# 440 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Thursday April 23, 2009 09:02AM
FBYC Spring Series Opens: Racers
got in one short race Sunday to get the 2009 Spring Series underway.
RESULTS: PHRF A: 1.She Crab Soup (J105) Cyane
Crump; 2.Bladerunner (J105), Brad Davis;
3.Corryvrecken (J105), David Clark. PHRF B/C
(combined): 1.Strokin, Robert Bowles; 2.Blue
Moon, Walter Bundy; 3.Last Boat III,
Frank Murphy. PHRF Non-Spin: 1.Checko,
Don Barfield / Steve Smith; 2. Battlewagon,
Paul Cross; 3.Scuba Kat, Michael
Chesser. Principal Race Officer - Brooks
Zerkel. Race Day 2 of this series
is scheduled for Sunday, April 26 - for info contact Race
Chairman Ric Bauer, Jr. at (804) 769-4293 - home, or (804)
644-0049
It's time to think about JUNIOR PROGRAM SAILING for
our kids! This is a heads-up for those hopeful of
encouraging youngsters to enjoy to the glorious, life-long benefits of
sailing and racing. In the southern Bay there are three clubs who
offer top-notch facilities and Junior Sailing Programs -
Fishing Bay Yacht Club, Hampton Yacht Club, and Norfolk Yacht and Country
Club. Now is the time to check out available programs and get
the "kiddo" signed up. For developing independence,
responsibility, problem-solving ability, competitive juices and social
skills Junior Sailing is hard to beat. Ever seen an 8-year old
take his Optimist out by himself? There is a special glow! Ever seen
teenagers team up in a race dinghy and go for it? There is a special
feeling of pride they get just because they know enough to be out
there. Give your kids a chance to enjoy the sport! Points of
Contact: FISHING BAY YACHT CLUB (Deltaville, VA) ,
Jay Buhl, Junior Division Commander, (804) 360-4031 - home, (804) 201-4227
- office, www.fbyc.net for various
Racing Teams Coordinators and program
description. HAMPTON
YACHT CLUB (Hampton, VA), Dave Revill, Junior Program
Coordinator, (757) 868-3457 - home, (757) 875-7481 - office, www.hamptonyc.com/juniors
, for various deadlines and program
details.
NORFOLK YACHT & COUNTRY CLUB, www.norfolkyacht.com
, (757) 423-4500 for program details and information.
Today SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
celebrates 9 years of weekly (except on an occasional holiday, or when
Murphy had a snit) communication for the southern Bay racing
community. This serves as a reminder that we, sailboat racers in
fact and spirit, are a resilient bunch, tough as bulldogs and racing
beagles, and bound to enjoy the endless pleasures and challenges of the
southern Chesapeake Bay and beyond. Race on!
CASH FLOW, ROCKETTE, THE HUNTER,
and KINGFISHER Take Top Spots in CCV Opener!
With not a lot of wind shrinking to even less wind, the 2009
CCV Spring Series got underway yesterday. Determination was rewarded
with one race, but conditions deteriorated to where it became apparent that no
amount of pleading or homage was going to entice the wind gods to be more
generous. Thirty-three (33) spring racers showed up on
the course, just glad to be "out there". RESULTS: PHRF
A: 1.Cash Flow (Hadley 40), Lloyd
Griffin; 2.Sea Star (J36), Dave
Eberwine; 3.Cyrano (Frers 36), Bob
Mosby. PHRF B: 1.Rockette (J-29),
Chuck Monsees; 2.Gremlyn (Elliott 770),
Greg Cutter; 3.Midnight Mistress (C&C 35),
Jake and Pat Brodersen. PHRF
C: 1.The Hunter (Hunter 26.5), Justin
Morris; 2.Braker (C&C 24), Rick
Griffin; 3.Daystar (San Juan 24), Paul
Young. PHRF Non-Spin: 1.Kingfisher (C&C 99)
Dixon Wilde; 2.Treaty of Ghent (Hobie 33),
Jim Williams; 3.Fins Up (Pearson 26), Tom
Connors. Principal Race Officer - John McCarthy; Official
Scorer - John Ritter; Mark Boats - Bill Gibbings and Tom
Fowler.
CCV Spring Series (Day 2) - same time and same
place this coming Sunday, April 26. This is a one-race day
with a longer race over a fixed mark course. Warning signal for the first
start will be at 1030. Starts are offered for all PHRF Classes. This
is a sanctioned race and requires 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 25. 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. SPECIAL NOTE: This race is part of the BBSA
Chesapeake Bay Distance Racing Series for PHRF classes.
