#216 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

Lin Mccarthy on Monday September 13, 2004 05:15PM

Cool Change wins Euclid Hanbury Cup at 22nd Executive Cup Regatta:  Rusty Burshell, skipper of Cool Change, J/30, won his fleet (PHRF B) and top honors for the regatta Saturday.  The Hanbury Cup goes to the spinnaker boat that wins its fleet by the largest margin (corrected time).  Burshell finished 5 minutes and 13 seconds ahead of the 2nd place B boat.  Sledd Shelhorse's Scherherazade won the 8 boat PHRF A fleet by 2 minutes and 21 seconds , Bob Archer, About Time, took PHRF C by 17 seconds, and Ed Andrews, No Problem, won the PHRF Non-Spin by 1 minute and 32 seconds.  The Executive Cup is presented by the Christopher Newport Sailing Foundation and hosted by Hampton YC.  The event is held in conjunction with the Hampton Bay Days festival sponsored by the City of Hampton.  Thirty-five boats raced around fixed marks in Hampton Roads harbor in light to moderate breezes. RESULTS: PHRF A: 1.Sledd Shelhorse, Scherherazade; 2.John Hanna, Battlewagon; 3.Christian Schaumloffel, Mirage.  PHRF B: 1.Rusty Burshell, Cool Change; 2.Bill Chandler, Rhumb Line; 3.Graham Field, Independence.  PHRF C: 1.Bob Archer, About Time; 2.Mike Austin, Movin' On; 3.John Blais, Stardancer.  PHRF Non-Spin: 1.Ed Andrews, No Problem; 2.Dave Lively, Lively Lady; 3.Jim Williams, Checks in the Mail.   PRO: Dick Boykin
 
From the North Sails Hampton loft comes word that  John Thompson, a North Sails designer who has been responsible for designing almost all the sails that come through the loft in Hampton, sustained a horrific injury over Labor Day Weekend.  John was severely hurt while body-surfing at Rehoboth Beach (Delaware).  He was helicoptered to a hospital in Baltimore and underwent surgery that lasted 15 hours.  As of last Thursday,  John was still in the shock trauma ward at the hospital.  If you would like to send John a card, the address is:  John Thompson, c/o Terry Barnes, 9104 Hopewell Road, Easton, MD  21601.  Thoughts and prayers will be welcome too.
 
DINK VAIL REGATTA, this coming Saturday, September 18 - all sanctioned PHRF classes as well as a non-sanctioned cruising fleet.  This race does count toward CBYRA 2004 Season High Point Awards.  Racing venue is in Hampton Roads harbor.  Post race social (1700 hours) and buffet dinner (1800 hours) followed by awards presentation at Norfolk Yacht & Country Club.  Contact: J.D. Scott at (757) 572-6830.  To enter a PHRF class, you must have a valid 2004 PHRF certificate. 
 
This coming Thursday through Sunday, September 16 - September 19, The Mariners' Museum will host the 2004 Vintage Traditional Watercraft Regatta  sponsored by the US Vintage Model Yacht Group.  Saturday is Family Day.  There will be music, food, and a chance to get up close to the models.  Remote boat racing will happen on Lake Maury at The Museum.  And, to kick off the day, there is a 10K run on Nolan Trail.  For more info on the model boat activities contact John Atwood at (757) 599-1648 or (757) 596-9701.
 
HEADS-UP!  The J/29s are coming to Hampton Roads for their 2004 North American Championships:  The time to enter your J/29 is NOW.  If you would like to crew on a great boat in a great one design championship regatta, line up your ride NOW!  If you just want to watch fast and furious, well sailed boats battle it out with one another, plan to spectate at the Hampton Roads harbor venue.  Racing dates are October 15, 16, and 17, 2004.  Ten races are planned.
 
Dave and Janice Lively were on the Executive Cup race course in their Tartan 30, Lively Lady.  It's no surprise that LL finished in the money in the Non-Spin fleet. Not too far "back in the day" (circa 1992-98), before Dave and Janice took a racing sabbatical, Lively Lady was tearing up the southern Chesapeake PHRF C fleet.
 
Coming Up This Weekend:
    Saturday, September 18 - NY&CC Dink Vail Regatta, CBYRA Sanctioned Race, Contact: JD Scott at (757) 572-6830;  YPYC Single-Handed Race, Contact: Dwight Timm at (804) 462-7119;   FBYC Fall Series opener (Wolf Trap), CBYRA Sanctioned Race, Contact: Randy Alley at (804-Richmond) 233-0824;
LYC-OPCYC Tri-Services Regatta, Contact Jeff Rogers at (757) 851-4539.
    Sunday, September 19 - HYC Singlehand Race, Contact: Kathy Brady at (757) 723-3244
 
"Goodie Bag" takes on new meaning:  Welcome Bags, or Goodie Bags, have long been a staple of regattas.  Event organizers go about the community collecting trinkets from sponsors to put in a welcome bag which is given to each entrant, usually at a pre-regatta skippers meeting.  Picture this scene:  Skipper goes to recent regatta skippers meeting, collects his goodie bag, takes it home and tosses it on the living room couch.  Wife opens goodie bag to check out the goodies.  She finds two regatta T-shirts, party tickets, and, oops, ... a bikini top.  Yep, it really happened.   The rest of the story is:  What really goes on at those welcome bag stuffing parties?!!
 
CCV FALL SERIES:  Get ready - CCV Fall Series opens Sunday, September 26, 2004!  You do not have to be a member of CCV to race in the Series, but you do have to enter and you do have to have a valid 2004 PHRF rating.  For info contact:  John McCarthy at (757) 850-4225.  So, round up the crew, haul out you very best sails, and maybe take a couple of "test drives" around the venue, before  it becomes time to put it all on the line. 
 
MURPHY'S LAW:  The PHRF Non-Spin fleet may be in some kind of trouble.  It's a case of there is trouble, but there ain't trouble.  Bill Barnes sails Trouble.  But wait!  Ed Andrews sails No Trouble.  Does that mean we've got double trouble?  Either way, we are in [good] trouble.  Living to race, racing to live.  Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all
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