FBYC – Page 24 – Jon Deutsch

2013 Leukemia Cup Regatta

This weekend I sailed aboard Wavelength in the the Southern Bay Leukemia Cup Regatta. On Saturday we started with a postponement while few storms moved through the area. An hour later it cleared up and the wind continued to build throughout the day. We started out with a new No 1 Genoa and we liked the way it was working and how we were able to point. We did well in the first race, had good crew work and maneuvers and finished 4th. While we were beating a couple faster boats on the water, we were just not able to reel in Afterthought, Double Eagle and Voodoo to be able to correct over them.

By the 2nd race of the day the wind picked up and we switched down to the 2. Just after starting the wind dropped down for a short time before the sea breeze really started to crank. By the 2nd downwind we were seeing winds in the low to mid 20’s and along with a few other boats – we elected not to fly a spinnaker. We had a 4 & 5 on the day to keep us in 4th.

The party was fun and the live charity auction featured one of my prints that raised some money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

On Sunday we pretty much just had light air all day. We did two races and sailed well, but still weren’t really able to reel in the 3 boats at the head of the pack. All in all it was a another fun weekend of sailing with the Wavelength team! Thanks Rob & Steve for having me and if anyone would like to donate to our fundraising effort this link can be used. Results.

By Jon Posted on July 14, 2013 Posted in Life, Sailboat Racing No Comments Tagged with Deltaville, FBYC, Leukemia Cup Regatta, Offshore Racing, Wavelength

2013 FBYC Summer Seabreeze PRO

On Saturday I had the unplanned opportunity to be the PRO (Principle Race Officer) for Fishing Bay Yacht Club‘s Summer Sea Breeze regatta. I was all set to race a Front Runner, but we didn’t end up having a fleet and my crew Stephen Boling came along to help run race committee. Now I’ve been on signal boats and race committees a hundred times for everything from club races to national championships – but this was my first time actually being a PRO. Lucky for me the wind was steady enough not to have to change the course and we were able to get 5 races off for the Flying Scot fleet and all went very well.

Pictures | Results

By Jon Posted on July 8, 2013 Posted in Life, Sailboat Racing No Comments Tagged with Deltaville, FBYC, Flying Scot, Race Committee, Summer Seabreeze Regatta

2013 July 4th FBYC One Design Long Distance Race

Thursday was July 4th and Fishing Bay Yacht Club‘s annual one design long distance race. I was able to borrow a Front Runner and a co-worker of mine – Stephen Boling came out to crew. Stephen had never been on a sailboat before. We headed out, got to practice each maneuver once and then the race started.

The race started right of the FBYC dock and the first leg took us south out of Fishing Bay 3/5 of the way across the river to the far side of the channel. We had perfect start, right at the boat, right at the gun and were able to pin some of the other boats to the left side of the course for a bit. Upwind we picked a nice lane of wind right up the middle of the bay and found ourselves 1st at the windward mark.

We set the chute on the 2nd leg which took us due east on a race about a mile to another channel marker. What we didn’t realize when we first set the chute was that it was very twisted at the top. After a few boats started to pass us, we had to take it up and down a few times to get the twist out. By the time we close-reached down to the 1/2 way mark, we were easily 300 yards behind the lead pack of 5 boats.

Sailing the next two upwind legs we had good speed and I picked good angles and we actually passed 3 of the boats. By the finish we were within 20 yards of the 2nd boat over the line. If only we had another 3 miles, we could have contended for the lead. Unfortunately, all 3 of the top boats owed the Flying Scot, sailed by John & Sharon Wake, time and they corrected over us, putting us in 4th overall.

I want to thank the Front Runner fleet for letting me borrow a boat and Stephen Boling for coming out to crew.

Photos | Results

Photos above by Stephen Boling.

By Jon Posted on July 5, 2013 Posted in Life, Sailboat Racing No Comments Tagged with 4th of July, Deltaville, FBYC, Front Runner, One Design Long Distance Race

2013 Commonwealth of Virginia Junior Championship Regatta

Photographed the Commonwealth of Virginia Junior Championship Regatta at Fishing Bay Yacht Club on Sunday. Here are all of the photos, and here are some of my favorites:

Results: Laser | Optimist

By Jon Posted on June 25, 2013 Posted in Life, Photography, Sailboat Racing, Sailing Photography No Comments Tagged with Commonwealth of Virginia Junior Championship Regatta, Deltaville, FBYC, FBYC Annual Junior Regatta

Hampton Team Racing & FBYC Moonlight Regatta

I started the day at Hampton Yacht Club where a team from Fishing Bay Yacht Club was invited to a scrimmage Team Racing Sonars. We started with a quick recap/overview/planning in a classroom and then the team of 11 FBYC sailors were split into 3 boats for our team and Hampton took the other 3 boats. We spent a couple hours doing drills and practicing team race maneuvers against the Hampton team. The wind was in the low to mid teens which made boat handling a little more challenging, particularly for the FBYC sailors who hadn’t had a lot of time together nor a lot of time in Sonars. But we still were able to put on a good showing and I think it was a very successful scrimmage for both teams. A big thank you to Gary Bodie and Hampton Yacht Club for having us!