Racers Crash, aka Pete, and Jen
Morrison are coming back to Tidewater, specifically Hampton
Roads. They will have with them their S2 9.1 named Trespassers
W (check Winnie the Pooh for origin of name).
Pete and Jen are the previous owners of Liberty , a pretty J109
that southern Bay racers will remember from a few years back. Look
for TW on the course later in the season, once the family has
settled in. Welcome home!
It must be noted that two of the four fleet winners in the CCV
Spring Series racing yesterday hail from Elizabeth City, North Carolina,
although their boats race out of Hampton. Lloyd Griffin,
brought Cash Flow up Saturday and while making his way
out of the Albemarle Sound, at times had as little as 4 inches of water to spare
under the big green machine's keel. Chuck Monsees
has less difficulty getting Rockette to Hampton; she
usually travels and lives on a trailer!
The VIPERS are coming:
Heads-up! Brian Bennett hopes to be in Hampton Roads with a VIPER and he
plans to offer rides. Look for Brian around May 16 - stay tuned
- definite info on date, time, and location as available.
Here comes the 2009 AZALEA FESTIVAL REGATTA -
Saturday, April 25. The regatta offers racing for keelboats
off Ocean View and for dinghies in Willoughby Bay (aka Little Bay). Avoid
the late fee and get your entry complete by Wednesday, day after tomorrow.
For info and entry contact: Chess Harris at chess.harris@norfolknavalsailing.org or
Mike and Kathy Barber at sailcrusader@aol.com
Sailing Instructions are available at www.norfolknavalsailing.org/azalea.htm
NOTE: There is a skippers meeting on Friday at 6pm
at Baxter's Sail Loft (Ocean View).
Chris Behm, 2008 United States Collegiate Sailor of
the Year, will be a big part of this summer's IDA LEWIS
REGATTA, to be hosted by Hampton Yacht Club the week after
Independence Day Weekend in July. Chris has signed on to be responsible
for briefing the elite young women sailing in Ida Lewis for the US
SAILING National Junior Women Double-Handed Championship on local
conditions, among other things. It'll be difficult duty for Chris, a
recent graduate of Georgetown University, but somehow he'll
manage!! (NOTE: Entries for IDA LEWIS max out at 40
teams of two young women each. Details for this prestigious event
are available at www.ussailing.org
)
The Christopher Newport University sailing
team finished 5th out of 14 teams competing at The Buckeye
International in Cleveland, a weekend ago. This was probably the last
time the CNU sailors will make the long, long trek to Cleveland to sail against
Midwest Collegiate Sailing Association teams. CNU is a member of the
significantly stronger Mid-Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing
Association. Distance and expenses make the trip out of region
something that must be put on hold for now.
Southern Bay High School Teams doing
great: VISA ( Virginia Interscholastic Sailing Association)
teams dominated MASSA fleet race championships this past weekend at
Kings Point NY. Four teams from the southern Bay traveled to the USMA at
Kings Point to compete against 16 other teams from MD, NJ, & NY.
Christ Church and Norfollk Collegiate finished 1st & 2nd
respectively. They both qualify for the Interscholastic Nationals
in St Pete, FL, later this spring. Awesome! Kudos to our
outstanding high school sailors.
Make your reservations now for a slip at the
33rd Annual Norfolk Harborfest on July 4th Holiday
Weekend. The Rendezvous Fleet will be docked, following the
Parade of Sail, on the waterfront of the Sheraton Hotel.
Deadline for slip ressies is APRIL 30. Limited
space! First come, first served - For info contact James Scruggs at (757)
441-2345.
Word is that a southern Bay sailing youngster, BRETT
BAKER, son of Poquoson residents Joan and Charlie Baker and currently
a cadet at Kings Point US Marine Academy, was in a special shown on
TV's"20/20" this past week. ABC went to Kings Point to film the
Academy's training program for cadets that simulates pirate attacks on the high
seas. Given last week's events, seems like they are doing a good
job!
MURPHY'S LAW: Racers
in the southern Chesapeake are well aware of the pirate threat and most know the
history of the reason today's pirates stay away. You'd get the message
too, if your head had been chopped off and then displayed on a pole at the mouth
of Hampton River - somewhere very near CCV Harbor Race Mark A.
ARRRRRRRRRRRGH! /S/ Murphy the Racing Beagle,
the sailing spirit in us all.
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