#189 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Tuesday February 24, 2004 09:31AM
Time
to register if you plan to attend the USSAILING Advanced Race Management
Seminar, March 6-7, Hampton (HYC), Virginia. $65. Be
sure to check the US SAILING web site for the materials you should bring and for
the study questions - www.ussailing.org/racemgt
Seminar instructor is Mark Murphy, USSA certified National and
International Race Officer. For info contact Bob Thomas at (757) 898-9407
or (757) 864-3913. The NORTH U Racing
Tactics Seminar is also March 6-7, at the Old Dominion University
Sailing Center off Hampton Boulevard in Norfolk. For info check out
the web site at http://www.northu.com
President George
Washington was born on February 22, 1732, 272 years ago
yesterday.
TODAY is the
deadline for race circulars for the 2004 CCV Racing
Guide. Panic City? - call Lin McCarthy for info.
(757) 850-4225.
SORC (Southern Ocean
Racing Conference) - opens this Wednesday, Feb 25th, and goes through
Sunday, Feb 29th, in Miami. Ken Saylor from the Hampton
North Sails loft will be on Javelin, Farr 49, as tactician and
back-up helmsman.
Chris Behm along
with Meg Callahan had a terrific finish at the
2004 Club 420 Mid-Winters last week. Chris and Meg took
3rd place among 75 competitors. Their string was 6-2-4-(9)-7-1-2-5 (27
total).
Southern Bay racer Andrew
Spaulding crews on Kahuna (Sanford Richardson) and
Phantom (Frank Silver) here in the Chesapeake. Right now his
brother, Pete, is in the Olympic Trials grist mill. Andrew also crews on an IMS 40
out of Long Island Sound, Agincourt. LATE O-Trials
NEWS: Late yesterday, Pete Spaulding,
sailing with Tim Wadlow, won the 49er class and is Olympic
bound! In the Finn class, Bay hopeful Geoff Ewenson
finished 2nd behind winner and Olympic bound Kevin Hall (Ventura, CA/Bowie,
MD). Liz Filter (Stevensville, MD) and Nancy Haberland (Annapolis,
MD) along with Carol Cronin (Jamestown, RI) will represent the USA in the
Yngling class.
Tucker Thompson
will return to the annual CCV Racing Rules Clinic on
April 6, 2004, 6:30 pm at The Mariners' Museum.
Tucker, an international "big boat" sailor, clinician, and West Marine
associate, will talk tactics and strategies and the accompanying rules in
given situations. There will be a brief on
the updates made to the CCV General Sailing Instructions, and the
2004 CCV Racing Guide will be distributed. This
is the traditional Season Kick-Off Event for most southern Bay racers - and
it is FREE and OPEN TO ALL. For additional info contact; John
McCarthy at (757) 850-4225.
Round the
World with Cheyenne, Geronimo, and
Orange: Steve Fossett's Cheyenne, a
favorite visitor to the southern Bay is "out there" going for the RTW speed
record. Now, defending record holder syndicate, Orange,
is in the mix along with Geronimo. You can follow
all three at their web sites. www.fossettchallenge.com
www.maxicatamaran-orange.com
www.trimaran-geromino.com
For special daily reports not on the Cheyenne web site, you can check
out watch captain Brian Thompson's site at http://brianthompsonsailing.com/default.asp
Chesapeake Bay
Distance Racing Series (CBDRS) is introduced by Broad Bay
Sailing Association (BBSA) for the 2004 season. BBSA will offer trophies
for each boat whose combined scores in 4 of 5 designated races in the
southern Bay puts her in the top 3 in her class. The 5
designated races are: Cape Henry Cup (BBSA - May 22); NOT Smith
Point Race - (CCV - July 25); Plantation Light Race (HYC - Aug
27); Neptune's Atlantic Race (BBSA - September 25); and, 'Round the
Lights Race (OPCYC - October 23).
For additional information
contact Mike Nestor at (757) 696-0070.
Dave
Eberwine (Sea Star, PHRF A fleet champion), has a
project that is in the spotlight at The Mariners' Museum - the boat being built
in the boatbuilding exhibit is Dave's. It is big, and should go up wind
just fine!
Check it out!
MARCH 2004 CALENDAR:
Squished in among the boat prep madness sessions are some pre-season
events - check 'em out!:
Fri-Sun
March 5-7 The Mariners' Museum Battle of Hampton
Roads Weekend, contact TMM at
(757) 591-7739 or (800) 581-7245.
Sat-Sun March
6-7 NORTH U Racing Tactics Seminar (Norfolk,
VA), www.northu.com
Sat-Sun March
6-7 USSAILING Advanced Race Management
Seminar, contact Bob Thomas
(757) 898-9407
Tue
March
9 Anniversary of the Battle
of the Ironclads (1862) - Hampton Roads, Virginia
Wed
March
17 St. Patrick's Day - Wear
Green!
Sat
March 20 SPRING BEGINS! Visit
your boat, wherever she is!
Sat March
27 CCV-HYC Race Management Clinic- FREE, contact
John McCarthy
(757) 850-4225
Tues April
6 CCV Racing Rules Seminar
- FREE - (Tucker Thompson presentation &
2004 CCV Racing Guide distributed), The Mariners'
Museum, Newport News,
contact John McCarthy, (7575) 850-4225
Think of it! The masts for the schooner
Virginia, turned in a water bath lathe in the State of
Washington, are from 95' Douglas Firs grown in British Columbia.
Virginia's "iron genny" already has arrived courtesy the combined
efforts of Caterpillar, Carter Machinery, and Bay Diesel.
Better check her out soon - it won't be long before hull planks will be
going on the frames.
MURPHY'S LAW:
Happy Birthday, George Washington! Wasn't he the one in the
painting standing up in the bow of the boat while they rowed across the
Delaware? Army guy; therefore, tough! IF a racer, probably
of the bowman/foredeck persuasion! Bet he looked good on the starting
line, though! Living to race, racing to live. /s/ Murphy the
Racing Beagle
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