#236 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

Lin Mccarthy on Monday February 14, 2005 09:34AM

TODAY IS VALENTINES DAY!  If you have not already, call the florist and hope he or she will have sympathy for a racer whose brain simply froze up due to lack of use during the off season!
 
When the Rolex Trans Atlantic Race starts May 21st  from Sandy Hook, there will be at least 2 southern Bay homies on board one of the entries.  Pat Patterson, owner/skipper of Orion and Jim Rogers, owner/skipper of Firebrand , will be on the Stad Amsterdam, the Netherlands sail training vessel. The race finishes in Cowes and the goal is to beat the Schooner Atlantic's race record.  Pat says that as of now, there are about 20 entries.   Plans are for Gary Jobson and a film crew to be along too.  Now, there's a happening!
This coming Friday, racing at the St. Pete NOOD begins (Feb 18-20).  Southern Bay boats, Mirage, Christian Schaumloffel's Hobie 33, will be there in the 8 boat Hobie 33 fleet and Dennis Hannick's Tripp 26, Radio Flyer, will be on the line for his class.  This will be the Mirage gang's first action since winning first overall in the Fort Lauderdale to Key West Race in January.
 
When you fill out your CCV Racing Membership application, you have to provide information regarding which PHRF fleet  you plan to race in.  In case you missed it, here are the NEW for 2005 (spinnaker) FLEET SPLITS  for Region 4 South:   PHRF A - Up to 115;  PHRF B - 116 to 166;  PHRF C - 167 and up. 
 
Yankee Point Yacht Club packed 50-some folks into their clubhouse at Merry Point to hear a SBRNYCU Racing Rules Seminar presented by John McCarthy on Saturday.   YPYC members made the event an all day affair, many using the clear, but cold afternoon (temps hovered in the high 20s) to check out their boats before attending the evening pot-luck supper gathering. 
 
REMINDER:  US SAILING Basic Race Management Course - On Saturday, February 26, Rappahannock River Yacht Club in Irvington  will host this important day long program for southern Bay sailors and racers interested in learning to run races the US SAILING way.  John McCarthy will return to the Northern Neck to lead the course along with assistance from Jerry Latell and Blaine Liner.  This course is OPEN TO ALL.  The $15 registration fee includes lunch and refreshments during the breaks.  Also, this course meets the course requirement for US SAILING Club Race Officer certification;  the certification test (optional) will be given at the end of the day for those who wish to take it.  To register or for additional information, please contact Lin McCarthy at (757) 850-4225 or email at mcbear@earthlink.net.  REGISTER NOW - SPACES ARE FILLING FAST!
 
Here's a special incentive for doing one of the 2005 NOOD regattas.  The overall winner of each NOOD regatta will receive accommodations for a team of six to Sunsail's Club Colonna, Antigua, for the first ever NOOD Caribbean Rendezvous.  That's January 20-27, 2006.
 
Reminder:  NORTH U Sail Trim Course will be presented on Saturday, March 5, at the Richmond area location.  Those interested in attending are encouraged to check out pricing and registration information at the NORTH U website  www.northu.com 
 
MURPHY'S LAW:  Ever on the look out for racing dogs on the southern Bay, I perked my ears at news of a newcomer up at Yankee Point (Corrotoman / Rappahannock River area).    I hear she is a lovely 1 year old English Setter named, appropriately so, Merry of Merry Point.   When she gets off work from her boatyard  and marina duties, she meanders down to the Merry Point  (cable) ferry  and makes a roundtrip voyage just for the fun of it.    /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

Contact Webmasters