#262 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

Lin Mccarthy on Tuesday August 23, 2005 01:55PM

Racing Rules Quiz:   Is it necessary for the Race Committee to notify the boats of a shortened  course as they round the mark beginning what will be the final leg?   (Answer is at end of this issue.)
 
2005 Mobjack National Champions are Trey Smith and crew Jordan Wintringham, both of Virginia Beach.  This is the 4th National Championship title for Trey and the third with Jordan as crew; their string of finishes was 3-4-1 [6] 4-1-4.  The pair beat the 2nd place finishers, Joe  and Tracy Kubinec, by 3 points and defending champions, Jim Rice and Pete Wallio by 8 points.  Fifteen Mobjack teams raced in the 46th National Championship Regatta. The event was hosted by Ware River Yacht Club, located in the Ware River just off Mobjack Bay.  PRO:  Rick Klein
Talk about tough... 9 hearty crews toughed out the Chesapeake Bay summer dragons of light air and swift currents to finish the annual Plantation Light Race this past weekend.  Kahuna (Sanford Richardson) won the Hispaniola Trophy for best corrected time in A and B fleet and Callinectes (Ben Cuker) won the Nelms Trophy, best corrected time for a C fleet boat.  Kahuna was first to reach the finish line at 3:39 AM Saturday morning and the last boat to finish, Dana Dillon's Amarylyn, skippered by Jeff Rogers in Dana's absence, finished at 1:30 PM Saturday afternoon.  Twenty-two boats actually started the Plantation Light Race at 7:00 PM Friday night.  The 46.4 nm course began in Hampton Roads Harbor, ran to Back River Bell, then on to York Spit Light, then across to Plantation Light off the town of Cape Charles on the Eastern Shore, and back to the entrance to the HR harbor off Old Point Comfort.  All fleets ran the same course.  RESULTS:  PHRF A (4 of 5 starters finished) 1.Sanford Richardson, Kahuna; 2.Christian Schaumloffel, Mirage; 3.Craig Olsen, Namesake.  PHRF B (1 of 2 starters finished) 1.Dan Smoker, Smoke.  PHRF C (2 of 7 starters finished) 1.Ben Cuker, Callinectes; 2.Dillon/Rogers, Amarylyn.  PHRF Non-Spin (2 of 7 starters finished) 1.Jim Williams, Checks-in-the-Mail; 2.Andy Armstrong, Virginia H.  Race Chairman: Bob Thomas 
 
Mark Wheeler and Anna Cobb team up to win 2005 Hampton One Design National Championship.  Sailing 6 races in three days, and, therefore having a throw out to kick, the HOD team of Mark Wheeler and Anna Cobb put together a string of 2-1-5-1-1 [7] to finish 2 points ahead of second place finishers Eddie and Gordon Wolcott, 1-2-4-3-2 [12].  Latane and Patricia Montague came in third, 3-3-3-2-3 [6], in the 14 boat field.  Hampton Yacht Club, birthplace  of the Hampton One-Design racer, hosted the 2005 Nationals.  Race Committee Chairmen:  Malcolm and Kathy Brady.
 
Old Dominion University's Anna Tunnicliffe finished 2nd in the Laser Radial class at the 2005 Summer World University Games in Izmir, Turkey.  Anna was pleased with her silver medal and characterized her performance in the regatta as "... a good step forward going toward the Olympics."  The 2008 Olympics will be in Beijing.
 
Boat [Show] Note:  Most southern Bay racers have commented on the classic beauty of Bill Peach's Surprise, the lovely Alerion Express 28 he has raced since he "downsized" from his full sized, large crew (12), Labrot winner Revenge.  Now comes Alerion's 38 footer, the Alerion Quest, that the builder professes has even more advantages for the single-handed or short-handed racing skipper and day sailor.  (NOTE:  This is not an advertisement - just a note pertinent to racers and skippers who lament the availability of crew these days.)
 
Deadlines for entries for Labor Day events:  Don't wait 'til the deadline - enter now! 
CBYRA Annapolis Race Week (Sept 3,4,5) - deadline for entry is Friday, August 26.
Fishing Bay YC Stingray Point Regatta (Sept 3,4) - deadline for entry is Wednesday, August 31.
Norfolk Yacht &CC (Sept 3) Labor Day Race - deadline for entry is Wednesday, August 31.
 
Media Watch:  Call the Daily Press (Newport News) and thank them for putting the great photos in the sports section of the Hampton One Design championship racing this past weekend on Hampton Flats. Support your sport!
 
On this coming weekend's schedule: 
YPYC Fall Regatta    Saturday, August 27 - CBYRA sanctioned event - venue is Yankee Point/Rappahannock River area. 
Veteran's Cup    Sunday, August 28 - CBYRA sanctioned event - entries due no later than Friday, August 26th. - for info contact John Ritter at 865-1302 or 764-7230 - venue is off Buckroe area
J-24 Summer One-Design Races   Sunday, August 28 - for info contact Alan Bomar at 810-4518 - venue is vicinity of Hampton Flats 
 
Racing Rules Quiz Answer:  No. RRS 32.2 says that the Race Committee need only anchor at any rounding mark (or gate), display the shorten course flag (Code Flag S), and make two sound signals as the first boat approaches.  
 
MURPHY'S LAW:  A special bow-WOW to all of those who began the 46 mile trek to Plantation Light Friday night and, as tenacious as bulldogs, hung in there and finished the race Saturday.  They overcame drifty-itis,  heat stroke, and inclinations toward "good sense".  On the other side of the coin, the jury is still out as to their likely positive contribution to the general population's gene pool.  No matter - they are one determined bunch.   /S/  Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.
 
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