# 388 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Monday April 7, 2008 04:40PM
Last Reminder: WEATHER, WEATHER, WEATHER
- 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
know 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. $30 per person ($50 for couples) includes
lunch and coffee and morning pastries. For info call George
Burke at (804) 359-1187.
John Dodge, past president
of CBYRA, sought after crew on top level national and international raceboats,
and son of the southern Bay, underwent extremely serious surgery Friday and has
come through it with a hopeful prognosis. John's wife and family have set
up a web link where everyone can follow his progress and leave him
messages. No doubt his many, many friends will keep tabs on him and provide
encouragement. Log on www.caringbridge.org/visit/johndodge.
From www.sailingscuttlebutt.com
on April Fools' Day:
MANDATORY MEMBERSHIP PLAN EXPANDED
US SAILING President Jim Capron announced in Portsmouth today that US SAILING's Board of Directors has decided to expand the revenue base of US SAILING by requiring that all members of the US Navy and the Coast Guard become members of US SAILING. In a stunning but rational move, US SAILING's Board concluded that members of the Navy and Coast Guard routinely tell there [sic] families that they are "sailing" when they depart on tours do duty. As a result of this routing description of their activities, US SAILING's Board concluded that members of the naval armed forces meet the definition of those represented by US SAILING. There was internal debate within the US SAILING Board as to whether this designation should extend to submariners or just those members of the naval armed forces that serve aboard surface ships. Southern Bay racers, given the number of additional members and resources this would bring to their ranks, are considering demands for free grog and use of cutters and carriers as mark and signal boats.
US SAILING President Jim Capron announced in Portsmouth today that US SAILING's Board of Directors has decided to expand the revenue base of US SAILING by requiring that all members of the US Navy and the Coast Guard become members of US SAILING. In a stunning but rational move, US SAILING's Board concluded that members of the Navy and Coast Guard routinely tell there [sic] families that they are "sailing" when they depart on tours do duty. As a result of this routing description of their activities, US SAILING's Board concluded that members of the naval armed forces meet the definition of those represented by US SAILING. There was internal debate within the US SAILING Board as to whether this designation should extend to submariners or just those members of the naval armed forces that serve aboard surface ships. Southern Bay racers, given the number of additional members and resources this would bring to their ranks, are considering demands for free grog and use of cutters and carriers as mark and signal boats.
CCV TUNE-UP Races, this coming Sunday, April 13.
Weather permitting, there will be two short races around marks in the
Harbor. The first warning signal is scheduled for
1100. Everyone is welcome to race. There is no entry fee,
but you must enter. Mail Standard CBYRA entry form
to: John McCarthy, 4401 Chesapeake Avenue, Hampton, VA 23669.
For additional info, contact John or Lin at (757) 850-4225. Find
your class flags and fly them. This is a great opportunity to shake off
the rust!
Some new faces and boats expected on the race
course this season: There among the usual suspects
are some newcomers in the southern Bay racing fleet: Dennis
Hannick's Lola (Thompson 750), Butch
Patterson's Schock Full o' Nuts (Santana 30/30
GP), Jon Harn's Noco Loco (J/24),
Tim Dull's Dart (Santana 25), Tom
Connor's Fins Up (Pearson 26), Bill
Peach's DFL (Catalina 22), Tim Ketten's
April Tied (Westerly 29), and an entirely new CCV Cruising
fleet (currently at 15).
Last Tuesday, racers picked up their 2008 CCV Racing
Guides and partook of a great rules clinic presented by Hampton University
sailing coach Samantha "Sam" Ficksman and USSAILING
Judge/Umpire Dave Pyron. In addition to the clinic,
CBYRA VP for Region 4, Tom Roberts, was on hand to present
CBYRA High Point Awards to southern Bay racers who had not been at the annual
presentation dinner.
SBRW entry forms available direct by
email: Just hit reply and say "I want my SBRW entry
form". It will come right to you! For additional info, contact Lin
McCarthy at (757) 850-4225 or email mcbear@earthlink.net
Deadline approach-th! In
order to be in the drawing for a set of 12 SBRW regatta
polos and to receive 6 free drink tickets, you must enter
Southern Bay Race Week no later than Wednesday, April
16. Only Early Bird Entries will be eligible for the drawing
for the set (12) of SBRW regatta shirts.
More than 60 racers have already registered
in the 2008 CCV Racing program, as Racing Members or Cruising
Class Club Members. These numbers do not include racers
who will enter races on a race-by-race basis. CCV Racing Membership racers
, approximately 50 PHRF class racers, are automatically entered in all CCV races
(except SBRW). CCV Cruising Class Club Members must enter each race/series
individually, but are not required to pay an entry fee. Non-CCV members
are welcome in all races, but must enter each race/series according to
appropriate instructions and pay the entry fee.
The following is NOT an April Fools'
item:
"The time has come, the Walrus
said..." There's been a whole lot of talk about
every recreational boat being subjected to
fees for a required EPA discharge permit. Two identical bills are
working their way through Congress. Each would provide a permanent
exemption for recreational boats from this upcoming requirement. According
to BoatUS, now there is "... new Senate Bill #2766 "The
Clean Boating Act of 2008" which is most likely to gain wide support,
be passed into law, and eliminate the permit requirement." Here's
what we need to do: Contact both of our US Senators and ask them to
vote YES for Senate Bill #2766. Tell them you are a boater and about your
boating. Senator John Warner (202) 224-2023, Senator Jim Webb (202)
224-4024. Or, go to BoatUS web site www.boatus/com/gov and follow the
prompts to zap our Senators. Do this now, or you may be paying the
government pig every time you create "run-off" while washing your
boat or worse!
During this week two more southern Bay club series
will open: 1. Little Creek Wednesday Nights - BBSA
(April 9, contact John or Mary Bergman (757) 362-3775; 2.
Willoughby Racers Thursday Nights - BBSA (April 10, contact Scott
Almond (757) 471-2663, or Bill Bounds (757) 587-5611.
More small boat racing on the southern
Bay: Ware River Yacht Club announces a Tuesday
Night Sailing Series (May 13 - June 10). OPEN TO ALL small boat
sailors. For info contact Rick Klein at (804) 693-5629.
This will be great fun on the Ware River on Tuesday evenings.
If you have not yet joined CCV and/or picked up your
2008 CCV Racing Guide ,it's not too late. Stop by the
manager's office at Hampton Yacht Club. CCV Club
membership is $25 and includes a copy of the Guide.