# 352 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Monday July 9, 2007 07:50AM
SCREWPILE 2007 - Racing begins Sunday,
July 22 goes thru Tuesday, July 24. This is the 15th
running of this Bay-wide favorite event. The entire town of Solomons, on
the Patuxant River at the edge of the Bay, supports the regatta and treats the
racers like favored guests. The parties are A+ and so is the
racing. There is something for all boats, spinnaker, non-spinnaker,
one-design, and PHRF. There is no better place to compete against boats
from all over the Chesapeake (and beyond). The deadline for early
bird entries (you get to avoid the $50 late fee) is noon, this Wednesday,
July 11. So... get your entry to LG Raley [July 11
postmark counts] at SCREWPILE LIGHTHOUSE CHALLENGE, PO BOX 66, HOLLYWOOD,
MD 20636. The entry form is available on the web at www.screwpile.net
or www.screwpile.com or
www.splc.us
You and your crew owe it to yourselves to "do" Screwpile!!
The Southern Bay Brigade building
for Screwpile: So far, 13 southern Bay boats are shown on
preliminary listing for Screwpile 2007: Heading north of the Mason-Dixon
to "lay it on the line", are Jake and Pat Brodersen
(HYC), Midnight Mistress-C&C35; Brad
Miller (FBYC), Schiehallion - Beneteau 30; Sledd
Shelhorse (HYC), Meridian 2 - Farr 36; Vernon
(Bumps) and David Eberwine (HYC), Sea Star - J36;
Lissenden/Krushinski/Birch (FBYC), Voodoo 2 - Tripp
38; Dennis Hannick (DYC), Radio Flyer - Tripp
26; David Clark (FBYC), Corryvreckan -
J105; Brad Davis (FBYC), Blade Runner -
J105; Leo Wardrup (BBSA), Black Widow - Irwin
38; Karn/Moyer (FBYC), Inevitable - J105;
Jerry Latell (FBYC), Old School - S2 7.9;
Sam Mitchner (FBYC), Double Eagle - J/109;
Greg Cutter (HYC), Gremlyn - Elliott 770. That's
a formidable group on the move. Go ahead and join up - this is
fun!
VOODOO2 and OLD
SCHOOL Win Leukemia Cup PHRF Spinnaker Fleets; BLADE
RUNNER is best of J105s and TEMPTRESS wins PHRF
Non-Spin: In the CBYRA sanctioned racing at the 2007 Leukemia Cup
Regatta, they got off two races each day, as planned. RESULTS: PHRF A
(6 boats) - 1.Leroi Lissenden, Voodoo2;
2.Allan Heyward, La Maga; 3.Rob
Whittet, Wavelength. PHRF B/C combined (9 boats)
- 1.Jerry Latell, Old School; 2.Miles
Booth, Shenanigan; 3.Sam Marshall, Play
It Again. J105 OD(6 boats) - 1.Brad Davis,
Blade Runner; 2.Mike Karn, Inevitable;
3.Strother Scott, Loose Cannon. PHRF Non-Spin (9
boats) - 1.Robert DeJong, Temptress; 2.Garth
Hichens, Riptide; 3.Don Barfield,
Checko. Kobyashi, Scott Collins,
won the 23 boat Cruising Fleet, with Cats
Pajamas, Drake Johnstone, in 2nd, and Lee
Fisher's Free Wind 3rd. In the 5 boat Classic
(full keel) Fleet, Ric Bauer took 1st in
Desperado, Russell Seltzer in Joie de Vie was
2nd, and James Covington's Sunrise was 3rd.
PRO: Brooks Zerkel with Lud Kimbrough as race chairman of the
Cruising/Classic course.
HYC Annual Regatta (Small
Boats): It was bake-your-brain hot both days, but 4 classes
took advantage of late arriving breezes and got some nice racing done. On
Saturday afternoon there were even a few whitecaps spotted in Hampton
Roads. Hampton One Designs (9 boats): 1.Mark
Wheeler; 2.Gordon Wolcott; 3.Trevor
Pardee. Laser (7 boats): 1.David Fagan;
2.Bill Warren; 3.James Hardesty.
505 (6 boats): 1.Tyler Moore; 2.Jim
Englert; 3.Henry Amthor. 420 (5 boats):
1.Chris Herring; 2.Linda Codega; 3.Claire
Hunnicutt. PRO: Bob Thomas.
THIS SATURDAY! VETERAN'S CUP - Saturday, July 14. OPEN TO ALL monohull
boats 20' LOA or longer. Sanctioned event; all PHRF Classes as well as
non-sanctioned Cruising class. This is the "Cheetah Race" -
proceeds will be donated to Cheetah Conservation Fund. For info,
contact John Ritter at (757) 329-6992. Get entered and get going -
race like a cheetah...fassssssssst!
Accommodations at Screwpile: The
Screwpile headquarters and major party zone is at the Holiday Inn Select,
Solomons, MD (410) 326-6311. When you call for accommodations, be sure
to mention that you are coming to Screwpile and that the code is
S03. And, there is a brand new Hilton Garden
Inn just north of the Screwpile headquarters - call Venita Gorham at
(301) 866-2065 or (301) 481-2028. Again, remember to mention that
you are coming to Screwpile.
Marblehead to Halifax - they started
yesterday! Conrad Hall's Shearwater is
representing the southern Bay.
Jan Brandt and crew Frank Gazioch
in ER Tape, aka Rafiki, finished 7th overall in the
Bermuda 1-2. There were more than 40 boats entered. The
Open Mini (8 entered), were the smallest boats doing the ocean race.
Kudos to Jan and Frank.
The boats for the next America's
Cup will be 90 feet long and, it is speculated, will carry a crew
of 20. That's a lot of sandwiches and beer! The details and location
will be formally announced on December 31, 2007... "they" say.
Familiar faces in Screwpile places: There'll
be a top-notch southern Bay race management team working the West Course at
Screwpile: PRO John McCarthy (CCV/HYC); Lin McCarthy (CCV/HYC); Dick
Boykin (CCV/HYC; Glenn Giles (CCV/HYC); Carol Giles (HYC); ); Eric Matherne
(CCV); John Ritter (LYC); Brooks Zerkel (FBYC); Rick Klein (WRYC); Mike Dale
(FBYC); Cathy Clark (FBYC).
ARG! More Pirates...Pamlico Sailing Club, the
River Rat Yacht Club, and the Belhaven Yacht Club are sponsoring the Pirates on
the Pungo Regatta, July 20-22, in Belhaven, North Carolina. This
effort is to help support the Pungo District Hospital Foundation. There is
something for every boat, as long as it is seaworthy. Dinghies,
multihulls, and monohulls are welcome. For details and entry info go to
the website at www.piratesonpungo.org.
And, dig out your eye patch and cutlass!
MURPHY'S LAW: The
Screwpile regatta party zone (Holiday Inn Select courtyard and pool deck area)
will feature "multiple tiki bars". MULTIPLE TIKI
BARS!! It don't get no better! This could mean the appearance
of the world's first-ever, knee-walkin' beagle.
/S/ Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in
us all.