#196 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Monday April 12, 2004 10:54AM
Need to pick up your
2004 CCV Racing Guide? Dave Taylor, CCV
secretary-treasurer, will have copies of the Guide at the
post-race CCV parties as well as at the HYC
Wednesday Night races. If you are not yet a 2004 CCV member
(and, thereby entitled to a free copy of the Guide), Dave will have
membership applications available for you. You may also contact Dave
directly at (757) 723-0625 to make arrangements to get your
Guide. NOTE: THERE ARE CHANGES TO THE
GENERAL SAILING INSTRUCTIONS, COURSES AND COURSE DESIGNATIONS,
CIRCULARS, ETC. GOOD IDEA TO GET YOUR BOOK BEFORE
YOU HIT THE RACE COURSE!
More on the Newport
Bermuda Fleet: Mark Shaw's Prevail (Beneteau
42s7) will be racing in the Americap Non-Spin fleet (23
entries).
CCV TUNE UP RACES -
SUNDAY- APRIL 18; in the harbor. A great chance to
knock the rust off the crew, shake out the sails, and check out the gear.
Two short races (weather and time permitting). Starts for all PHRF
classes. First warning scheduled for 1100. Orders of
finish will be posted in the HYC Lounge following the racing; handicap
corrections will not be made. For info contact: John McCarthy at
(757) 850-4225. FLY YOUR CLASS FLAGS!
Calling All Lasers, 420s, and Sailboards - HYC
Spring One-Design Regatta - Saturday, April 17! Registration is at 0900; skippers
meeting at 1000; Race #1 at 1100. Let's get it on! For
info/registration/accommodations, contact Leigh Morgan at (757)
726-9649.
Ocean View Provides Change of Venue:
At least two long standing sanctioned races will give their
participants a change of scenery in 2004. The CCV Founders Race
(August 1) and the HYC Big Boat Annual Regatta (June 19) will be
sailed off Ocean View.
More than 200
racers attended the annual CCV Racing Rules Seminar last week to hear
Tucker Thompson speak on strategy, tactics, and the rules. Among those in
attendance was CBYRA President John Dodge who made a special
effort to be on hand. In addition, the Hampton University
Sailing Team attended as a group along with head coach Carolyn
Grant.
SORC joins Premiere
Racing: The ACURA SORC event, as of 2005, will be managed and
organized by Premiere Racing, the same group that runs Key West Race Week.
Sounds like a lot more racers will be spending parts of January and February in
Florida.
Fleet Bits and
Bites: John Scott and Brian Deibler have entered Check
Six, Nelson/Marek 30, in the PHRF A fleet. This brings the A Gang to
a total of 9 official entries two weeks before the first serious showdown
(CCV Spring Series #1, April 25). The Old Dominion Sailing
Team has an entry in PHRF B under the tutaledge of head coach
Mitch Brindley; the Monarchs will race Blade
Runner, Jeanneau 37. The PHRF C fleet picks up a couple of
newcomers: Mike Austin, sailing out of York River Yacht
Club, brings his Beneteau FC 8 25.7, Moving On, into the fray and
Pamela Burdett moves up [from 2003 non-spin] with
Aria, her Tartan 34C. And, one more addition to PHRF C is a
Soverel 26 whose new name is TBD (To Be Determined,
or...); long-in-the-tooth southern Bay racers will
recognize Orange Blossom Special making a comeback under the hand
of Rob Pierce who raced Wild Rose back in the day.
And, already committed to the starting line are 10 PHRF Non-Spin
fleet entries.
More Weekday Racing To
Begin: The Willoughby Racers (BBSA) open up
their season long Thursday Nights racing in Norfolk's Willoughby ("Little") Bay
this week on April 15; Portsmouth Boat Club will start up their
Friday nights Barnacle Series, this week (April 16). Week after this,
Wednesday 21st, York River Yacht Club
and BBSA's Little Creek SA group will swing into
action. Points of contact: BBSA/WR - Scott Almond, (757)
471-2663; PBC - Joe Creecy, jccreecy@hotmail.com; YRYC - Mike
Mastracci, (757) 872-9564; BBSA/LCSA - John/Mary Bergman (757)
362-3775.
Best Job Anywhere - Crewing on a Racing
Sailboat! Lots of effort, dependability, and learning what to do
when = good crewbie. There are ample opportunities for any southern Bay
sailor to get his or her crewing act together; here are a
couple coming up soon:
CCV Racing Crew Training
offers classroom and on the water sessions begining Tuesday, May 4, and
running for each Tuesday and Wednesday in May. There is a fee - $60 includes
books. For info/registration, contact Neal Garrett at (757)
727-0742
FBYC Crew
Training begins this Saturday, April 17. For info check out
the FBYC web site at www.fbyc.net
COMING UP THIS
WEEK:
April
15, Thursday Willoughby Racers (BBSA) Thursday Night Series
begins
April
16, Friday PBC Friday nights
Barnacle Series begins
April
16
Laser Masters North Americans in Houston,
TX
April
16 -
18 FBYC
J/29 Invitational Regatta
April
17, Saturday HYC Spring One-Design Regatta
(dinghies)
April
17, Saturday FBYC Crew Training
begins
April
17
Laser Sunshine Open in Annapolis
April
18, Sunday CCV Tune-Up
Races
MURPHY'S
LAW: FLAGS - for goodness sake - get your fleet flags
and get 'em on your boat now. And, get that protest flag while you are at
it. And, put it somewhere handy in your cockpit. It's part
of the game in our "self-policing" sport. Go now, call your sailmaker and
order your flags. Living to race, racing to live. /s/
Murphy the Racing Beagle
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