2023 Seafood festival and Safety class
Photos courtesy of Oscar del Alcazar & Karen Chase
Labor Day Cruise to Cape Charles-September 2-4
Photos courtesy of Oscar del Alcazar
Blessing of the Fleet - April 15, 2023
Pictures from the annual Blessing of the Fleet event. Activities included USCG Auxiliary Vessel Safety Checks (VSCs) & Brunch.
Photos courtesy of Catherine Carter and Oscar del Alcazar.
Commodore's Party - January 28, 2023
Also known as the "End of the Year Party", the Commodore's Party celebrated the contributions of club members during 2022 with drinks and dining at Maggiano's Little Italy, Short Pump Town Center in Richmond VA.
Photos courtesy of Catherine Carter.
2022 Gallery
Fishing Bay Yacht Club Closing Day Regatta - October 29, 2022
RPYC boat, s/v Da Noi, sailed in the Closing Day Regatta sponsored by Fishing Bay Yacht Club. Besides Capt. Ted Petrocci, Da Noi's crew included Lee Adcock (s/v Calico Skies), Chip King (former RPYC member) and Matt Flowers of Richmond.
Photos courtesy of Ted Petrocci.
Turkey Shoot Hospice Regatta - October 15-16, 2022
Eight RPYC boats were registered to compete in this year's Turkey Shoot regatta, the area’s largest regatta and the largest US Hospice regatta. Five boats did compete both days - and each boat finished third in their division, with a total of over 50 boats competing. Claire and Leslie Newman volunteered to assist in this monumental event, making 40 bagged lunches for the race committee members and the water taxi crews. Participating RPYC boats are listed here:
⦁ Lizzie’s Teau - Meade and Colleen Shore and grandsons Tristan and Sage and granddaughter Kayla and various other crew
⦁ Ceilidh - Captained by Guy Blundon and crew
⦁ Aurora - Captained by your Vice Commodore Doug Miller, assisted by his brother, Dave, and Leslie and Claire Newman (on Sunday)
⦁ White Hawk - Rob Brodsky and crew
⦁ First Light - Chuck and Kathy Hall with very able crew members Dixon and Julie Williams.
Photos courtesy of Leslie Newman.
Labor Day Cruise to Cape Charles - September 3-5, 2022
Our First Cape Charles Experience, Hugh and Trina Lee, s/v Luna River
Photos courtesy of Chuck Hall.
RPYC to Bermuda Rally - May 19-June 12, 2022
Although not a club-sponsored activity, this adventure was undertaken by several RPYC members in a fleet of 3 boats (First Light, Lizzie's Teau, and Osprey), each with a crew of 4. After months of planning and extensive preparations the small fleet set off from Regent Point Marina on May 19th, staying one night in Hampton before passing through Norfolk into open ocean and beginning the 5-day voyage to Bermuda.
The following videos are provided courtesy of Leslie Newman.
Photos courtesy of Chuck Hall and Claire Newman.
2021 Gallery
Chili Cook-off - November 6, 2021
Photos courtesy of Brenda Lassiter.
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Club trip to Onancock - July 4th
Photos are courtesy of Oscar del Alcazar. The video of First Light under sail is courtesy of Tom and Barbra Bjorkholm on Morsan. And the parade video is courtesy of Debbie (traveling on Spy Glass).
First Light under sail
Morsan heading home
Parade in town