#181 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

Lin Mccarthy on Monday December 29, 2003 10:09AM

US SAILING will no longer offer a subscription to  Sailing World Magazine as a part of the USSA membership package.  So, word is that if you extend your US SAILING membership right away (DEADLINE is  DECEMBER 31, as in this WEDNESDAY), you can get the magazine free until your US SAILING membership expires.  So,  you need to call US SAILING right now at 1-800-877-2451, if you want to beat what amounts to loss of a benefit, i.e. the magazine for free.  Thanks to CBYRA for calling attention to this happening.  A lot of CBYRA members wait until the CBYRA-USSA combo membership deal comes available in early spring, but if you wait for that now, you lose the advantage of getting the free mag through the extension of your USSA membership.  Remember, every penny you save can go toward a good cause... like buying that super light, super strong, hull slicking gronification device that guarantees you'll go .000004 knots faster! 
Do NOT put away your fur lined foulies yet!  2004 NEW YEAR'S MADNESS RACE is just around the corner.  This is a great New Year's Day event.  This year Old Point Comfort Yacht Club will handle both the pre-race skippers meeting (OPCYC clubhouse, Bldg 183) and the post-race party and awards (restaurant over the OPC Marina - next door to the OPCYC clubhouse).  The start will be moved from its usual spot at the HYC docks because of the HYC dock replacement project.  The start and the finish will be off the OPC Marina docks.   For detailed info, please contact Jeff Rogers at 449-2931. 
 
SEAFORD YACHT CLUB NEW YEAR'S DAY RACE is on!  This race goes waaaaaaaay back - it is somewhere near the middle of its 3rd decade, according to Bay lore.  The first start is scheduled for high noon.  Call to let them know you plan to enter and to understand the "informal" traditions of the gathering.  Carl Early is the point of contact;  call Carl at (757) 890-2743.
 
PHRF Fleets Building for 2004:  Word is that the Check Six team (John Scott/Brian Deibler)  intends to be on the starting line for CCV Spring Series (April 25), sailing for the season out of Hampton YC.  The Nelson/Marek 30  will be racing full bore in PHRF A. 
 
Important notice to the LASER NATION:  Ted Morgan (Annapolis) is coordinating for Laser District 11 information regarding the Miami Olympic Classes Regatta  (January 27 thru Jan 30, 2004).  Let's see...  Laser sailing in Miami in January - what's not to like?  Contact Ted at laserfleet10@yahoo.com 
 
If you plan to do winter racing/sailing, it is not a bad idea to confirm with your insurance company that you are covered.  If the temperatures keep going down, you may need the "icebreaker rider"  for your policy.
 
No Azalea Festival Regatta this year (2004).  Regatta officials indicate the event has been hit by lack of resources, financial and human, as well as insurmountable logistic problems.  National security measures make access to the Norfolk Naval Base extremely  difficult and many of the folks who help run the regatta are busy defending our nation first hand. 
 
Just in time for the J/29 North Americans (coming to the southern Bay - Hampton - in October 2004) comes an article in the January 2004 issue of Sailing  about the joys of retrofitting a J/29.  Ask Ben Weeks (Cheryl Lea),  Paul Andersen (Titillation), or Case Whittemore (Patriot)  what they think.   See page 58.  Also, the subject of the same retrofitting article is a Pearson 26.  Ed Anderson, his Pearson 26 is No Problem, probably has an opinion on what the magazine says. 
 
The first NOOD Regatta is set for February 13-15 in St Petersburg, FL , at SPYC.  No NOOD anywhere in January.  (NOOD, pronounced nude, stands for National OffShore One-Design.)
 
Newport Bermuda Race Heads-Up:  Application for entry is due April 1, 2004.  Check for detailed info at the race site on line   www.bermudarace.com
 
More 2004 YC/SA Racing Officials Named:  Hampton Yacht Club has announced the election of officers for 2004 -  HYC Commodore is Martin Holland and Fleet Captain is Glenn Giles and One Design  Chairman (dinghies) is Leigh Morgan. 
Old Point Comfort Yacht Club officers for 2004 - Commodore is Ken Reynolds; Racing Captain is Bob Wagner; Rear Commodore Racing is Jeff Rogers.
 
CBYRA REGION 4 HIGH POINT AWARDS will be presented at the annual ceremony and dinner on Saturday, January 31st.  Hampton Yacht Club will host the event.  Mark your calendar - this is just over the horizon!  Detailed information to follow.  Questions and/or to make reservations, please contact Lin McCarthy at (757) 850-4225  or email at   mcbear@earthlink.net 
 
JANUARY CALENDAR: 
Jan 1                           Holiday - New Year's Day
Jan 1                           New Year 's Madness Race  (OPCYC)
Jan 1                           New Year's Day Race  (SYC)
Jan 15 - 18                Sail Expo (Atlantic City)
Jan 19                        Holiday - Martin Luther King Day
Jan 19 - 23                Terra Nova Key West Race Week
Jan 27 - Jan 30        Miami Olympic Classes Regatta (Miami)
Jan 31                        CBYRA Region 4 Awards Presentation and Dinner (Hampton)
 
MURPHY'S LAW:  Given the predictions for frigid temperatures, it is easy to see why racers are about to have a "NOOD-less" January!  Hope there is enough Polartec to go around.  Living to race, racing to live.  /s/ Murphy the Racing Beagle
 
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