#213 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

Lin Mccarthy on Monday August 23, 2004 04:48PM

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Southern Bay J24 Match Racing Regatta made good use of Saturday and Sunday's great sailing breezes to complete a single round robin among 7 boats.  When all was said and done, Haywire, Tripp Behm and crew (HYC) trampled the rest, winning each of their races.  North Carolinian Ron Medlin (PSA), Bash,  was second, and Mark Wensell (FBYC) was third.  Race Chairman: Brooks Zerkle.  This is the second year for the J24 match racing event in the southern Bay, this year hosted by Fishing Bay YC.
 
RICE - WALLIO win 45th MOBJACK NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP:  Skipper Jim Rice (Newport News) and crew Pete Wallio (Hampton) came away with the 2004 Mobjack crown after 3 days of hard sailing in plenty of wind at the mouth of the Piankatank River this past weekend.  The duo wrested  the crown from defending champion Trey Smith and Jordan Wintringham of Virginia Beach.  Tom Roberts, president of the International Mobjack Association and event chairman, said that, under the new revised by-laws,  the 8 races were the most ever sailed at a national championship for the class.  Friday and Saturday  racing was demanding with winds from the southwest topping out at 20.  The final two races on Sunday featured a shifty northeasterly  at 10-15  for the final two races.  Seventeen  boats competed in the event, coming to host club Fishing Bay Yacht Club from as far away as Knoxville, Tennessee (Al Williamson).   RESULTS (one throw-out): 1. Rice/Wallio:  1-2-2-1-2-2-3-[5]  = 13;   2. Smith/Wintringham: 2-1-3-[13]-3-1-1-4 =15;  3. Beach/Potts: 8-4-1-2-1-[10]-2-2 = 20.     PRO: John McCarthy
 
DATELINE: ATHENS, GREECE    They did it!   The USA Men's 470s team of Paul Foerster and Kevin Burnham won a GOLD MEDAL.
 
That ringing sound could be wedding bells:  Callinectes skipper, Ben Cuker,  says two crew members, Teresa Berry and Mark Beebe, who first met on Callinectes, are engaged and an October wedding is planned.  Ben said, "...it was love at first spinnaker set."  Better check those October Fall Series dates, skipper!
 
At the Mobjack Nationals,  the 17 skippers ranged in age from 17 to 85 - now that's a lifetime boat in a lifetime sport. 
 
Another Tropical Storm Charley update:  The YRYC Admiral's Cup, washed out by Charley, has been re-scheduled and combined with the Seaford Yacht Club Transbay Race on September 11th.  Contact Carl Early (SYC) at (757) 890-2743 or Steve Bowen (YRYC) at (804) 642-4746.
 
Night Time Racing:  Get out those flashlights that fasten to the rail so you can check sail trim in the dark,  double check your safety equipment and  have the crew check their PFD's,  make sure the VHF is working,
update your charts of the lower Bay, stock up the galley and cooler, do a full moon dance, and then...  go enjoy the 2004 PLANTATION LIGHT RACE, this coming Friday, August 27, through Saturday, August 28. Organizing authority is Hampton YC.  This is a CBYRA sanctioned event for all PHRF classes.  Entries are due this Thursday, August 26, by 1700 hours.    For entry info contact Bob Thomas at 898-9407.  Also, this is one of the 5 races that comprise the Chesapeake Bay Distance Racing Series organized by BBSA.  Oh, one other thing, read the Notice of Race and Sailing Instruction - the words Cape Charles City lighted buoy, Wolf Trap Light, Back River Entrance, and/or York Spit Light should not be "foreign" to the skipper, crew members, and navigator for the night.
If racing under the middle peninsula full moon suits you better, try the FBYC SMITH POINT RACE which starts on Saturday afternoon (August 28th) at the mouth of the Piankatank River and finishes outside Jackson Creek.  Starts for PHRF and MORC classes are expected. You need to read the FBYC sailing instruction for this one and be familiar with the courses planned for the different classes.  For information on this event contact Judy Buis or check the FBYC website at www.fbyc.net 
 
The LABOR DAY WEEKEND is coming:  Time to get entries and ressies squared away.  See the September Racing Calendar  below for contact numbers.
 
CBYRA Region 4 Official Scorer, Dick Boykin, has compiled a "mid-season" standings report (up to and through the Screwpile Challenge Regatta) for the CBYRA High Point competition (Southern Division, PHRF).  Please note that in order to receive a CBYRA High Point award, the skipper/owner MUST be a 2004 member of CBYRA; this unofficial mid-point report does not take into account membership standing. The boats in first place, and, therefore, with targets on their transoms, are:  PHRF A: Battlewagon (John Hanna); PHRF B: Cool Change, Rusty Burshell; PHRF C: Movin' On, Mike Austin; PHRF NonSpin: No Problem, Ed Andrews.  For info contact Dick Boykin at (757) 890-0093;  for CBYRA membership info go to the CBYRA website  www.cbyra.org  or call the office at (410) 269-1194
 
SEPTEMBER RACING CALENDAR:  Go now - the season is shortening!
Sept 04     Saturday    Labor Day Regatta - NY&CC,  (757) 489-2347
Sept 04 -   Sat-Sun     Stingray Point Regatta - FBYC, (804) 342-7404
    Sept 05
Sept 04 -   Sat-Mon     CBYRA Annapolis Race Week - CBYRA, (410) 269-1194
    Sept 06
Sept 11     Saturday    22nd Annual Executive Cup - CNSF, (757) 890-0093
Sept 11     Saturday    Flying Scot District Championships - FBYC, (804) 776-7098
Sept 11     Saturday    Women's Race - YPYC, (804) 462-7119
Sept 11     Saturday    Admiral's Cup-Transbay Race - YRYC-SYC, (757)  890-2743
Sept 18     Saturday    Dink Vail Regatta - NY&CC, (757) 572-6830
Sept 18     Saturday    FBYC Fall 1 (Wolf Trap) - FBYC, 233-0824
Sept 18     Saturday    Fall Singlehand - YPYC, (804) 462-7119
Sept 19     Sunday      Singlehand Race - HYC, (757) 723-3244
Sept 25     Saturday    Fall Regatta - YPYC, (804) 462-7119
Sept 25     Saturday    Neptune's Atlantic Race - BBSA, (757) 696-0070
Sept 26     Sunday      CCV  Fall Series - Race 1 - CCV, (757) 850-4225
Sept 26     Sunday      FBYC Fall 2 - FBYC, 233-0824
Oct 02       Saturday    Fall Regatta - RRYC, (804) 435-2882
Oct 03       Sunday      CCV Fall Series  - Race 2 - CCV, (757) 850-4225
Oct 03       Sunday      FBYC Fall 3 - FBYC, 233-0824
 
MURPHY'S LAW:  The Mobjack Nationals, in addition to featuring tough sailors of all shapes, sizes and ages, had another interesting factoid:  One of their sponsors was a local micro brewery, MOBJACK BEER.  The Murphster and several of the racers taste-tested both flavors.  The red may be slightly ahead, but more extensive testing definitely will be required.   Living to race, racing to live.  Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all
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