#234 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

Lin Mccarthy on Monday January 31, 2005 12:00PM

HEY!!  Wednesday, February 2, is Groundhog Day.   Make sure your GH does not see his shadow, become frightened and retreat to his hole, and, therefore, extend winter by another 6 weeks!  It's on every racer to do all he or she can to bring in an early spring!
 
THIS WEEK:  Wednesday, February 2nd is the deadline to make reservations for the CBYRA Region 4 High Point Dinner and Awards Ceremony on Saturday, February 5, at Fishing Bay YC.  $15 per person is all inclusive.  Social begins at 5PM, dinner at 6PM, and awards presentation at 6:45PM.  This is a great gathering for southern Bay racers, families, and friends.  Do not miss it.  To make ressies contact Tom Roberts at (804) 843-2682 or email Mobjack@crosslink.net  Or, even better, REGISTER ON LINE (and make payment of the $15 per person charge) - available at http://www.fbyc.net/Registration/rememberEvent?event_id=381 
 
More than 80 racing sailors underwent  TCTR (too cold to race) Therapy Saturday.  Norfolk Yacht and Country Club hosted the season's first SBRNYCU Racing Rules Seminar, providing excellent hospitality to the sold out, overflow crowd of racers from around the southern Bay.  Yankee Point YC will host the next SBRNYCU Racing Rules Seminar in two weeks (see item below).
 
Yankee Point Yacht Club is hosting a SBRNYCU RACING RULES SEMINAR on Saturday, February 12, 2005.  This seminar is designed around understanding concepts rather than memorizing rules.  Skippers and crew alike will benefit from the interactive format and lively discussion. Attendees should bring to the seminar a copy of the current rulebook (RRS 2005-2008), so they can make margin notes.  Rulebooks will be available for those who do not have one at check-in for the low price of $15.
The registration fee of $10 includes lunch and refreshments during breaks.  So, come early (check-in opens at 8:30AM) and enjoy coffee and a "tasty" - the seminar begins promptly at 9:00AM.  To register contact Joe Urban at jurban@netsecuritypro.com  
 
ROLEX Miami Olympic Class Regatta:  Old Dominion University's hot rocket racer, Anna Tunnicliffe, finished 2nd among 24 competitors in the Laser Radial class.  Kudos!
 
US SAILING BASIC RACE MANAGEMENT COURSE - Learn to run a race the US SAILING way!  Hosted by Rappahannock River Yacht Club in Irvington, VA, Saturday, February 26, 8:30AM.  Particularly helpful to any race committee members who want to provide good races for sailing club and yacht club events, this course includes helpful race management tools and materials.  This course also meets the course requirement for certification as a USSA Club Race Officer.  At the conclusion of the course, those who wish to may take the 30 minute US SAILING Club Race Officer test required for certification (taking the test and/or having it scored is optional).  Course instructor is John McCarthy; he will be assisted by Blaine Liner.  Cost is $15 and includes lunch and refreshments at breaks.  OPEN TO ALL.  To register or for additional information, contact Lin McCarthy at (757) 850-4225 or email mcbear@earthlink.net 
 
Kent Utley says world renowned racer Ken Read has it all backwards.  Recently, Read opined in an article in the Providence Journal on professional "big time" racers and their healthy fees for crewing.  Utley says he'll sail for much less, just as he offered to drive for NASCAR (in Jeff Gordon's place) for FREE!  Kent, a while back, seriously campaigned his boat Mortar Offer, in the southern Bay and now crews for racing friends on their boats.
 
An action-packed, spy novel it is not.  But, Secrets of the Tide: Tide and Tidal Current Analysis and Applications, Storm Surges and Sea Level Trends, offers a wealth of technical information on tides and currents. The author is southern Bay homie John Boon, who races out of York River YC. His book was published just last month and is available now through Amazon.com . It should be in local bookstores soon. 
 
REMEMBER to check on your Baby in the boatyard - Did she make it through the cold January nights OK?  Check for frozen water in the bilge even though she is high and dry.  It comes down the mast.
 
Sailing World Magazine now says in their February issue that they will publish the US-IRC Handbook with the March issue.  They reference the IRC info web site  www.us-irc.org   One of the most significant differences between the administration of IRC Handicap Ratings and what we have today at the grassroots level is that the ratings are issued from a central, not local, rating board.  Check out the web site for more info.  Get smart on this - it concerns the vast majority of grassroots racers in the southern Chesapeake.
 
MURPHY'S LAW:  You meet the most interesting people at Racing Rules Seminars - famous ones too.  Saturday at NYCC, George Jones was there (for country and western music lovers), but he did not sing.  This George Jones is interested in racing.      /S/ Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.
Fishing Bay Yacht Club
Office Mail: Fishing Bay Yacht Club, 2711 Buford Road #309, Bon Air, 23235,
Clubhouse Address: 1525 Fishing Bay Road, Deltaville, VA 23043 (no mail delivery)

Phone Numbers: Club House 804-889-2327

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