# 192 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Monday March 15, 2004 11:43AM
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PLANNING
TO ATTEND CCV-HYC RACE MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP - SATURDAY, MARCH 27?
Pre-register by calling
(757) 850-4225. Pre-registration is optional, BUT pre-registering no later
than March 22, guarantees that your Race Management Book is ready
and waiting for you Saturday morning. (see item
below)
RACERS' BOOKS of the
MONTH(S): In the next few weeks two significant events for racers
and race managers will occur in the southern Chesapeake Bay. One of the
spin-offs from each event is an important book. Here are the book ,
workshop, and rules seminar deals:
CCV 2004 Racing Guide: Contains racing
schedules for southern Bay events, race circulars/Notices of Race submitted by
individual clubs and associations, the basic General Sailing Instruction
used at the majority of southern Bay keel boat events, marks, forms (entry
and membership forms), membership lists (including among others, skippers and
crew info) and CCV award winners, etc. Each 2004 member of CCV receives a
FREE copy of the 144 page Guide. The Guide will
be available at the annual CCV Racing Rules Seminar on Tuesday,
April 6, 6:30 pm - 9:pm at The Mariners' Museum
(Newport News, VA). The seminar is FREE and OPEN TO ALL.
Tucker Thompson, well known racer and clinician as well
as associate of West Marine, will present his session on tactics and
strategy as related to the Racing Rules. Also, there will be a brief
briefing on the updates in the 2004 General Sailing Instruction. For
information regarding either the Racing Rules Seminar or the Race Management
Workshop, contact John McCarthy at (757) 850-4225.
CCV
Race Management Book: This valuable race management tool
is provided at no charge to the participants in the March 27, 2004,
CCV-HYC Race Management Workshop, Saturday, March 27, 9:00am to
2:00pm. This year the Workshop is being hosted at Hampton Yacht
Club; it is FREE and OPEN TO ALL. Registration (donuts and coffee
will be available) begins at 9:00 am, with the workshop getting underway at 9:30
am. For planning purposes, those expecting to attend should
pre-register by calling (757) 850-4225. Pre-registration before
March 22nd, is strongly suggested to guarantee receipt of a Book the
morning of the Workshop. For information regarding
either the Racing Rules Seminar or the Race Management Workshop, contact John
McCarthy at (757) 850-4225.
Go to West Marine and Sell
Your Buick! A lot goes on with racers at marine supply
stores this time of year. For instance, this past weekend
Don Wade (Portsmouth,VA), on his way into the Hampton WM store
for boat outfitting equipment sold his Buick in the parking lot. Now,
that's having your priorities straight! Buy boat stuff now! Worry
about getting home later!
As of late February more than 40 PHRF
skippers already had taken a Racing Membership with CCV for the
2004 season. Looks like the fleet is cookin'. You can go
to the CCV web site, www.ccvracing.org for a membership
application or contact secretary-treasurer Dave Taylor directly at
(757) 723-0625. In addition to those with racing memberships, more
than 120 racers (crew and friends) have their club memberships already.
Here's a job - a
"good" job opportunity! The Olympic Sailing Committee of US
SAILING has created a new position - Laser Youth Development Coach.
Position is seasonal and contractual. Good opportunity for a
college or high school coach who has elite national or international
coaching experience as well as Level Three Instructor Certification and specific
expertise in the Laser and Laser Radial. For details check out the web
at www.ussailing.org/ads/ussailing/employment.htm.
Resumes should be submitted immediately with a cover letter by email to Olympic
Head Coach Gary Bodie at garybodie@aol.com This is good
news for our country's youth sailing program.
From Huey
Fourquet, CCV webmaster, comes a note that the first two
inquiries regarding entries for the upcoming (May-dates TBA) CCV Racing
Crew Training Course have come from ladies giving the class to their men as
a birthday gift.
More Racing
Numbers: One thousand one hundred seventy-six
(*1,176) race boats received handicap ratings from
PHRF of the Chesapeake last year. If you are a PHRF
racer, you should submit immediately your application to PHRF for
your 2004 valid rating. Check the website at http://www.phrfchesbay.com for
application info. Chief handicapper for the southern Bay is
Rusty Burshell (757) 898-2887; vice-president for region 4 is
Randy Pugh (757) 301-2859. Ya gotta have a 2004 rating to
race PHRF! [NOTE: * 1,176 - This number does not include all
the one-design classes (keelboat as well as dinghy) that "did battle" on the
Bay.]
MURPHY'S LAW: My name
is Murphy, you know. So, I am duty bound to remind
racers that Wednesday is the day we honor that great Irish racer,
St. Patrick! True we don't see a lot about his accomplishments on the race
course, BUT, who else could have invented Green Racers' Brew? A
pre-season toast is surely in order. Living to race, racing
to live. /s/ Murphy the Racing Beagle
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