeze came back for 2 more races. Eric Reitinger, Jon Deutsch (FBYC), Dan Herlihy (FBYC) and John MacCausland (CRYC) all won races in the Standard Fleet. Alexander Hanna and Carrson Pearce won races in the Radial Fleet.

The long day on the water was rewarded by an awesome Alain Vincey dinner followed by raffling some APS and Dynamic Dollies gift certificates and merchandise.

Sunday’s early start allowed both fleets to get in one more race in a dying breeze.   Charlie Brewer (Hampton YC) won that race in the Standard fleet while Gage Wilson (LYC/CYC-NC) won the Radial Fleet. Finishing 2nd in the radial fleet in that race was Boyd Bragg (FBYC) sailing his first ever Laser regatta.

Standard Champion: Eric Reitinger

Congratulations to all of the winners and thanks to all of those who travelled from near and far to sail with us. Also thanks to Mike Waters, Rick Kline and all of the folks helping run the races and to Brad Squires and Alain Vincey for the breakfast and dinners.

RESULTS | PICTURES

Standard

1. Eric Reitinger (Brant Beach Yacht Club)
2. John MacCausland (Cooper River Yacht Club)
3. Bob Tan (Severn Sailing Association)
4. Charlie Brewer (Hampton Yacht Club)
5. Mike Russom

Radial

1. Alexander Hanna (Fishing Bay Yacht Club/Hampton Yacht Club)
2. Carrson Pearce (Surf City Yacht Club)
3. Gage Wilson (LYC/ESC)
4. Leo Boucher (Severn Sailing Association)
5. Corinne Peters [1st Radial Woman] (Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron)