# 386 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Thursday April 3, 2008 04:14PM
WEATHER, WEATHER, WEATHER - the
bane of every sailor's existence, racer or cruiser. April
12, 8:30am - 3:30pm, Fishing Bay Yacht Club will host a seminar
on the sport's great variable. Pat Healy,
Commanders' Weather Corporation and well known weather guru, will
lead the morning session on analyzing and understanding marine
weather. Ralph Naranjo, who is Practical
Sailor's technical editor, will speak in the afternoon on heavy
weather sailing and storm tactics. Cost is $30 per person ($50 for
couples) and includes lunch along with coffee and morning pastries. For
info and to register contact George Burke at (804) 359-1187. Don't let
this one blow by you! Seating is limited - register
now.
It's the day after Easter and the Bunny Baskets are
done. Check your teeth for jelly bean traces before you smile at anyone
this morning.
HOUSING FOR USNA MIDSHIPMEN:
It is not often that the southern Bay racing community gets to play
host to US Naval Academy race boats and crew members. Two Navy 44s
are planning to come to Southern Bay Race Week.
Ron McLean is working to find housing for the USNA
contingent of approximately 20. The Mids will arrive on Wednesday, May 28,
and leave at the end of the regatta, June 2. So, we need spots for
about 20 USNA folks. If you can host one, two, or more of the
USNA group, please contact Ron McLean (Bay Harbor Brokerage) at
(757) 480-1073 or email him at Bayhbr@aol.com
If you have questions, contact Ron - the sooner we get places for our
special visitors, the better, so they can finalize their travel
plans.
Where's Elmo? Next time
you have a chance, scan Hampton Roads Harbor. A favorite
waypoint for southern Bay racers has gone missing. The Navy "ammo crib" is
g-o-n-e. And, it will not be back.
Gettin' the hop on the competition.
Yesterday Bad Habit, Bob Archer and crew,
took advantage of the sunshine and breeze, although plenty chilly, to shake off
rust and cobwebs. The Pearson Flyer was the only sail in the
harbor early in the afternoon.
Chuck Monsees and the Rockette gang
got the short end of the stick. The mast of their J/29 was
broken accidentally while prepping her to go on the road to the Bald Head Island
Regatta. The search is on for the needed replacement. Let 'em know
if you know of any.
FEATHER (Phil Briggs), BAD
HABIT (Bob Archer), CALLINECTES (Ben Cuker), and
Tripp Behm's J/24 declare "in" for Southern Bay Race
Week. The three PHRF boats have all seen considerable action in previous
SBRWs and Behm's is the first J/24 to enter this
year's one-design fleet . SBRW is one of three regattas on the
Bay that comprise the qualifying series for a berth in the J/24 Worlds
scheduled for Annapolis in 2009.
For SBRW entry info go to the event web site www.blacksealcup.com or call Lin
McCarthy at (757) 850-4225.
April 1st minus 8 days 'til
CCV Rules Clinic and distribution of the 2008 CCV Racing
Guide. FREE clinic and OPEN TO ALL. At
the Mariners' Museum, Newport News, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. The CCV Racing
Guide is available to members of CCV and included in the
$25 annual membership dues. If you have not already, you can
join CCV at this event and get your personal copy of the 2008 CCV Racing
Guide on the spot. Directions to the Mariners'
Museum: from I-64, take Exit 258A for Route 17
South & J.Clyde Morris Blvd. South. Pass through the
intersection of JCM and Warwick Blvd (just after passing the Riverside Hospital
complex on your left) and watch for the left turn on to Museum
Drive. Once you get to the Museum area, bear right around the main
building to the main parking lot, and head for the entrance on the right side of
the main building. Just holler "Comin' UPPPPPP!" and come on in!
Don't be surprised if you encounter a "big ship", as in ocean
freighter, flying a chute downwind. Really. A German
company and a California business have come together to produce
SkySails@. The producers say flying a chute, i.e. motorsailing, one of the
big guys can save as much as $1,500 in fuel a day. There's a picture of
one and more details in SAIL Magazine's April issue, page 12. One
of these sails goes for between $375,000 and $3.7 million. And, you
thought your sail budget was getting out of hand!
Get your steel-ie blades ready - one of the
changes to the PHRF of the Chesapeake requirements in 2008 to the 4P
equipment regulations is that the boat have a knife on deck or in the
cockpit. Right next to your red protest flag, might be a good place.
If brandished as you pick up your protest flag, there could be a noticeable
increase in voluntary two turn penalties on the course.
One week from tomorrow, it begins on the
water. Wednesday, April 2, the HYC Wednesday Night races begin and
Saturday, April 5, OPCYC begins their Yankee Station Saturday racing. Do
you know where your long underwear and the extra winch handles
are??