# 284 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

Lin Mccarthy on Tuesday February 7, 2006 03:05PM

Help find AMBERJACK - Amberjack, Star #307, was built in 1925 by Davis & Sons of Solomons Island.  The first owners were listed as Trippe and Young (don't have first names).  Ownership transferred in the 1930s to Richard Martin and then to A.R. Leighton in the early 1950s.  AMBERJACK kept her name and stayed in the Chesapeake Bay fleet until she was last logged by the Star historian around 1983.  Now, a search is on for her.  If you have any information, Fitzhugh Turner asks that you contact him at  fitzturner@verizon.net   
 
From Jimmie Mock, The Arbiter of Time, official count down to the official beginning of the southern Bay 2006 season:  54 days 'til April 1st.   J/24 Fleet 71 will open the season on opening day with their 2006 Spring Regatta.
 
Spotted in a Southside (Norfolk) boatyard this past weekend:  Bert Johnson, (Rocket J, J/24),  working on a new project.  Bert has bought an old, "very old," PT 30.  He said, "Look at this - I paid $1 for her - some say I paid too much!"   Also spotted -  Cyrano, Bob Mosby's Frers 36, and Butch Patterson's  Capri 25, Small Potato.
 
MOTH-ers  in Florida:  Southern Bay Classic Moth racers did great in St. Petersburg, Florida at the Classic Moth Mid-Winters.   Mark Saunders finished 2nd and Joe Bousquet took 3rd.    The winner of the regatta was Jeff Linton (Tampa).  Jeff, who finished 1st in the 2004 Etchells World Championship and was 2004 Classic Moth Mid-Winters as well as North American Champion, was nominated for Rolex Yachtsman of the Year for 2005.   
 
Paperwork for the Day - Get your CCV Membership Application in to Tom Peddy right away.  Tom needs it now in order to include you on the membership list that will be published in the 2006 CCV Racing Guide.  For info and forms call Tom at (757) 651-6804.
 
Bob Moore is going to be sailing his son's Coronado 25 during the 2006 race season, and expects to get back in the groove by doing some Wednesday night stuff. 
 
Voodoo Chile's  Leroi Lissenden and Bob Krushelnisky will be part of the Tripptease team at Acura Miami Race Week (March 9 - 12).  Tripptease (Tripp 33, like Voodoo Chile) is owned by Richard Shellow and Jeff Rubin sailing out of Miami.  The 'tease has had a lot of success in Miami Race Week, finishing 3rd in 2005 and 1st in 2004.
 
US SAILING Race Management Seminar - February 18-19.  Two half-day sessions (0900 - 1300), at Hampton Yacht Club in Hampton, VA.    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.   Cost is $40. 
 
Mark your calendar - April 4, Tuesday evening, - Annual CCV Racing Rules Clinic and 2006 CCV Racing Guide distribution.  The clinic topic will be the 2006 General Sailing Instruction (in the CCV Guide) from the racers' perspective.  The presentation also will be especially helpful to race committee members in southern Bay clubs, since most use all or part of the CCV GSI for their events.   The clinic will be held at The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Virginia.  It is FREE and OPEN TO ALL.  Sailing shoes, no socks, is not only acceptable attire, but expected!  Stay tuned for time details.
 
Stan Erwin and Nathan McCullough won 1st and 2nd place respectively in the 2006 SOUTHERN BAY RACE WEEK T-Shirt Design Contest (Gosling's Black Seal Logo Category).  Now is the time hit them up for a small loan and to view their cool, new Gosling's Gear!  T-shirts sporting their designs will be available at SBRW, June 2-4. 
 
MURPHY'S LAW:   The Murphster thinks that if you have a deep seeded problem with abiding by the racing rules, there is another solution - invest in voice projection therapy!   Sail straight for the mark,  barking as loudly as you can,  throw the helm over, and hoist yourself on the petard of the "Law of Gross Tonnage."  Remember though,  lots of marks (as well as competitors) have more gross tonnage than you.  It will not work to yell at Middle Ground or Wolf Trap Lighthouses.    /S/  Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.
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