# 312 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Tuesday September 5, 2006 10:27AM
CASH FLOW, LA MAGA, and SMALL
POTATO crush Stingray Point Regatta PHRF spinnaker fleets and
NO FEAR takes non-spin. BLADE RUNNER, KOBAYASHI
MARU win in the one-design classes. Ernesto the Pest-o, was
unable to deter 32 of the 41 registered entries from the 12th Annual Stingray
Point Regatta hosted by Fishing Bay Yacht Club this past weekend. Regatta
officials delayed the start of racing until Saturday afternoon in order for
competitors to reach Deltaville in the wake of Ernesto's Friday
appearance. RESULTS: PHRF A: 1.Cash Flow,
Lloyd Griffin; 2.CARLOAN.com, Travis
Weisleder; 3.Feather, Phil Briggs.
PHRF B: 1.La Maga, Allan Heyward;
2.Shenanigan, Miles Booth; 3.Trilogy,
Wayland Rennie. PHRF C: 1.Small Potato,
Butch Patterson; 2. Schiehallion, Brad
Miller. J105: 1.Blade Runner, Brad
Davis; 2.Corryvreckan, David Clark.
J24: 1.Kobayashi Maru, Collins/Dennison;
2.Gray Ghost, Davidson. PHRF Non-Spin:
1.No Fear, Rob Slotnik; 2.Tartan,
Will Vest; 3.Turbos Tub, MD
Riley. Event Chairman: Allan Heyward; PRO:
Brooks Zerkel.
25th ANNUAL CHESAPEAKE BAY LASER MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIP,
September 9-10, Fishing Bay Yacht Club. What racer 35 years or
older has not had at least one memorable encounter with a Laser? And,
plenty of racers have had a lifetime affair. For info contact
event chairman Jon Deutsch at (804) 305-1244, or check the FBYC website at
http://www.fbyc.net. Hurry! This will
be a happening of special note that you do not want to miss.
Brad Davis, Blade Runner,
throttled the J105 class at Stingray Point with a bullet in each of the 5
races, thus earning the Brent Halsey Jr. Memorial
Trophy.
The FBYC team of Voodoo Chile (Leroi
Lissenden), Carloan.com (Travis Weisleder),
and Loose Cannon (Strother Scott) secured the
POTTS TROPHY for another year. Credit must go also
to the HYC team of Feather (Phil Briggs), Mirage
(Christian Schaumloffel), and Flying Colors
(Richard Payne), all of whom sailed to Fishing Bay on Saturday
morning and were on the starting line for race 1 that afternoon.
Race for the Hanbury Cup (spinnaker boats) or the
Executive Cup (non-spinnaker boats) this coming weekend.
Saturday, September 9 - THE EXECUTIVE CUP REGATTA - sponsored
by the Christopher Newport Sailing Foundation - proceeds go to
the CNU sailing team. Hampton Yacht Club hosts the event.
Open to all PHRF fleets and a non-spinnaker Cruising Class. Entry fee is
$35, due no later than Thursday, Sept 7. For information and to
enter contact Jim White at (757) 249-8758 or PRO Dick Boykin at (757)
890-0093. This race coincides with the Hampton Bay Days
Festival - race, eat and drink,
then boogie!
BAD HABIT Winner of DINK VAIL
CUP. The 2006 Dink Vail Regatta racers were first out
on Hampton Roads waters after the whipping-up delivered by Hurricane - Tropical
Storm - Tropical Depression Ernesto. Breezy winds
(20+) and choppy-lumpy waters made for an invigorating day of racing in the
vicinity of Craney Island and Middle Ground Light. Of the 20
entries, 16 finished the race; broken gear was the
main problem for the non-finishers. Bob
Archer and Chris Beahr's Pearson Flyer, Bad Habit, trounced
the PHRF B Fleet by the greatest margin (3:31 minutes corrected) and claimed the
Dink Vail Cup. RESULTS: PHRF B: 1.
Archer/Beahr, Bad Habit; 2. Neal
Garrett, Strega; 3.Andy Armstrong,
Virginia H. PHRF C: 1. Louie Lewis,
Incentive; 2.Dave Taylor, Mid Morning
Buzz. PHRF Non-Spin: 1.Rodney Paice,
Wiki-Wiki; 2.Mark Shaw/John Scott,
Prevail; 3.Larry Bryant, Whisper.
CRUISING: 1.Chris Coffing, Contender; 2.
Tom Lira, Quid Pro Quo. Event Chairman - JD
Scott; PRO - John McCarthy; Official Scorer/Timer - Dick Boykin; RC
Boat - Vance Hull; Mark Boats: Dick Waters and Jim Forrester.
Former ODU sailing team All American, Anna
Tunnicliffe, finished 4th in the Laser radial Class at The Good Luck
Beijing 2006 Quingdo International Regatta.
Psycho Killer, the new Esse 850
Pam Burdett has ordered, is in route. PK should arrive
sometime early next week. Pam hopes to have her up, rated, and race
ready for the CCV Fall Series.
Devon Sweeney, a familiar face around the
southern Bay in racing circles, will compete in the US SAILING Match Racing
Championships in early October in Fort Worth, Texas. This is the Prince of
Wales Cup, a quarterfinals for which HYC hosted in 2005.
Please be patient - CBYRA is working at a
major problem with listing some of the race results on the
website. A number of people are working at a solution. So,
hold your horses, hang in there, and in the meantime, check for results locally,
i.e. the club sponsoring the race, or, of course on Monday, your Southern
Bay Racing News You Can Use.
NYCC LABOR DAY REGATTA (small boats):
Thirty-five skippers and crew competed in 21 races Saturday in the
mouth of the Lafayette River. The day was gray at the start, but the
undaunted dinghy racers handled the conditions with aplomb. The water was
much warmer than the air! RESULTS: 420: 1. Mitch
Brindley. Flying Junior: 1.Michael Collins; 2.Kyle
Rogacheiko; 3.Michael Brown. Hampton One Design: 1.Randy Stokes;
2.Mark Wheeler; Eddie Wolcott. Laser: 1.Tyler Moore; 2.Henry
Amthor; 3.John Shockey. PRO: Bryant McGann.
Mark Wheeler and Ian Stokes won the Tim Walsh Jr
Memorial Trophy Sunday, sailing Hampton One Designs at Norfolk Yacht and Country
Club. Gordie Stokes and Cav Stokes finished 2nd and Charlie McCoy and John
McCoy were third.
MURPHY'S
LAW: Let me say Ernesto did NOT blow
this dog off the chain! Made two great parties - Dink Vail and Stingray
Point - and toasted Ernie's departure. /S/ Murphy the Racing
Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.
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