# 423 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Wednesday December 10, 2008 08:51AM
PHRF Class Splits of Region 4 (Southern Chesapeake
Bay) for 2009 - announced as follows:
REGION 4 - SOUTH DIVISION: A - Up to
109; B - 110 to 163; C - 164 and Up;
Non-Spin - all
REGION 4 - NORTH DIVISION: A - Up to
112; B - 113 to 166; C - 167 and Up;
Non-Spin - all
There is NO Change from the 2008 class splits.
PHRF elected new officers for 2009 in
November and those with southern Bay responsibilities are:
Mike Dale, VP for Region 4 and Christian Schaumloffel,
Chief handicapper for Region 4. The new president of PHRF of the
Chesapeake is Bruce Bingman and the Secretary-Treasurer is Bob Thomas.
Stewart Buckler continues as PHRF Executive Secretary.
CBYRA has elected and installed their 2009
Executive Board, Board of Directors, and Division Reps. Those
with whom southern Bay clubs will interact are: President - Art Libby; Executive VP - Garret
Cameron; Secretary - C.B. Currier; Treasurer, Karin
Masci, and VP for Region 4 is John
McCarthy. Tom Roberts will move to Region 4 official
scorer and high point recorder. Division Reps are: Cruising
One-Design (COD) - Andy Cole; One-Design - Elliott Oldak;
Juniors - David Houck; Handicap - Bruce Bingman; US
Sailing Area C Delegate - Wayne Bretsch. Beth Kahr continues as
Executive Director for CBYRA and may be reached at (410) 269-1194
concerning CBYRA services, publications, etc.
The 31st GABOON RACE proved to be bone
chillin' and certainly thrillin' in winds that stayed NW
between 19 and 25 knots with the highest confirmed gust at 33 knots. "How
cold was it?" you say. It was soooooooooo cold that one
racer was moved to declare,"Good grief, it MUST be cold, Bumps Eberwine is
wearing socks!" The air temperatures hovered in the low thirties.
Twenty-one (21) boats left the starting area (Hampton River) in the staggered
start race and completed a pre-set 9 nm course, most in record times and many
under reduced sail. Reefing the main was not to be sneered
at yesterday. Only three boats even attempted to hoist
spinnakers and then only briefly. Other than damage to one boat's rudder,
everyone made out fine and returned with all the crew that went, although most
looked like smiling popsicles when they got back. Here are the
award winners in each fleet: PHRF A: 1.Bob
Mosby, Cyrano; 2.Phil Briggs,
Feather; 3. Jim Williams/Will Roberts, Treaty of
Ghent. PHRF B: 1.Rusty Burshell, Cool
Change; 2.Chris Hall, Quicksilver,
Jr; 3.Chuck Monsees, Rockette.
PHRF C: 1.Justin Morris, The
Hunter; 2.Bob Houseman,
Bobinski. Event chairman - Phil Briggs (for
31 consecutive years!); Principal Race Officer - John
McCarthy; Mark Boat - Marshall Findley and Susan Downing
in Kerry Sue.
Daingerfield Island Sailing Club (on the
Potomac in the shadow of the Nation's Capital) is the newest member
of Region 4 (southern Chesapeake Bay CBYRA member clubs). The
Daingerfield Island Sailing Club 2009 commodore is Richard
Knab. Dana Shafie represented DISC at the CBYRA
Annual General Meeting.
More southern Bay Players in the Volvo Race
Game - Midmorning Buzz - David Taylor,
SailingAnarchy-de - Christian Schaumloffel and,The
Pretender - Butch Patterson. Well, we're
keepin' 'em off the streets!
All you never thought you could know about the
rules! MURPHY RULES -
2009: The revised racing rules (RRS 2009-2012)
take effect this coming January. Southern Bay Racing News You Can
Use will present a MURPHY RULES one-day seminar that
will emphasize these significant changes. Norfolk Yacht and Country Club will host the seminar on
January 24, 2009,
Saturday, 0900 - 1530. The focus of the
clinic will be an interactive discussion of the racing rules with special
emphasis on the rules changes that become effective this
January. Course instructor John McCarthy will explain all
the important changes and work them into his unique "rules made easy
" format. The fee is $40 ( $35 for attendee's family member) and
includes morning refreshments, lunch, and all clinic materials.
PRE-register by calling (757) 850-4225 or by email to mcbear@earthlink.net (include your name,
address, and phone number and on the subject line put MURPHY
RULES. Reserve your spot by registering
early.
There's more going on in Austin, Texas, than UT football -
apparently they race sailboats too! Yesterday a sailboat racer from
Austin, Markus Langhans, upon seeing sailboat masts on
the Hampton city skyline, found his way aboard one of the Gaboon race boats -
Larry Preddy's PF Flyer, and went racing. The
club race community, within one-half hour of his arrival, fixed him up with foul
weather gear, a boat, a skipper, crew mates, and post-race nourishment.
Now that's hospitality - southern Bay style!
Southern Bay expatriate, Sanford Richardson and wife
Alex were spotted this past weekend. They send word that they are
doing fine and invite all their southern Bay friends to stop by for a visit
whenever in the Annapolis area. Sanford still owns and skippers the "big
red boat", Kahuna, and he and Alex expect to hit the race course hard
this coming summer. No surprise there!
Media Watch: Check out the photo
(pages 40-41) spread in the December issue of SpinSheet Magazine
to see a close-up of Jake Brodersen's big
toe. Jake's wife Pat and crew of Midnight Mistress are
in the photo too. It was taken at Screwpile 2008. And, southern Bay
racer exemplar, Sledd Shelhorse, owner and skipper of
Meridian 2, is featured in the same SpinSheet
issue in the Annapolis Performance Sailing Chesapeake Race profile on page
75.
2009 DANA DILLON MEMORIAL NEW YEAR'S
MADNESS RACE - Jan 1, 2009 - Start is off
the Hampton Yacht Club docks and finish is off the Old Point Comfort YC docks at
Ft Monroe. Racing is in the Harbor. Super pre-race breakfast
buffet available at HYC (beginning at 0900) and post-race celebration at
OPCYC beginning at 1530. Staggered start race - starting times available
at the skippers meeting (1000 at HYC). First warning at 1125. PHRF
Spinnaker and Non-Spin classes as well as Cruising class. For info and to
enter, please contact Dennis Miner at (757) 867-1028. Line up your
crew - line up your "ride". Get 2009 started right!
MURPHY'S LAW: None of
us is immune from the financial concerns of the day. Yrs Truly, the
Racing Beagle, has experienced financial woes
too! The Murphster's Beagle Beer
stock has tanked. A Beagle Bail-Out is what is needed.
Plans are to re-invest the Beagle Bail-Out bucks in rum flavored dog
biscuits with hopes for beer flavored dog bone spin-off.
Now..., if only Congress will
agree. /S/ Murphy the Racing
Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.