CRUISING FOR FUN ON THE BAY !   Join in with the most enthusiastic sailors on the Bay

    Hampton Roads Fleet 30 is a sailing club offering members the opportunity to join fellow sailors on scheduled cruises, local nautical events, and races. Cruise destinations cover the lower and upper Chesapeake Bay. Fleet 30 offers group sailing events with emphasis on boating together for safety and fun! Cruises and events are scheduled around navigating the different tributaries and waterways of the great Chesapeake Bay. Fleet 30 participates in local events in Norfolk, Portsmouth, Hampton and Smithfield. If you're interested in joining us for "Cruising for Fun" please complete the printable membership form and mail it back to us or fill in an online application here.

The September Newsletter is Online

Labor Day Cruise Photo Gallery by Jay Rickles

More Labor Day Pictures, from Andy Shanks

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Dave Arnold has pointed us to a source of free navigational charts. See http://www.freeboatingcharts.com/ . I've also added the link to the links page.

From Andy Shanks: Don't know if you've seen this, but it may be a way to beat the winter blues.  It's an online game to practice docking various boats in different conditions. 

Boats of the Fleet- The Catalina 30

A note from Dawana to the women of Fleet 30-

Tim Leighton has written about an excellent knot-tying site, http://www.animatedknots.com/. Take a look!!

Anthony Bavuso has written about an interesting new web site for sailors: "I have stumbled upon a really neat sailing site that I thought others in the club might appreciate.  It is called furled sails and it is located at http://www.furledsails.com.  They have a weekly podcast about sailing.  If you don’t already know a podcast is an audio recording in a format for your ipod or mp3 player, and it is like a regular radio show.  It’s pretty neat. "

Here's a great sail trim guide

Take a racing rules quiz

Check the Members Page - The Fleet 30 Roster is now available online!

Finn's Dream Great pictures of Jonathan Trunz sailing a Catalina 30 from Newport, RI to the Bahamas

Update the software on your Garmin GPS.

Tell me more about GPS: Trimble

Still more about GPS: Sam Wormley's Global Positioning System (GPS) Resources

Get your Maritime Mobile Service Identity For your Digital Selective Calling VHF radio from Boat/U.S. FREE

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