#211 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

Lin Mccarthy on Monday August 9, 2004 07:42PM

 
ONE DESIGN REGATTAGANZA!  One-design racers will want to head over to Fishing Bay Yacht Club to the 65th ANNUAL ONE-DESIGN REGATTA, Saturday and Sunday, August 14th and 15th.  Here's a two day, multiple race series for FrontRunner, Mobjack, Flying Scot, Hampton, Albacore, Laser, Laser Radial, 420, Byte and Optimist on 3 separate race courses.  So, head for the Little Sue on the outskirts of Deltaville and follow Stove Point Road to FBYC.  For info contact:  Lori Moyer at (804) 342-7404.   Yes, camping is allowed.  Yes, there will be dinner and music, you provide the dancin', on Saturday!  And, Mobjackers, are invited to leave their boats at FBYC for the MOBJACK NATIONALS:  Hosted by FBYC,  August 20-21-22. 
 
KAHUNA qualifies to represent Hampton Roads in National Hospice Regatta Alliance Championship -  Sanford Richardson's Kahuna won the overall Turner Trophy (best corrected time around the course of all spinnaker fleets) in yesterday's Hospice Regatta for Greater Hampton Roads hosted by Hampton YC.   Sailed in light to moderate breezes from the southwest, sailors marked the return of the Hospice event after Hurricane Isabel cancelled the 2003 race. And, it was all topped off by an endless supply of blue crabs and beer for the pickin' and sippin'.   RESULTS:  PHRF A:  1.Sanford Richardson, Kahuna; 2.John Hanna, Battlewagon; 3.John Scott/Brian Deibler, Check Six.  PHRF B: 1.Bill Chandler, Rhumb Line; 2.Neal Garrett, Strega; 3.Mitch Brindley (ODU), Blade Runner.  PHRF C: 1.Mike Austin, Movin'On; 2.John Blais, Stardancer; 3.Brandon Drinkwater, Roswell.  PHRF Non-Spin: 1.Karl Petersen, Valkyrie; 2.Justin Morris, The Hunter; 3.Tom Peddy, Impulse.  Hospice (Cruising Class): George Isham, Rhumba.  PRO:  Glenn Giles;  Mark Boat Skippers:  Bill Gibbings and Dave Hamilton.  Richardson and the Kahuna crew will represent Greater Hampton Roads in Annapolis in spring 2005 in the National Hospice Championship showdown.
 
2004 LITTLE CREEK CUP FOR ST JUDES CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL:   Movin' On (Austin/Hardesty) won the 2004 Little Creek Cup.  This was the 9th annual Little Creek Cup, administered by Broad Bay Sailing Association, for a cancer related charity.  Racing took place off Norfolk's East Beach on Saturday in light to moderate winds from the northwest and left over chop from the day before.  RESULTS:  PHRF Spinnaker: 1. Movin' On, Carey Hardesty/Mike Austin; 2.Quicky, Mike Veraldi; 3.Independence, Graham Field. Winners of adjusted handicap fleets [according to amount of donations]  Non-Spinnaker 1: Puff Card, Walt Boatwright;   Non-Spinnaker 2: Restless, Sonny Smith;  Cruising Fleet 1: Mariah, Doug Rose;   Cruising Fleet 2: Confidant, Dale Ashcom.
 
OPENING CEREMONIES  FOR THE 2004 OLYMPICS ARE FRIDAY, AUGUST 13th.  The Agios Kosmas Sailing Centre opened last week and began measurement and boat allocation.  Check out  http://www.sailing.org 
 
This coming weekend - racing for young and old and all ages in between:  Big boat racers can sense the end of the season lurkin' a couple of months away - fewer weekends than most of us have fingers and toes.  The idea is not to miss any racing opportunities.  Here are two, both on Saturday, August 14th -  2004 Tom Brady Master's Race, aka The Old Farts' Race Skipper and crew and everyone else on board must be 55 years old or older, and the boat must be at least 10 years old. No spinnakers, single headsail only. Post race social; sponsored by Hampton YC.  For info contact Kathy Brady at (757) 723-3244.    Or, try The Admiral's Cup Regatta - Race venue is in the Bay in the area of the Poquoson River/York River entrances.  Start/Finish line is at the entrance to Back CREEK.  The first starting signal is at 1300 hours, so everyone has time to get there.  The post race social and awards presentation will be held at the Seaford Yacht Club.  This will be a nice change of scenery and good racing.  CBYRA sanctioned event.  Sponsored by York River Yacht Club and Seaford Yacht Club.  For info contact Steve Bowen (804) 642-4746 or Carl Early (757) 890-2743.
 
NEW WEB ADDRESS for SCREWPILE LIGHTHOUSE CHALLENGE:  Change your web address listings if you have one of the super de-spammers and/or cleaner-uppers that does not like the word "screw"!  The new site address for Screwpile Lighthouse Challenge is   www.splc.us    Imagine what the Cock Island Race folks must have been dealing with! 
 
Wide Open Southern Bay Spaces:  At the same time yesterday, within view of one another, in the Hampton Roads harbor area, here's what went on:  The Hospice Regatta was sailed just beyond Hampton Flats; an entire "city of fishing boats" set up near the Navy ammo barge; a mini cigarette boat poker run moved along the edges; tugboats worked the mouth of the James, plying their trade; freighters and container ships moved up and down the Norfolk Reach channel; and, the US Navy, including three carriers, kept a watchful eye.  Waking up to all this, was one lone cruiser who had dropped his hook the night before.  And, all day, not one horn sounded in anger! 
 
Ridin' High in the High Point Standings:  CCV has 7 of the 11 scheduled CCV High Point Championship Races in the books.  The season gets down to the nitty-gritty now and a lot of hardware winners will be determined by the outcome of the four race CCV Fall Series ( three consecutive Sundays beginning September 26th).  JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT, CONSIDER THIS:  For the sake of playing "what if", if you take only the best 5 races scored to date:  PHRF A, Sea Star and Scherherazade are neck and neck (8 points each) and Mirage and Kahuna are all knotted up in a fight for 3rd with 15 points each.  PHRF B, has Rumble in first, leading Cool Change by 3 points and Rhumb Line and Strega are tied up with 17 points each in a battle for third overall.  PHRF C shows that Movin'  On has the top spot to lose (6 points), but 6 points separate About Time (12) and Callinectes (18) in 2nd and 3rd; and in PHRF Non-Spin, Checks in the Mail (9), No Problem (11) and Midnight Mistress (13) currently are in unsecured top spots.  Remember, all of this can and probably will change.  If Fall Series gets all four races in, competitors will score their best 8 of 11 races... and who knows what that will do to the apple cart.
 
MURPHY'S LAW:  On the southern Bay we all enjoy good fortune, room, and freedom to "do our thing."  Even those bushels of blue crabs served at the Hospice post race party on the HYC flag deck had, at one time, had their day!  Living to race, racing to live.  Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all
 
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