# 439 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Monday April 13, 2009 08:41AM
To Fiddler's Green - Joseph Michael
Hallissy, 88, passed from among us quietly, unexpectedly,
and peacefully while at his home Tuesday. Joe is known best to racers for
his dedicated involvement in southern Bay race management. Joe and his
dear friend Clyde Winters were for years known affectionately as the "A Team"
when it came to running sailboat races. His expertise, his charm and his
Irish twinkle will long be remembered by all who knew him. Joe was
preceded in death by his wife of 60 years, Katherine.
SOUTHERN BAY RACE
WEEK (May 29, 30, & 31) - EARLY BIRD ENTRIES are due no later
than Friday, April 17 (this Friday)! ALL EARLY BIRDs will receive 6 free
regatta drink tickets in their skippers welcome bag at check-in. In
addition, each Early Bird boat will be entered in a special drawing for a set
(8) of SBRW regatta polo shirts. Only Early Bird skippers will be eligible
for the drawing. Official NOR, Sailing Instructions, preliminary scratch
sheet (entries list), entry forms, and other details are available at the event
website: www.blacksealcup.com
. For info and/or entry forms, please contact Lin
McCarthy at (757) 850-4225 or email mcbear@earthlink.net SBRW
Event Chairman - Jack Pope; Event Principal Race Officer and PRO Ocean
View Course - John McCarthy; Race Officer Buckroe Course - Glenn
Giles. Any entries received after May 22, will require an additional $50
late fee.
The Notice of Race for the Chesapeake Bay Distance
Racing Series has been revised to correct the number of races and
eligibility requirements for the Cruising Class. A link to the
revised Notice is shown in the lower right hand corner of the Broad Bay
Sailing Association website: www.broadbaysailing.org .
CCV SPRING SERIES 2009 OPENS SUNDAY, APRIL
19. OPEN TO ALL. Races #1 & #2 of this
series will be held in Hampton Roads harbor. Warning signal for the first
start of the first race will be at 1030. Starts are offered for all PHRF
Classes. These are sanctioned races and require a valid PHRF rating
certificate. Those who are 2009 Racing Members of
CCV are automatically entered in the Series and need no
additional entry forms or fees. All others, CCV Club members and
non-CCV members must file an entry form and race fee no later that 1300 hours on
Saturday, April 18. Entry forms and fees should be submitted to
Race Chairman John McCarthy, 4401 Chesapeake Avenue, Hampton, VA
23669-4639. For information contact John at (757)
850-4225. Awards will be presented at the post-race social at
Hampton Yacht Club - FREE hotdogs, soda, and beer will be available for
racers and friends.
Momma Mallard gets a few hours off
- A Momma Mallard duck got a bit of a holiday
Saturday, when her nest, built in a cutty in Graham Field's
Islander 36, Independence, cockpit, went racing.
Graham reported that all went well, no eggs were damaged, and Momma Mallard met
the boat and crew as they returned to the dock. Racing Mallards - what
next?
Craig Olsen is moving up to an
Olson 34. Craig found the boat in Rochester NY,
says it has never seen salt water and has never been raced. He plans
to race in the Chesapeake Bay Distance Race Series (BBSA), but other than
that, Craig and his wife plan to use the boat for cruising. Craig
will put his current boat, Namesake, Olson 30, on the sale block and
get his racing fix by crewing on the Blais Beneteau,
Stardancer.
Water fowl help with racing
Saturday: As the Tune-Up Race finishers approached the finish
line, they were greeted by the honks of two Canada geese, who stood
exactly at the pin end on the shore of Hampton University. Could this
be a cost saving measure that will eliminate the need for air horns?
The geese maintained their position through the finish period.
Eleven (11) southern Bay
racers got the jump on their fellow racers Saturday, when they
snuck in a Tune-Up Race in Hampton Roads harbor between weather
fronts. In the tradition of Tune-Up Races, only the order of finish
(no corrected scores computed) was recorded. Nine (9) spinnaker
boats and two (2) non-spin boats raced on two separate courses. Racing
were: Feather (Phil Briggs); Spray
(Bumps Eberwine); Fins Up (Tom
Connors); Cool Change (Rusty Burshell);
Bad Habit (Bob Archer); Independence
(Graham Field); Valkyrie (Karl
Petersen); Strega (Neal Garnett); Old
School (Mitch Doughtie); Surprise (Bob
Thomas); and, Stardancer (John Blais) -
dnf. Race committee members - John McCarthy (pro), John Ritter, Dick
Boykin, Buk Lawrence, and Lin McCarthy.
MURPHY'S LAW: Yrs
Truly, the Racing Beagle, received
a packed-to-the-gunwales Easter basket Sunday morning.
And, as soon as the dentist removes the green cellophane that is wrapped around
my canines, I'll be able to smile again!! However, all of this
inconvenience is certainly worth the Godiva chocolate rabbits!
/S/ Murphy the Racing Beagle, the sailing spirit in us
all.
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