#227 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Monday November 29, 2004 03:33PM
How are the southern Bay young'uns
doing? Preliminary CBYRA High Point Standings for
Juniors are posted at www.cbyra.org Among those listed at
the top of their fleets are homies Brett Baker and Michael
Brown (HYC) - 2nd in 420s; Taylor Gray (HYC) -
8th in 420s; Alex O'Toole (FBYC) - 11th in 420s;
Drew Johnson (NYCC) - 1st in Lasers; and, in the top 20
of the Opti Fleet are 5th Sam Stokes (NYCC); 10th
Gordon Wolcott (NYCC); 15th Chris
Klevan. Kudos to all who qualified for CBYRA High Point
competition and to all who raced this summer.
Three J/29s visited Hampton and raced in all
or part of the annual Frostbite Series during November along with
hometown Rumble (Ben Weeks). Paul
Andersen's Titillation will take some silver back to Fishing
Bay (see series awards info above). Chuck Monsees'
Rockette and Case Whittemore's Patriot saw
action too. This year the J/29's raced in PHRF B.
It's coming soon - the
annual GABOON RACE ! This Sunday, December 5,
2004. This is one of those events nobody wants to miss.
Repeat Gaboon-ers will walk the docks with the excited newcomers they bring
along. Here's the down and dirty info: Hosted by HYC, open to
all. Staggered start beginning at 1300 - starting times will based
on PHRF rating plus a non-spinnaker credit, if applicable. Per the NOR,
"All boats must have a valid 2004 PHRF rating. All boats must have
lifelines in place. PHRF crew limits do not apply."
Entry deadline is 1230 on race day at HYC. For info contact Phil Briggs at
(757) 244-5477. Traditionally, the gathering of the
skippers and crew begins around high noon at the HYC lounge and docks.
Individual boats get starting times from organizer Phil Briggs at this
time.
FROSTBITE 2005 IS IN THE
BOOKS: Yesterday started out with a thick fog, a little rain, and
no wind, BUT, by the time the competitors got to the starting line, the sun was
out, and a great racing breeze was ready for the last of the five races of the
Series. SERIES AWARD WINNERS: PHRF A (4 boats):
1.Christian Schaumloffel, Mirage, Hobie 33;
2.Pam Burdett, Polar Express, J/105. PHRF B
(8 boats): 1.Rusty Burshell, Cool Change, J/30;
2.Ben Weeks, Rumble, J/29; 3.Paul
Andersen, Titillation, J/29. PHRF C (8 boats):
1.Batchelor/Winters, Harbor Syn, J/22; 2.Ben
Cuker, Callinectes, Cal 30.3; 3.John Blais,
Stardancer, Pearson 30; 3. PHRF Non-Spin (4 boats):
1.Tom Peddy, Impulse, Catalina 34; 2.Bob
Nunn, One-O-Five, Catalina 30. PRO: Dick
Boykin.
IMPORTANT REMINDERS Re
2005 SCHEDULE: Southern Bay yacht club, sailing association,
and event schedulers are reminded that the region scheduling
meeting is Wednesday, December 15th, at HYC, 7:00 pm. This is for
big boat events. Reps are requested to have in their hands their clubs'
"druthers" for the meeting. For info contact, Lin McCarthy, CBYRA
Region 4 Handicap Fleet Scheduler at (757) 850-4225 or email at
mcbear@earthlink.net
Officials responsible for their
clubs' CBYRA One-Design Schedule, should contact Tom Roberts
at (804) 843-2682 or email at mobjack@crosslink.net or cbyraonedesign@netscape.net
The first place
overall award (first to cross the finish line) for the GABOON Race
is the famous Gaboon Spittoon, which will be presented at the HYC
awards night on Tuesday, Dec 7th. Dan Winters gets full
credit for the "discovery" of this trophy and has a great yarn on the
topic.
Don't ever
try to slip anything by a
SBRNYCU reader/racer. It's like trying to slip a free Bud past
THE Beagle! Dave Alexander actually measured that
jazzy JS 9000, and reports that it is actually 5'8" wide (it
seems 4 feet narrow!). Thanks, Dave, for the info.
CBYRA Annual Meeting will
be held this coming Saturday, December 4th at the Gibson Island Yacht
Club. For information contact Amy Chalmers at (410)
269-1194.
DECEMBER SCHEDULE FOR RACERS:
Dec 4 Saturday CBYRA
Annual Meeting - Gibson Island YC
Dec 5 Sunday
GABOON RACE - HYC
Dec 15 Wednesday CBYRA Region 4 Scheduling Meeting at
HYC
Jan 1 Saturday 2005
New Year's Madness - OPCYC/HYC
Jan 1 Saturday 2005
New Years Day Race - SYC
MURPHY'S
LAW: Let me nip in the butt.... er, bud, rumors
that racing skippers would like to receive sanding blocks for
Christmas gifts! Several have assured me they would, however, like to
receive sanding jobs from devoted crew members and friends, even wives and
children. /S/ Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us
all.