# 283 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Monday January 30, 2006 01:21PM
MARK YOUR CALENDAR: CBYRA
Vice-President for Region 4, Tom Roberts has announced that the
CBYRA Region High Point Awards (2005) Presentation Dinner will be
held at Fishing Bay Yacht Club on SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25th. Plans
are for the soiree to begin around 5-5:30 pm with a social gathering, followed
by dinner and the actual awards presentation at 7:00 pm. Watch for
detailed info regarding menu and cost in coming issues. Attendees will be
able to register on line at the FBYC website once menu and pricing specifics are
firm. Remember, this is a great opportunity to see friends receive awards
for last year's accomplishments.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2nd, IS GROUNDHOG
DAY! Hope for a cloudy day so that The Groundhog, when he
pokes his nose out of his hole, is not frightened back underground by the sight
of his shadow, thereby extending winter another 6 weeks! It's on all
of us - we have got to hope for a rainy day.
US SAILING Race Management Seminar - February
18-19. Two half-day sessions (0900 - 1300), at Hampton Yacht
Club in Hampton, VA. This course is designed for those with
some race management experience as well as newcomers. It meets the course
requirement for certification and for certification renewal as a US SAILING
Club Race Officer. The certification test will be given at the conclusion
of the course; taking this test is optional for any participant.
Presented by John McCarthy and Glenn Giles. For detailed information
and/or to register, you may go to www.ussailing.org/racemgt/Seminars
or call John or Lin at (757) 850-4225. Register now - the class is filling
and is already more than 80% full. Cost is $40.
The new owner of [formerly owned by Bill
Peach] Surprise! , the Alerion Express that lives
up to her description as "the prettiest girl at the dance", has southern Bay
racing roots and hopes to return to the sport this Spring. Royden
Goodson will be sailing out of Hampton, and
Surprise! will not even have to go through re-location
"trauma".
Word is that Sea Star, got the
" star treatment" from the Wormley Creek Marina and Boat Yard folks.
Dave Eberwine says her hull looks beautiful. She had to
have "restoration repairs", aka Hollywood-speak for plastic surgery,
after a bump and bite suffered in one of the races last season.
She is on the hard still and will return home in plenty of time for the 2006
season.
CCV 2006 Membership Application Forms are in the
mail for renewals. CCV Racing offers their special Racing
Membership which covers a boat's entry fees for 14 of the 15 CCV High
Point Races (Southern Bay Race Week, Day 3, requires a separate entry under the
SBRW procedure). There is a Club Membership ($25) for crew members and
friends who want to stay in touch and support the racing community and for
skippers who want to enter individual races "as they go". ALL CCV
members, Racing and Club, receive as a part of their membership a copy of the
2006 CCV Racing Guide. Contact any CCV officer or Board member or
CCV Secretary - Treasurer Tom Peddy (757) 651-6804, for info on obtaining
a copy of the membership application form.
50 racers, skippers and crew, honed their
racing rules knowledge and traded sea stories Saturday at the 2006
SBRNYCU Racing Rules Seminar presented by John McCarthy at Hampton
Yacht Club. The room was as jam packed as the rail of a tender
race boat in 25 from the northwest.
Young sailors gearing up! The pups are
getting ready for the coming season too - 48 youngsters have signed up already
for the PRYC 2-week kid sailing session this summer. Now is a good
time to check with your local sailing associations, yacht clubs, and/or schools
regarding programs for the ankle-biters and older. Most
organizations have a plan for non-members as well as members - it never hurts to
ask!
MURPHY'S LAW: Super Bowl Sunday is
coming up! This dog likes to watch football, but until they
replace the grass with deep water, add currents, sandbars, and
unpredictable wind, and put the players in fiberglass saucers, it won't
match sailboat racing for me. These Super Bowl Parties, however...
now they ARE state of the
art! /S/ Murphy
the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.