Frostbite Yacht Club

05/04/2026

With pictures thanks to Sarah!
Thank you to all our volunteers and Congrats to our Spring 2026 award winners
Old Salt-Chris Field
Walter Row jr skipper-Shannon Austin
Polar Bear (most dedicated crew) -Ashley Hardy
Achievement award-James Hammell
Top Etchells-Sandy Poindexter Memorial Trophy- Toby Doyle, Steve Adkins, Matt Rennie
Top Laser-Chris Field
Top Ideal 18- Jon Gibbs and Ashley Hardy
Top JY 15- Kingsbury Trophy- Shannon Austin and Peter Austin
Top Laser-Chris Field

04/27/2026

Thank you to all our volunteers and Congrats to our Spring 2026 award winners
Old Salt-Chris Field
Walter Row jr skipper-Shannon Austin
Polar Bear (most dedicated crew) -Ashley Hardy
Achievement award-James Hammell
Top Etchells-Sandy Poindexter Memorial Trophy- Toby Doyle, Steve Adkins, Matt Rennie
Top Laser-Chris Field
Top Ideal 18- Jon Gibbs and Ashley Hardy
Top JY 15- Kingsbury Trophy- Shannon Austin and Peter Austin
Top Laser-Chris Field

03/12/2026

Hi all,
I’m happy to report we are good for racing this Sunday.
Make sure to thank mother nature and Liz Horan for rallying this week to get the docks in.

Skipper’s meeting on Sunday 1145 a.m., Etchells start 1230. All other classes at 1300.
Please register online in advance @ www.fbyc.org

Saturday work party starting at 9a.m.
At 10 a.m. we have to help Liz put the launch ramp in place, so I need at least 4 people to at this time. Please let me know if you can help.

Thanks and see you on the starting line,

One Design sailboat racing Spring and Fall in Essex, Connecticut.

03/06/2026

Reminder. No racing 3/8/2026. With warm weather we should be good to start next weekend

03/04/2026

Hi all,

Unfortunately, we won’t be able to race this Sunday, March 8, due to ice and snow.
The launch area is still iced in, and F&S is stuck in the cove. Warmer weather is on the way, so we should be good to go next week.

In the meantime, feel free to start bringing boats to club, register for the season on Clubspot www.fbyc.org and sign up on WhatsAP for the FBYC Community communications at this link: https://chat.whatsapp.com/FcBJBTGze6YKl7JEVFHscL. In the Community are group pages for each of the four fleets and for the RC.

Next Saturday March 14th at 2 pm will be our work party so Doug and I can use ~4 people to help launch boats, clean F&S, blow up marks etc. Please let me know if you are able to help.

Thanks for your continued patience as I know we are all eager to get out there racing,

Evan Cooper

One Design sailboat racing Spring and Fall in Essex, Connecticut.

02/24/2026

Hi all. We will not be racing this Sunday march 1 as everything is still too iced in. Please see notice board on website Fbyc.org for details on registering at club spot and joining what’s ap for fleet communications. Thanks and sorry. Evan

One Design sailboat racing Spring and Fall in Essex, Connecticut.

02/16/2026

Please consider attending as for $10 you will get some education and lunch
Joe asked me to share with our community so you invited
Thanks
Evan

ECYC River Stewards Committee cordially invites you and your members to participate in "Suddenly in Command" a co hosted presentation by USCG Auxiliary and the Essex Corinthian Yacht Club. This is an RSVP event with info to be found at the URL below. Open to the general boating public held on Saturday Feb 21st 2026 @ 10am. If you have any questions please feel free to let me know. There will be several other open events hosted by ECYC this year and if you would like to be on our mailing list for event info just respond in the affirmative.

https://www.essexcorinthian.org/events

Thanks and best regards
Joe Pelletier
1(860)823-8011
Commodore, Essex Corinthian Yacht Club

The Essex Corinthian Yacht Club holds many events throughout the year. Please click on the events below for additional information and to register if required.

02/08/2026

Done with winter!!!
Happy to kick off the 2026 sailing season (93 years and counting)!
Registration is now open www.fbyc.org
Please send anyone interested in volunteering my way as we can always use help scoring on fair and square and on our mark boats.

12/15/2025

Evan Cooper was awarded the Ted Bodde Trophy. This award goes a member of the FBYC who has made an outstanding contribution to frostbiting in the quiet and unassuming way of Ted Bodde. This is the look of a man who was just elbow deep in icewater trying to pull drain plugs out of crash boats.

12/15/2025

In the Laser Class John Amendola tooks 3rd and the Frostbite Achievement Award. Kevin Gillman took 2nd. Carl Fast took 1st