Immediately after getting off the water in Hampton, I got on the road to Deltaville to sail Fishing Bay Yacht Club‘s Moonlight Regatta on Wavelength. The start was delayed 30 minutes while some weather approached the area, but never really came near us. Out on the water we had beautiful sailing conditions with mostly clear skies and a steady 12-15 out of the south. None of the overcast and occasional rain we had seen in Hampton earlier in the day.

We started at 8pm and sailed out of the Piankatank with the sun setting behind us just a short time later. I grabbed this shot of Mad Hatter just behind us passing in front of the sunset. Just goes to show that the best pictures don’t necessarily come from the best camera, but from the camera you’ve got. This was a 2-take photo taken with the iphone. Here’s an alternate version of it on Instagram.

The race went pretty well and we had a good group aboard for sailing at night. I was jib grinder for the first 3 legs, spin trimmer downwind, and drove the last 2 legs upwind. We finished around 10:30. While we didn’t make the podium, the ice cream smothered in rum after racing was reward enough.

Results | More photos from today starting here.

By Jon Posted on June 23, 2013 Posted in Life, Sailboat Racing No Comments Tagged with Deltaville, FBYC, Hampton VA, Hampton Yacht Club, Moonlight Regatta, Sonar, Team Racing, Wavelength

2013 FBYC Flying Scot Stew Pot Regatta

Following a late night at the Richmond NASCAR race I was off to Fishing Bay Yacht Club for the Stew Pot Regatta to sail on Rob Whittemore’s Flying Scot – Patriot. We had 8 other Flying Scots out with us and 3 Front Runners in 11-15 knots of wind out of the ESE. The first 3 races were 4/5 mi H course and the last two were a W4 and a G. We had good starts, great boat speed and kept to the favored side of the course. John Wake and his wife Sharon were close competition all day, but we managed to snip them at the line a couple of times. All in all it was a fun day sailing with Rob and great to get 5 bullets to win the day.

Top 2 photos by Karen Huddle

By Jon Posted on April 28, 2013 Posted in Life, Sailboat Racing No Comments Tagged with Deltaville, FBYC, Flying Scot, Patriot, Stew Pot Regatta

2013 FBYC Offshore Spring Series #2

This was the 2nd day of the Spring Series at Fishing Bay Yacht Club and I got to helm the J109 Double Eagle to two 2nd place finishes in the 6-boat fleet. With winds in the low 20’s the fleet was racing a 1.04 mile leg in the Piankatank up into Fishing Bay. Anytime the wind is out of the North in there it’s very shifty which made driving challenging.

2013 FBYC Spring Series #2 Double Eagle Downwind

In the first race we trailed Afterthought all the way around the course. They were shorthanded and sailed downwind without a shoot, but made good enough VMG that we had to stay in good pressure with a kite up to make up on them. On the 2nd downwind we picked it right and were able to nip them at the line. Unfortunately Nanuq was too close behind and was able to correct over us.

In the 2nd race we were a bit late at the start and were just never able to really make up the deficit to challenge Afterthought and wound up with another 2nd.

I just want to thank Sam Mitchener for the opportunity to drive Double Eagle and wish his family the best and am sorry he wasn’t able to sail with us today.

Results: Race 1 | Race 2

Photo courtesy of Carrie Russell.

By Jon Posted on April 21, 2013 Posted in Life, Sailboat Racing No Comments Tagged with Deltaville, Double Eagle, FBYC, FBYC Offshore Spring Series, FBYC Offshore Spring Series #2, J109, Offshore Racing

2013 FBYC One Design Opening Day

Got to sail a Front Runner in the One Design Opening day with Paul as crew. Started out with winds reaching the low teens and it dropped from there through 3 races. The first race was mostly getting re-acclimated to the boat. In the 2nd and 3rd races we had great starts and got around the course in 2nd. We just couldn’t seem to catch the speed of David and Rob who had 3 bullets and won the day.

By Jon Posted on April 20, 2013 Posted in Life, Sailboat Racing, Video No Comments Tagged with Deltaville, FBYC, FBYC One Design Opening Day, Front Runner, GoPro, video

J/70 and Laser Practice

Couldn’t have asked for a nicer day of sailing. The day started with 15-18 and we took out 3 J/70’s for practice. We spent about 2 hours doing starts and laps around a short course. This time I was trimming the jib and spinnaker.

Then in the afternoon I spent 3 hours on the Laser just sailing 1mi-1.5mi upwind and downwind legs. One of the club’s junior sailors – Nina was also out there (pictured).

By Jon Posted on April 7, 2013 Posted in Life, Sailboat Racing No Comments Tagged with Backspace, Deltaville, FBYC, ILCA, J70, Loonatictu

Early Bird Gets the Worm… and Frostbite

Went out this morning for an early-morning practice on the Laser. The air temperature was 44 when I launched at 7am with 48 degree water temperature and 14-16 knots out of the North.