# 362 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE

Lin Mccarthy on Monday September 24, 2007 09:15AM

Yesterday, September 23rd, was officially the first day of Autumn.  Don't be alarmed; we don't end Daylight Savings Time until November 4th.  Keep on sailing!
 
Hospice Turkey Shoot update -    (Racing Sat, October 6 and Sunday, October 7)  There are more than 100 boats on the  regatta T-shirt (early entries), and it looks like this is going to be quite a happening up on the Rap Rivah!   The Rappahannock River at its most beautiful time,  three days of socializing, a Friday evening Competitors Clinic led by event Principal Race Officer John McCarthy, racing on Saturday and Sunday,  the historic yacht  Miss Ann from Tides Inn  (Irvington, VA) serving as the official spectators boat,  and much, much more.  To enter go to the event website at www.hospiceturkeyshootregatta.com 
 
CYRANO,  WHITE BOAT,  INCENTIVE  and WIKI WIKI  win the CCV day!    The fleet racing was close, more than a few finishes at the line by a nose.  Rodney Paice, Wiki Wiki, took two wins in PHRF Non-Spin.  Each fleet had a tie to be broken somewhere in the standings for the day.  The weather was terrific and the racing was hammer and tong - that's as good as it gets!  RESULTS:  PHRF A (10 boats):  1.Cyrano, Bob Mosby (2-1); 2.Sea Star, Dave Eberwine (1-3); 3.Cash Flow, Lloyd Griffin (4-2).  PHRF B (10 boats): 1.White Boat, Dave McConaughy (1-2); 2.PF Flyer, Larry Preddy (2-4); 3.Cool Change, Rusty Burshell (6-1).  PHRF C (7 boats): Incentive, Louie Lewis (3-1); 2.Roundabout, Alan Bomar (1-3); 3.Quicky, Mike Veraldi (4-2).  PHRF Non-Spin (5 boats):  1.Wiki Wiki, Rodney Paice (1-1); 2.Margarita, Harry Tenney (3-2); 3.Impulse, Tom Peddy (2-3).  PRO - John McCarthy;  Official Timer/Scorer - Dick Boykin; Mark Boats - Bill Gibbings and Dave Hamilton.
 
The final day of CCV Fall Series will be Sunday, OCTOBER 14.  For info and to enter contact John McCarthy at 757-850-4225.
 
Neptune's Atlantic Race, this coming Saturday, September 29.  This is a CBYRA sanctioned event and counts for the Chesapeake Bay Distance Racing Series.  BBSA hosts the event in coordination with the Virginia Beach Neptune Festival.  The race starts just north of Little Creek, rounds Cape Henry, and finishes off the Virginia Beach oceanfront.  Friday skippers meeting, bags, T-shirts, post-race party - the whole kit and caboodle. Entry deadline is Tuesday, tomorrow, September 25 at 5PM.  For entry info and details  contact Scott Almond at (757) 471-2663
 
WHITE BOAT  heads for J/30 North American Championships in Annapolis:  Dave McConaughy's J/30 will head north early this week and hopes are high she will bring home another championship.  White Boat will have an all southern Bay team:  Dave and Kim McConaughy, Ken Saylor, Mike Austin, Glenn Gates, Jimmy Haines, Tripp Behm, and Rusty Burshell.  Racing begins Friday and goes through Sunday.  Keep all those southern Bay fingers and toes crossed for our boat!
 
Takin' Care of the Skipper -  Yesterday there was some big time TLC going on on Valkyrie, the Dehler 39 that belongs to Karl and Senta Petersen.  The crew had retrieved Karl from his couch, where he has been forced to "potato" since he broke his leg weeks ago, and assigned him "tacticating" duties as he rode along in the stern during the racing.
 
Well-known Southern Bay racers Michelle Cochran and Ben Weeks, tied the matrimonial knot this past weekend.  Ben has sailed his J/29 Rumble  all over the southern Bay and Michelle has crewed on numerous race boats, often with the Battlewagon gang when John Hanna was owner/skipper.  Congratulations!
 
Singlehand Race - This coming Sunday, September 30.  Sponsored by Hampton Yacht Club.  The race takes place in Hampton Roads Harbor.  Skippers meeting at high noon at HYC.  Special requirements:  Life Jackets worn at all times; No spinnakers; No headsail changes; No autopilots; No whisker poles.  For info, contact Kathy Brady at (757) 723-3244.
 
