May 2024 Blessing of the Fleet

Photos courtesy of Oscar del Alcazar & Karen Chase

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.

FBYC Closing Day Regatta	FBYC Closing Day Regatta	Da Noi Race Crew minus Capt. Ted

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.

Turkey Shoot regatta finalists

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.

Luna River With Spinnaker	DeAnne & Ben Rott with their dog, Jackson	Dock Party
Dock Party	Dock Party	Lunch at Cape Charles Brewery

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.

Group shot in Hampton	Leslie Newman taking a break on Osprey	Kathy Hall on First Light during the voyage
First Light crew during the voyage	Doug Miller on First Light during the voyage	Looking back at The Cut, entrance to St. George's Harbor
Customs dock in St Georges, Ben Rott adjusting lines while Capt. Leslie gets Osprey and crew cleared for entry	Fleet docked in Bermuda at Captain Smokes Marina	Boats "Med-moored" at the cement bulkhead
Cement bulkhead so close to our sterns!	Gangway provided by the marina	Walking the gangway to come ashore
Group shot on the bulkhead	Colleen Shore with commemorative RPYC burgee	Champagne to celebrate the rally arrival in Bermuda
	St. George's Harbor
Group shot at the garden party for the RPYC fleet hosted by Gillian Outerbridge, the local SSCA Cruising Station Host	Kathy Hall and Gillian Outerbridge	Group chatting at the garden party
Relaxing at the garden party	Group chatting at the garden party	Gillian Outerbridge gave the group an informal tour of the Unfinished Church
Tristan, Gillian and her little dog taking a break during the informal tour of the Unfinished Church	Gorgeous colors everywhere you look
		Happy hour
Group on the hill overlooking St. Georges Harbor		Hanging the RPYC burgee at St. Georges Dinghy & Sports Club
Dinghy races


Relaxing at the beach	Leslie & Claire Newman at Turtle Beach	Osprey and her crew
Doug Miller on First Light's bow with tall ship, Spirit of Bermuda, going by.

2021 Gallery

Chili Cook-off - November 6, 2021

Photos courtesy of Brenda Lassiter.

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).

Onancock Town Wharf	View along the dock	Onancock Harbor
Bridge over the creek	Kathy and Fernando on First Light	Kathy and Chuck Hall with Judy and Fernando Gutierrez on First Light
Relaxing in the cockpit	Cayuga (soon to be Osprey)	Dock pic with Grace and Osprey in the foreground
Brenda, Barbara, and Tom on Bella Donna	Breakfast crowd heading back to the boats	Bikes outside Mallards restaurant
Monument in the town park	Kayakers in the harbor	More kayakers
Victorian house on North St.	Artwork on theater front	View of North Street in town
Town street	Kayak rentals next to Mallards	Mallards restaurant
Freighter in the shipping channel