#202 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Monday May 24, 2004 09:43AM
FBYC SPRING SERIES - CEFALU,
WAVELENGTH, LA MAGA, and SCHIEHALLION WIN FLEET
TITLES: The final day of Fishing Bay Yacht Club's Spring
Series ended with a sea breeze that generated a lot of excitement
on the first windward leg of the second race Sunday. Almost everyone
(previously on a wind search all over the course) got to the rounding mark at
about the same time. Yeee-Haaaa - get that chute hoisted and do it
NOW!!! Here's how things shook out after the entire series.
RESULTS: MORC: 1. Cefalu, Blackwell
Nottingham; 2. Insatiable, Mike Karn;
3. Mojo, Mark Wensell. PHRF A: 1.
Wavelength, Rob Whittet; 2. Voodoo Chile,
Leroi Lissenden; 3.Loose Cannon, Strother
Scott. PHRF B: 1.La Maga, Allan
Heyward; 2.Elancer,David Hinkle;
3.Trilogy, Wayland Rennie. PHRF Non-Spin:
1.Schiehallion, Brad Miller; 2.Nutcracker,
Dick Cole; 3.Checko, Barfield-Smith
Syn. PRO: Bill Spencer.
The FBYC kicks off their new Long Distance Series with the
Fishing Bay to Urbanna race on this coming Saturday, May 29th.
J/22 Worlds
Results: Wicked current will be the memory jogger for this
regatta held last week in Annapolis. Southern Bay connections did fine among the
130 entries and stiff competition. In the GOLD fleet (64 boats),
Scott Nixon pre-regatta "favorite" coming off the NOOD win,
took 5th. Steven Hunt was 14th, and Scott
Batchelor, 32nd. In the 64 boat SILVER fleet, Will
Crump finished 2nd and David Alexander,
14th.
BLACK SEAL CUP - SOUTHERN BAY
RACE WEEK: JUNE 4, 5, & 6. Racing, partying, awards, big
boats, one design, small boat classes, tents, Dark 'n' Stormy drinks, food,
T-shirts, racers' brew, Blackbeard the Pirate, warm weather, good music, and
more. You need to be at this regatta. Details available at
the regatta web site www.blackseal.com The time is
now - get entered and get ready! Contact: Martin Holland at (757)
726-0289
CAPE HENRY CUP
- KAHUNA, TAKES PHRF A and
THE CUP, and DEFIANT and THE HUNTER WIN THEIR
FLEETS: Ya gotta stand up to the fickle finger of Mother Nature,
if you are going to do weekend "distance" races on the Bay. Saturday,
three of five fleets did just that. PHRF A (27.4 nm), PHRF C (18.5 nm),
and PHRF NonSpin (18.5) had a boat make the time limit which allowed their
entire fleet to finish and be scored. The morning started nicely enough,
wind SW at 8-10 knots, but it went hot as hinges by mid day and
sometimes the anemometers were spinning aimlessly, while the fleet battled
adverse current most of the day. Sanford
Richardson's Kahuna stuck it out and crossed the finish line
with 11 minutes and 9 seconds to spare. Ahead of Kahuna came the
surprise of the fleet, Bill Derr's Defiant in
PHRF C. Bill with his two sons, Ryan (14) and
Cody (11), sailing the 18.5
mile course, was first to finish the race with 33 minutes and 8 seconds to spare
(1700 deadline for first boat in fleet). In the PHRF Non-Spin
fleet, Scott Wolff, Wolff Trap, opened the deadline
door by finishing with 00:06:36 to spare only to be corrected upon by
Justin Morris in his Hunter 26.5, The Hunter, who
finished in the water at 17:00:48. RESULTS: PHRF A:
1.Kahuna, Sanford Richardson; 2.Mirage,
Christian Schaumloffel; 3.Check Six,
John Scott. PHRF B: (no finishers within
time limit). PHRF C: 1.Defiant,
Bill Derr; 2.Quicky, Mike Veraldi; 3.Small
Potato, Butch Patterson. PHRF Non-Spin:
1.The Hunter, Justin Morris; 2.Wolff Trap,
Scott Wolff; 3.Trouble, Bill
Barnes. Cruising Fleet: (no finishers within time
limit). PRO: Scott Almond
TROPHY NOTE: Cape Henry Cup
awards will be presented TOMORROW, Tuesday, May 25, at the BBSA Pot
Luck Dinner at the Old Dominion University Sailing Center. Social starts at
6:30pm, dinner and awards follow. For info contact Mike Nestor at (757)
425-5790 or (757) 696-0070.