Build it and race it -   Doug Power of Irvington, VA, and Franz Baichl of Carter Creek near Irvington, have teamed up and built a boat that they intend to race in the Hospice Turkey Shoot Regatta (hosted by Yankee Point Marina) October 5-7.  Doug and Franz used a 1932 design by L. Francis Herreshoff  for their 28 foot daysailer ketch.  Volare and her builders are featured in an article in the October issue of Chesapeake Bay Magazine (page 14).
 
Mirage, Christian Schaumloffel's Hobie 33, had an interesting mark rounding yesterday ,when they "tea-bagged" one of the crew.  He went overboard, was dunked, and hauled back aboard, all while they rounded the leeward mark.
 
Deep thought -  The 2007 Olson 30 National Championships were sailed on Lake Tahoe.  Not only is the Lake extremely clear, it is extremely deep - average depth of 1,000 feet, deepest spot 1,645 feet.  So, anchor roads for marks get special attention and racers are constantly on the look out for Nessie!   Craig Olsen sails his Olson 30, Namesake, on the southern Bay, where even our big ship channels are no where near as deep as Lake Tahoe.
 
Willoughby Sunday Series Keeps on Keepin' On -  The Sunday afternoon gathering of dinghy racers on Willoughby Bay grew some more yesterday.  9 Lasers and 4 420s welcomed the addition of 2 Sunfish newcomers.  The message from this fun group is, "If ya got a dinghy, bring it over and sail it!"  For info contact Leon Garber at (757) 615-7154 or Emory Nemeth at (757) 549-1788   The Series is hosted by BBSA and NNSA.
 
Mitch Brindley, head sailing coach at Old Dominion University, is also president of the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA).  As such, he is leading the organization in it's effort to develop guidelines that make the conduct of competition (scheduling, practice time limits, recruiting, etc) more like other [NCAA administered] college sports. 
 
Media Watch - SAILING, October issue (page 14),   has a nice piece in the 2007 Screwpile Lighthouse Challenge Regatta.  Pete Hunter's beauty, Wairere (Thompson 30), skims across the top of the page.  Pete and the Wairere bunch, sailing out of Kill Devil Hills, NC,  won Southern Bay Race Week this year. 
 
OCTOBER RACING CALENDAR:
Oct 4 - 8      Thu - Mon   Annapolis Sailboat Show,  410-268-8828
Oct 5 - 7       Fri - Sun      Hospice Turkey Shoot Regatta,  YPM - Karen Knull,  804-462-7017
Oct 6            Saturday     Willoughby Memorial Regatta,  BBSA - Scott Almond, 757-471-2663
Oct 13         Saturday     Fall Regatta #2,  YPYC
Oct 14         Sunday        CCV Fall Series Races #5 and #6,  CCV - John McCarthy, 757-850-4225
Oct 14         Sunday        FBYC Fall Series #3,  FBYC -  Jan Monnier, 804-748-6305
Oct 20         Saturday     'Round the Lights Race, OPCYC - Dennis Miner, 757-867-1028
Oct 14         Sunday        FBYC Fall Series #4,  FBYC - Latne Montague, 703-329-0234
Oct 27         Saturday     FBYC Fall Series #5,  FBYC - Strother Scott, 804-282-1827
Oct 28         Sunday        Frostbite Series Race #1, HYC - Dick Boykin, 757-890-0093
Nov 3           Saturday    Willoughby Hot Buttered Rum Race, BBSA - Scott Almond, 757-471-2663
Nov 4           Sunday        Frostbite Series Race #2, HYC - Dick Boykin, 757-890-0093
Nov 4           Sunday       Autumn Race, FBYC - Tom Roberts, 804-843-2682
 or to host  Yankee Point Marina website at  www.yankeepointmarina.com and click on "Regatta", or call Karen Knull at (804) 462-7018.  Get on it now - 10 days 'til Turkey Time!
 
MURPHY'S LAW:  Don't leap to judgment.  Those are not extra pounds you see on Yrs Truly, the Racing Beagle - just growing my Fall layers.  You better find your long undies too, 'cuz there's lots of great racing left in this here season.   /S/  Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.
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