#270 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Monday October 17, 2005 11:45AM
They raced 17 miles in 15-25 knots from the
Northwest in the Fishing Bay Yacht Club Fall Series Medium Distance
Race on Saturday. And, the tough sail handling continued
after the boats got back to the piers on Jackson Creek. Stiff NW
breezes, being what they are, made folding and stowing spinnakers a
challenge even on land. FLEET WINNERS: PHRF
A: Leroi Lissenden, Voodoo Chile.
PHRF B: Mike Dale, Juggernaut. PHRF
C: Brad Miller, Schehellion. PHRF
Non-Spin: Barfield, Smith,
Checko. Meanwhile the J/24 fleet did 4 short
windward-leeward races and Mark Wensell's Mojo
took top honors. PRO: Tom Roberts.
Imagine! Sets Records and Wins 2005
GCBSR. Mike Bagley's Imagine!, a 76 foot gaff-rigged
schooner, built in Albany, New York, and home ported in Annapolis, beat all
comers down the Bay, crossing the finish line in 12 hours 57 minutes and 51
seconds. In so doing, she set a record for quickest trip ever in the
Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race and her corrected time (7:48:05) was a record
as well. Imagine ! won her class (Class A) by the largest margin
and, therefore, won the overall trophy. Our southern Bay beauty,
Virginia, finished second in her class (Class AA); she took 14
hours, 15 minutes, and 11 seconds to come the distance. Here are the
winners by class: AA: Liberty Clipper (Boston, MA),
Greg Muzzy; A: Imagine!
(Annapolis), Mike Bagley; B: Adventurer 65
(Norwalk, CT), Mark Faulstick; C: Resolute
(Annapolis), John Slade. Virginia Race Chairman - Larry
Bryant; Maryland Race Chairman - Nan Nawrocki. Scoring - Bill
Mellen.
ATTENTION! Multi-tasking racers and
artists: SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK OFFICIAL T-SHIRT DESIGN
CONTEST Two categories: design using Gosling's Black Seal
logo and design not using the Black Seal logo. $150 prize for winning
design in each category. Contest is open to all. Deadline for
entries is December 15, 2005. For rules and details, contact event
chairman, Leigh Morgan at leigh.morgan2@verizon.net.
Think about it - Picasso may have started this way!
Anna Tunnicliffe (Norfolk) is a member
of the 2005 team (Team Trouble) that won the U.S. Team Racing
Championship for the George R. Hinman Trophy. Anna and her 5
teammates sailed in winds gusting to 40 knots on the final day. Team
Trouble: Matt Allen (Glen Oaks, NY); Tim Cain (Marlborough, NJ); Mark Zagol (New
York, NY); Heather Pescatello (Westerly, RI); Brad Funk (Belleair Bluffs, FL);
and, of course, Anna Tunnicliffe. CONGRATULATIONS to all!
This Friday, October 21, 2005,
marks the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar as well
as the death of Horatio Nelson. If you want to know more, check out the
new Mariners' Museum exhibit, "The Nelson Touch", which opens Friday. TMM
is located in Newport News, Virginia.
'ROUND THE LIGHTS RACE - Saturday, October 22 - CBYRA
sanctioned event sponsored by Old Point Comfort Yacht Club. This
is a great event. Racers must round both Thimble Shoal Light and Middle Ground
Light, but each racer chooses where to go first and in which direction to
round. Start is between OPCYC dock and designated mark of the Phoebus
Channel, so head for the Mill Creek area between the Chamberlin Hotel and the
HRBT. This is a staggered start race; get your entry in NOW,
so race officials can assign you your start time and prepare the fleet
splits. PHRF fleets as well as a Cruising class. Lay in your PRPP
(pre-race prep party) goodies, find that harbor chart and the October
currents table, and get ready to strategize! For info and entry
contact: Jeff Rogers at 617-0947 or Bob Wagner at
850-3520.
New J/105 expected in 2006 southern Bay fleet
- Richard Payne, who currently sails his Hunter
28.5, Miss Anne Thrope, in PHRF C, will be taking delivery on a new
J/105 in March-April of 2006. CONGRATULATIONS to Rich, Dianne,
and crew! May all your tacks in the lifted in your new
baby!
Marty
Steffens' "new to him" Colgate 26
arrived yesterday by truck from Long Island. Marty is looking forward to
some casual racing and sailing in Hampton Roads.
While Leroi Lissenden's Voodoo
Chile was winning PHRF A in the FBYC medium distance race Saturday,
some indoctrination to the joys of sailboat racing was going on too. James
Madison University freshman, Emily Lang, was on board for her
first big boat racing experience. Emily hails from Norfolk, is a Maury
High School graduate, and was part of a group of JMU Sailing Club
students who came to the regatta to "fill in" on shorthanded crews.
Make Early Bird ressies by this Friday, October 21
and save $5 per person. 2005 CCV AWARDS PARTY and YEAR END
BASH. The affair of the season is set for November 11,
Friday, at the Radisson in Downtown Hampton. Festivities begin at
7:00 PM and go to 1:00 AM Saturday. Heavy hors d'oeuvres, free wine
and beer (while the supply lasts), cash bar, door prizes, LIVE BAND for $30 (by
October 21) per person. Call Karl Petersen at 440-8772 for
additional info. Find your dancin' shoes and boogie down!
2005 FROSTBITE SERIES opens Sunday,
October 30. The Hampton Yacht Club sponsored, non-sanctioned
series runs for 5 consecutive Sundays, ending on November 27. All the
races are in Hampton Roads harbor and are around fixed
marks. Starting time is very civilized - high NOON for
first warning. PHRF fleets as well as a Cruising class. HYC
offers free dockage on a first come first served basis to boats from outside
the Hampton Roads area only. Contact HYC at (757) 722-0711 concerning
dockage. For race info and entry contact Dick Boykin at (757)
890-0093.
This series is a nice wind down from the 2005 season and even
better tune up for the 2006 season!
REPORT THOSE RACE RESULTS: Make sure
whoever is responsible in your club for sending racing results of
CBYRA sanctioned events to the appropriate official scorer for the southern Bay
region has done so. For "big boats", i.e. PHRF and MORC, that's
Dick Boykin (757) 890-0093. One Design and Cruising
One Design results usually go through their classes - you know who that
is. This is essential for the CBYRA people who are working very hard to
finalize the standings and get the CBYRA High Point Awards to the deserving
racers. Don't let any of your clubs' racers lose out - get the results in
!
Rappahannock River Cup set for this coming Saturday
and Sunday - October 22-23. For info contact Tom Norris,
(804) 435-2882
Mark your calendar - IMPORTANT REGION IV (Southern
Bay) PHRF MEETING - Wednesday, October 26, 2005, 6 - 8 PM, Hampton
Library (main Branch), 4207 Victoria Blvd. For info
contact: John Blais, VP PHRF Region IV, (cell phone) 503-3443.
This is for policy issues, e.g. fleet splits, not specific ratings of specific
boats which are assigned by the PHRF handicappers. Provide input for your
delegates - go to the meeting.
MURPHY'S LAW: Here's
The Murphster's CCV Party Readiness Plan: Yours
Truly has found 3, but is still searching for one missing sequined, high heel
sneaker, have scheduled appointment to have nails clipped, and am
planning to treat myself to a tail-i-cure. Then, I'll be ready to
part-eeeee! /S/ Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing
spirit in us all.