Merrimac Memorial Regatta this coming Saturday, May
29: Sponsored by Portsmouth Boat Club. Venue- off Portsmouth City
Park. For 20 footers and smaller. A great little boat event.
Picnic and fun follows the sailing. Check out the web site at http://portsmouthboatclub.org/pbc_merrimac.htm
ROCKET J WINS FLEET 71 J24 Spring
Series: Bert Johnson's Rocket J won 4
out of 6 races over the two day regatta held on two consecutive weekends.
Johnson won all three races weekend before last, and one of three yesterday to
ice the series title. PRO: John McCarthy; Mark Boat: Larry Bryant.
The J/24s' next gathering will be in a one-design showdown at the Black Seal
Cup-Southern Bay Race Week, June 4-5-6. Boats from around the Bay and
North Carolina are expected.
MOOOOOMENTUM for Screwpile 2004 continues to
build: With race entries way ahead of the pace of previous years
(more than 60 boats already have signed , sealed, and delivered their entry
forms and fees), event preparations are at a fevered pitch. And, event
organizer L.G. Raley has announced a special team competition
that will no doubt become a long standing tradition. The Battle of
the Chesapeake trophy will be awarded to the best yacht club or
sailing association represented at the regatta. So, now it's official
- with the BOC trophy will come a year's worth of unlimited and undeniable
braggin' rights! Let's go get it!
White Shoal Sailing Club Series Results:
1.John Edwards, Recovery; 2.John
Wandling, Rebecca J; 3.Richard Cassell,
Alexis.
BERMUDA BOUND: A lot of races are going
to Bermuda this time of year and two southern Bay boats are entered in the
Eastport Yacht Club hosted Bermuda Ocean Race Association race from Annapolis to
Bermuda which starts June 11. Jim Williams' Checks in
the Mail (Catalina 38) will be racing along with Mike
Nestor's Glory Days (Cal 39). It's the
first time to Bermuda for Checks in the Mail.
Valkyrie goes from 28 to
36: No, it is not a case of stolen identity, but rather a
case of keeping hold of a good thing. Karl and Senta
Petersen have stepped up to a NY 36 from their Rogers 28. In so
doing, they will have to change from PHRF C to PHRF B. But, they have
kept the Valkyrie name for the new baby. They swapped boats with
a boater in Solomons, MD. The new owner of the Rogers kept the NY
36's old name, MarLin, and the Petersens kept Valkyrie for the
NY36. Got that?! The old MarLin (new Valkyrie)
used to race in Long Island Sound under the name of Recursion, but that
really was a couple of owners ago. And so, now Bill
Gibbings' Jonathan, also a NY36, has a sister
ship.
About that skipper's phone call:
Remember, he was spotted at the helm of Glory Days, on the starting
line, with a cell phone in his ear. Mike Nestor said
it was an important call... he had just saved a ton of money
on his auto insurance. And, of course, he was able start the race at
the same time he was taking the call because he had spent the night in a Holiday
Inn....
JUNE RACING EVENTS - So
many races, so much fun!
May
29 Merrimac Memorial
Regatta, Portsmouth Boat Club
May
29-30 NCYRA Championships in Beaufort,
NC
May
29 Fishing Bay to Urbanna
Race sponsored by FBYC
May
30 The River races
sponsored by RRYC and FBYC
June
4-5-6 Black Seal Cup - Southern Bay Race
Week
June
6 FBYC
One-Design Spring Series continues
June
11 Norfolk's HarborFest
opens
June
11 Bermuda Ocean Race Assoc -
Annapolis to Bermuda start
June
12-13 New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta (Onion Patch
Series)
June
12 FBYC One-Design Spring Series
continues
June
12 TowneBank HomeTowne Regatta
(PBC and PYC)
June
12 York River Cup sponsored by
the York River Yacht Club
June
12 The Mariners' Museum
Backyard Tour (10 am to noon)
June
18 Newport to Bermuda Race
start
June
19 Yankee Point Yacht Club
Single Handed Race
June
19 HYC Annual [Big Boat]
Regatta
June
19-20 Cape Charles Cup (non-sanctioned) sponsored by
BBSA
June
25 Royal Bermuda Yacht Club
Anniversary Regatta (Onion Patch Series)
June
25-26 17th Annual Cock Island Race
(non-sanctioned)
MURPHY'S LAW: Don't
count on computer software to solve all your spelling
problems. For instance, you might
get a raised eyebrow to either word, but there is a world of difference
between crabs and carbs. Which would you
rather have a bushel of carbs or a bushel of
crabs? Or, is it case... akkkk,
let's don't go there! Living to race, racing to live. Murphy the
Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all
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