#217 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Monday September 20, 2004 07:39AM
The Pied Piper of Green Fleet Opti Sailors, Tom
Coleman, will be at the USODA Atlantic Coast Championships, October
8-10, at Fishing Bay YC. Any youngster who is new to Optimist
competition will benefit greatly by participating in a Tom Coleman run Green
Fleet. This man has had favorable impact on more junior sailors than can
be tallied. He's a wealth of information for parents and guardians
too. For info contact Noel Clinard at (804) 285-0299.
CCV FALL SERIES RACE #1 -
This coming SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 - Racing will be in
Hampton Roads harbor; All PHRF classes; first signal at 1100; CCV
traditional post race hotdogs, beer, sodas and awards on the HYC flag
deck. Remember, if you have a CCV RACING MEMBERSHIP, you are automatically
entered. Otherwise, you submit a standard CBYRA entry form and fees
by 1300 hours on Saturday, September 25. You may enter the entire Series
or on a race-by-race basis. All racers MUST have a valid 2004 PHRF
certificate. For additional info, please contact: John McCarthy,
(757) 850-4225. CBYRA sanctioned event - counts toward CCV High Point
Championship awards as well as CBYRA Region 4 and Bay wide
awards.
Take that, IVAN, and your Remnants too!
When Dink Vail Regatta event chairman, J.D.
Scott, had to make the call on whether to sail or not on Saturday,
he was, of course, contending with the remnants of Hurricane Ivan. The
leftovers from the hurricane provided just the break the racers needed.
With phone tree in place and event participants, race committee, and
supporters at the ready, J.D. made the call Saturday, morning at 0700:
"Looks good. Let's go!" So, 14 boats slipped out between rain, fog,
and wind attacks, got the racing in and slipped back home just before the
predicted low hit the area. The "Remnant Racers" enjoyed the post-race gala at
host Norfolk Yacht and Country Club and will, no doubt, tell future grandkids
about the time they sailed through the remnants of the eye of Ivan.
Overall winner of the regatta was Leo Wardrup's Black
Widow, having won by the largest corrected margin over the 2nd place
boat in the non-spin class. RESULTS: PHRF
B: 1.Graham Field, Independence, Islander 36;
2.Mike Nestor, Glory Days, Cal 39; 3.Dave
Bouchard, Ganar!, Santana 35. PHRF C:
1.Mike Casey, Bow Movement, Catalina 27; 2.Bob
Archer, About Time, Capri 25. PHRF Non-Spin:
1.Leo Wardrup, Black Widow, Irwin 38;
2.Larry Bryant, Whisper, Hunter 40; 3.Tom
Peddy, Impulse, Catalina 34. Cruising: 1.Tom
Lire, Red Star, Freedom 38; 2.Booty Baker,
Klimax, O'Day 38; 3.Nancy Kline, Tailspin,
Columbia 26. PRO: John McCarthy
Schooner Virginia Progress
Report: The expected christening date is December 10th at
Norfolk's Waterside. So... it you want to get a look at her during one of
the Friday evening socials that have become an "insider's" event on the Norfolk
waterfront, make haste. The last Friday Night Open House will be October 1st,
5:00 pm. The Schooner Virginia Shipyard is downtown, just
up river of Norfolk's Harbor (baseball) Park. For info call Virginia
Maritime Heritage Foundation at (757) 627-7400.
Dock talk has it that a familiar friend from North Carolina
will be racing in the CCV Fall Series. Word is
Lloyd Griffin's Cash Flow, Hadley 40, plans to
be in the fray.
The defending J/29 North American Champion, John
and Anthony Esposito's Hustler, from Mohegan Lake, New
York, is entered and ready to defend the title at the 2004 J29 North
American Championships in Hampton, VA, October 15-17.
