# 366 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Monday October 22, 2007 10:47AM
WAVELENGTH, LA MAGA, and CHECKO
Top Fishing Bay YC Fall Series Fleets. After racing
Saturday, the FBYC Fall Series final standings over the 9 race series were
tallied and bragging rights on the Rapp River are all set for the Winter.
RESULTS: PHRF A (6 boats) - 1. Wavelength, Rob
Whittet; 2.Blade Runner, Brad Davis;
3.Double Eagle, Sam Mitchner. PHRF B/C (7
boats) - 1.La Maga, Allan Heyward;
2.Elancer, David Hinckle; 3.Schiehallion,
Brad Miller. PHRF Non-Spin (5 boats) -
1.Checko, Steve Smith; 2.Mr Williams,
William Crudts; 3.Last Boat III, Frank
Murphy.
OLD SCHOOL and SALUTE
Win 2007 Rappahannock Cup. Jerry Latell, coming off a huge
win at the Hospice Turkey Shoot Regatta earlier this month, took first in each
of 3 races for the Rapp Cup. Pete Knight won the PHRF
Non-Spin Fleet. RESULTS: PHRF Spinnaker (4 boats):
1.Old School, Jerry Latell; 2.Play It Again
Sam, Sam Mitchell. PHRF Non-Spin (10 boats):
1.Salute, Pete Knight; 2.Catitude,
Lew Thatcher; 3.Stinger, Dan
Clark. Race Chairman - Mosby West.
2007 FROSTBITE SERIES. Racing begins this coming
Sunday, October 28, and goes for 5 straight Sundays through November.
For info and to enter contact Dick Boykin at (757) 890-0093.
This series is hosted by Hampton Yacht Club. Racing is around CCV marks in
the Hampton Roads harbor. This has been a warm Fall, and Winter
may be the same. Who will be the last person on your boat wearing
flip-flops??
'Round the Lights Race: The winds were
great for the race in general and for water line boats in particular, a whole
lot of reaching went on. The great majority of the 53 boats
went left out of Mill Creek - to Thimble Shoal Light first.
The wind and current situation left little room for the "super fast" PHRF boats
to make up their rating times, but, no matter, it was a beautiful day to
race. RESULTS: PHRF A (10 boats)-
1.Valkyrie, Karl Petersen; 2.Mirage,
Christian Schaumloffel; 3.Cash Flow, Lloyd
Griffin. PHRF B (7 boats) -
1.Charis, Dick McCrillis; 2.Bad
Habit, Bob Archer; 3.Cool Change, Rusty
Burshell. PHRF C (4 boats) -
1.Surprise, Bob Thomas; 2.Melantho,
Jack Clayton. PHRF Non-Spin 1 (8 boats) -
1.Margarita, Harry Tenney; 2.Virginia H,
Andy Armstrong; 3.Sea Dawg, Scott
Wolf. PHRF Non-Spin 2 (7 boats) - 1.Wiki
Wiki, Rodney Paice; 2.Sea Ya, Mark
Poineau; 3.Halaha, Jeff Rogers.
Cruising Fleet 1(8 boats) - 1.Cats' Paws, Michael
Turner; 2.Levante, Juan Diaz; 3.Foxy
Lady, Phil Harrison. Cruising Fleet 2 (10
boats) - 1. Content, Ron Peterman;
2.Gypsy Lady, Steve Runals; 3.Osprey,
Brian McFadden. Race Chairman, Bob Williamson.
Event Chairmen, Steve Lunsford and Dennis Miner. OPCYC administers
TRL.
More "old" Monarchs going to China for the
Olympics. Former Old Dominion
University racer, Charlie Ogletree, Class
of 1989, is going to seek the Gold in the Tornados. Charlie will be
joining Anna Tunnicliffe (2005), who won her spot in the Laser
Radials earlier this month. And, if predications from credible sources
hold true, Sally Barkow (ODU 2001) and Debbie
Capozzi (ODU 2002) will be the Yngling team representing the USA in
China. Thinking Christmas gifts for these Monarchs? How about
Rosetta Stone Chinese language programs.
Southern Bay Racers in the far Northland:
Former southern Bay racer John Traut has been in the
far Northland, Great Lakes area, for some time now, and he keeps on
sailing. John was on Bob Hughes'
Heartbreaker a week ago when they won the
21st Canada's Cup . John was part of the Macatawa Bay Yacht
Club (Michigan) team that challenged for the Cup.
Heartbreaker beat the Royal Canadian YC entry, Honour,
by 5 seconds in the final match race to win the Cup. Rules of the game:
first boat to win 5 races wins the Cup. The final
standings show Heartbreaker - 5, Honour - 4.
Bye-Bye and Best Wishes to Jack and Di Ricks
- Di and Jack, stalwarts of sailing and racing on Norfolk's
Little Creek, are retiring themselves as well as their famous restaurant and
watering hole, The Bay Point Grille. Customer
Appreciation Day is Sunday, November 4th - last call at 5PM. Good Luck and
pleasant winds to two larger than large friends of sailing on the
Southside.
Jim Elliott, vice commodore of
Pasquotank River Yacht Club (Elizabeth City, NC) is in Tampa -
taking a class ..."work related" he says - and has been doing Davis Island YC
Thursday night races. He says DIYC averages 40 boats each Thursday. One
weekend Jim won the Rum Regatta at Apollo Beach. How do you sign up for
classes in places like that!?
Boats go bump in the day - Saturday's
racing brought reports, some verified, of bumping (and sticking for a while) on
sandbars. Some even claim to have tapped rocks. Kissing underwater
surfaces is unnerving to anyone. Remember now, next time you enter
Mill Creek, keep the GREEN daymark to your LEFT (PORT) going in - unless
you want TV-3 NEWS to get your name and sail number while you sit
absolutely still on a breezy day!
REMINDER - 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!
IMPORTANT REMINDER: Friday, November
9th - CCV AWARDS PARTY AND YEAR END BASH - Hosted by CCV at the
Hampton Marina Hotel (formerly the Downtown Hampton Radisson). Cocktails
and heavy hors d'oeuvres from 7pm to 8:30pm. Awards presentation, vote for
2008 Board and Officers, etc from 8:30pm to 9:15pm. Dancing to
live music (The Phun Doctors) and continued party-ing from 9:15pm
until... For a special room rate at the Hampton Marina Hotel call
(757) 727-9700. For info and to make ressies, contact Karl and Senta
Petersen at (757) 271-2869.
CCV Racing officials announce awards
to be given to all boats that
qualify for the much coveted CCV High Point
Awards. In 2007, CCV ran 12 High Point Races.
Racers who started at least 9 of these races will qualify in the standings.
Qualification 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. Get your ressies made and
get in the picture!!
MURPHY'S LAW: Yrs Truly,
The Racing Beagle, tried the 'Round the Lights Race, but had the
directions messed up. Thought they said a Bud Light ... round a Bud
Light! /S/ Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in
us all.
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