# 309 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

Lin Mccarthy on Monday August 28, 2006 10:12AM

 
92 BOATS COMPETE AT FBYC 67TH ANNUAL REGATTA:  9 classes of one design dinghies made for a busy weekend at Fishing Bay.  Flying Scots (22) and  Lasers (20) had the most boats.  Two classes ended with ties for first place in points.  In the Flying Scot class David Neff won the tie breaker over Harry Carpenter by virtue of 2 first place finishes.  In the Front Runner class Lee Farinholt won in a tie breaker over Bill Spencer.  Class Winners:  Albacore (9 boats) - Barney Harris;  Flying Scot (22 boats) - David Neff;  Front Runner  (8 boats) - Lee Farinholt; Hampton One Design (6 boats) - Randy Stokes;  Laser (20 boats)- Dan Herlihy;  Laser Radial (7 boats) - Dan Kowalyshyn;  Mobjack (5 boats) - Len Guenther;  420 (3 boats) - Taylor Jenkins;  Optimist (12 boats) - Alex Jacob.  PRO - Allan Heyward.
CCV FOUNDERS RACE was a full day of sailing in the Bay off Norfolk's Ocean View.  Racing began around 1100 and the final finisher cleared the line  just after 1530 ( 30 minutes before expiration of the time limit).  A furious flooding current caused a number of boats over-early  trouble during the starting sequence, but most were able to redeem themselves with a respectable finish.  RESULTS:  PHRF A (11 boats): 1.Meridian 2, Sledd Shelhorse; 2.Sea Star, Bumps and David Eberwine; 3.Kahuna, Sanford Richardson.  PHRF B (8 boats): 1.Virginia H, Andy Armstrong; 2.Bad Habit, Bob Archer; 3.Cool Change, Rusty Burshell.  PHRF C (7 boats): 1.Midmorning Buzz, David Taylor; 2.Roundabout, Alan Bomar; 3.Callinectes, Ben Cuker.  PHRF Non-Spin (9 boats): 1.Margarita, Harry Tenney; 2.Midnight Mistress, Jake Brodersen; 3.Impulse, Tom Peddy.   PRO - John McCarthy;  Official Timer/Scorer - Dick Boykin;  Mark Boats - Glenn Giles, Bill Gibbings.
 
JADE WINS ADMIRAL'S CUP:   Barry Campbell's Pearson 30, Jade, sailing for York River Yacht Club, won the 2006 Admiral's Cup.  This was the tri-fecta for Jade; now she has won three of the 10 Admiral's Cup titles.  Finishing 2nd in the non-spinnaker fleet behind Jade, was Bill Strauss' Excalibur.   In the combined PHRF A/B/C spinnaker fleet  Mike Austin, Movin' On, took 1st and Chuck Eldred, Gail Force, finished 2nd.   Seaford Yacht Club and York River Yacht Club team up each year to bring the Admiral's Cup Regatta to the York River area racers.
 
OLD,  BUT STILL GOOD:   Phil Briggs and Ron Lewis won their divisions in the annual Tom Brady Master's Race Saturday and Ron Lewis was overall winner in his pale blue O'Day 27, Incentive.  Ten boats filled with seasoned citizen sailors (55 years or older) sailed the 12 mile course.  The race honors its founder, Tom Brady, a long time and long treasured member of the Hampton Roads racing community.  Malcolm Brady, Tom's son, and Malcolm's wife, Kathy, have kept the event going in Tom's memory.  RESULTS:  Division I - 1.Feather, J36, Phil Briggs; 2.Mirage, Hobie 33, Christian Schaumloffel; 3.Treaty of Ghent, Hobie 33, Jim Williams.  Division 2 - 1.Incentive, O'Day 27, Ron Lewis; 2.Whisper, Hunter 40, Larry Bryant; 3.Spray, Olson 25, Bumps Eberwine.
Race Chairmen: Malcolm and Kathy Brady
 
The winner of the non-spinnaker fleet in Sunday's CCV Founders Race, Harry Tenney with his Roberts 43,  Margarita, is hardly  a newcomer to the southern Bay racing scene.  In the late 1980's, Margarita tore up the non-spin fleet on a regular basis.  Good to see Harry and his boat back on the course.
 
TYLER MOORE and JESSE FALSONE 4th at the 505 WORLDS.  Tyler and Jesse finished 4th overall among 113 competitors at the 505 Worlds sailed weekend before this past at Hayling Island Sailing Club in the UK.  That's in  the  W-O-R-L-D !   And, that was after having to eat , as a throw-out, a DNF/114 finish in the 2nd race.  (1-[114/dnf]-16-3-6-7-9)  Congrats to both.
 
