#268 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

Lin Mccarthy on Sunday October 9, 2005 10:48AM

TURKEY SHOOT OVERALL WINNER IS....LEE WILLIAMS, POE BIRD, a Raven 24.  Lee is the first skipper to win the Turkey Shoot three times.  Lee, along with his crew, will compete in the National Hospice Alliance Championship Regatta in Annapolis this coming Spring. Two glorious autumn days of racing on the southern Chesapeake Bay.  Eighty - five classy classic boats and wooden boats and unusual boats filled the Rappahannock River between the Corrotoman and Carter's Creek.  And, the 2005 regatta raised more than $30,000 for northern neck hospice services on both sides of the River. 
 
Turkey Shoot Sightings:  Rob Powell, formerly manager of the Norfolk Boat Works, was there.  All is well - he is managing a yard in the Rappahannock area, his kidhood stomping grounds.  Four junior sailors from Indian Creek Country Club won their fleet and took 3rd overall in Jaqueline, a Borg Borrenson.  Matt Guthrie, in his first year at Virginia Tech, skippered the ICCC effort.  Phil and Arabella Denvir entered one of their match racing program J/24's in the regatta.  They will be expanding their sailing school operation to Virginia Beach next season.  Frank Miller, who won the Cruising Fleet at  Southern Bay Race Week this past June, was sailing out of his new home in Irvington on his Ericson 38, Windblown.  Buddy, a 4-pawed racing cohort of Murphy The Racing Beagle, was "pitman" or "pitdog" on  Yonder.  Desparado, a Hinckley Owens Cutter 41 owned and skippered by Ric Bauer (Aylett, Virginia), was selected prettiest boat.  Desparado won the hearts of the more than 100 spectators on the official spectator boat, The Tides Inn's 124 foot Miss Ann.  
BOAT SHOW WEEK - Annapolis - VIP/Trade/Opening Day = Thursday, October 6.  Closing Day, Monday, October 10.  You gotta be there and check out the boats, the gear tents, and the social opportunities.  All within easy striking distance!  For info: (410) 267-6711
 
 
Coming Up on Columbus Day Weekend (OCTOBER 8 - 9):
        CCV FALL SERIES Races #3 and #4, Sunday, Oct. 9.  Two races in the Harbor.  WARNING for Race # 3 is 1000 hours - Race #4 to begin as soon as possible after Race #3.  In addition to being the last two races of the Fall Series, these are the last two races of the 11 race, season long CCV High Point Championship Series, and they count toward CBYRA standings.  Get ready, get set and GO!   Contact:  John McCarthy, (757) 850-4225.
       RRYC Fall Regatta, Saturday, Oct 9.  Contact Tom Norris at (804)  435-2882
       FBYC    Indian Summer Regatta, Oct 8-9.  420s, JY-15, Laser, Byte, Flying Scot, Front Runner, Mobjack, Hampton One Design, and Opti.  Contact:  A. Heyward at  (804) 747-4500.
 
US SAILING MAKES IT OFFICIAL -  Sledd Shelhorse and the crew of Meridian have been selected as one of only 11 teams in the country to compete for the national offshore championship in Annapolis, October 27 - 30.  In less than 4 weeks, the Meridian team will be putting it on the line for three days of intense competition in the Navy 44s.  Several of the same racers were among the team that won the 1993 Lloyd Phoenix Championship Regatta for this prestigious title.  Meridian is the 2005 Southern Bay Race Week Boat of the Week and won her fleet at Screwpile this year.  Here's who's aboard for the 2005 assault for the title:  Sledd Shelhorse (skipper/driver), Mark Wheeler (tactician), Ron McLean (trimmer), Jim Miller (trimmer), Dan Gilbreath (pit), Brendon Drinkwater (mast), Ric Bushey (grinder), Graham Garrenton (bow).  Regatta rules stipulate that each boat must have a USNA Midshipman (from the varsity offshore team) aboard and the 11th  team must come from the US Naval Academy. 
 
Sunday was perfect for the HYC Annual Single-handed Race.  Fourteen skippers sailed sans crew, but wearing PFD's, around Hampton Bar on the 6.33 mile course.  Andy Armstrong, won the race on his Soverel 30, Virginia H; Brandon Drinkwater finished 2nd on his Kirby 25, Roswell; and, Phil Briggs finished 3rd in his J/36, Feather.  PRO:  Kathy Brady
 
Twenty boats did the 2005 Neptune Atlantic Race, run by Broad Bay Sailing Association in conjunction with the City of Virginia Beach Annual Neptune Festival.  The 15 mile pursuit race ran from Norfolk's Little Creek to the finish line off the Old Coast Guard Station at 24th Street and the Ocean.  RESULTS:  PHRF A (2 boats) 1. Mirage, Christian Schaumloffel.  PHRF B (0 boats).  PHRF C (6 boats) 1.Callinectes, Ben Cuker; 2.Aria, Jay Wright; 3.Small Potato, Butch Patterson. PHRF Non-Spin (7 boats) 1.Black Widow, Leo Wardrup; 2.Checks-in-the-Mail, Jim Williams; 3.DreamTime, Jim Borberg.  Cruising (5 boats) 1.Klimax, Booty Baker; 2.Cygnet, Leland Simmons; 3.Outward Bound, Dave Wilbar.  Race Committee Chairman:  Scott Almond
 
Southern Bay Homie in Championship Event:   Julie (nee Younger) Sitzman finished 8th in the Rolex International Women's Keelboat Championships week before last in Annapolis.  Julie, daughter of Bill and Judy Younger (Hampton), brought to 3 the number of homies finishing in the top 10 of this prestigious event -  A. Tunnicliffe (9th) and D.Anderson (10th) 
 
YPYC Fall Series Update:  Dwight Timm's (YPYC) Silver Fox took 1st in the PHRF Spinnaker Fleet and Peter Knight's  (RRYC) Salute took 1st in the PHRF Non-Spin fleet in in Yankee Point Yacht Club's Fall Series racing weekend before this past.
 
The Schooner Virginia will travel to Baltimore this week in order to race back down the Bay in the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race, October 13 - 14.  Jimmie Mock, who trims the sails on Phil Briggs' Feather, in the PHRF A fleet, will be aboard for the delivery up.
 
The USCG "Operator of Uninspected Passenger Limited Vessel (OUPV) License Course" will be available at Hampton Yacht Club.  This is a 40 hour course that may be used in lieu of the Coast Guard exam for the license.  Classes start the second week in October.  The classes are primarily on the water and are very hands-on.  For info contact Joe DeRyder at (757) 851-7443 or (757) 719-5492.  Do it now - the sessions are cranking up and enrollment is on a first come, first served basis.
 
Yankee Point Yacht Club has changed their mailing address to:  PO Box 246, Mollusk, VA 22517.
 
MURPHY'S LAW:   One question for those single-handed racers:  What do they do when there is no crew to bark at?  And, a follow-on question:  Can you pick a bone with yourself at your post-race eval session?  /S/  Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.
 
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Scott Wolff, Skipper of Wolff Trap, has opened a service named DIESEL DAWG YACHT CARE.  He specializes in the repair of small marine diesel engines and is a Yanmar dealer.  Call DIESEL DAWG at 651-1315.
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