# 364 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Monday October 8, 2007 10:40AM
"In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean
blue." We celebrate his discovery of our part of the world today,
having adjusted the date to suit the Federal holiday calendar. Take a sail
to honor Chris!
130 BOATS SHOOT THE BIRD! The 2007
HOSPICE TURKEY SHOOT REGATTA topped records for number of boats
(130) and amount of funds raised (more than $40,000).
130 boats (11 fleets) raced for two days on the Rappahannock River - drop
mark courses on Saturday and a pursuit race on Sunday. The event began
Friday night with the welcoming reception, competitors' briefing and food and
drink, including rock fish cooked on the Yankee Point Marina decks. More
than 450 racers, sponsors, and friends enjoyed three days of glorious weather,
racing, socializing, and meals under the big tent on the banks of Myer
Creek. The winner of the right to represent the Hospice
Turkey Shoot Regatta at the National Hospice Regatta is JERRY
LATELL in his S2 7.9, OLD SCHOOL. He and his crew
will be going to Annapolis in May 2008. In the Flying Cloud
Division, not competing for the berth in the National Regatta, WAYLAND
RENNIE in Trilogy took top honors. PRO - John
McCarthy, Signal Boat Captain - Chris Robertson, Mark Boats -
Jim Young and Ron Kolis.
CCV FALL SERIES, Races #5 and #6, THIS COMING
SUNDAY, October 14. Racing in Hampton Roads Harbor. All
PHRF Fleets. First Warning scheduled for 1030. For details or to
enter, contact John McCarthy at (757) 850-4225. (Deadline for entries
is 1300 hours on Saturday, October 13.) These two races
are triply important - they count for the CCV Fall Series, the much
coveted CCV High Point , and CBYRA High Point standings. One more
almost last time to see your fellow racers before they cover up with their foul
weather gear! Also this coming weekend up on the Rap Rivah, is the
Yankee Point Yacht Club Fall Regatta #2 on Saturday, and at
Fishing Bay Yacht Club , on Sunday, Fall Series 3.
The schooners are coming! The schooners are
coming! This is the 18th annual running of The
Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race, founded by
Lane Briggs (1932-2005). The actual start of the race will be at 1330 on
Thursday, October 11, from just south of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge off
Annapolis. The 42 schooners will race through the night, finishing
off Thimble Shoal and proceeding to assigned dockage in the Portsmouth -
Norfolk, Greater Hampton Roads area.
Willoughby Racers Memorial Regatta. The
annual memorial race held in Norfolk's Willoughby Bay is a pursuit race.
The event is hosted by Broad Bay Sailing Association's Willoughby Racers.
RESULTS: Fleet 1 (6 boats): 1.Bowmovement, Martin
Casey; 2.Scoundrel, Cliff Porter;
3.Scarlet Waters, Fred Scarlet / Steve Waters.
Fleet 2 (5 boats): 1.Summer Breeze, Bill
Bounds; 2.Bluejacket, Doc Foster. 3.Foxy
Lady, Philip Harrison. Fleet 3 (6 boats):
1.Puff Card, Walt Boatwright; 2.Lonnie J,
Ray Moore; 3.Lona B., Carey
Hardesty. Race Chairman: Jim Williams.
LASER FEVER - Leon Garber,
organizer honcho along with Emory Nemeth, of the ever-growing
Sunday afternoon "Dinghy Crazies" racing in Willoughby Bay (Norfolk), is
encouraging Laser bubbas to get just a bit organized by forming a local
fleet. Anyone with info on the Hampton Roads area Laser fleet(s) (if there
is one) or interested in joining as a racer, should get in touch with Leon at
(757) 615-7154 or email him at leongarber@aol.com
. Strike now, while the iron is HOT!
Schooner Virginia will be racing in
the GCBSR Thursday and Friday. Last year she took 2nd in her class behind
the Pride of Baltimore. Cross your southern Bay fingers and toes
for our fine lady, Virginia.
Time does fly! Hampton Yacht Club
celebrated its 100th anniversary this past weekend.
Lots of southern Bay racers are "intimately" familiar with the Tiki
Bar in Solomons - site of the Screwpile Lighthouse Challenge
Regatta. The Tiki Bar officially closes for the season on Saturday,
October 27th. In addition to the regular closing day mayhem that will go
on all day, that evening they will have a ticket-required Halloween Bash,
beginning at 8pm. For info, contact the Tiki Bar at (410) 326-4075.
Proceeds from the evening Halloween Bash will go to Big Brothers and Big
Sisters of Southern Maryland, Inc. It will all be a happening -
guaranteed!
GOT PHOTOS? Huey Fourquet is putting
together the slide presentation featured at the CCV Awards
Party on November 9. If you have racing, or party-ing, or people
pictures you want to share, get them to Huey. He wants the presentation to
spotlight CCV racers and friends, in all their racing, party-ing, socializing
glory!!! So, send questions or photos to Huey at huey@ccvracing.org
(Be sure to identify your photos and the photographer.)
Keep the lights on! Coming up on Saturday, October
20, the 'Round the Lights Race. Especially loved by
racing navigators and tacticians. Also, enjoyed by crewbies and rail
riders 'cause they get to theorize on which way is the best route to which
lighthouse, Middle Ground or Thimble Shoal. For info and to register,
contact OPCYC Dennis Miner at (757) 867-1028.
CCV Racing officials have announced the addition of awards
to be given to all boats that
qualify for the much coveted CCV High Point
Awards. In 2007, including 2 races this coming weekend at
the conclusion of Fall Series, CCV will have run 12 High Point
Races. To qualify, racers will have to have started a minimum of 9
of these races. These awards will be presented in conjunction with the
fleet High Point Awards at the annual presentation ceremony, beginning with this
year's upcoming event set for November 9th.
MURPHY'S LAW: Chris Columbus
and his fleet, Santa Maria, Pinta, and Nina, bumped into
San Salvador Island on October 12, 1492. Which just goes to show that
it may be a good thing for us that Chris did not have
GPS! /S/ Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing
spirit in us all.