# 449 SOUTHERN BAY RACING NEWS YOU CAN USE
on Tuesday June 23, 2009 03:28PM
Southern Chesapeake Bay Leukemia Cup Regatta at the Fishing Bay
Yacht Club, July 10-12, June 30 deadline for early
registration is fast approaching. Lock into the discount now
by registering early at www.fbyc.net and have
your boat's name imprinted on the official Regatta T-shirt. Registrations
after June 30 will be accepted through July 9, 1800 hours - save money - DO IT
NOW! Info on the regatta, entry requirements, etc. all available at www.fbyc.net.
Mobjack Nationals Reach 50th Anniversary! The
International Mobjack Class will hold it's National Championship Regatta
August 21-23 at Ware River Yacht Club. This will mark the 50th anniversary
of of the event. This, of course, will be a wing-dinger event with
all the trimmings. If you have ever loved a Mobjack, or think
you might, you need to be at this gathering on the Ware River. For info
contact Tom Roberts at (804) 843-2682 or email him at Mobjack451@cox.net.
BRIEF COCK ISLAND RACE WRAP-UP! The
race to Cock Island, aka Portsmouth, had eighty-two (82) boats on the
starting line, reported wind from 5 to 8 knots and dodged, we hear, any of
the thunderstorms that skittered around the area. Here are the Fleet
Winners: PHRF A (4 boats): Bob Mosby,
CYRANO; PHRF B (11 boats): Mitch
Doughtie, OLD SCHOOL; PHRF C (6 boats):
Steve Bowen, DREAM ON; PHRF NS-1 (13
boats): Sonny Smith, RESTLESS; PHRF NS-2
(6 boats): Frank Stewart, OBSESSION.
Winners of the 4 Cruising Fleets were: SOLAS, ZING,
CELERITY; and NO PROBLEM. PRO - Larry Bryant. For a
detailed report on the finishes, please contact Larry Bryant or check at
the event website (Portsmouth Boat Club or City of Portsmouth).
THE EXECUTIVE CUP - Saturday, June 27 -
sponsored by Christopher Newport Sailing Foundation to support the Euclid
Hanbury Sailing Team of Christopher Newport University.
The deadline for entries is THIS Thursday, June 25.
Entry fee is $45 for US Sailing members; $55 for non-members. Entries and
fees should be sent to Jim White, 261 Ashridge Lane, Newport News, VA 23602. Starts are offered for all
PHRF fleets and for a special non-spinnaker class for which the race committee
will assign courtesy ratings. Skippers Meeting will be held at 2:30pm
at Hampton Yacht Club. Warning gun for the first class will be at
3:30pm.
If you missed the ESPNU presentation of the 2009 Gill
National College Sailing Championship (presented by Rolex), it will
RE-AIR on the following dates: Wednesday, July 1 at
3:00am Thursday, July 2 at 7:00pm Friday, July 3
at 2:00pm Friday, July 3 at 8:00pm Thursday, July 9 at
7:00pm Friday, July 10 at 3:00am *all times
Eastern Not to spoil it for you, but... it all came down
to Yale and St. Mary's within 3 points of one another on the final day.
All 36 races took place off the St. Francis Yacht Club, San
Francisco.
HERE COMES JULY! Race
on!
July 1
Deadline (NOON) to avoid $75 late fee
for entry in SCREWPILE LIGHTHOUSE CHALLENGE REGATTA www.splc.us
July 3-5 27th
Annual Norfolk Harborfest, James Scruggs (757) 441-2345
JULY 4
INDEPENDENCE DAY!
July 4-5 Hampton
Annual [small boat] Regatta, (757)722-0711
July 6-11 US Junior Women's
Doublehanded Championship (age 13-18), Hampton Yacht Club, Carol and Glenn
Giles, (757) 851-9690
July 11-12 11th Annual Southern Chesapeake
Leukemia Cup, www.fbyc.net/LeukemiaCup
July
15 Deadline for
SCREWPILE LIGHTHOUSE CHALLENGE REGATTA entries www.splc.us
July
18 2009 Little Bay Challenge -
Broad Bay SA and Portsmouth Boat Club, Scott Almond (757)
471-2663
July 19-21 Racing at SCREWPILE LIGHTHOUSE
CHALLENGE, www.splc.us
July 21
Veteran's Cup, Langley Yacht Club, John Ritter (757)
329-6992
Aug
1 14th Annual Little
Creek Cup, BBSA, Scott Almond (757) 471-2663
Aug
1 Moonlight Regatta,
Fishing Bay Yacht Club, www.fbyc.net
MURPHY'S LAW: The race
and the parties at Cock Island were as usual - great!
/S/ Murphy the Racing
Beagle, the sailing spirit in us all.
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