Jerry and Andrea Latrell of the Rappahannock
River Yacht Club finished 2nd in the recent Flying Scot Capitol District
Championships. 20 boats competed in the regatta hosted by Fishing
Bay Yacht Club. David Neff and Allyson Summerfledt (SBSC) won the
championship. 10 of the 20 boats sailed out of FBYC. PRO:
Brooks Zerkel
Additional CBYRA sanctioned events this coming
weekend:
2004 Neptune Atlantic Regatta - Saturday,
September 25 - Contact Mike Nestor at (757) 696-0070
YPYC FALL PRIME REGATTA - Saturday, September
25 - Contact Dwight Timm at (804) 462-7119
FBYC Fall 2 - Sunday, September 26 - Contact
R. Alley at (804) 233-0824
Force 7 winds (28-33 knots), with gusts often beyond, blew out
the Annual HYC Single Hand Race scheduled for yesterday
afternoon.
One of the attractions at the 2004 Annapolis Boat Show
(October 8-11), as in every year since the Show's beginning, will be the
Flying Scot exhibit. Made in America by American
manufacturers, the red, white, and blue hull, "American Spirit" will be
introduced.
OCTOBER CALENDAR: Lots of good stuff at the end
of the official season - get all of it you can, because Winter
lurks!
Saturday, September 25
Yankee Point YC Fall Prime Regatta, D. Timm, (804) 462-7119
Saturday, September 25
2004 Neptune Atlantic Regatta, M. Nestor, (757) 696-0070
Sunday, September
26 CCV Fall Series Race #1, J. McCarthy, (757)
850-4225
Sunday, September
26 Fishing Bay YC Fall 2, R. Alley, (804)
233-0824
Saturday, October
2 Rappahannock River YC
Fall Regatta, T. Norris, (804) 435-2882
Saturday, October
2 BBSA (Willoughby Racers)
Memorial Regatta, S. Almond, (757) 471-2663
Sat - Sun October
2-3 HYC Trapeze Invitational, L. Morgan,
(757) 726-9640
Sunday, October
3 CCV Fall Series
Race #2, J. McCarthy, (757) 850-4225
Sunday, October
3 Fishing Bay YC
Fall 3, R. Alley, (804) 233-0824
Thur-Mon, October
7-11 United States Sailboat Show - Annapolis, (410)
267-6711
Fri - Sun, October
8-10 Yankee Point Marina - Turkey Shoot Hospice
Regatta, (804) 462-7018
Fri - Sun October
8-10 USODA (Opti) ACC at FBYC, N.
Clinard, (804) 285-0299
Sunday, October
10 CCV Fall Series Races #3
and #4, J. McCarthy, (757) 850-4225
Thur - Fri, October 14-15
Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race, L. Bryant, (757) 480-4402
Fri - Sun, October
15-17 J29 North Americans, Hampton, Virginia, HYC at
(757) 722-0711
Saturday, October
16 Fishing Bay YC Fall 4,
R. Alley (804) 233-0824
Saturday, October
16 Fishing Bay YC Indian Summer
Regatta, L. Kimbrough, (804) 327-9028
Saturday, October
16 Yankee Point YC Rappahannock
River Cup, D. Timm, (804) 462-7119
Saturday, October
23 Old Point Comfort YC Round
the Lights Race, J. Rogers, (757) 617-0947
Saturday, October
23 Fishing Bay YC Closing
Day, R. Alley, (804) 233-0824
Sunday, October
31 Hampton YC Frostbite
Series Race 1, D. Boykin (757) 890-0093
CCV AWARDS PARTY, November 12, 2004: It is
not too early to make ressies for this southern Bay racers' favorite
event. If you plan to make a real night of it by staying over at the
Radisson, call the Radisson Hotel Hampton before October 17- (757) 727-9700
- for a special room rate. For info regarding the party, contact Karl
Petersen at (757) 440-8772.
MURPHY'S LAW: An open letter from Murphy the Racing Beagle:
Dear Ed
Andrews,
Sorry to
have re-named your boat last week [Ed's boat is named No Problem,
not No Trouble]. Anyhow, The Murphster surely does not want
No Trouble No How and hopes No Problem isn't A Problem
except to her competition. /s/
Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us
all