#253 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

Lin Mccarthy on Monday June 13, 2005 10:30AM

Here comes 2005 SCREWPILE LIGHTHOUSE CHALLENGE!  July 17 - 19  in Solomons, Maryland.  Hosted by the Southern Maryland Sailing Association.  THE racing showdown on the Chesapeake Bay.  Get your boat, get your skipper, get your crew, get your ressies, get your lucky racing duds and your party sandals, and get entered!  This is the regatta you have just gotta do!   Check the web site at www.screwpile.com    To save the late entry fee, submit your SCREWPILE CHALLENGE 2005 entry form  now - it must be received by June 29.  For additional info, please call (301) 862-3100.
 
Annapolis-Newport Update:   This morning, shortly after 5 AM, southern Bay homie Mike Nestor and his crew on  Glory Days  were 134 nm from their destination, Newport, RI.  They are mid-pack in the 11 boat PHRF II fleet. Forty-six boats comprise the Newport-bound fleet that departed Annapolis Friday.  The big boat leaders are either in or very close to finishing.  Mike and his guys are just southeast of Trenton, NJ, and moving between 6 and 7 knots.  In the Atlantic, instead of downtown Trenton, in beautiful weather, racing to Newport is a good thing.
 
Mirage, Bad Habit, Cavitation, Slice, and Pandora win at the PBC HomeTowne Regatta.  Portsmouth Boat Club ran their annual TowneBank HomeTowne Regatta Saturday while Harborfest was waking up and cranking up for the weekend.   Thirty boats took to the 10+ mile race course that began in the Elizabeth River, turned at Middle Ground Light (Hampton Roads harbor), and came back to the starting area.  Racers had adequate wind in the river (coming off Craney Island), but were faced with a flat and breathless harbor at the midway point.  Half the fleet beat the deadline and everyone made the party!  Christian Schaumloffel's Mirage, outdistanced all comers and, in so doing, captured the  Culpepper Cup, which goes to the boat with the largest corrected margin over the 2nd place boat in that fleet.  RESULTS:  PHRF A:  1.Mirage, Christian Schaumloffel; 2.Polar Express, Pam Burdett; 3.Valkyrie, Karl Petersen.  PHRF B:  1.Bad Habit, Bob Archer; 2.Independence, Graham Field; 3.Faith, Jerry LotzPHRF C:  1.Cavitation, Chris Duer; 2.Incentive, Louie Lewis; 3.Bluejacket, "Doc" Foster.  PHRF Non-Spin 1: 1.Slice, "Doc" Harbour; 2.Impulse, Tom Peddy; 3.Surprise, Bob Thomas.  PHRF Non-Spin 2: 1.Pandora, Dave Washbourne.    Event Chairman:  Larry Bryant; PRO: John McCarthy; Official Timer/Scorer: Dick Boykin; Signal boat: Casey and Shirley Garns.  PBC hosted the post-race party and cookout in the new 40' X 20' "party room" addition to their historical (circa 1900) clubhouse at the end of Portsmouth's Elm Avenue.  Terrific!
 
Schooner Virginia, having led the 2005 Harborfest Parade of Sail Friday and been the "Rock Star" of the Harborfest piers over the weekend, will begin her maiden voyage this week.  Look for her to arrive at the Hampton Public Piers around 4:40 pm this coming Wednesday, June 15.   Free public tours Saturday and Sunday, noon - 5 pm each day.  Questions and to confirm arrival: call (757) 727-1271.
 
THIS COMING WEEKEND: 
2005 HYC Annual Regatta:  Saturday, June 18.  This is a CBYRA sanctioned event (#411), sailed off Ocean View.  If you raced in SBRW,  you know approximately where to go.  DEADLINE for entries is 1200 hours on Friday, June 17.  For additional info check the website at  www.hamptonyc.com 
Yankee Point Yacht Club Singlehand Race: Saturday, June 18.  Contact:  Joe Urban at (804) 462-6164
 
Bay Key Wins The York River Cup - Movin' On Wins Spinnaker Fleet:  York River Yacht Club got in 2 races on Saturday for the York River Cup and Dave Georgianna's Nightwind 35, Bay Key, won the PHRF non-spinnaker class and The York River Cup with two first place finishes.  Mike Austin's Movin' On won the combined (A-B-C) Spinnaker Class by taking first in the second race over Nuance (Jim Bordeaux).  RESULTS: PHRF Spinnaker Fleet: 1.Movin' On (2-1), Mike Austin; 2.Nuance, (1-2) J. Bordeaux; 3.Four Seasons, (3-3) Mike Mastracci.  PHRF Non-Spinnaker Fleet: 1. Bay Key, (1-1)Dave Georgianna; 2.Delphinus, (2-3) George Jones; 3.Avalon, (5-2) Helen Quinby.
 
Dick and Donna Litchfield are planning a renaming ceremony for their newly acquired Hunter 33.  The boat will take on the name of Ninkasi, goddess of beer.  The cleverly designed invitations to the ceremony were delivered as a note in a bottle - a beer bottle!
 
The State of Virginia Department of Health  Boater Education folk have teamed up with the HRSD folk to provide a free service to boaters that encourages pumping out (rather than dumping in the Bay and beyond).  Just call (757) 460-4253 and follow the automated message prompts to schedule a FREE pump out, at your boat, any Friday, Saturday, or Sunday during the summer.  Yep - they come to you and the service is 100% free.  And, they take about 20 minutes to do the job!  The key is to call ahead to schedule a head pump out and to be sure to leave a phone number where they can reach you (cell # is best).
 
Christian Schaumloffel and the Mirage crew have had their share of "boat bites" lately.  In the Cape Henry Cup last month, they lost their rudder to the bottom of the Thimble Shoal Channel and had to sail home with the spinnaker pole jury rigged as a steering blade.  Saturday, in the Hometown Regatta, they broke their boom in about 8 knots of wind. To a man  they claim that it was not the 8 knot wind gust that broke the boom, but that they fell off an 8 foot wave created by a passing tug.  That's their story and they're stickin' to it!  No matter - Christian and his creative crew jury-rigged repairs and went on, winning the Culpepper Cup.
 
Southern Bay Boats SCREWPILE Ready:  There are 18 southern Bay boats already entered and headed for SCREWPILE 2005. Here are the current members of the southern Bay brigade:  Schiellion, Brad Miller; Polar Express, Pam Burdett; Corryvreckan, David Clark; Voodoo Chile, Lissenden/Krushelnisky; Temptress, Robert DeJong; Juggernaut, Mike Dale; Impulse, Tom Peddy; Radio Flyer, Dennis Hannick; Cash Flow, Lloyd Griffin; Bowmovement, Martin Casey; Patriot, Case Whittemore; Midnight Mistress, Jake Brodersen; Meridian, Sledd Shelhorse; Wavelength, Rob Whittet; Outrageous, Mike Jones; Feather, Phil Briggs; ; Cyrano, Bob Mosby; Sea Star, Bumps and David Eberwine.   Remember, save the late entry fee - get your stuff in by June 29.
 
Returning home from the HomeTowne Bank Regatta, racers heard an official announcement from the Coast Guard saying the 100 yard safety zone surrounding the Carnival Triumph (cruise ship) about to leave Norfolk would be seriously enforced by law enforcement action, including, if necessary, "deadly force".  That got everyone's attention.
 
MURPHY'S LAW:    Post-regatta party maladies are sometimes determined according to the person to whom the "under the weather"  racer is speaking.  For instance, when talking to a racing friend, a post-race party headache is a mega hangover, but to the boss on Monday morning, it's more likely described as an inexplicable migraine!    /S/  Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.
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