Lydia Cuker has been named as coach of the Maury High School (Norfolk) sailing team.  Lydia's dad is southern bay racer, Ben Cuker, skipper of Callinectes. 
 
SBRNYCU  "WHODAT"?  MHS, of course, is named for  Matthew Fontaine Maury, a southern Bay homie born in Fredericksburg, VA, in 1806.  He is best known for his contributions in the fields of navigation and meteorology.  He also procured ships for the Confederate Navy and was a member of the faculty of Virginia Military Institute. 
 
Two Governor's Cup class winners continued their winning ways at the FBYC 67th Annual Regatta.  Randy Stokes, sailing his  Hampton One Design, and Len Guenther, sailing his Mobjack,  each won his class both weekends.  Talk about being on a roll!
 
Shine on, shine on  [August ]  moon, up in the sky... [slightly modified lyrics of a well known oldie]
Moonlight Racing is available this coming weekend.  In Hampton Roads, plan to start Friday evening and return sometime Saturday  (or Sunday, or Monday, or..., since there is NO time limit).  August 18, Friday - the annual HYC PLANTATION LIGHT RACE starts Friday evening (first warning is at 1900 in Hampton Roads harbor), goes to Cape Charles City (on the Eastern Shore) and back.  This is a CBYRA sanctioned regatta for all PHRF classes.  Entries and fees are due no later than 1700 on Thursday, August 17.  For info contact Bob Thomas at 898-9407.   Hampton Yacht Club presents the awards for this race at the annual awards night  in December. 
Moonlight Racing in the Rivah area also this coming weekend.  August 19, Saturday, the FBYC SMITH POINT RACE takes off from the mouth of the Piankatank River and heads [eventually] to Smith Point Light  (except the MORC class) and back.  The first warning is at 1400 hours.  This is a long distance race and is CBYRA sanctioned; open to all PHRF classes and MORC.  For info contact Brad Squires at (757) 229-3960.  Race awards will be presented at a brunch at the FBYC main clubhouse at 1000, Sunday, August 20, providing all the boats have finished.  There are time limits on this race and anyone not finishing by 1400 hours on Sunday, will be scored Did Not Finish.  
 
ATTENTION!  OLD LASER RACERS (OLR) - To qualify as an OLR, you must be 35 years or older on the first day of the regatta.  The subject regatta is 25th ANNUAL CHESAPEAKE BAY LASER MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIP,  hosted by Fishing Bay Yacht Club, September 9 -10, 2006.  Bob Saltmarsh, considered the dean of Masters racing, is the first past champion (1989) to commit to the regatta.  Contact Jon Deutsch at  (804) 305-1244 for details.   Enter on or before September 4 and get a regatta hat!
 
The entry deadline for the Cape Charles Cup, two day regatta,  August 26 -27,  is 1700, on Wednesday, August 23.  This is a two race day event that for most will involve a stay over at Cape Charles (on the Eastern Shore).  This is CBYRA sanctioned racing for all PHRF classes and non-sanctioned for a Cruising Class.  Saturday's course begins off Little Creek Inlet and finishes at  the Cape Charles entrance buoy.  The course for Sunday's race begins in the vicinity of the Cape Charles entrance buoy and finishes near Ft Monroe/Thimble Shoal Light.  There is a mandatory skippers meeting on Friday, August 25th.  For entry information and details on accommodations at Bay Creek Marina (Cape Charles), contact Scott Almond at (757) 471-2663.  Hosted by Broad Bay Sailing Association.
 
Spray, Olson 25,  was especially well manned in the Tom Brady Master's Race.  Bumps Eberwine and Jack Zanks brought sail #10 home, proving once again that "...there is no substitute for experience." 
 
Reminder to Flying Scot Racers:  Rappahannock River Yacht Club sponsors the Flying Scot Team Race Invitational. Saturday, August 19th.  For info contact RRYC Race Captain, Jerry Latell at (804) 438-9011 or (804) 438-5875.
 
MURPHY'S LAW:    Macaroni Mate:  Back in the day, as in the late 18th century [and beyond], English travelers, in order to avoid capture by the French or impressment at sea by the British, often signed on American merchant vessels as a "mate", even though they did not have the required qualifications and received no pay.  Think about it - could these sailors have been the forerunners of today's "rail meat"?  Should the term be changed to "macaroni meat" or "pasta pals"?   /S/  Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.
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