#273 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

Lin Mccarthy on Monday November 7, 2005 12:55PM

2006 Racing Schedule Dates Already Set:  The dates listed here are as close as it gets to being set in stone for the coming year.  The responsible clubs have confirmed their intention to hold the event on the date shown.  It's OK to put them on your 2006 racing calendar - use a #1 pencil !
 
Jan 16-18   Key West Race Week
Jan 28       SBRNYCU RACING RULES SEMINAR, hosted by HYC
Feb 18-19  US SAILING BASIC RACE MANAGEMENT COURSE, hosted by HYC
Jun 2-4      SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK (Black Seal Cup) (racing on Fri - Sun)
Jun 9-11    Harborfest (Norfolk's downtown waterfront festival)
Jun 10       TOWNEBANK HOMETOWN REGATTA, PBC
Jun 24       COCK ISLAND RACE, City of Portsmouth and PBC
Jul 16-18    Screwpile Lighthouse Challenge, SMSA (Solomons, MD)
Sep 2        DINK-VAIL LABOR DAY (weekend) RACE, NYCC
Oct 6-8      TURKEY SHOOT HOSPICE REGATTA, YPM / YPYC
 
 
JUNIOR SAILING REPS: CBYRA JUNIOR DIVISION TOWN HALL MEETING, Saturday, November 12, 0900-1200, Tred Avon Yacht Club, Oxford, Maryland.  Contact: David McClatchy, (410) 849-2419
VETERANS DAY, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11th.    "... Land of the free and the home of the brave..." because of the brave.  
 
The 2005 Caribbean 1500 fleet leaves Hampton today!!!  51 beautiful boats headed for Tortola - and blue water adventure. 
 
Frostbite Race #2 - The second of the five race series enjoyed Florida like temps and great racing breezes, gusting into the twenties all afternoon long.  Twenty-nine boats enjoyed the day.  RESULTS: PHRF A (8 boats): 1.Christian Schaumloffel, Mirage; 2.Bob Mosby,Cyrano, ; 3.Phil Briggs, Feather.  PHRF B (5 boats): 1.Graham Field, Independence; 2.Rusty Burshell, Cool Change; 3.Archer/Beahr, Bad Habit.  PHRF C (5 boats):  1.Ben Cuker, Callinectes; 2.John Blais, Stardancer; 3.Louie Lewis, Incentive.  PHRF Non-Spin (9 boats): 1.Karl Petersen, Valkyrie; 2.Tom Peddy, Impulse; 3.Bob Nunn, One o Five.  Cruising (3 boats): 1.Dave Lively, Mascot.  PRO:  Dick Boykin
 
Frostbite #3 - Next Sunday, same time and place.
 
CCV Annual Awards Presentation and Party - Friday, November 11 - Make you Ressies Now - the party is this Friday night and OPEN TO ALL!   You do not have to be a trophy winner to have a great time, dance your pants off, and see your racing buddies all duded up! You do not want to miss this.  For info contact Karl Petersen at (757) 440-8772
 
Shedding More Light:  Wolf Trap Light (see SBRNYCU issue #272) is not the only Chesapeake Bay lighthouse sold recently to individuals.  Thimble Shoal went for $65,000 to Smithfield resident Peter Jurewicz and Middle Ground was purchased by Robert Gonsoulin (Williamsburg) for $31,000.  David McNally bought Smith Point Lighthouse for $170,000.  Diane Tennant, a writer for The Virginian-Pilot wrote a blow by blow account of the auction of Smith Point that is a great read in the October 27, 2005, issue of The Pilot.
 
The 5o5s are coming to the Hampton Yacht Club Fall Regatta this coming weekend - Nov 12 & 13.  For info contact Tyler Moore at (757) 726-2130.
 
 
 
In the collegiate War Memorial Regatta last weekend, Old Dominion finished 7th, Christopher Newport 17th, and the Hampton U team did not sail in this regatta.
 
MURPHY'S LAW: The weekend racing was dirty dawg perfect.  The frost did not bite, the wind howled just right, and there was nip in the rum to get the job done!     /S/  Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.
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